SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — 26 students on the volleyball team at Santa Teresa High School are being required to quarantine after a coach at the school tested positive for Covid-19 Tuesday, officials with the Gadsden Independent School District announced. “The coach reported not feeling well after the first day of practice Monday and went to
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s tough enough for high school volleyball teams to prepare for a season, but it’s even tougher when that season is being played during a pandemic. Friday, the high school volleyball season officially began in El Paso. It was a day many thought would never come because of the concerns over
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ANTHONY, Texas (KVIA) — After just more than a month of virtual practices, Anthony Independent School District fall sports teams are practicing in person again. Those teams include football, volleyball and cross country. Those practices, however, do not look like they used to. Players must wear masks while in practice and are encouraged to distance
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EL PASO, Texas – High school sports teams returned to in-person practices on Tuesday. In this age of COVID-19, safety is the number one priority. All summer long high school student-athletes remained uncertain whether there would even be a season. Another step forward was taken on Tuesday when schools opened up to allow students to
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso student athletes are back in action. The University Interscholastic League set Tuesday as the date to resume athletic practices. As practices resumed, there were guidelines in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Students and coaches all do a self screening at home. Before entering practice, all temperatures
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WASHINGTON, DC — El Paso native and NFL rookie quarterback Steven Montez has been waived by the Washington Football Team (formerly known as the Redskins), failing to secure a spot on the roster, according to a report Saturday from The Washington Post. After going undrafted in the 2020 NFL Draft, Montez had signed a free
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Jerry Duffey certainly loves his job because it involves the two things he loves to do, teach and fence. While most athletes learn a sport at an early age, Duffey didn’t learn how to fence until he entered college. Duffey was born and raised in Las Cruces and graduated from
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EL PASO, Texas – Aaron Dumas may not know for sure if there will be a 2020 high school football season, but he knows for sure where he will be playing in 2021. The star Americas (HS) running back committed to New Mexico today via his twitter page, marking a huge coup for first-year coach
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — El Paso native Steven Montez has no doubt in his arm strength. And despite not being selected in the 2020 NFL Draft, he’ll tell you it beats every player who was picked ahead of him. “I mean I’ve thrown with a lot of these quarterbacks,” says Montez of his arm strength.
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EL PASO, Texas – Treyvon Hughes couldn’t get enough of the El Paso gridiron in four year playing for the UTEP Miners. So he’s starting his career on a similar track, coaching running backs at Mont High School School. Hughes was named an assistant coach for the Rams on Monday, specializing in the position he
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The University Interscholastic League (UIL) released new guidelines which postpone the start of fall sports for the two largest conferences across the state. The new guidelines directly apply to the 5A and 6A conferences in the state, which will affect most schools in the El Paso region. High school football
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EL PASO, Texas — A meeting of the UIL (University Interscholastic League) Monday could decide the fate of fall high school sports. The governing body for Texas public high school athletics is expected to meet Monday regarding a plan for fall athletics in the state. The UIL has yet to come forward with a concrete
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EL PASO, Texas — This week’s Community Champions are the floorball team from Hanks High School. Community Champions is sponsored by Albertsons and the El Paso Community Foundation. The team recently found out that they will be headed to Kazan, Russia to compete in the Special Olympics World Winter Games. The games were going to
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) remains confident that there will be high school sports next school year. Wednesday, the NMAA released its amended sports calendar for 2020-2021. After New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that contact sports in the fall would not be allowed, the NMAA decided to move
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EL PASO, Texas — James McClain Green III doesn’t take life for granted. He made a vow that nothing was going to get in the way of the sport that he loves, wrestling. Green’s journey has been a fight every step of the way, but now the recent Franklin High School graduate is ready to
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EL PASO, Texas — It seems a cloud of smoke has been covering the start of this year’s high school football season in El Paso. On Thursday morning, an order from the local Health Authority may have cleared that up. The order directed at public and private schools in El Paso County specifically states that
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EL PASO, Texas — The San Elizario community was in mourning Monday following the unexpected death of high school assistant football, baseball and basketball coach Guillermo ‘Will’ Cazares. He died Sunday at the age of 36. Cazares was also the physical education coach at Garcia Enriquez Middle School in San Elizario. Our thoughts and prayers
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EL PASO, Texas — For Jacob Ontiveros, no obstacle was too much to overcome. The recent graduate of El Paso High School is headed to Trinity University in San Antonio on an athletic scholarship. Ontiveros was on the cross country team as well as the track and field team. He helped lead the Tigers to
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SOCORRO, Texas — All athletic programs in the Socorro Independent School District are being suspended until July 10, officials announced Wednesday, as they also disclosed that two high school student athletes had just tested positive for Covid-19. One of the students was from Montwood and the other from Americas, SISD athletic director JJ Calderon confirmed
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Guidelines for a return to play for summer workouts in Las Cruces has been extended LCPS implemented district-wide safety protocols back on June 22 for football, soccer, volleyball and cross country. Following the latest information from the governor’s office to mitigate the spread of Covid-19, the addition of indoor sports, along with
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EL PASO, Texas – Athletes are missing out on their seasons, but also for a chance to put up numbers. If you’re trying impress college scouts, that hurts. But no fear, because El Paso-area baseball facility Beimel Elite Athletics is bringing it you virtually through HitTrax, a high-tech ball simulator. Just like in a regular
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EL PASO, Texas — Amid the growing cases of Covid-19 in the city, El Paso High School is suspending all football, volleyball, and cheer workouts effective immediately. No member of the El Paso High athletic community has tested positive or showed symptoms of Covid-19, but Athletic Coordinator and Head Football Coach Ray Aguilar Jr. is
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The Ysleta Independent School District has suspended its summer strength camp and conditioning program for student athletes for at least for a couple of weeks as two coaches at high schools in the district have now been diagnosed with coronavirus. The district made the workout suspension announcement Saturday after officials there
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame will soon welcome in 8 new members. On Wednesday, the class of 2020 was announced with athletes from various sports such as football, golf, even pro wrestling. The 2020 Class is as follows: (Living Athlete Category) Ernie Bautista, TrackJohn ‘Rocky’ Coppinger, BaseballMonica Townsend, Golf
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Ysleta Independent School District officials said Tuesday evening that the start of Hanks High School summer sports workouts would be cancelled after a coach tested positive for the coronavirus. Student-athletes for a variety of sports at Hanks were set to report on Wednesday to begin conditioning at the school located at
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EL PASO, Texas — Kenneth Cooper Jr. doesn’t consider himself a hero, he was just trying to do the right thing. Cooper Jr., 15, is a soon-to-be junior at Pebble Hills High School. He plays quarterback for the Spartans and is looking forward to starting on the varsity team for the first time. Cooper Jr.
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EL PASO, Texas — The University Interscholastic League legislative council has lifted the ban for Friday night live broadcasts of Texas high school football games during the 2020 season Wednesday morning. The unprecedented decision, made due to fears of CoVid-19, reverses the “Friday night rule” which banned Friday night footballs games from being broadcasted on
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(Editor’s note: ABC-7 erroneously reported earlier that practices were ending after the first day in the SISD system due to virus concerns. This was based on a miscommunication and we regret the error.) EL PASO, Texas — For high schools around El Paso, June 15th has been circled on the calendar for a few weeks.
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EL PASO, Texas — A student football player who worked out at Cathedral High School’s training facility this week has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, prompting the school to suspend athletic activities for the next two weeks. El Paso Catholic Diocese officials made the announcement on Friday evening. “Out of an abundance of caution, the
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EL PASO, Texas – Joe Beimel pitched in the MLB for 13 seasons. And now, he and former MLB catcher Brent Dean run Beimel Elite Athletics, one of the best baseball training programs in the country. You won’t find a bigger advocate for Beimel Elite than former El Paso Chihuahuas Outfielder Cody Decker. “They run
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