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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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Chapin Huskies pick up a 56-41 win over the Canutillo Eagles to kickoff District play on Friday. Last season, the Eagles made a Sweet 16 appearance where they took a tough loss to Mansfield Summit. As for the Huskies, they made it to the Elite Eight where the fell
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso native Danny Torres gave up football and basketball to focus on track and field after realizing his potential as a freshman in high school. Torres recently wrapped up his first cross country season at the University of Texas at Austin and is beginning to make a name for
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EL PASO, Texas – It was another big night of high school hoops in the Borderland. At El Paso High School, the Tigers picked up their 14th win of the season after defeating the San Elizario Eagles, 74-28. The Tigers improved their overall record to 14-5. On the girls side, El Paso lost a district
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EL PASO, Texas – There will be a major coaching change at the high school football level in El Paso. Tuesday, Bel Air High School football head coach Gary Recoder announced he is stepping down as coach of the Highlanders. In statement on social media, Recoder said he is moving on from coaching to pursue business
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In a 6A showdown, the Eastlake Falcons and Coronado Thunderbirds pick up wins moving them in the top two in District play. FINAL SCORES: Eastlake 48 Franklin 40 Braeden Quigley 17 pts, Diego Diaz 9pt,s Caleb Gutierrez 8pts. Eastwood 44 Coronado 45 Ethan Friday 21pts.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Eastlake High School hires JB Frontz as its third head football coach in program history. In addition, Frontz will take the helm as the school’s new athletic director. The position was up for grabs after former head football coach, Ruben Rodriguez, was arrested on a domestic violence charge back in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After four years in navy blue and silver, Del Valle’s star quarterback Jake Fette made the switch, wearing maroon and gold for his first practice as an Arizona State Sun Devil on Sunday at Eastwood High School. “It’s crazy, you get thrown into it at the end of the year
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EL PASO, Texas – One of the best high school football players to come out of El Paso made it official Thursday afternoon. Del Valle quarterback Jake Fette signed to play football with the Arizona State Sun Devils. A signing ceremony was held at Del Valle High School. Fette had been committed to ASU for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Maskim Lares is a senior on Eastlake High School’s boys basketball team. Both him and his mother were disappointed with how the school handled the departure of head coach Matthew Taylor. “I can’t get in my head or can’t see another game without him,” said Maskim. He said that he’s
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Leadership Academy football team celebrated a major achievement. The team won a state championship this past season. The EPLA Leaders are a six-man football team. They finished the season with an 8-2 record, and went on to win the Texas Christian Athletic League state championship. EPLA head coach
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EL PASO, Texas – The Chapin Huskies came away with a home victory over the Franklin Cougars on Tuesday night. The final score was 54-41. The win improved Chapin’s overall record to 9-6. Following the boys basketball game, the Chapin girls team took the court against the Clint Lions. The Huskies dominated the Lions winning
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Longtime Bel Air High School boys’ soccer head coach Sergio Delgado has been suspended for three years by the University Interscholastic League (UIL), the body that governs educational extracurricular academic, athletic, and music contests in Texas. The UIL also placed Delgado on probation for three years. The State Executive Committee
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EL PASO, Texas – The Eastlake Falcons continued their winning ways Tuesday night after defeating the Canutillo Eagles, 58-43. It was Eastlake’s 6th win in a row. The Falcons improved their overall record to 12-1.
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EL PASO, Texas – Wednesday was a big day for high school football players across the Borderland. It was Early National Signing Day. Athletes put pen to paper as they made their college choices official. For all their accomplishments they are this week’s Community Champions. Community Champions is sponsored by Albertsons and the El Paso
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EL PASO, Texas – Jorge Martinez fell in love with the sport of football at an early age. He grew up playing the sport not in El Paso, but way up north in the state of Alaska. Martinez decided if he wanted to keep growing in the sport Texas was the place to be, so
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RIO RANCHO, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Las Cruces Bulldawgs fall to the Cleveland Storm in the State Championship game on Saturday, 35-28. The Bulldawgs were looking to win its 10th state title in program history, the last time they won a title was back in 2013. In the regular season, the Bulldawgs handed the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Las Cruces Bulldawgs are on the road to state. Saturday, the team will take the field against Cleveland High School out of Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The winner will take home the Class 6A state championship. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. from Rio Rancho. The Bulldawgs enter the
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KVIA) — All three El Paso teams fell in the area round of their respective playoffs to officially end the El Paso High School football season. The Eastwood Troopers had a 62-29 loss to the Byron Nelson Bobcats. The Troopers fell behind 36-0 before scoring twice in the second quarter. They were down
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Eastwood and El Dorado football teams are headed to the post season playoffs. ABC-7’s Bea Martinez will be travelling to Lubbock. She will report live with all the highlights Friday in our evening newscasts. The Road to the State Playoffs, providing you complete coverage of high school football playoffs,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Three El Paso high school football teams will advance to the 2025 Texas UIL Football playoffs. In Class 6A, the Eastwood Troopers will head to Lubbock Cooper High School to face Bryon Nelson at 5p.m. MT on Friday, Nov. 21. In Class 5A (Division II), the El Dorado Aztecs will
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The La Cueva Bears knocked the Centennial Hawks out of the playoffs with a 24-21 win at the Field of Dreams on Saturday. The Hawks had a 21-7 lead at the half, however the Bears found new momentum as they went on to score a touchdown pass, one pick-six
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EL PASO, Texas – The bi-district round of the high school football playoffs got off to a rocky start for El Paso schools. Six teams from the Borderland took the field Thursday night, and all six saw an early exit from the playoffs. Del Valle was the only El Paso school that got to host
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EL PASO, Texas – The winners of the Sweet Play of the Week for week 11 of the high school football season went to the Burges Mustangs. In the game against El Paso, Burges quarterback Marcus Sanchez dropped a dime to wide receiver Jayden Bowser. The team received a box of cupcakes courtesy of Albertsons.
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