Top 5 Local Sports stories in the News-Sun for 2023 NEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT For sports fans in Lea County and West Texas, there was a lot to be excited about in 2023. Whether it was at high school level or in college, the local sports scene provided plenty of fun, wins, and championships. 1. Hobbs boys soccer team wins state …

Top 5 Local Sports stories in the News-Sun for 2023 NEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT For sports fans in Lea County and West Texas, there was a lot to be excited about in 2023. Whether it was at high school level or in college, the local sports scene provided plenty of fun, wins, and championships. 1. Hobbs boys soccer team wins state …

Birthday girl sparks fast start JASON FARMER/NEWS-SUN Try as she might, the last two points just wouldn’t fall in. Despite scoring 12 points in the first quarter, Hobbs junior Kyndle Cunningham, who turned 17 Friday, came up two points shy of scoring her age on her birthday, finishing with 15 in the Lady Eagles’ 69-24 win over Alamogordo in Tasker …

Birthday girl sparks fast start JASON FARMER/NEWS-SUN Try as she might, the last two points just wouldn’t fall in. Despite scoring 12 points in the first quarter, Hobbs junior Kyndle Cunningham, who turned 17 Friday, came up two points shy of scoring her age on her birthday, finishing with 15 in the Lady Eagles’ 69-24 win over Alamogordo in Tasker …

3 overall MVPs highlight local all-district honors PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN It was a great local football season, with all seven area teams securing postseason berths. Hobbs, Lovington, Eunice, Jal, Tatum, Denver City and Seminole were all playing meaningful football in November. Not a bad deal. Lovington, though, was the lone area team to hoist a blue trophy last November. With their …

Man with a plan Marquez has championship mentality PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN For Reyes Marquez, feeling blue is a good thing. At least it is when he’s clutching a blue trophy. That’s a feeling Marquez likes, one he has had two Novembers in a row now, the feeling of the blue state championship trophy in his grasp. Last year, while still head …

Man with a plan Marquez has championship mentality PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN For Reyes Marquez, feeling blue is a good thing. At least it is when he’s clutching a blue trophy. That’s a feeling Marquez likes, one he has had two Novembers in a row now, the feeling of the blue state championship trophy in his grasp. Last year, while still head …

23 and oh yeah! Eagles win first state title since ’97 PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN ALBUQUERQUE – Move over, 1997 Hobbs boys soccer team. You have company now. Saturday night, the 2023 Eagles won the boys soccer program’s first state championship in 26 years and its second state title, period, by edging Atrisco Heritage 2-1 on Eliud Hernandez’s decisive penalty kick at …

23 and oh yeah! Eagles win first state title since ’97 PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN ALBUQUERQUE – Move over, 1997 Hobbs boys soccer team. You have company now. Saturday night, the 2023 Eagles won the boys soccer program’s first state championship in 26 years and its second state title, period, by edging Atrisco Heritage 2-1 on Eliud Hernandez’s decisive penalty kick at …

PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN Twenty-two down, one to go. That’s what the Hobbs boys soccer season amounts to now. With Wednesday’s 3-0 win over fourth-seeded Centennial in a state 5A semifinal at Watson Memorial Stadium, the top-seeded Eagles improved to 22-0 while advancing to the state championship game, which will be 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the University of New Mexico’s Track & …