#25 Bel-Air overcomes state ranking jitters, closes out Hanks
EL PASO, Texas – The Bel-Air Highlanders’ boys’ basketball team have been cruising all season long, but had yet to face the pressure of playing with…
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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: Ysleta’s Omar Ibarra shines on the court & in the classroom
EL PASO, Texas – Omar Ibarra’s hard work ethic both on the court and in the classroom has certainly paid off his senior year. Ibarra is one of the…
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Community Champion: Franklin’s Allyson Little to run cross country for the University of Texas
EL PASO, Texas – Allyson Little’s love for cross country came much later in her high school career. The Franklin senior played soccer for the…
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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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Santa Teresa volleyball coach comes home after 75 days in ICU for Covid-19
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — After 75 days battling Covid-19 in a hospital ICU and on a ventilator, Art Aguirre is now home. The Santa Teresa High…
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Points off turnovers key Chapin’s 92-45 win over El Paso High
EL PASO, Texas – As soon as the ball bounces off the rim, the Chapin Huskies are out and running. The 16th-ranked Huskies started on an 18-2 run to…
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Texas high school athlete facing assault charge in ref attack is now suspended by UIL
EDINBURG, Texas — A Texas high school football player who ran onto the field and blindsided a referee who had ejected him from a game has now…
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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…
Continue Reading Caught on video: Texas high school football player jailed for assault after body slam of referee
UPDATE: 18-year-old Edinburg High School senior linebacker Emmanuel Duron was arrested Friday on an assault charge for the body slam of a referee…
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Community Champion: San Elizario Eagles win State Cross Country Title
SAN ELIZARIO, Texas – With their 5th state cross county title since 2014 wrapped on Tuesday, it’s safe to say San Elizario has established a monopoly…
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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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Community Champions: El Paso Tigers remain in the hunt for a volleyball state title
EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Tigers have had to overcome a lot of obstacles off the volleyball court, but they still managed to find success. Monday,…
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San Elizario Eagles soar to new heights with another 4A cross country state title
ROUND ROCK, Texas – The San Elizario boys cross country team has done it again. Tuesday, the Eagles won another state title to add to their trophy…
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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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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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