3 overall MVPs highlight local all-district honors PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN It was a great local football season, with all seven area teams securing postseason berths. Hobbs, Lovington, Eunice, Jal, Tatum, Denver City and Seminole were all playing meaningful football in November. Not a bad deal. Lovington, though, was the lone area team to hoist a blue trophy last November. With their …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun Following two weeks of stability, there has been some shuffling among the Top 3 schools in the Class 6A New Mexico High School Coaches poll. Cleveland is still ranked No. 1 in the state, despite losing to Texas’ Frenship High School in Wolfforth. With their loss, the Storm fall to 4-2, but increased their point total in the …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun Following two weeks of stability, there has been some shuffling among the Top 3 schools in the Class 6A New Mexico High School Coaches poll. Cleveland is still ranked No. 1 in the state, despite losing to Texas’ Frenship High School in Wolfforth. With their loss, the Storm fall to 4-2, but increased their point total in the …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun And then there were two. After four weeks, only two teams remain undefeated in Class 6A, Hobbs and Cibola. Of course, neither team is ranked in the Top 3 of the most recent New Mexico High School Coaches poll. In fact, while the top three teams have flip-flopped around following losses, it’s been the same three teams in …

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 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 …

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 There is a new quarterback in Hobbs, and his name is Omar Argott. Hobbs head football coach Ken Stevens named Argott the Eagles’ next quarterback following the work he put in not only during the summer, but also during his previous two years with the Eagles as a member of the junior varsity team. Heading into the 2022-23 …

The Hobbs football team was hitting on all cylinders Friday night in the battle for Lea County against Lovington at Watson Memorial Stadium. The contest saw both teams records go to 3-1, and for Hobbs the 46-0 victory was their third shutout of the year — and their fourth shutout in the last five games. The Eagles also blanked Clovis …