2 for the Class 5A boys basketball playoffs sail into the postseason Prep basketball roundup: Highland, Sandia Prep win district title Highland's boys, Sandia Prep's boys and Highland's boys, Sandia Prep's boys and Volcano Vista's girls all won district tournament championsh Prep notes: Eldorado basketball sophomore Hines' 51-point game nears Eldorado High School sophomore Bella Hines Eldorado High School sophomore Bella Hines has repeatedly raised the scoring bar for herself this se Prep basketball: Santa Fes mystery point causes 5-5A controversy. Ella Hobbs. In fact, so lofty was his status in town that the Hobbs gym was rededicated as Ralph Tasker Arena for the first game of the 1969-70 season. Visual (spatial) : Prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding. Eva Love, La Cueva High School, junior: Versatile guard with a good range and leadership skills, Good mid-range jumper: Leilani Love, Albuquerque High School, senior: One of the top post players in the state with range off the block as well, scored over 1,000 points in her career, Aspen Salazar, Centennial High School, senior: The top scoring player from the south at almost 20 points a game, passed the 1,000 point mark this season, Caitlin Turnbow, Organ Mountain High School, junior: 510 forward averaging 17 points and 10 rebounds a game, Rock solid, Kera Beall-Gleason, Kirtland Central High School, junior: Can hurt you in many different ways, Kiera Livingston, Gallup High School, senior: A great shooter, Alyssa Maes, St. Pius X, junior: A great playmaker, Azalia Malizia, Valencia High School, junior: A point guard with speed and a pesky defender, Kathleen Obisike, Hope Christian School, senior: Forward capable of a double-double almost every game, scored over 1,000 points in her career and grabbed over 1,000 rebounds, Rylie Whitehair, Gallup High School, sophomore: Very tough post who draws a bunch of double teams, Emma Lewis, Santa Fe Indian School, sophomore: Tough to guard and a good rebounder, Alexis Pacheco, Robertson High School, sophomore: Fast and can create havoc, Lauryn Pecos, St. Michaels High School, senior: Versatile player that can run the point or beat you in the paint, Morgan Crisp, Clayton High School, senior: Sharpshooting guard with unlimited range, Analise MacAuley, Penasco High School, junior: Versatile double-double player with good footwork, Brycelyn Martinez, Escalante High School, senior: Experienced player, game changer that does it all, Daelyn Pacheco, Santa Rosa High School, senior: Easily a double-double with points and assists every game, Isabella Poison, Santa Rosa High School, senior: Dominant on the block offensively and defensively, Bailey Vigil, Dulce High School, junior: Usually the best player on the floor in most of her games, Harmony Abalos, Cliff High School, senior: Point guard who leads her team in every game, Alyce Apachito, ToHajiilee High School, senior/Tyler-Rose Apachito, ToHajiilee High School, senior: Both are experienced players who average double figures, Alyce is unstoppable on the low post, Jordan Clifton, Cliff High School, senior: Experienced post player, Tough to stop inside and out, Tanna Crisp, Roy/Quemado, senior: A post who can play inside or outside, Addy Offutt, Animas High School, senior: Aggressive defensively and outworks everyone on the court, can shoot from the outside or take you off the dribble, Hard to stop everywhere on the floor, Isabelle Sena, Melrose High School, senior: Experienced point guard and glue for that group, Kenyon Aguino, Volcano Vista, sophomore: Can play inside or out with his length and soft touch, Sean Alter, Volcano Vista, senior: Experienced 69 post player that is difficult to defend, Jalin Holland, Los Lunas High School, sophomore: Can score in a variety of ways with excellent ball-handling skills, Andrew Hill, Sandia High School, senior: 62 guard with good ball-handling skills, capable of putting up a big number, Brandon Kehres, Organ Mountain High School, junior: 65 forward who is the top player in District 3 and can get his points in a variety of ways, Michael Mackey, Hobbs High School, senior: Three-year starter scored 51 points earlier this season against Clovis, The Eagles go as he goes, Alex Alfaro, Deming High School, senior: 61 captain, hes our district MVP, Alexis Dominguez, Highland High School, senior: An experienced guard with very high basketball IQ, He gets his shot off quickly and knows when to make the right pass. Attends Jay M. Robinson High School in Concord, North Carolina; Facebook; Twitter; Google Plus; . But another winning season has done little to ease the pain Tasker has felt since he announced last summer, under pressure from the Hobbs School Board, that he would retire. DIMMITT Eddie Walker had the perfect set drawn up for the waning seconds of a tied game Tuesday. Hobbs High School basketball coach Ralph Tasker in 1998. In college, Brooks would rise to the top of the all-time scoring list at New Mexico Highlands. Hobbs Coaching Records: 1954-98: Ralph Tasker: 1003-215.823: 1999-12: Russ Gilmore: 288-84.774: 2013-18: Mike Smith: 153-59.722: 2019-Shelby Reeves: 71-25.740 . The 2023 high school state basketball tournaments begin Friday, with the girls up first. Hobbs is known for his high-energy, frenetic coaching style. It was my resignation, he said. [2] He was named National High School Coach of the Year in 1969 by the National High School Coaches Association, and the Eagles' home gymnasium was renamed Ralph Tasker Arena in his honor during the 1969-70 season. The show begins with an overview of the changes. Fifty years ago, the length of a high school basketball game was still the same as it is today: 32 minutes. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. In 53 years, Tasker rarely has taken a vacation. He will leave a role as offensive coordinator at Ohio State to fill that position. As a Longhorn, Robinson was named the Southwest Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore and as a senior. Nowhere in sports is consistency more valued than on the high school level, where a coach can lead fathers and then their sons at the same school. During his time in the Army, hed worked in the intermural office at Ft. Carson, and putting together sports leagues felt like a natural fit. Athletic Director - Brenda Wilson Assistant Athletic Director - Jason Parrish. From 2017-2020 Hobbs was the girls JV coach at Sentinel under one of the greatest high school coaches of all time, Karen Deden. On 2/23, the Hobbs varsity basketball team won their home tournament game against Clovis (NM) by a score of 61-51. Hobbs resident Rick Shed recalls that part. In 1998, he became the Associate Head Boys' Basketball Coach at LACES, where he stayed for 8 years. [18] In 2014, UConn defeated Kentucky for the national championship, Hobbs' second on the Connecticut staff. Additionally, UConn made five Sweet Sixteen appearances during his tenure and won the 199899 National Championship. Hobbs Freshman High School Staff Physical Education Department Coach Jennifer Williams- Pe, Basketball,Cross Country. Taskers first Hobbs team went 13-7, them improved to 27-6 the following year. 170 - Maison Kleist (Vancleave High School) 26-13, Jr. 182 - Kamar Houston (Oxford High School Wrestling ) 12-4, So. The last one to move in and be part of the group came into the Hobbs school system in the seventh grade. He would tell me about teams, just being around him was wonderful. Gone is former coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tommy Rees, who headed to Alabama. Lets say this: It was like a hurricane hit me, said Albuquerque coaching legend Jim Hulsman, who was coaching in his first title contest. Clampitt is one of the few members of the team who still resides in Hobbs, and almost certainly the one with the most public profile in town. The 2022-23 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team represents Rutgers University-New Brunswick during the 2022-23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. He had a deadly little set shot.. [16] Officials stated that "The university determined that now is the time for new leadership of GWs mens basketball team"[16], After leaving George Washington, Hobbs returned to the University of Connecticut, serving under Jim Calhoun in the role of Director of Men's Basketball Administration, where he was tasked with managing film, compliance, travel and the relationship between the team and the greater university. Del Norte has played in the last two state finals in 4A; Del Norte is the 9, facing a roadie Saturday at Deming. During this time, it was natural for Hobbs's name to begin popping up for head coaching vacancies. "Let me tell you the final play," the Floydada boys basketball coach said. Jose Mares. More. It was pure talent, reflected Mike Clampitt, a guard on the team. A high school girl's basketball game erupted into a violent brawl last weekend when an argument between one of the referees and a coach led to a heated blowout. We were averaging almost 120 points a game. The knowledge he gave us about basketball was big for me., From Tasker to Reeves, not much has changed. And as a result, the Eagles loss margin that day was in the 50-point range. Hed already been a part of the program since the 1949-50 season and had implemented his full-court press by the 1955-56 season. This years Hobbs team has struggled, but has managed to ensure their 78-year-old coach, who walks with a limp from three hip replacement operations, goes out a winner. I learned how to talk fast broadcasting his games. When the scores are higher, it may seem like youre not playing any defense, Ash-craft said, but its about tempo., PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN Lifting weights is oftentimes something athletes do to prepare for ot, Gabrielle Arsiage/News-Sun The mother was bouncing, but the first baby of 2022 in Lea Coun, What do I do next? or now what? These are just a few of the questions people ask thems, ALBUQUERQUE This time last season, the Hobbs girls basketball team and its fans left Th, Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Many businesses, churches, and other buildings found themselves, Dorothy N. Fowler/News-Sun New Mexico Junior College will be the site of a new medical cli, Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun The fate of one of Hobbs outdoor swimming pools is in limbo. Hayden Jarrett's all-around talent is easy to notice on the court. Offensive line coach Harry Hiestand also departed, choosing to . [14], The turnaround in victories coincided with an increased presence for Coach Hobbs in communication with fans and on television. Some of the scores were truly cringe-worthy for fans of the opposition. Coach: Armand Milanesi, second season Last year: 27-7, Metro Christian Athletic Association champion; National Christian Schools Athletic Association Division 3 national tournament champion Of course he ran the traditional Ralph Tasker offense and defense, Ashcraft recalled. ``It was between us and Coach.. But Abbott had far more success in his career than games like that. Hobbs holds a 20-2 record and is ranked 5th in the state in the latest MaxPreps polls. People used to complain that I talked too fast.. He always told us that an assist was worth more than two points. The entire team, according to a record that Shed provided for this story, included James Ward, Duane Henry, James Dickerson, Dicky Speegle, Mike Clampitt and Tommy Tydings. While Lea County remains in green status, indoor-event capacity is 25 percent. Victor Rotunno. Having the two Larrys in there, we were stacked in the post, Henry said. As of March 2, 2023. 0:36. Of course, Hobbs had its own coaching legend in the late Ralph Tasker, who was in the process of leading the Eagles to the schools seventh championship. His 1981 team posted a 26-0 record to give him his second undefeated season. El Paso Times. [5], After attending Alderson-Broaddus College on a basketball scholarship, Tasker became the head basketball coach at the high school in Sulphur Springs, Ohio. Alamogordo was stacked with a lot of talent and they used to line up four across, kind of, at the free throw line. This site is to be used to post pictures &. After graduating from HobbsHigh, Abbott went on to attend FortLewis Junior College in Durango,Colorado, where he played basketball well enough to earn All-Conference honors. [19] Hall of Fame Coach Morgan Wootten has said of Tasker, "Ralph was a true pioneer of the game at the high school level, and his lasting impact of the thousands of lives he touched over his 53 years will never be forgotten. But the young Eagles not only. It had 19 consecutive seasons (1966 through 1984) in which it won 20 or more games. Reeves played for the legendary Ralph Tasker and coached with the Hall of Famer, as well. The three-peat went down in the record books for high scoring (100 points or more in 14 consecutive games), and thats the year the stadium was named after Ralph Tasker. The Sandia Matadors have been a second half team most of this season, and that proved true again on State tournament prep basketball tips off Friday: The Journal previews the matchups (brackets attached). Coach Tasker always referred to his assistant coaches as co-coaches. The Scarlet Knights are led by seventh-year head coach Steve Pikiell and play their home games at Jersey Mike's Arena in Piscataway . You live by the bullet, you die by the bullet, I guess was his philosophy.. Theyve been my life.. He attended their winter instructional league and spring training, but was released when the Cubs drastically reduced the size of their farm club. [10] Then, despite losing all five starters to graduation, Hobbs won the title for a third consecutive season in 1958, proving that Tasker's "run and press" strategy was no fluke. Prep basketball: Imposing (Volcano Vista, Sandia boys) and surprising (Academy girls) teams win district titles, Colorado State slices up Lobos; UNM is a 6 seed in league tourney, If it MUST be the NIT, UNM basketball has a plan, After bill was vetoed last year, lawmakers try again to boost pay of NM judges, Gun safe storage bill inches closer to governor's desk after winning Senate approval. That defeat came six weeks after Taskers wife of 49 years died. He coached (and won) for many more seasons before retiring following the 1997-98 season with a final win-loss record standing at 1122-291. They slowed the game down and held the ball for two minutes, three minutes.. FARMINGTON Four local and area high school girls basketball teams received invitations to the 2023 New Mexico Activities Association's state tournament which begin March 1 across the state. [2] His other accomplishments include twice being named National High School Coach of the Year, induction into the National High School Sports Hall of Fame, and being chosen for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Morgan Wootten Award. Hobbs' stats have been entered for the 49-32 loss @ Carlsbad on 2/17/2023 7:00 PM. I think we had a group of athletes who were very well suited for coach Taskers coaching style and his style of play. View the Hobbs Varsity Boys Basketball team schedule on sblivesports.com and scorebooklive.com. The next two weeks, the Eagles ran two miles every other day. In the next four games, which included the only loss of the season 96-95 at Abilene (Texas) High Hobbs didnt hit the 100-point level. Karl Bernard Hobbs II[1] (born August 7, 1961) is an American men's college basketball coach, currently the associate head coach at Rutgers University. Volleyball. While most people could read eight lines in 30 seconds, I could read 10 or 11 lines in 30 seconds.