Jason Farmer/News-Sun Following two weeks of stability, there has been some shuffling among the Top 3 schools in the Class 6A New Mexico High School Coaches poll. Cleveland is still ranked No. 1 in the state, despite losing to Texas’ Frenship High School in Wolfforth. With their loss, the Storm fall to 4-2, but increased their point total in the …

Peter Stein/News-Sun Tomas Vega is a few minutes older than his twin brother German. But, in Friday’s NMJC Cross Country Invitational at Harry McAdams Park in Hobbs, German was a little bit ahead of his brother. With a time of 24:12 that set a New Mexico Junior College school record, German won the meet. Tomas finished second at 24:43 to …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun For the first time this season, there was no change in the Top 5 teams of the New Mexico High School Coaches poll in Class 6A. Cleveland, La Cueva, Centennial, Hobbs and Volcano Vista remained in the Top 5 spots, just like the schools were a week ago. Cleveland, with 166 points and 13 first-place votes, is the …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun For the first time this season, there was no change in the Top 5 teams of the New Mexico High School Coaches poll in Class 6A. Cleveland, La Cueva, Centennial, Hobbs and Volcano Vista remained in the Top 5 spots, just like the schools were a week ago. Cleveland, with 166 points and 13 first-place votes, is the …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun There was a party at Watson Stadium on Friday night as the Hobbs football team won its fifth straight game, got a victory over Rio Rancho on homecoming, and wide receiver Ethan Vanlandingham was named Homecoming King. “It feels great (to be 5-0), especially beating a northern team, showing them what we are about,” Hobbs senior Kenyon Singleton …

Peter Stein/News-Sun For John ‘Patrick’ Shellman, life changed in an instant. That’s because what started as a joke swiftly turned into a career change. Shellman, who had a coaching connection to Jal, saw that the Lady Panthers girls basketball team was looking for a head coach after Dusty Loftis stepped down. While en route to a club basketball tournament in …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun And then there were two. After four weeks, only two teams remain undefeated in Class 6A, Hobbs and Cibola. Of course, neither team is ranked in the Top 3 of the most recent New Mexico High School Coaches poll. In fact, while the top three teams have flip-flopped around following losses, it’s been the same three teams in …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun Three weeks complete and there are just three undefeated teams in Class 6A football, Volcano Vista, Hobbs, and Cibola. Coincidently, all three schools are sitting together in the latest New Mexico High School Coaches poll. However, none of them are in the top three. Cleveland, which was the preseason No. 1 team is back atop the standings. The …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun For the first time in nine years, the Hobbs football team has started the season at 2-0. The Eagles are one of five teams in the top 10 to start with back-to-back wins, yet they did NOT see any movement in the New Mexico High School Coaches poll when it was released this week. Hobbs is right where …

Peter Stein/News-Sun So the Lovington football team is off to an 0-2 start. And then there’s the 115-point elephant in the room, as in, the total amount of points given up by the Wildcats in their games against Roswell and Seminole over the past two weekends. Concerning? Maybe. Time to panic? Hardly. Lovington expected a challenging pre-district stretch with the …