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The Eagles suffered their first loss of the season in the championship Hobbs Holiday Tournament matchup with Phoenix North.
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HHS elementary teacher Abby Holmes was among the HHS choir alumni who returned to the Carol Barnes fold on Dec. 15 for a holiday concert.
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The Lady Eagles had little trouble handing Lubbock Estacado during a Dec. 14 matchup at Ralph Tasker Arena.
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Southern Heights students were among those from Hobbs who marched in the Dec. 5 Christmas parade.
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The girls took second and the boys won first in a home swimming and diving meet on Dec. 5.
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Brandon Marinovitch guards the throw-in during the Eagles Dec. 4 home opening victory over Lubbock Estacado.
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Seventh-graders Breanna Ellison (Houston) and Hannah Johns (Highland) will be 9th graders when Hobbs Freshman High School opens in 2011 - which is why they were key speakers at the Dec. 2 groundbreaking ceremony.