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 …

Peter Stein/News-Sun The only commute an undefeated No. 1 football seed should have for a state championship game is from its home locker room out to its home field. But, it was all good for Jal’s football team anyway on Friday night, good and cold, but all good. The top-seeded Panthers, who had to go on the road due to the …

JAL – Deee-fense! Deee-fense! Defense? Wait, what? Yes, defense dictated Saturday’s state 2A football championship game between Jal and Eunice, despite having two of the county’s most explosive offensive players – the Cardinals’ Conagher Pierce and the Panthers’ Alexavier Carreon – on the field. And once the Cardinals’ offense was able to chip away a bit in the fourth quarter, …

JAL – At times during Thursday night’s football game between Jal’s varsity and Hobbs’ junior varsity, the lights at Jal High School’s Panther Stadium flickered. But, the power of Jal’s team never wavered, as the Panthers executed offensively and defensively and rolled to a 54-0 victory over Hobbs. Four touchdowns each by Alexavier Carreon and Jacob Lujan, plus a relentless …

The seventh-seeded Jal football team visits second-seeded Santa Rosa Friday night in the quarterfinals of Class 2A playoffs. The winner of the game will face the winner of Fort Sumner/House and Newcomb in the semifinal. This is the first meeting between the two squads of the season. Jal (5-5, 2-1) defeated Loving 62-8 to reach the quarterfinals. The Panthers will …

For the second time in as many seasons, the Hobbs football team will be hosting a Class 6A playoff game at Watson Memorial Stadium. The difference between this year’s opponent and last year, however, is that this year’s game will be played on Friday night. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. The Eagles finished the regular season at 7-3 overall and …