PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN Being the parent of three children can keep you hopping, like having a job from dawn to dusk. For Cassey Sudweeks, though, motherhood might actually feel more like down time compared to the busy schedule of a cheer coach. Your team is cheering for sports from August until March, but that is followed by a long offseason to-do …

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 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, …

As the 2020 fall season approaches, University of Texas at El Paso football coaches are preparing to pick their starting quarterback and former Hobbs Eagle Gavin Hardison is someone they favor. Coaches and players are excited for the upcoming season but they are still worried about COVID-19. The games are going to be different with various precautions in place to …

Now that the 2019 March Madness has ended with Virginia cutting down the nets in Minneapolis, we can look back at the excitement the tournament gave its fans. And in additon to the excitement of watching big schools getting upset and seeing future stars of the NBA in action at the collegiate level, there was one story that hit close …

Editor’s note: As Texas Tech heads into the final four, former Hobbs Eagle Ronald Ross will be there as a graduate assistant coach. The following story, written by Ty Friend and published last week, recaps Ross’ journey to the Raider coaching position. ANAHEIM, Calif. — It was sweet revenge at the NCAA West Regional in Anaheim, Calif., on Thursday when …

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 …

Prieto named lineman of the year The postseason awards keep rolling in for the Hobbs football team. The most recent award went to Hobbs senior Cannin Prieto. Wednesday morning, Prieto was named lineman of the year by NMPreps.com. The Eagle senior was also named to the USA Today All-USA New Mexico Football team. Prieto didn’t set out to win the …