This was not necessarily the starting five Hobbs High School girls basketball coach Joe Carpenter imagined he'd have in the middle of the 2022-23 season. Havent given it any thought and dont intend to until summer gets here.. The Eagles, packed with nine seniors, won the state title during the 1969-70 season, just like they did the year before, and the year before that. On 2/3, the Hobbs varsity basketball team lost their home conference game against Carlsbad (NM) by a score of 58-29. In the championship game, a precursor to many memorable state tournament contests between Hobbs and Albuquerque High, the senior-led Eagles were seeking their third straight basketball crown. The victory marked head coach Jason Slate's 500th win for the Cougars. What really mattered is that the team had size, quickness and shooting to its advantage and was so good that it probably could have beat some college teams. 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. The record held nationally for decades and is still. We passed the ball pretty well. 27 talking about this. Coach Hobbs has coached every level of high school basketball with stops at Big Sky, Columbia Falls, and the head boys basketball coach at Stevensville while pursuing his teaching career. There were great athletes before us and I think we had some very good athletes and the press made it very special., Most points per game: 114.6 (was a national record until Houston Yates eclipsed it with 116.2 in 2009-10). Hobbs (16-7) is headed to the state tournament for the 39th time since Tasker took over the program in 1949. kids know you are present and care and they remember that and they also take note if they only see you at football or basketball games". The ball really moved, said Robinson, who has lived in Sweden since he moved there to play professionally after college. In the 1970 Class 4A (large school) championship game, Hobbs beat Albuquerque High 123-87. Named as one of 16 finalists for the 2021 USA Women's U16 National Team on June 16, 2021. In 2007, McKinsey became the Head Girls' Basketball coach at Serra, where he coaches presently. District rival Carlsbad is 19-3 overall and ranked 8th. He was one of the first black players in the Southwest Conference, Clampitt recalled. Bailey Vigil, Dulce High School, junior: "Usually the best player on the floor in most of her games". Conference regular season champion Of course he ran the traditional Ralph Tasker offense and defense, Ashcraft recalled. The short story: The Morgan State men's basketball team fell to the crosstown rival Coppin State Eagles, 77-65, on Thursday night at Hill Field House. Abbott was a head coach at Gallup Cathedral High School in addition to Farmington, but he is likely best remembered in Hobbs for being one of Taskers trusted assistants. At 5 p.m. Saturday at Carlsbad High School the No. One moved, one quit, and three others bowed out to focus more on their schoolwork, leaving Rowe as the only remaining . by Kyle Marksteiner | Nov 3, 2015 | Lea County | 1 comment. We ran 24-7. The Eagles will travel to Carlsbad on Friday evening. On 2/23, the Hobbs varsity basketball team won their home tournament game against Clovis (NM) by a score of 61-51. The victory marked head coach Jason Slate's 500 th win for the Cougars. 0. Joseph West Special Education/Business Market Finance/Coach. Describes the history of the basketball program at Hobbs High School in Hobbs, New Mexico from 1950 through 1983. The premise was simple: apply constant man-to-man pressure on the opposing teams offense, force turnovers and convert them into points. Theyve been my life.. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. [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. Two of Hobbs's players at George Washington played in the NBA and a third was drafted in the second round in 2006. Consider that the winning team in the last seven New Mexico big-schools boys championship games has scored no more than 61 points. Hobbs is credited as the recruiter who brought Richard Hamilton, Caron Butler and Khalid El-Amin to UConn, among others, and he was vital in the development of Ray Allen, who still credits him for the development of his strong jumpshot.[2]. Some of the various schools at which he was a candidate were the University of New Hampshire, Fordham University, Tulane University, American University, the University of Hartford, the University of Delaware, the University of Miami, Siena College and Drexel University before he finally accepted an offer to become the head coach at George Washington University in May 2001. Hobbs' stats have been entered for the 63-47 win vs. Artesia on 1/20/2023 7:00 PM. Born in Moundsville, West Virginia, he coached for over 50 years, including 49 years at Hobbs High School in Hobbs, New Mexico. Head Coach. (Courtesy Rick Shed). TOLEDO, Ohio Toledo City Councilman John M. Hobbs III is the subject of an Ohio Inspector General investigation into allegations that he misused a state vehicle to travel to locations not. ``Its a terrible empty feeling, Tasker said in an interview at the gymnasium that bears his name. Yet, after making it to the NCAA tournament the following season, Hobbs's squad missed the A-10 tournament for two consecutive years leading fans to call for his firing. But it was a requirement for the job when Abbott coached the Scorpions. He was also All Southwest Conference multiple times., The legendary Hobbs Eagle team was a racially diverse group, Clampitt remembered. Carlsbad gave up 135 and 132 points in its first two meetings. For many years, until Houston Yates averaged 116.2 in 2009-10, that Hobbs championship team was the record-holder for how fast high schoolers could put the ball in the hoop. Saturday, March 7th, 2020 at 9:00PM. These days, a prep team registering 80 points in that amount of time is considered to have a high-scoring day. Fifty years ago, the length of a high school basketball game was still the same as it is today: 32 minutes. Brooks (16.8), Williams (15.7) and Pugh (11.1) also scored in double digits. And, as the Hobbs press became a finely tuned instrument of harassment in early 1970, nothing seemed to work in trying to break it. Hobbs played for 1 of 1 Prep Academy, which is the program that Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball created in Huntersville, N.C. ESPN's HoopGurlz ranks Huntersville (N.C.) 1 of 1 Prep Academy sophomore center Ella Hobbs at No. Hobbs Athletics is excited that health guidelines now allow fans to attend indoor student events. Hobbs played for the Rhode Island Gulls of the USBL in July 1985 before returning to Connecticut and finishing his Bachelor of Science degree in family studies in the summer of 1986. [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. (Jacey Zembal/The Wolfpack Central) I was a sophomore at El Paso Irvin. East District Basketball All-Stars 2022-2023 Girls Division I First Team: Lexi Howe, Dresden Tri-Valley, 5-11, sr.,17.3; Mackenzie Harvey, Dresden Tri-Valley, 5-9, so . Karl Hobbs was born and raised in Roxbury, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston. When his threes are not dropping, he calls plays to get others going. Unknown He is the former head coach of the George Washington University Colonials men's basketball team. As the postseason approaches, we reached out to several head basketball coaches in all classifications from around New Mexico to ask them about some of the top players in the state. That defeat came six weeks after Taskers wife of 49 years died. [2], On January 29, 1993 Tasker recorded win number 1027 to move into first place on the All-Time Wins list among high school basketball coaches. Last week, Goar set the school record for most three-pointers in a career (218), and he is close to breaking into the top ten all-time in the state. 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The new Boys & Girls Club had 1,400 kids signed up and averaged 350 visitors a day over the summer, Clampitt noted. Stacey Burns Chemistry,Advanced Chemistry, . All four of those San Juan County teams will be at home for the first round of games, which each have a start time of 6 p.m. 2017 USA U16 . The 2023 high school state basketball tournaments begin Friday, with the girls up first. Basketball. Boys prep basketball: West Mesa takes half-game lead in A playoff game in District 2-5A boys basketball seems imminent, thanks to the West Mesa Mustangs. I know he was pretty intense sometimes, Shed said. Were fighting to try and get those home games in the first round and quarterfinals and if we can get to the Pit, see where everything falls from there.. [15], On April 25, 2011, it was announced that George Washington had released Hobbs from his contract. (The 1995 Albuquerque High boys champions also will be recognized that day, and the New Mexico Activities Association will hold a lunch banquet for all of its reunion teams Friday.). Daniel Buford. In the Girls 4A title game, Flagstaff ended a 31-year-old curse. Athletic Coordinator / Boys Basketball Head Coach /PALS kyle_herrema@lovejoyisd.net469-742-8729 Brandon Jackson Business (CTE) / Coach brandon_jackson@lovejoyisd.net469-742-8560 Jason Johns Athletic Coordinator jason_johns@lovejoyisd.net Ian Keeble Digital Media (CTE) / Girls Soccer Head Coach But the young Eagles not only. On 2/7, the Hobbs varsity basketball team won their away conference game against Roswell (NM) by a score of 75-64. Click here for the online magazine >>>. In college, Brooks would rise to the top of the all-time scoring list at New Mexico Highlands. He lives in Santa Fe.. Other key players were Randall Pughs younger brother Easy, Charles Hutchings and Tim Tasker, the coachs son. Over three seasons in Lovington, he posted a 52-22 win-loss record, culminating in the 1949 New Mexico State Championship (all New Mexico schools competed in a single class at that time). [4] [5] [18] Dozens of former Hobbs players have received NCAA scholarships, and thirteen have been drafted by NBA teams. On 2/17, the Hobbs varsity basketball team lost their away conference game against Carlsbad (NM) by a score of 49-32. At the high school level he played both varsity basketball and baseball. The 2023 high school state basketball tournaments begin Friday, with the girls up first. It remains the most prolific scoring team in state high school history. It was my resignation, he said. Hobbs only has two losses on the season, to Odessa Permian and unbeaten Las Cruces. The last one to move in and be part of the group came into the Hobbs school system in the seventh grade. By the time everyone reached high school, the young men had spent years running, practicing the press, looking for each other on passes and admiring Hobbs players of the past. on the Internet. They really werent happy about that.. In March 1970, this group of Eagles became part of the lore and is still regarded by many Hobbs hoops aficionados as the greatest in school history. Marco Boyle . They didnt want us to score a hundred points.. ADVERTISEMENT The winning started immediately. High School Sports. Heizer Pool to close for repairs in summer 2023? Christina Worth . (Courtesy of Rick Shed), Hobbs coach Ralph Tasker confers with his son Tim in the fourth quarter of the 1970 Class 4A (large school) state championship game. They never slowed down for a minute. [7], After World War II, Tasker became the head basketball coach at Lovington High School in Lovington, New Mexico. It was my first time I took a team to the state tournament. The Bengals are coached by Joshua Dunlap, a 2008 Hobbs High School graduate. [1] As a teacher at Hobbs High School, he taught Social Studies and Government and was named Teacher of the Year three times. 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. At Cambridge, Hobbs played point guard alongside future NBA star Patrick Ewing. The Eagles will travel to Carlsbad on Friday evening. Canton High School is located at 1110 W Hwy 243Canton, TX 75103. The knowledge he gave us about basketball was big for me., From Tasker to Reeves, not much has changed. Hobbs began his high school basketball career at Burke High School before he transferred to Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in a highly controversial decision in which Burke coach Joe Day accused Cambridge coach Mike Jarvis of illegally recruiting Hobbs. 195 - Nate Taylor (Center Hill High School) 22-3, Sr. Required fields are marked *. We know there are 5 or 6 teams that could possibly win this, said Reeves. Back in those days more teams played a more controlled, disciplined type of offense, said Ashcraft, who is now based out of Weatherford, Oklahoma. [18] Russ Gilmore, who succeeded Tasker as head basketball coach at Hobbs High and who has won five New Mexico State Championships of his own, credits Tasker with helping him assume control of the program. 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. They figured if they kept the score low, they could beat us, Robinson remembered. Tanner Hobbs "Scroll-stopping" content to present your property, properly. I think we were up to 119-something, said Robinson of the Carlsbad win that put Hobbs in the record book for single-game scoring only to be beaten by Hobbs 176 against Roswell in 1978. His teams were typically characterized by their frenetic, trapping defense which has led the Colonials to be one of the top teams in steals. 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. Be the first one to, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). He said they could outrun us. Wish I could talk to a Hobbs player from then. [5], After attending Alderson-Broaddus College on a basketball scholarship, Tasker became the head basketball coach at the high school in Sulphur Springs, Ohio. [5], After state runner-up finishes in 1971 and 1976, Tasker's Eagles again claimed back-to-back state championships in 1980 and 1981. The Mustangs, contrary to Mayfields strategy, seemed intent to play the way Hobbs wanted them to play. That coach said they were going to run with us. By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Kevin Wilson, whose love of football began on football fields in Maiden, is again a head coach in college football. Aural (auditory-musical): Prefer using sound and music. I think playing sports was a good diversion and something to help get their mind off of what theyd seen, he remarked. One of them would pop out, catch and look for the other one inside. Having the two Larrys in there, we were stacked in the post, Henry said. 170 - Maison Kleist (Vancleave High School) 26-13, Jr. 182 - Kamar Houston (Oxford High School Wrestling ) 12-4, So. (The number moves to 33 percent capacity if and when the county moves to turquoise)