EL PASO, Texas – Horizon High School announced their new head football coach Wednesday afternoon. Omar Garcia is taking over the program after previously being the offensive coordinator at Montwood High School. Garcia graduated from Hanks High School in 2007. He was a star baseball player and played at the collegiate level at Texas A&M
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EL PASO, Texas – Franklin High School quarterback Shay Smith made it official Friday morning putting pen to paper on path to becoming a UTEP Miner. A signing ceremony was held at Franklin High School. Smith’s teammates, friends and family were in attendance. Smith will follow his father, Paul Smith’s footsteps who played for the
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EL PASO, Texas – For high school athletes there are great games, and then there are games that are simply phenomenal. Anthony’s Julie Cuellar experienced the latter after she scored 54 points in a single basketball game. A rarity at any level, college or the NBA, but even more so at the high school level.
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EL PASO, Texas – The Chapin Huskies ended non-district play on a high note Tuesday night with a dominate win over the Del Valle Conquistadores. The final score was 98-44. Chapin is currently ranked 4th in the state in Class 5A. The Huskies overall record improved to 20-4, while Del Valle’s record now stands at
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The college football season has officially come to an end. This year will go down as one of the best for El Paso high school football players at the next level. We’ve seen stunning highlights from Jeremiah Cooper (Andress grad), Cedarious Barfield (El Dorado grad), Deion Hankins (Parkland grad), LJ
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EL PASO, Texas – It took three overtime periods for the Canutillo Eagles and the Bel Air Highlanders to settle their class 5A showdown. The Highlanders had the home court advantage Tuesday night as they looked to win their 9th game of the season. In the end it was the Eagles getting the better of
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EL PASO, Texas – Longtime Del Valle High School soccer coach Bruce Reichman has officially called it a career. Reichman’s last day on the job was Wednesday. Tuesday, the school held a retirement ceremony to honor one of the winningest high school soccer coaches in the state of Texas. He amassed a total of 710
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Star Franklin quarterback, Shay Smith committed to play for the UTEP Miners on Sunday. The announcement comes after Smith had his official visit with his hometown team over the weekend. Smith will now follow in his father, Paul Smith’s footsteps who played for the Miners from 1996-99. Smith was recruited
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Plenty of Class 6A-Division 1 teams took to the court on Wednesday night to continue district play. On the girls side Eastwood secured a 59-27 win over Socorro to move to a perfect 5-0 in district play. Amaya Williams had 16-points in the win, while Tori Duran had 15. Meanwhile
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Wednesday, Eastwood’s star quarterback Evan Minjarez committed to play at Army West Point. The two-year starter for the Troop finished his high school career with an 18-4 record. This past season, he threw for 3,111 yards and 29 touchdowns and rushed for 1,206 yards and 18 touchdowns. Minjarez had
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s the end of era at Del Valle High School. Longtime boys soccer coach Bruce Reichman announced his retirement Tuesday. Reichman is one of the winningest high school soccer coaches in Texas. A total of 710 wins during his time as head coach of the Del Valle Conquistadores. Reichman was the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here in El Paso, the high school football season has finished for 2023 but there is still plenty more football to played. Right now the best seniors in the city are preparing for the Greater El Paso Football Showcase All-Star game, while on Saturday the top quarterbacks from the Sun
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Chapin Huskies have been one of the best teams in El Paso for the past several years and this season is no different. They entered their non-district clash with the Bel Air Highlanders on Friday night in search of their 58th straight win over an El Paso team. Not
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Franklin grad Beau Sparks has had a phenomenal first season at the next level – finalist for the FCS Jerry Rice Freshman of the Year Award, FCS Football Central Freshman All-American accolades and on Friday named United Athletic Conference freshman of the year. Sparks was a true freshman wideout for
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EL PASO, Texas – Earlier this month, six members of an El Paso volleyball club signed their letters of intent to continue their volleyball careers in college. The six athletes are members of El Paso’s Texas Performance Volleyball Club. Gessell Martinez and Nadia Peña are from Coronado High School and will be attending Texas A&M University Kingsville.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Tuesday night at Franklin High School the Cougars hosted the Americas Trailblazers in a Class 6A Division 1 showdown. The game was tied at 43 late in the third period but the Blazers would pull away to win 66-54. Kaylan Medrano had a team-high 20 points for Americas, while
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NEW YORK (AP) — Burges grad, Tristen Newton had 23 points and 11 rebounds as No. 5 UConn pulled away in the second half for a 77-57 victory over Indiana on Sunday in the Empire Classic at Madison Square Garden. After winning their first three games by an average of 39 points, the Huskies (4-0)
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — All of the El Paso high school football teams are out of the playoffs but many of the 2023 senior class haven’t played their last game. On Sunday, 90 seniors were selected in the eighth Greater El Paso Football Showcase draft ahead of the 31st annual All-Star game. The Red
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The season came to a heartbreaking end for the Las Cruces Bulldawgs Friday night in Albuquerque. The Bulldawgs lost to the La Cueva Bears, 63-33 in the Class 6A state semi-final game. La Cueva advances to the championship game. Las Cruces’ season ends with an overall record of 7-6.
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LUBBOCK, Texas – The Canutillo Eagles gave it their best effort, but the Emerson Mavericks proved to be too fast and too physical for the Eagles to match up against. Friday afternoon in Lubbock, the Emerson Mavericks defeated the Canutillo Eagles, 44-0 in the area round of the Class 5A division 2 playoffs. Canutillo was
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MIDLAND, Texas – The Riverside Rangers put up a valiant effort in their area round game against Springtown, but the Porcupines were too much to handle. Riverside saw their season come to an end by a final score of 62-21. Things looked promising for the Rangers in the first quarter of the game. Springtown would
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Coronado senior, Owen Levesque signed his letter of intent to compete in the decathlon at the University of Houston on Monday. “It took lots of grinding, lots of practice, spending time, keeping healthy, rehab all the things you need to do to be successful as an athlete,” Levesque said. “I
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EL PASO, Texas – The Anthony Independent School District issued a statement Friday night in regards to a racist comment that was made during a high school football game livestream. The Anthony football team was in Wink, TX for a bi-district round game against the Hawley Bearcats. Wink High School was the neutral site location
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EL PASO, Texas – Here are the scores from Thursday and Friday’s bi-district round of the high school football playoffs. Riverside, Canutillo and Las Cruces are the only three Borderland teams to advance to the next stage of the playoffs. The Riverside Rangers will play Springtown in the Area Round of the playoffs. Location, date
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school football playoffs are officially underway. Nine El Paso area teams took the field Thursday in the bi-district round. Overall, it was not a good day for El Paso area schools as only the Riverside Rangers were able to punch their ticket to the area round. The other eight
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EL PASO, Texas – The winner of the Sweet Play of the Week for week 11 of the high school football season went to wide receiver Antonio Ontiveros and the Bowie Bears. After making a catch in the game against Riverside, Ontiveros got tripped up by a defender as he ran towards the end zone.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — With the regular season coming to a close on Friday, it’s time to take a look at who made it to the playoffs and who, where and when the matchups are. EL PASO Class 6A, Division 1 Odessa Permian vs. Pebble Hills: Friday, Nov. 10th at 6 p.m. in OdessaMontwood
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EL PASO, Texas – Several El Paso area teams saw their seasons come to an end in the area round of the high school volleyball playoffs. However, it wasn’t all bad news for Sun City programs. Two teams punched their ticket to the regional quarterfinals on Friday. In Class 6A, Eastlake defeated Fossil Ridge in
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EL PASO, Texas – The final week of the high school football regular season kicked-off Thursday. Three games were played in El Paso. The Canutillo Eagles were looking to win their third straight district championship, while the Coronado Thunderbirds and the Franklin Cougars were looking to keep their slim playoff hopes alive. Canutillo had no
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