EL PASO, Texas – The high school football season continued Thursday night across the Borderland. The two games on the schedule were out of District 1-5A Division 2. Ysleta 7 Canutillo 28 Final Hanks 39 Horizon 70 Final The Clint Lions were eliminated in the 4A area round of the state playoffs. Despite leading Decatur
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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. However, the Clint Lions have been able to find success through all the adversity. Thursday, Clint will try to get another step closer to a state title when
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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 cancelled. El Paso School District officials confirmed the Austin vs. Burges game was cancelled due to Covid-19 issues. The two games that took place on Wednesday night were District
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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 forfeited their game against Eastwood, and the El Dorado/Del Valle game was postponed to Dec. 4th. Schedule & Scores from 11/13 Andress 28 Austin 21 Burges 49 Bowie 14
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TORNILLO, Texas — The Tornillo Independent School District became the latest to pull the plug on the high school football season amid the surge in coronavirus spread in El Paso County. “It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that our Coyote football season has come to an end due to Covid continuing
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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 School District will continue the fall high school sports season. Socorro I.S.D. is also planning to continue with high school sports, but they haven’t made an official announcements yet. Most
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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 Elizario I.S.D. and Clint I.S.D. confirmed to ABC-7 that the game between Clint and San Elizario was called off. The reason given was due to Covid-19 concerns. The San
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EL PASO, Texas – High school football played on Friday night, this as the debate whether to shutdown the city continues. While most school districts have suspended their seasons for the next two weeks, Ysleta I.S.D., Clint I.S.D., and Tornillo I.S.D. are moving forward with athletics. Three games are scheduled for this weekend, two of
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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 Ysleta Independent School District will play on — at least for this week. The school district said it will evaluate on a week to week basis. Officials indicated
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EL PASO, Texas — Three Borderland school districts are halting high school football games and other athletics for the time being amidst El Paso’s coronavirus surge. The El Paso Independent School District is suspending the high school football season through Nov. 8, according to the head football coach at Jefferson High School. Tony Martinez disclosed
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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 Van Horn 52 Pebble Hills 17 Americas 36 (Wednesday)
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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 result of record-setting new cases of Covid-19 in the city. The official twitter account for the Franklin High School football team tweeted that its game against Eastlake Thursday night
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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 played only one game this season after their next two games were postponed due to COVID-19 issues at the schools they were scheduled to play. Americas would come
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Eastwood 30 Franklin 26 Austin 66 Bel Air 42 Irvin 56 Hanks 42 Clint 62 Mountain View 0 Cathedral 13 San Elizario 18 Crane 59 Anthony 0 Tornillo 6 Alpine 67 Balmorhea at Van Horn: Canceled
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EL PASO, Texas — Coronado High has become at least the sixth high school in El Paso County to see its football season disrupted due to Covid-19 issues. School officials confirmed to ABC-7 on Tuesday evening that Coronado is postponing games for two weeks. Coronado was scheduled to play Montwood this week. Coronado now joins
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – Effective immediately, both the El Paso and Canutillo independent school districts have limited attendance at sporting events to only “essential personnel.” Meantime, Fabens ISD announced that it was outright postponing all games and athletic competitions until further notice. All three districts made their announcements on Monday evening. For EPISD and Canutillo,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — High school athletes in Las Cruces on Sunday protested the state’s decision to delay competition until the spring semester. “We wear masks and we social distance,” said Tea Bloomfield, a cross country athlete at Oñate High School. “There is so little chance of us getting it. We are completely safe.”
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Friday night’s scores Franklin 35 Montwood 49: (Game at the SAC) Chapin 19 Andress 21 Bowie 20 Parkland 56 Burges 20 Del Valle 26 San Elizario 6 Riverside 55 Austin 46 Horizon 32 Ysleta 34 Mountain View 7 Fabens 7 Clint 42 Anthony 26 Tornillo 28 Hanks 22 Jefferson 28 in OT Final from Thursday:
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – Week 2 of the high school football season kicked off Thursday night at the Socorro Activities Complex. Only one game was scheduled on Thursday night between the Coronado Thunderbirds and the Socorro Bulldogs. Coronado would win the game by a final score of 36-12. The Thunderbirds improve to 2-0 on the
Continue Reading CANUTILLO, Texas — Canutillo High has become the fifth high school in El Paso County to see its football season disrupted due to Covid-19. Canutillo Independent School District officials confirmed to ABC-7 on Wednesday evening that the Canutillo Eagles are postponing their upcoming Friday game hosting the El Dorado Aztecs. A school district spokeswoman said
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EL PASO, Texas – Just two weeks into the high school football season, another game has been postponed due to a positive case of COVID-19. Wednesday, the Socorro Independent School District confirmed Friday’s game between Americas and Eastlake has been postponed. A source tells ABC-7 the decision was made due to a positive case of
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EL PASO, Texas — Eastwood has become the fourth high school in the El Paso metro area to see its football season disrupted due to Covid-19. Ysleta Independent School District officials confirmed to ABC-7 on Tuesday evening that Eastwood is postponing its upcoming Friday game hosting Pebble Hills. The district said the decision was made
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Student athletes across New Mexico can play sports during the fall semester, even if they have failing grades, according to new guidelines from the New Mexico Activities Association. “We do want these kids to graduate,” said Ernie Viramontes, the athletic director for Las Cruces Public Schools. “Their grades should come
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EL PASO, Texas — The next two football games for El Paso High School are being postponed due to a confirmed case of Covid-19, an El Paso Independent School District spokesman told ABC-7 on Sunday night, but declined to elaborate further. After opening the season this past Friday with a 61-15 loss to Clint, El Paso
Continue Reading The scores from Friday night’s action are below: Socorro 8, Ysleta 35 – Final Andress 30, Franklin 20 – Final Del Valle 20, Americas 28 – Final Montwood 42, Burges 28 – Final Eastlake 59, Parkland 25 – 2nd quarter Coronado 16, Chapin 10 – Final Iraan 6, Anthony 48 – Final Clint 61, El
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – Thursday night saw the return of high school football in El Paso. A season unlike any other as athletes took to the field for the first time during a pandemic. While the game on the field was the same, the atmosphere around it was completely different. Fans were limited to just
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Independent School District will allow fans in the stands when high school football games begin on Oct. 1, the district announced Monday. All games will have limited stadium seating to allow for social distancing and fans will be required to wear face masks at all times, officials said.
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EL PASO, Texas – Cathedral High School has cancelled its first two games of the 2020 football season. Sources confirmed to ABC-7 that the reason was because of a positive case of COVID-19 at the private school. Cathedral was supposed to play a football game at Mountain View High School this Friday. Mountain View will
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Independent School District Superintendent Juan Cabrera was recently photographed not wearing a face mask while sitting next to his daughter at a 3-team volleyball scrimmage at Franklin High School, that also involved El Paso and Canutillo high schools, raising the hackles of parents who are not allowed to attend athletic
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Independent School District’s El Paso High Tigers cancelled their volleyball game against the Ysleta Independent School District’s Eastwood Troopers on Tuesday due to fans being allowed in the stands. EPISD said it has implemented a policy due to the pandemic that prohibits fans from going to their athletic
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