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 There was a lot to like for every local team competing in this weekend’s District 3/4 Championship swim meet at the CORE Center in Hobbs. The Hobbs boys swim team did the best, finishing in second place. And though the Hobbs girls placed fifth, they were a young group of girls that swam their hearts out. Ditto that …