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, …

LOVINGTON – Families live together, eat together, sleep under the same roofs. They always have each other’s backs, and are sometimes at each other’s throats. In especially athletic families, multiple siblings play sports. Often the same sport, at the same time. Sometimes at an exponential level. Such is the case with the Lovington boys soccer team. As the Wildcats made …

The Hobbs football team snapped its three-game losing skid Saturday as the Eagles beat Organ Mountain (formerly Oñate) 56-28 in Las Cruces. The win was the fourth of the year for Hobbs and its first when allowing the opposition to score. The win was the Eagles fifth straight over the Knight. With the win, the Eagles improve to 4-4 on …

LOVINGTON – Football, soccer, football, soccer. Football practice, soccer games, soccer practice, football games. That pretty much describes the hectic lives, the busy senior years, of Lovington’s Adam Aguilera and Isaac Hinson. Aguilera plays wide receiver and cornerback for the Lovington football team. Hinson plays wide receiver and strong safety for the Wildcats’ football team. Aguilera also plays forward and …

LOVINGTON – Lovington’s boys soccer team has been on a mission for six months now. And the Wildcats have entered the final phases of it. Since losing the state 4A championship game to Albuquerque Academy in overtime last April, the Wildcats due back this season have had a return trip to the final dancing in their heads. It was the …