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The boys soccer team won its first game of state championship playoff action at home against Eldorado on Oct. 29. |
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The Eagles football team was upended 61-21 by Mayfield at home on Oct. 28. |
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Hobbs High School paid tribute to first responders with this video which they previewed during an Oct. 28 pep assembly.
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Students from Stone and Mills were on stage at Tydings Oct. 28 for a National Dance Institute performance.
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Dozens of students showed up with their pumpkins on Oct. 24 for the annual College Lane Pumpkin Patch competition. |
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The Lady Eagles soccer team beat Carlsbad 3-1 on Oct. 22 to win the district championship and move into the state playoffs. |
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The Lady Eagles lost 3-1 to Gadsden on Senior Night at Tasker Arena on Oct. 18.
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The Eagles beat Onate 5-0 on Senior Day on Oct. 15 at home. |
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Houston Middle School theater students performed the first play of the school year - Box - on Oct. 14. |
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The girls soccer team lost a 2-1 heartbreaker in the final minutes to Las Cruces on Oct. 13. |
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The Lady Eagles varsity team finished seventh and the Eagles JV team was
eighth when HHS hosted its annual cross country meet.
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Tharon Drake, the visually impaired HHS graduate who won two silver
medals in swimming competition at the 2016 Paralymic Games, was at
College Lane on Oct. 12 to give students a lesson in perseverance |
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The Eagles beat Gadsden 1-0 in double overtime on Oct. 11. |
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The Eagles surged to an early lead over Las Cruces on Oct. 8 but faltered in the second half, losing 48-28.
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The HHS marching band and two teams of color guard members each earned
superior ratings during an Oct. 4 band festival in Artesia. |
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The Freshman High School held its first pep rally of the year on Oct. 5. |
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Members of the HHS/FHS marching band and color guard participated in
their first competition of the year in Artesia on Oct 4 - winning
perfect scores of "1" in the process.
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Students from Broadmoor, Murray, Stone and BTW were on stage Oct. 1 for a
Missoula Children's Theatre production of The Princess and The Pea. |
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Under the leadership of new choir director Cindy Roberts, the Freshman
High and Hobbs High School choirs were on stage Oct. 3 at Tydings
Auditorium. |