Jason Farmer/News-Sun It’s not exactly how Hobbs basketball coach Shelby Reeves wants to see his team start out basketball games, but so far it has been working, and Saturday night was no different as the Eagles overcame a slow start to rout the visiting Farmington Scorpions 80-66 in the first round of the NMAA Class 5A state tournament. “That always …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun Jalen Goar made history and the Hobbs Eagles won their 20th game of the season Friday night as the Hobbs boys’ basketball team beat long-time rival Clovis 96-29 in Tasker Arena. “They have beat us in the past, and we have beat them,” Goar said. “This is a great Hobbs-Clovis rivalry. It just feels so great to get …