Last year the New Mexico Activities Association sanctioned Esports, allowing schools to create a school sponsored Esport team. In its inaugural season there were 29 schools that participated in the season which included a regular season, playoff, and championship games. Rio Rancho won the championship in the Esports League of Legends and Rocket League while Los Alamos won the title …
Tuff Hedeman announced that the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) 2019 award-winning “Man in the Can” Johnny Backflip Dudley, a retired US Marine sergeant turned rodeo clown, will debut as the barrel man in the one night only performance of the annual Hobbs Tuff Hedeman Bull Riding Tour on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, at the Lea County Event Center. “Johnny’s …
It’s that time of the year, the Hobbs Holiday Tournament is upon us. This is the third annual tournament for the girls’ basketball team. The Hobbs Lady Eagles are the back-to-back champions and looking for the three-peat. This edition sees three returning teams from last year and four debutants. Of the three returns, Aztec and Canutillo are the only teams …
The 61st annual Hobbs Holiday Tournament gets underway on Thursday at Tasker Arena and it should be a good one. Once again, there will be three teams making tournament debuts. Lawton Eisenhower, from Oklahoma, El Paso Montwood, from Texas, and Artesia will all be new entrants this season. As for the rest of the boys’ field, Cleveland and Canutillo will …
What a difference a week, or two, can make. After scoring just 36 points in its previous home game, a loss to Odessa Permian, the Hobbs boys’ basketball team put up more than twice that as the Eagles beat the visiting Gadsden Panthers 77-55. “We didn’t want to repeat 36 points from last time,” Hobbs coach Shelby Reeves said. “I …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico coach Bob Davie says he’s leaving the Lobos without anything to apologize for. “I put every ounce into this,” Davie said Tuesday. “My family has put every ounce into this.” Davie and athletic director Eddie Nuñez announced a day earlier that the former Notre Dame coach will step down after Saturday’s game against Utah …
EUNICE — Senior quarterback Mason Caperton and the Cardinals football team dominated in all facets of the game Saturday, chalking up a third straight state championship with a commanding 56-27 win over Texico at Cardinal Stadium. Caperton and several other Cardinal seniors with title-game experience wrapped up their high school careers in impressive fashion, with a balanced running and passing …
It all came down to that goose egg. There was no doubt who was going to win the game. The Hobbs Eagles football team was up 36 points late in the fourth quarter with a running clock. However the Gadsden Panthers had a first-and-10 at the Eagles 4-yard line and chomping at the bit to get on the scoreboard. First …
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Cheerleading doesn’t get a lot of love when it comes to baseball. Unlike basketball and football, which have cheerleaders on the field and hardwood, just out of the playing area, baseball doesn’t have cheerleaders standing on the field or court cheering for the home team, mostly because its foul territory is still in play. However, over the …
Sanford Stadium at Georgia, Infocision Stadium at Akron, Ohio, Bobcat Stadium at Texas State, Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Arkansas, Jordan-Hare Stadium at Auburn, and Wildcat Stadium at Lovington will have something in common on Friday night. They will all have a different name for the field from the stadium. Sanford Stadium has Dooley Field, Bobcat Stadium has Jim Wacker …
