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By Don Eskins Building positive resumes couldn’t be more important for prep football teams throughout New Mexico, especially for all those aspiring to join the NMAA’s list of elite state playoff candidates. Coaches and teams all know that when the NMAA meets at the end of October to place teams on this year’s state tournament bracket, wins and losses couldn’t be more important to the selection committee. So, with three games remaining on most prep gridiron schedules, closing

By Don Eskins With an overpowering performance against their archrival, the Hobbs Eagles, Carlsbad High’s Cavegirl volleyball team sent out a loud message to their district opponents. In Carlsbad on Tuesday afternoon, October 13, the Cavegirls opened District 4/5A play by sweeping the Eagles 3-0. The victory got CHS off to a quick and successful start in their run to capture this year’s District 4/5A crown. With the win, Carlsbad, 1-0, shares the conference’s top spot with th

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High’s Cavemen cross country team vaulted to the number one spot in this week’s October 11-18 Class 5A MileSplit Top 10 Rankings. Steadily progressing throughout 2026, the Cavemen sit at the No. 1 spot for the first time in Carlsbad High School history. As expected, the Cavemen Blueclads, along with head coach Michael Sims, couldn’t be more excited. “Our kids have been working really hard, improving as a team, and cutting times just about every week. We

By Don Eskins Well, it looks like the oddsmakers got this one right, but just barely. Following the eighth-ranked Eldorado Eagles’ 21-20 upset victory over the second-ranked Las Cruces Bulldawgs, MaxPreps picked the Eagles to roll over the 10th-ranked Carlsbad Cavemen in a game played at Albuquerque’s Wison Stadium on Friday night, October 9. But when all was said and done, the Cavemen battled Eldorado tougher than expected before falling to the Eagles 22-21. Yup, Carlsbad ga

On Tuesday, October 13, the Cavegirl volleyball team will open District 4/5A play in Carlsbad against their old nemesis, the Hobbs Eagles. With no clear-cut favorite, the race for this year’s conference championship and the ticket to the state tournament that comes with it, appear to be up for grabs. The Cavegirls will enter their district inaugural with an overall record of 7-7; the Eagles are 5-10. In District 4/5A’s other conference opener, the 6-10 Roswell Coyotes will ho

By Don Eskins Nobody said earning a berth in this year’s state playoffs was going to be easy for the Carlsbad Cavemen. And guess what? How right they were! Once again, in their quest to punch their tickets to this year’s Big Dance, the 10th-ranked Cavemen will take the field as an underdog when they line up against the surprising eighth-ranked Eldorado Eagles on Friday night, October 9, in Albuquerque. But, according to Cavemen head coach Cale Sanders, regardless of Eldorado’

By Don Eskins For Cavegirl softball fans, who anxiously await spring for the start of a new season, the waiting just might be over. The Cavegirls, piloted by head coach Brian Santo, are now actively competing in the fall as well. While the reason for playing fall softball should be obvious—the more you play, the better you become—there’s yet another very important one. “Besides competing for a state championship each year, we do our best to help our kids get collegiate schola

The Carlsbad High School girls’ soccer team, 2-12-2 on the year, have fallen to 0-2-1 in District 4/5A. But, although unable to mount up a victory in district play, the Cavegirls have shown a marked degree of improvement. Following a conference inaugural 4-0 loss to Hobbs, the Cavegirls, on Saturday, October 3, tied the Clovis Wildcats 1-1, and on Tuesday, October 6, battled the Roswell Coyotes tough before dropping a 1-0 decision. Scoring for the Cavegirls in their 1-1 stale

By Don Eskins Cavegirls Host Clovis Wildcats Lady Luck continues to evade the injury-plagued Carlsbad Cavegirls. Hoping to grab a District 4/5A inaugural victory on Tuesday, September 29, in Hobbs, Carlsbad’s girls dropped a 4-0 decision to the 7-6-1, 11th-ranked Hobbs Eagles. With the loss, the Cavegirls fell to 2-11-1 on the year and 0-1 in conference play. In Class 5A soccer, they’re ranked 22nd. For the Eagles, the 4-0 win earned them a spot atop the District 4/5A standin

By Don Eskins Carlsbad High’s Homecoming game, billed as a football clash between the Cavemen and Clovis Wildcats, quickly turned into a track meet on Saturday night, September 26, as the Cavemen raced by the Cats 48-8. With the victory, the Cavemen, who dropped their opening two conference games to Centennial and Volcano Vista, notched their first District 2/6A win of the season. On the year, they’re 4-2. With the loss, Clovis dropped to 0-3 in conference play and 1-5 on the

From the Stands by Don Eskins Carlsbad High, along with the other seven members of District 2/6A, will be taking this weekend off, October 1-3. With four games remaining on their schedules, games that could help to catapult their conference standings and to punch their tickets to this year’s state playoffs, the break couldn’t have come at a better time. That’s especially true for the Cavemen (4-2, 1-2), who will face off against three of New Mexico’s Top 10 Class 6A teams dur

Bits and Pieces by Don Eskins A while back, Carlsbad Local Sports ran an editorial on coaches at Carlsbad High. The article asked: If CHS had a Mt. Rushmore of Iconic Cavemen and Cavegirl coaches, who should be on it? As Mt. Rushmore is located in South Dakota, the Local decided to look for something a little closer to home. We found it a short distance from Carlsbad, Mt. Guadalupe, and what could be more fitting. Three names to put on our Mt. Guadalupe popped up right away.