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 …

The Hobbs football team was hitting on all cylinders Friday night in the battle for Lea County against Lovington at Watson Memorial Stadium. The contest saw both teams records go to 3-1, and for Hobbs the 46-0 victory was their third shutout of the year — and their fourth shutout in the last five games. The Eagles also blanked Clovis …

The Hobbs football team is known for having an offense that can score a lot of points on the board. But, with their win Friday night, the Eagles accomplished something defensively they hadn’t done since 2013, recording two shutouts in the same season as the Eagles beat visiting Roswell 14-0 at Watson Memorial Stadium. “We are just trying to do …

JAL – At times during Thursday night’s football game between Jal’s varsity and Hobbs’ junior varsity, the lights at Jal High School’s Panther Stadium flickered. But, the power of Jal’s team never wavered, as the Panthers executed offensively and defensively and rolled to a 54-0 victory over Hobbs. Four touchdowns each by Alexavier Carreon and Jacob Lujan, plus a relentless …

JAL – At times during Thursday night’s football game between Jal’s varsity and Hobbs’ junior varsity, the lights at Jal High School’s Panther Stadium flickered. But, the power of Jal’s team never wavered, as the Panthers executed offensively and defensively and rolled to a 54-0 victory over Hobbs. Four touchdowns each by Alexavier Carreon and Jacob Lujan, plus a relentless …

It might not be a welcome back, but masks are returning. After athletes spent all summer practicing without their face coverings, The Public Education Department and the New Mexico Activities Association mandated the return of masks Tuesday, for indoor sports. “The new toolkit handed down from the governor’s office to the public education department, it is written that any red …