BIG SPRING, Texas — Only three teams from El Paso remained in the high school football state playoffs. By the end of Friday night, there would be zero El Paso teams left in the hunt for a state championship. All three teams from the Borderland were eliminated in the area round of the state playoffs.
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ODESSA, Texas – The area round of the high school football playoffs was anything but kind to teams from El Paso. Thursday, two Borderland teams took the field hoping to punch their ticket to the regional round of the 5A Division 2 state playoffs. The Parkland Matadors showed the heart and determination to get through
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FORT STOCKTON, Texas — Eastwood simply ran out of time. A furious comeback from the Troopers in the 4th quarter fell 60 yards short as Eastwood’s season came to an end in a 42-35 loss to Abilene High in the 6A Division II Bi-District playoffs in Fort Stockton. Eastwood trailed 42-14 entering the 4th quarter,
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EL PASO, Texas – High school football playoffs are here, as bi-district action involves teams from the Borderland across multiple classes and divisions. 6A Divison I Franklin 26 – Odessa-Permian 37 Midland Lee 66 – Montwood 21 6A Divison II San Angelo Central 54 – Eastlake 35 Eastwood- Abilene High (Sat. 4pm) 5A Division I
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EL PASO, Texas – In what is turning into an unfortunate trend for El Paso-area high school football teams, El Dorado’s playoff game vs. Amarillo High has been canceled due to Covid-19 issues at El Dorado. Socorro Independent School District Athletic Director JJ Calderon confirmed that Amarillo High will advance to the next round of
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EL PASO, Texas – Andress High School’s football team finished the 2020 regular season a perfect 5-0, but their season will come to an end prematurely after they had to forfeit their Bi-District playoff game with Canutillo due to Covid-19 exposure. The toughest pill for Andress to swallow is that their exposure came from an
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s the final week of the high school football regular season. Five games are scheduled for Friday night, two of them are for a district title. The Del Valle Conquistadores will host the El Dorado Aztecs for the District 1-5A Division 1 title, while the Canutillo Eagles pay a visit to
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EL PASO, Texas — A conversation between parents has caused outrage with in the Franklin Football Booster Club.After the Americas Trailblazers football team lost to the Franklin Cougars, the very next day both teams were placed in the Covid-19 quarantine process due to an Americas football player testing positive for the virus.Joe Moreno, the parent
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EL PASO, Texas – It was another rocky week for high school football as the week saw another round of games get cancelled. Friday, two games were supposed to take place, but the early morning game between Bel Air and El Dorado was cancelled due to issues of Covid-19 on Bel Air’s team. That left
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EL PASO, Texas – On the day before Thanksgiving, 8 teams took the field to get in some more district games. In District 1-6A, the Eastlake Falcons improved to 5-0 on the season after defeating Coronado. In District 1-5A Div. 2, the Parkland Matadors took care of business against Hanks to lock up their 5th
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – Here’s the schedule for Friday’s games along with the final scores from Wednesday and Thursday. Friday: Coronado 7 Eastwood 57 Americas 10 Franklin 31 Del Valle 48 Bel Air 6 El Dorado 46 Chapin 31 Thurday final scores: Ysleta 7 Canutillo 28 Final Hanks 39 Horizon 70 Final Wednesday final scores:
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school football season continued Thursday night across the Borderland. The two games on the schedule were out of District 1-5A Division 2. Ysleta 7 Canutillo 28 Final Hanks 39 Horizon 70 Final The Clint Lions were eliminated in the 4A area round of the state playoffs. Despite leading Decatur
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s hard enough to win championships in high school football, and there’s certainly no formula on how to do it during a pandemic. However, the Clint Lions have been able to find success through all the adversity. Thursday, Clint will try to get another step closer to a state title when
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EL PASO, Texas – This week high school football kicked off on a Wednesday night. Three games were scheduled on Wednesday, but one ended up being cancelled. El Paso School District officials confirmed the Austin vs. Burges game was cancelled due to Covid-19 issues. The two games that took place on Wednesday night were District
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EL PASO, Texas – High school football returned to the Borderland on Friday night with a total of 7 games. Before the start of kickoff, Socorro forfeited their game against Eastwood, and the El Dorado/Del Valle game was postponed to Dec. 4th. Schedule & Scores from 11/13 Andress 28 Austin 21 Burges 49 Bowie 14
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EL PASO, Texas — Greg Long’s football journey has had its share of ups and downs. But through it all, Long continues to find success. His latest pitstop is in West Lafayette, Indiana as part of the Purdue football team. Long is starter at right tackle for the Boilermakers competing against the very best in
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TORNILLO, Texas — The Tornillo Independent School District became the latest to pull the plug on the high school football season amid the surge in coronavirus spread in El Paso County. “It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that our Coyote football season has come to an end due to Covid continuing
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EL PASO, Texas – More El Paso school districts are planning to resume high school sports next week. ABC-7 has confirmed, the El Paso Independent School District will continue the fall high school sports season. Socorro I.S.D. is also planning to continue with high school sports, but they haven’t made an official announcements yet. Most
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EL PASO, Texas – In what’s become the norm in high school football this season, yet another game has been cancelled. District officials from both San Elizario I.S.D. and Clint I.S.D. confirmed to ABC-7 that the game between Clint and San Elizario was called off. The reason given was due to Covid-19 concerns. The San
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EL PASO, Texas – High school football played on Friday night, this as the debate whether to shutdown the city continues. While most school districts have suspended their seasons for the next two weeks, Ysleta I.S.D., Clint I.S.D., and Tornillo I.S.D. are moving forward with athletics. Three games are scheduled for this weekend, two of
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EL PASO, Texas — While most school districts in the Borderland have decided to hit the pause button on high school sports for the time being, the Ysleta Independent School District will play on — at least for this week. The school district said it will evaluate on a week to week basis. Officials indicated
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EL PASO, Texas — Three Borderland school districts are halting high school football games and other athletics for the time being amidst El Paso’s coronavirus surge. The El Paso Independent School District is suspending the high school football season through Nov. 8, according to the head football coach at Jefferson High School. Tony Martinez disclosed
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Bowie 0 Andress 55 El Paso 0 Irvin 40 Parkland 35 El Dorado 33 Chapin 57 Hanks 36 Jefferson 0 Burges 42 Mountain View 0 Riverside 37 Buena Vista 24 Van Horn 52 Pebble Hills 17 Americas 36 (Wednesday)
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EL PASO, Texas — Three high school football games in El Paso were scrapped shortly after Mayor Dee Margo implored residents to “stay home” as a result of record-setting new cases of Covid-19 in the city. The official twitter account for the Franklin High School football team tweeted that its game against Eastlake Thursday night
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EL PASO, Texas – It was a Wednesday night showdown in East El Paso as the Americas Trailblazers took on the Pebble Hills Spartans. Both teams had played only one game this season after their next two games were postponed due to COVID-19 issues at the schools they were scheduled to play. Americas would come
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Eastwood 30 Franklin 26 Austin 66 Bel Air 42 Irvin 56 Hanks 42 Clint 62 Mountain View 0 Cathedral 13 San Elizario 18 Crane 59 Anthony 0 Tornillo 6 Alpine 67 Balmorhea at Van Horn: Canceled
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EL PASO, Texas — Coronado High has become at least the sixth high school in El Paso County to see its football season disrupted due to Covid-19 issues. School officials confirmed to ABC-7 on Tuesday evening that Coronado is postponing games for two weeks. Coronado was scheduled to play Montwood this week. Coronado now joins
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – Effective immediately, both the El Paso and Canutillo independent school districts have limited attendance at sporting events to only “essential personnel.” Meantime, Fabens ISD announced that it was outright postponing all games and athletic competitions until further notice. All three districts made their announcements on Monday evening. For EPISD and Canutillo,
Continue Reading Friday night’s scores Franklin 35 Montwood 49: (Game at the SAC) Chapin 19 Andress 21 Bowie 20 Parkland 56 Burges 20 Del Valle 26 San Elizario 6 Riverside 55 Austin 46 Horizon 32 Ysleta 34 Mountain View 7 Fabens 7 Clint 42 Anthony 26 Tornillo 28 Hanks 22 Jefferson 28 in OT Final from Thursday:
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – Week 2 of the high school football season kicked off Thursday night at the Socorro Activities Complex. Only one game was scheduled on Thursday night between the Coronado Thunderbirds and the Socorro Bulldogs. Coronado would win the game by a final score of 36-12. The Thunderbirds improve to 2-0 on the
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