| Hobbs High School | |
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| Location | |
| 800 N. Jefferson Hobbs, NM 88240 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1912 |
| Principal | Eppie Calderon |
| Grades | 10-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,500 |
| Campus | Rural (suburban) |
| Color(s) | Black, Gold, and White |
| Athletics | NMAA |
| Athletics conference | 4 AAAAA |
| Nickname | Eagles |
| Newspaper | The Eagle's Cry |
| Yearbook | Sandstorm |
| Website | [1] |
Hobbs High School (HHS) 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.
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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.
In the west mid dark oil derricks
Friendly flares to view
Stands the best of noble high schools
Hobbs High heres to you
Watch the night flares send a radiance and a grand Hello
Golden land of all that's worthwhile
Hobbs, New Mexico!!!!
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.
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:
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