Hobbs High School
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Hobbs High School is located in Hobbs, New Mexico
, and has a student population of about 1500 students as of 2009. Ralph Tasker
coached basketball at HHS for 49 years, from 1949 to 1998.
Up until May 2002, Hobbs freshmen went to the three junior high schools: Highland, Houston, and Heizer. All three schools housed 7th-9th grade, and the decision was made to convert Heizer Junior High School into a Freshman High School to help transition students into high school by grouping their peers together all at once. The reason that Heizer was chosen was due to its ability to expand if needed because of the fact the school was surrounded by an open field. Both Highland and Houston were surrounded by housing and other problems that prevented expansions to accommodate the incoming freshman. Until the summer of 2011, the freshmen were either bussed or transported by their parents to the campus, which drew the ire of many parents because of its location in the extreme southern location of Hobbs, on Stanolind Road. After a few years of discussion, the Hobbs Municipal School Board decided that the best way to transition the freshmen to high school would be to build a new Freshman High School on Sanger Street next to the HMS District Office. The first class of freshmen to attend the new HFHS will be in August 2011.
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Hobbs, New Mexico
Hobbs is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 28,657 at the 2000 census.Hobbs is the principal city of the Hobbs, New Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Lea County.-Geography:...
, and has a student population of about 1500 students as of 2009. Ralph Tasker
Ralph Tasker
Ralph Tasker was a high school boys' basketball coach. He coached for over 50 years, including 49 years at Hobbs High School in Hobbs, New Mexico. As head coach at Sulphur Springs , Lovington , and Hobbs, he compiled a win-loss record of 1122-291...
coached basketball at HHS for 49 years, from 1949 to 1998.
Campus
The Campus is a fairly standard indoor campus with several classrooms that you can enter from the outside. The High School also has a new Auditorium and Athletic Center.Up until May 2002, Hobbs freshmen went to the three junior high schools: Highland, Houston, and Heizer. All three schools housed 7th-9th grade, and the decision was made to convert Heizer Junior High School into a Freshman High School to help transition students into high school by grouping their peers together all at once. The reason that Heizer was chosen was due to its ability to expand if needed because of the fact the school was surrounded by an open field. Both Highland and Houston were surrounded by housing and other problems that prevented expansions to accommodate the incoming freshman. Until the summer of 2011, the freshmen were either bussed or transported by their parents to the campus, which drew the ire of many parents because of its location in the extreme southern location of Hobbs, on Stanolind Road. After a few years of discussion, the Hobbs Municipal School Board decided that the best way to transition the freshmen to high school would be to build a new Freshman High School on Sanger Street next to the HMS District Office. The first class of freshmen to attend the new HFHS will be in August 2011.
School song
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Stands the best of noble high schools
Hobbs High heres to you
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Golden land of all that's worthwhile
Hobbs, New Mexico!!!!
Mascot and colors
The mascot of Hobbs High School is the Eagles and the colors are primarily Black and Gold with White being a secondary color. One of the more prominent icons of the HHS campus is the eagle on a globe statue outside the front of the campus, facing Jefferson Street. Over the years rival high schools have taken to paint this statue in their own colors as a prank.Sports
Hobbs High School is classified as a AAAAA school, the highest classification in the NMAA. Hobbs is situated in District 4 of AAAAA with the Clovis High School Wildcats and the Carlsbad High School Cavemen. Hobbs High School has a total of 42 state titles. Hobbs High School competes in a wide variety of sports as the Eagles and Lady Eagles, which includes:- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Eagle tennis. - VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- Lady Eagle volleyball. - FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- 6-time state championship-winning Eagle football. The Eagles play their home games at Watson Memorial Stadium. The Eagles acquired Head Coach Bruce Dollar from Carlsbad High School, at which he was the athletic director. The Eagles went 4-6 last season with losses against Clovis, 54-14, and Carlsbad, 42-22. The Eagles wear an assortment of jerseys both at home and on the road. The Eagles sport Black jerseys and Gold jerseys at home as well as White jerseys on the road. The Eagles have black Helmets with an H logo with an eagle on the inside. - BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- The basketball team is the most prominent program in the state, with 16 state championships. Hobbs has an intense rivalry with Clovis, especially during basketball games, with crowds often rivaling many college venues. In fact, Hobbs most recent state championship in 2009 came against the Wildcats at The Pit in Albuquerque. - BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
and SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- Eagle Baseball and Softball is very competitive in district against the Cavemen and the Wildcats. - SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and DivingDivingDiving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
- Hobbs has a swimming and diving team - WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
- Eagle Wrestling is very competitive in district as well as at the state level.