ODESSA, Texas – The Americas Trail Blazers are moving on to the Elite 8 of the UIL high school baseball playoffs. The Blazers won the best-of-three series against Birdville High School 2-1. Americas is the only El Paso team remaining in the playoffs. In the Class 5A Division 1 playoffs, Americas faced the Birdville Hawks
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Eastlake Falcons hired El Paso native Justin Avalos as its new head boys basketball coach after leading the El Dorado Aztecs to 21 wins in the previous year. “I think that I did what I was supposed to do at El Dorado,” said Avalos. “I set those boys up
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Chapin girls track relay teams have established themselves as true state contenders, earning their second consecutive trip to the state meet. Chapin’s head track and field coach, Mario Gomez, has been at the helm for thirteen years and has led the girls 4×100 meter to the state meet for
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EL PASO, Texas – Jordan Medina is one of the best athletes in the Sun City. The Andress High School senior capped off the football season by being selected to play in a all-star game alongside some of the best football players in the country. “I started sending out my film and I started posting a lot
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EL PASO, Texas – Only one word can describe the Cathedral High School swim team, and that word is dominate. The team won their 6th straight state championship in swimming. It was their 38th state title in program history. The Fighting Irish are always the team to beat at the TAPPS Division 1 state meet
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former Chapin graduate Jayden Leverett played in the NCAA March Madness tournament in just his first year playing Division 1 basketball with the Vanderbilt Commodores. Jayden and the Commodores got knocked out in the second round of the tournament to Nebraska, however, Leverett embraced every minute of the regular and
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MIDLAND, Texas – The season came to a heartbreaking end for the Americas Trail Blazers and the Burges Mustangs in the Final Four of the UIL boys high school soccer playoffs. Both teams’ semifinal matches were played in Midland, TX. In Class 5A Division 1, Americas was the first to take the pitch against Prosper
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EL PASO, Texas – The Burges Mustangs and the Americas Trail Blazers have their eyes on the prize. Friday, both teams will take the pitch in the Final Four of the UIL state soccer playoffs. In Class 5A Division 1, Americas will face Prosper Walnut Grove in the state semifinal match. This will be a
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EL PASO, Texas – Two El Paso soccer teams continued their winning ways in the state high school soccer playoffs. Americas and Burges both won their regional final games on Tuesday to punch their ticket to the UIL State Final Four. In Class 5A Division 1, the Americas Trail Blazers dominated Aledo winning the match
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s the end of an era for the Eastwood High School girls wrestling program. The team’s head coach, Troy Douglas has resigned from the position after 11 seasons with the team. Douglas built a powerhouse at Eastwood winning a total of four state championships during his time as head coach of
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EL PASO, Texas – Two El Paso soccer teams are moving on to the Elite 8 of the high school soccer playoffs. Americas and Burges both won their respective regional semifinal games and are now just one win away from punching their ticket to the Final Four. Unfortunately, four other El Paso schools saw their
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school soccer playoffs continued Tuesday with the area round. El Paso schools had a great showing with a total of 7 teams advancing to the regional semifinals. The seven teams are on the boys side with Ysleta, Bowie, Americas, Bel Air, Hanks, Burges, and Coronado all punching their ticket
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EL PASO, Texas – This week’s Community Champion is a high school wrestler who continues to dominate on the mat. Eastwood High School wrestler Hailey Delgado recently received a statewide honor. She was named the Greater Texas Ford Dealers Female Athlete of the Month for the month of February. Last month Delgado won her second straight state title and she helped
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Autumn Henry, a sophomore at the Young Women’s Steam Academy, has earned the opportunity to represent the Sun City in a softball tournament in Italy come July. “I was invited to this opportunity like I’m not someone who should be ignored,” Henry said. Henry has been playing softball for three
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LAMESA, Texas – The Burges boys basketball team put up a valiant fight Friday in the regional final of the Class 5A division 2 playoffs. However, the Mansfield Summit Jaguars controlled the game from start to finish as they defeated the Burges Mustangs by a final score of 50-30. The Jaguars advance to the Final
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EL PASO, Texas – And then there was one! The Burges Mustangs pulled off another upset Tuesday taking down the Fort Worth Brewer Bears in the Sweet 16 of the Class 5A division 2 playoffs. Final score was 44-40. The Mustangs advance to the Elite 8 of the state tournament and will face Mansfield Summit
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EL PASO, Texas – Seven El Paso teams took the court Friday as the area round of the boys high school basketball playoffs continued. When all was said and done, only two El Paso schools would advance to the next round. Andress and Burges won their respective area round games to punch their ticket to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A heart condition sidelines 22-year-old Yazmin Herrera and forced her off the court, but it didn’t end her journey, it simply redirected it as she returned to Ysleta as a head coach for the girls JV team. “When they told me it was my heart, I mean I was really
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EL PASO, Texas – The bidistrict round of the boys high school basketball playoffs concluded on Tuesday. Several El Paso area teams advanced to the area round. The following scores are from Tuesday: CLASS 6A DIVISION 1 Midland Legacy 42 Eastlake 66 Franklin 53 Odessa Permian 42 CLASS 6A DIVISION 2 Eastwood 55 Frenship 41
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EL PASO, Texas – The boys high school basketball playoffs began Monday with only two games in El Paso. A vast majority of El Paso teams will take the court Tuesday. In Class 5A Division 2, the Andress Eagles defeated the Bel Air Highlanders, 59-58. In Class 4A Division 2, the Mountain View Lobos defeated
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EL PASO, Texas – The Americas Trail Blazers are moving on to the next round of the Class 5A Division 1 girls basketball playoffs. Thursday, Americas defeated Wichita Falls Legacy in the area round by a final score of 56-43. The game was played in Andrews, Texas. Americas will move on to the Sweet 16
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EL PASO, Texas – Bel Air High School named its next head football coach and athletic coordinator Wednesday afternoon. Ariel Famaligi joins the Highlanders after serving as offensive coordinator at Franklin High School. Famaligi does have experience as a head football coach. From 2016 to 2022, Famaligi was the head football coach at Montwood High
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EL PASO, Texas – The girls high school basketball playoffs continued Tuesday with the bidistrict round. The scores below are from Tuesday: CLASS 6A DIVISION 2 San Angelo Central 31 Montwood 55 CLASS 5A DIVISION 2 Parkland 29 Burges 78 Andress 23 Hanks 39 CLASS 4A DIVISION 1 Ysleta 43 Irvin 46 CLASS 4A DIVISION
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Opening night of the UIL playoffs brought big wins for the Borderland, with five El Paso girls teams punching their tickets to the area round on Monday. FINAL SCORES: Class 6A, Division 1 Franklin 45 Odessa Permian 36 Eastlake 27 Midland Legacy 26 Class 6A, Division 2 Eastwood 61 Frenship
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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — The Lady Troops defend their 6A State title with 82.5 points in the UIL State Wrestling tournament at the Berry Center on Saturday. Eastwood’s Hailey Delgado wins the 110 pound 6A title for the second year straight. On the boys side, Hector Ortiz collects the 106 pound class weight title. Bel-Air’s
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Organ Mountain Knights will have a new head coach next football season. A source confirmed to ABC-7, Kenny Sanchez has resigned from the position following three seasons as head football coach at Organ Mountain High School. During his time with the Knights, Sanchez held an overall record of 6-24
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EL PASO, Texas – The Chapin Huskies continued their winning ways in district play Friday night against their northeast rival, the Andress Eagles. Chapin defeated Andress, 58-53 to improve to 7-0 in district play, 20-8 overall. On the girls side, Andress came away with the 59-57 victory against Chapin in overtime. Andress improved their overall
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EL PASO, Texas – It was a reunion 50 years in the making. The Eastwood Troopers are the last El Paso high school team to win a UIL state championship in basketball. Tuesday, the team came together at an Eastwood basketball game to celebrate and to reminisce about the day they made history. The team was honored during halftime as each
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two sisters from Fabens, Texas, Angel and Victoria Quiñonez, are often seen running around town. While they’ve built a reputation on the cross-country course, their dedication and leadership off the course reveal there’s much more to them than just running. Angel is a junior at Fabens High School and is
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ELPASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Coronado Thunderbirds top the Franklin Cougars 52-29 to advance to second in District 1-6A standings on Tuesday. Both teams were standing at 3-1 in District play but the Thunderbirds win over Franklin now puts them in second with a 4-1 record, right below Eastlake who is 6-0 in 6A. Up
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