Eagles repeat as tournament champions PETER STEIN NEWS-SUN New Year’s Eve is a day for looking back and looking forward. Fitting for the Hobbs boys basketball team, because the Eagles gave themselves good news for both 2025 and ’26. With Wednesday’s 41-36 comeback victory over Albuquerque High in the 66th Hobbs Holiday Tournament title game, the Eagles brought the good …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun Shawn Williams says the time he spends officiating basketball uses some of the same skills he employs in his day job as fire investigator and Hobbs Fire Marshal. Ty Friend, who teaches at the Alternative High School in Hobbs, told the News-Sun much the same between games Wednesday, opening day of the annual Hobbs Holiday Tournament. Officiating “makes …

JASON FARMER/NEWS-SUN The Hobbs boys’ basketball team thrilled a packed Tasker Arena Wednesday night as the Eagles laid claim to the 62nd Annual Hobbs Holiday Tournament championship. Hobbs, which had lost in the previous two HHT championship games to Cleveland, cruised to a victory over the Storm, beating them 77-53. “This win means a lot,” Hobbs senior Aaron Mora said. …

For the second time in six years, the Hobbs Holiday Tournament has been cancelled. The 2020 version of the tournament would have been the 62nd for the boys and fourth for the girls. However, thanks to the New Mexico Activities Association’s schedule release on Wednesday, there will be no tournament this year. In fact, there will be no tournaments of …

It’s that time of the year, the Hobbs Holiday Tournament is upon us. This is the third annual tournament for the girls’ basketball team. The Hobbs Lady Eagles are the back-to-back champions and looking for the three-peat. This edition sees three returning teams from last year and four debutants. Of the three returns, Aztec and Canutillo are the only teams …

The 61st annual Hobbs Holiday Tournament gets underway on Thursday at Tasker Arena and it should be a good one. Once again, there will be three teams making tournament debuts. Lawton Eisenhower, from Oklahoma, El Paso Montwood, from Texas, and Artesia will all be new entrants this season. As for the rest of the boys’ field, Cleveland and Canutillo will …

The Hobbs Lady Eagles are starting a tradition. For the second-straight year, Hobbs claimed its own tournament championship, beating the Kirtland Central Lady Broncos 59-35 in Ralph Tasker Arena Saturday. With the win Hobbs improves to 13-1 and next travels to Centennial on Thursday for a 6 p.m. tip off. The title game featured the second ranked teams in New …

Eagles make all-tournament teams In addition to winning its first-ever girls championship in the Hobbs Holiday Tournament, the Hobbs Lady Eagles netted some individual hardware. Amaya Lewis, Amiah Smith, Kiara Knight, and Ayanna Smith all were named to the inaugural 10-person all-tournament team. “All four of them are outstanding players,” said Lady Eagles head coach Joey Carpenter. “Amaya Lewis, as …

Hobbs Holiday Tournament overview of girls teams The Hobbs Holiday Tournament has a long history, and its acclaim has spread far throughout the Southwest. Teams from numerous states have traveled to south eastern New Mexico to compete against the Eagles, with those fans filling the bleachers of Ralph Tasker Arena. One thing the tournament has never had, though, is a …