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 When the NMHSCOA preseason polls came out, the Hobbs Eagles were sitting at No. 9 in the Class 6A poll with 50 points. Cleveland was No. 1 with 187 points while La Cueva was not far behind at No. 2 with 170. Rio Rancho (126), Centennial (123), and Volcano Vista (103) rounded out the top five. The top five …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun The Hobbs football team enters year four of the Ken Stevens era and for the first time, everything has gone according to plan. The Eagles held their summer program and workouts with no issues, something that has not been able to happen the previous three years. As the Eagles take the field this year, it will mark the …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun The Hobbs football team is heading into its fourth season under Ken Stevens’ tutelage and for the first time during his tenure, the Eagles finally got to have what Stevens would consider a normal offseason program. “This is our first complete offseason,” the Eagles’ coach said. “We are going on our fourth football season, but it is our …

On paper, it was supposed to be a blowout. Clovis was expected to rout Hobbs in the Eagles football opener, but that is why the game is played and results are not decided based on paper. After four quarters of play, the Eagles did come out on the losing end, but the game was much closer than expected as Hobbs …

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 …

Clovis parents paid promptly for thefts Hobbs Municipal Schools made prompt payments to the parents of Clovis football players after the players’ belongings were stolen from a locker room at Hobbs High School late last month, say HMS officials. HMS superintendent TJ Parks said he authorized the payments from the school district’s central office fund so that the visiting Wildcats …

While tonight’s game might not be the biggest game the Hobbs football team will play this season, the outcome will decide if the Eagles have a chance to win the district championship, something that Hobbs has not done since 1992. “It’s been a long a time. A long time,” Hobbs coach Charles Gleghorn said of Hobbs winning a district championship. …

Hobbs football team dominates at ENMU competition PORTALES – To say the Hobbs football team dominated the Eastern New Mexico University 7on7/Linemen Challenge is an understatement. The Eagles dominated it. The Eagles went undefeated to win the 7-on-7 and won the linemen challenge as well. Additionally, the Eagles freshmen football team finished second in the C Division. “Our booster club …