Eagles basketball players inducted into Hall of Fame Levi Hill/News-Sun Two prodigies of the Ralph Tasker era of Hobbs Eagles basketball were inducted into the Lea County Sports Hall of Fame Friday. Both men were honored not just for their prowess on the court, but their service to the community outside the arena and both were long-overdue additions to the …

PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN Lifting weights is oftentimes something athletes do to prepare for other sports. But it is a sport, a competition, all its own. Weightlifting has been in the Olympics since the first modern games in 1896. Powerlifting specifically has not made it into the Olympics as of yet, but has been in the Paralympic and World Games for decades …

PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN Lifting weights is oftentimes something athletes do to prepare for other sports. But it is a sport, a competition, all its own. Weightlifting has been in the Olympics since the first modern games in 1896. Powerlifting specifically has not made it into the Olympics as of yet, but has been in the Paralympic and World Games for decades …

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 …

ANDY BROSIG NEWS-SUN It was almost too close to call coming down to the wire, with just a few tenths of a point difference in the race for valedictorian and salutatorian for the Hobbs High School Class of 2022. It’s almost been a race between seniors Ann Mary Thomas, 18, and Brieanna Carr, 17, since the pair met during their …

The battle for Lea County boys’ soccer bragging rights went to Lovington Tuesday as the visiting Wildcats beat the Eagles 1-0 at Watson Memorial Stadium. The game was the first of the season for Lovington and the home debut for new Eagles’ coach Alejandro Chavez. “It was one of those things where you hold your breath long enough and you …

Hobbs High School students want to go back to school. They want to get back on the field/court and compete against others. They want to live their lives and they made that known Monday night at a student-led protest that brought around 150-175 people into the stands at Watson Memorial Stadium. “I hope that the governor notices us,” Hobbs senior …

Claire Newey is 17, going on 18 and she’s Hobbs High School’s 2020 Salutatorian. She’s been in Hobbs schools her entire academic career and credits the school for her academic success. As Claire sees it, “There is a lot of opportunity for Hobbs students if they just take advantage of what’s offered.” That’s what she’s done, concentrating not only the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department is reviewing a number of military bases to find a location that can house up to 5,000 unaccompanied migrant children as the U.S. braces for a surge of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border this spring. The Department of Health and Human Services submitted the request for space late last week, as Homeland Security leaders …