Champions! Lady Eagles pull away from Rio Rancho for state title PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN ALBUQUERQUE – The Hobbs girls basketball team is in the business of contending for state championships. It’s what they do, how they roll. Like a fast food joint churning out hamburgers, the Lady Eagles serve up title contenders on a regular basis. Winning a state title is …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun Lookout Albuquerque, the Hobbs Lady Eagles are on their way. The Hobbs softball team booked its spot in the Class 5A championship round with a 7-3 win over the Volcano Vista Lady Hawks Friday night at Veterans Memorial Complex. “We took advantage (of the home game) and the kids came out ready to play and to show Hobbs …

The Hobbs girls’ basketball team picked up another dominating district win Friday night as the Lady Eagles crushed visiting Clovis 59-28 in Tasker Arena. As in some of their more recent games, the Lady Eagles jumped out to a big lead early in the game and never looked back. Hobbs scored first, taking a 2-0 lead, but two minutes later …

Flawless. Exquisite. Exemplary. Superb. Or better yet, perfect. Hobbs pitcher Kynsie Bennett accomplished something that no other Hobbs pitcher has ever done Thursday night when she threw a perfect game as the Lady Eagles beat Clovis 12-0 in the opener of a district doubleheader at Veterans Memorial Complex. “I was real relaxed out there with no nerves,” Bennett said. “I …

ALBUQUERQUE – Maybe it was fitting, in a weird kind of way, to end a weird kind of season like this, following one of the weirdest years in human history. The Hobbs girls’ basketball team had to wait almost a year to find out if there would even be a season, if there would even be a chance to defend …

In early March, after enduring a run by Volcano Vista, the Hobbs girls’ basketball team went on a final run to hold off the Lady Hawks to win its third state championship in school history. The Lady Eagles’ 58-43 win in The Pit, with no fans in attendance, was a historical moment for the Lady Eagles, and not just because …

Saturday night at Tasker Arena the Hobbs girls’ basketball team and Carlsbad met for the fourth time this season. In the previous games, the losing team had found a way to adjust and counter the winner, but that didn’t happen this time. The Lady Eagles were able to break the trend with a 62-43 win over the Cavegirls to win …

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 …