Legendary Coronado High football coach Don Brooks dies at 79
EL PASO, Texas — Legendary longtime Coronado High School football coach Don Brooks – a name synonymous with gridiron history in the Borderland – has…
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4 Cathedral football players sign to play at next level
EL PASO, Texas – While most high school football teams in El Paso managed to play a complete season last year, that wasn’t the case for Cathedral…
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Community Champion: Bowie’s Juan Camacho Jr. signs to play football at UTEP
EL PASO, Texas – Juan Camacho Jr. will soon get a chance to live out his dream, and he won’t have to travel very far to do it. Camacho Jr. recently…
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For Andress athlete Jeremiah Cooper, Division-I football runs in the family
EL PASO, Texas – Andress super-athlete Jeremiah Cooper can burn you two ways; as a wide receiver, or as a defensive back. Division-I football…
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Community Champion: Former El Paso football coach Jesse Perales finding early success at Dallas area high school
EL PASO, Texas – Life sometimes involves taking risks, and for Jesse Perales the risk was definitely worth the reward. Perales was the head football…
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Burges, Canutillo & Del Valle eliminated in area round of state football playoffs
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…
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Parkland falls in heartbreak fashion to Canyon Randall, 36-35; Lubbock Cooper tops Horizon, 69-20
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…
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Eastwood’s season ends in Bi-District round vs. Abilene
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…
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Borderland Blitz: Bi-district football playoff scores & highlights
EL PASO, Texas – High school football playoffs are here, as bi-district action involves teams from the Borderland across multiple classes and…
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El Dorado to forfeit playoff game vs. Amarillo High due to Covid-19 issues
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…
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Andress to forfeit playoff game vs. Canutillo after Covid-19 exposure
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…
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Borderland Blitz 12/4: Scores & highlights
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…
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Franklin football boosters accuse rival Americas player of exposing their team to virus
EL PASO, Texas — A conversation between parents has caused outrage with in the Franklin Football Booster Club.After the Americas Trailblazers…
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Borderland Blitz – high school football scores & highlights 11/27
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…
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Wednesday high school football; Eastlake remains perfect, Parkland cruises past Hanks
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…
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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…
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Thursday night football; Canutillo improves to 3-0, Clint eliminated from 4A playoffs
EL PASO, Texas – The high school football season continued Thursday night across the Borderland. The two games on the schedule were out of District…
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Community Champions: Even during a pandemic, the Clint Lions continue to find success
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.…
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Wednesday night football; Irvin remains perfect, El Paso tops Jefferson in OT
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…
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Borderland Blitz 11/13 – high school football scores & highlights
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…
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Community Champion: El Pasoan Greg Long finding success on Purdue football team
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…
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Tornillo ISD is latest to pull the plug on high school football due to virus
TORNILLO, Texas — The Tornillo Independent School District became the latest to pull the plug on the high school football season amid the surge in…
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Parkland shuts out Horizon, 38-0; more school districts to resume high school sports next week
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…
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Clint’s final regular season game against San Elizario has been cancelled
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…
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Borderland Blitz: High School Football plays on despite city shutdown debate
EL PASO, Texas – High school football played on Friday night, this as the debate whether to shutdown the city continues. While most school districts…
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YISD’s superintendent decides to continue with high school football, other fall sports for now
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…
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EPISD, SISD & Canutillo suspending high school football, other athletics amid El Paso’s virus surge
EL PASO, Texas — Three Borderland school districts are halting high school football games and other athletics for the time being amidst El Paso’s…
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Borderland Blitz – Week 4 scores & game highlights
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…
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Franklin-Eastlake, Bel Air-Ysleta, Tornillo-Cathedral football games won’t be played
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…
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Americas tops Pebble Hills, 36-17 on Wednesday night
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…
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