The Hobbs girls’ basketball team picked up another dominating district win Friday night as the Lady Eagles crushed visiting Clovis 59-28 in Tasker Arena. As in some of their more recent games, the Lady Eagles jumped out to a big lead early in the game and never looked back. Hobbs scored first, taking a 2-0 lead, but two minutes later …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun In Hobbs Eagle basketball history, Jalen Goar will go down as one of the greatest Eagles to ever wear the Black and Gold and call Tasker Arena home. When the season is done, Goar’s name will be all over the record books. For Goar, getting to play for the Eagles has meant everything. “It has meant the world …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun Jalen Goar made history and the Hobbs Eagles won their 20th game of the season Friday night as the Hobbs boys’ basketball team beat long-time rival Clovis 96-29 in Tasker Arena. “They have beat us in the past, and we have beat them,” Goar said. “This is a great Hobbs-Clovis rivalry. It just feels so great to get …

Peter Stein/News-Sun Nicole Rados didn’t know what to do with herself. A Hobbs cheerleader since freshman year, Rados saw the spring 2021 cheer team disbanding due to COVID. And she wanted an activity to carry her through the rest of the spring – perhaps beyond. There was the prospect of wrestling for Hobbs. So Rados, then a junior, found herself …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun As the high school basketball season winds down, Hobbs senior Jalen Goar is drawing closer and closer to some magical numbers. Five seasons ago, Goar became the first eighth grader in the history of Hobbs boys’ basketball to suit up and play for the Eagles. Since then, Goar has not only been a mainstay for the Eagles’ program, …

Peter Stein/News-Sun The Hobbs swim team had several formidable opponents when hosting the Eagle Invite on Saturday at the CORE Center. Clovis, New Mexico Military Institute, Artesia, Lovington and Gateway Christian were all in the mix. But perhaps the Eagles’ most daunting opponent was not any one of the above teams. Perhaps their most formidable opponent was COVID. Missing from …

Peter Stein/News-Sun For a long time, Don Abbott was a fixture around Hobbs basketball. He left for spells – to attend college in Colorado, to coach in Gallup, Farmington and Levelland. But Abbott was a Hobbs guy, an Eagle first. Abbott, who passed away recently, attended Hobbs High, graduating in 1959. He was one of legendary Hobbs coach Ralph Tasker’s …

JASON FARMER/NEWS-SUN The Hobbs boys’ basketball team thrilled a packed Tasker Arena Wednesday night as the Eagles laid claim to the 62nd Annual Hobbs Holiday Tournament championship. Hobbs, which had lost in the previous two HHT championship games to Cleveland, cruised to a victory over the Storm, beating them 77-53. “This win means a lot,” Hobbs senior Aaron Mora said. …

Peter Stein/News-Sun If you talk to people who just came back from Las Vegas, most would probably tell you they lost money there. Not Rylee Grace Abel. The Hobbs resident returned from Vegas early last week and brought back with her nearly $22,000 – and a Dodge pickup truck. Nice haul. But Abel didn’t win that loot at a casino …

JAL – Deee-fense! Deee-fense! Defense? Wait, what? Yes, defense dictated Saturday’s state 2A football championship game between Jal and Eunice, despite having two of the county’s most explosive offensive players – the Cardinals’ Conagher Pierce and the Panthers’ Alexavier Carreon – on the field. And once the Cardinals’ offense was able to chip away a bit in the fourth quarter, …