EL PASO, Texas – Head coach Dana Dimel and the UTEP Football program spent Wednesday morning adding to the 2021 signing class with the addition of 10 new Miners announced on National Signing Day. The 10 new signees announced on Wednesday is a continuation from the early signing period on Dec. 16 when the Miners inked quarterback Kevin Hurley
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The basketball teams at NMSU found a new home court over at Eastwood High School, but fans will not be allowed to attend games. Wednesday, NMSU announced fans will not be able to attend the games played at Eastwood for the remainder of the season. This applies for both the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — It’s still unclear what the learning hybrid model will look like for the Las Cruces Public School district. Tuesday night, the school board voted to have the administration provide a plan that would allow for more face-to-face instruction following state guidelines to begin Feb. 22. That plan will be presented
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EL PASO, Texas – Get ready for college basketball in a high school gym. Prohibited from playing home games in their home state, the New Mexico State Aggies have officially found their new home announcing that they will play the rest of their men’s and women’s basketball “home games” at El Paso’s Eastwood High School
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans are again trying to limit the ways transgender youth can participate in athletics. Lawmakers have filed legislation that would ban transgender girls and women who attend public K-12 schools, colleges and universities from playing on single-sex sports teams designated for girls and women. One bill filed by Rep. Valoree Swanson, R-Spring, is
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — On top of having their classes entirely online and their sports seasons delayed, Centennial High School athletes can’t practice indoors because of a missing air filtration system. “I wouldn’t say that they don’t understand, but I feel like they don’t really know the work that players put into playing,” said
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EL PASO, Texas – It was #25 Bel Air’s first week in the 5A Texas State Rankings. After a thriller in the lower valley, it might be their last. In a game that came down to the final possession, Ysleta knocked off the previously unbeaten Highlanders 43-40 for their biggest win of the season. Omar
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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 a number in front of their name. In their first game as a TABC-state ranked team, the Highlanders (12-0) overcame a scrappy Hanks team late to stay unbeaten with
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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 programs are finding that out with the new year. But what does he like best? His answer tells you everything you need to know about his game. “I’m gonna have to
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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 top basketball scorers in Ysleta’s history. He’s been on the varsity team for the Indians ever since his freshman year, and in December, he surpassed one
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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 Cougars, but this past season she decided to give cross country a try. Her hard work and accomplishments in the sport led to Little signing a scholarship with the University
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EL PASO, Texas – Life sometimes involves taking risks, and for Jesse Perales the risk was definitely worth the reward. Perales was the head football coach at Del Valle High School for 15 years. In May of 2019, Perales accepted the head coaching position at Naaman Forest, a school in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. For
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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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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 School head volleyball coach believes he got the virus attending the first UTEP football game of the year. While being rushed to the hospital in mid-September Aguirre told
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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 bury El Paso High in an EPISD clash at Chapin. KJ Lewis led Chapin with 22 points, and Antwonne Holmes and Many Flores chipped in 16
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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 learned that the attack will cost him the rest of his high school athletic career. Senior defensive lineman Emmanuel Duron of Edinburg High School, who faces assault charges
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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
Continue Reading 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 captured on video during a game the night before, according to his hometown newspaper. A judge set Duron’s bond at $10,000, which had not been posted as of Friday afternoon. Jail booking
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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 on Texas cross country. The Eagles had three runners place in the overall top ten, highlighted by Edwin Gomez’s second place finish en route to the 4A UIL Championship
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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
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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, the Tigers captured an area round title after defeating Lubbock Cooper 3-2. They are the only team from El Paso still alive in the state playoffs. Given
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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 case back home. San Elizario finished in first place at the 4A state meet in Round Rock, TX with three of their runners placing in the top ten.
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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