Coach Reeves retires from Hobbs Eagle basketball JASON FARMER/NEWS-SUN The Hobbs basketball arena might be named for former head coach Ralph Tasker, but Shelby Reeves is a name no basketball fans from Hobbs will soon forget. After more than 50 years in Hobbs, Reeves will be leaving town Monday, ready to start the next chapter of his life. “I am …

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 …

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, …

Will Hobbs Eagle Clay Strasner crack the top 10 in scoring?   Clay Strasner is doing his best to leave his mark not only on the Hobbs basketball team, but also in the history books. As a sophomore, Strasner started several games, but played mostly off the bench. He scored 211 points that first year. He broke out as a …

Ralph Tasker Arena is in the midst of a facelift as the high school basketball season tips off. A coat of “Tasker Gold” paint here, a video message board there and a good cleaning of the 17 boys and one girls state championship trophies that reside in the trophy cases at the front of the arena are just some of the changes and improvements taking place to the cathedral …

Ralph Tasker Arena is in the midst of a facelift as the high school basketball season tips off. A coat of “Tasker Gold” paint here, a video message board there and a good cleaning of the 17 boys and one girls state championship trophies that reside in the trophy cases at the front of the arena are just some of the changes and improvements taking place to the cathedral …