LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — She may be small, but she’s fierce. At less than 100 pounds, Oñate High School senior Angelita Altamirano is New Mexico’s first ever girls’ individual wrestling champion. “The fact that like, I won it, and it was the first year, it’s crazy!” Altamirano told ABC-7 in an exclusive interview. “I’m like, OMG! That’s
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SOCORRO, Texas — A second teenager was arrested Monday in the month-old slaying of a Socorro High School football player, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said. A 15-year-old boy was taken into custody about 4:30 p.m. by deputies on a murder charge stemming from the late January drive-by shooting death of 15-year-old Socorro High
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When high school wrestlers from El Paso take to the mat in Houston, everyone will know which city they represent. Local printing company, Uplifted Printing, donated up to 100 ‘El Paso Strong’ t-shirts to all the wrestlers who qualified for the UIL state competition. The owners of Uplifted Printing are Justin Arenas and Brecca Armendariz.
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EL PASO, Texas — The Eastwood Troopers have done all the right things to get this point. First, win a district title, then a regional title, and now all that’s left to do is bring home a state championship. The Troopers will have that opportunity as they head to Houston to compete in the UIL
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EL PASO, Texas — The Bel Air Highlanders are now utilizing one of the newest athletic complexes in the city, thanks to a voter-approved bond. The Bel Air Athletics Complex officially opened its doors for students several weeks ago. It is a tri-level complex with state-of-the-art equipment for athletes with basketball and volleyball courts, weight
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Mesquite man who police contend was drunk and speeding when his car was involved in a deadly crash over the weekend has been charged with vehicular homicide, authorities said Monday. Adolfo Angel Gurrola-Romero, 22, was being held without bond in the Dona Ana County Detention Center. In addition to
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — An Oñate High School football player was killed in a car crash Saturday morning. According to his family, 18-year-old Luis Mendez died after a two-car crash along Bataan West Memorial. His family told ABC-7 Mendez was a football player at Oñate High School. “He helped a lot of people,” said
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San Antonio, TX For the second straight year the Cathedral swim team came very close to winning a state title. Friday, at the TAPPS State Swim Meet in San Antonio, Cathedral finished in second place. It was the second straight year that the Irish took second at the state meet. The goal for them headed
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Wednesday was a day many high school student athletes have been waiting for. The day they signed their letters of intent. The video above shows where some of the local student athletes will be playing at the next level.
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EL PASO, Texas – Coronado-Franklin. Ysleta-Riverside. Eastwood-Bel-Air. Jefferson-Bowie. Chapin-Andress. The turn of February brings with it District Rivalries in Borderland Basketball, and the atmosphere at last Friday’s Chapin-Andress game was a friendly reminder that this season, high school basketball in El Paso is as good as it’s ever been. “Andress-Chapin games are always hard fought,”
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Monday was realignment day in the state of Texas. The University Interscholastic League (UIL) released its district realignments for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons. Some of the notable changes included Eastwood and Eastlake joining district 1-6A. District 1-5A is now only a 4 team district and Riverside drops from class 5A to class 4A. The
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More than a month after Chapin’s head football coach announced he was stepping down, the school appears to have found their new head coach. ABC-7 has confirmed Ryan Warner will be taking over the program. Warner was the offensive coordinator at Franklin High School, but his roots run deep at Chapin High School because that’s
Continue Reading UPDATE, Jan. 26: El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies confirmed Sunday that a 16-year-old was taken into custody and charged with the murder of 15-year-old Jesus Estrada. The arrest happened around 10 a.m. Saturday. The teenager’s identity has not been revealed and no further details were immediately available. Original report from Jan. 22: SOCORRO, Texas —
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EL PASO, Texas – Manny Flores is a sophomore at Chapin. He was an All-District performer on last year’s team that won 16 games. But he has already noticed how much things have changed this season. “Everywhere we go is like ‘Oh you play for Chapin,'” says Flores. They’re always saying Hi to us, asking
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EL PASO, Texas — Reaching the 2,000 point mark in high school is no easy feat, but an Eastlake Falcon did just that. Senior Cheyanne Bonilla hit 2,000 points back in December during a game against Del Valle. Bonilla was honored for her achievement during a game Tuesday night at Eastlake High School. The Falcons
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EL PASO, Texas – In a battle of two of the top talents in the Borderland, freshman KJ Lewis and the Chapin Huskies picked up a big road win at El Paso High. Lewis scored 18, and Manuel Flores chipped in 14 as Chapin led wire-to-wire in the 5A matchup. The matchup between Lewis and
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EL PASO, Texas — Members of the El Paso High School community remembered a young life cut short at a candlelight vigil on the steps of the school Friday evening. Kevin Bolhs, a senior who was set to graduate in the spring, died suddenly on Thursday. A cause of death has yet to be disclosed.
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By Charles Hill 2019 Winter and Spring Sports Boys Basketball El Paso area teams usually do very well in the UIL Basketball State Playoffs. This was not the case in 2019. Most of the area’s teams were eliminated by the Area Round in the annual state tournament. Americas was an exception as the Trail Blazers
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — The Santa Teresa cross country team knew before the start of the season that if they wanted to be the best, it would require a lot of hard work. No Santa Teresa team had ever placed at the state cross country meet, until this season. The team, which is led
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The Clint Lions have been on a roll so far in the 2019 season, and for one Clint senior the season has been extra special. Earlier this season at a tournament in San Antonio, Clint forward Jonathan Garcia reached the 2,000 point mark in his high school career. Garcia says he didn’t even know he
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EL Paso, Texas — Chapin High School is now in search of a new head varsity football coach. Sources confirm to ABC-7 that football coach Rene Hernandez is leaving the program. Hernandez was the head coach for the Huskies for the last 13 seasons, but he’s been with the program for 20 years. Hernandez had
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EL PASO, Texas — A new study from the journal Pediatrics found good news for most parents of high school athletes: rates of concussions have gone down in recent years across all sports. However, concussions increased during football games, despite decreasing during football practices. The study found the highest concussion rates for boys’ football, followed
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Wichita Falls 42 Parkland 14 Canyon Randall 35 Canutillo 14 Burges 7 Lubbock Cooper 49
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Wichita Rider 63 Hanks 27 Clint 15 Springtown 53 Mountain View 0 Decatur 69
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EL PASO, Texas — Legendary football coach Bob Savage, who led Bel Air High School’s program from 1973 to 1992, has died at the age of 85, ABC-7 has confirmed. (You can watch a KVIA archive profile of Savage’s two decades as a coach in the video player at the top of this article.) Savage,
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Winning a state championship in no way distinguishes the success of a team’s season. Case in point, the Centennial girls soccer team. This past season, the Hawks made it all the way to the New Mexico state championship game where they lost to Volcano Vista, 2-0. But the hard work it took for the Hawks
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EL PASO, Texas — Here are the high school football scores for week 12 of the Borderland Blitz: 11/14 & 11/15 Montwood 32 Midland Lee 65 Chapin 7 Amarillo 14 Hanks 34 Austin 14 Andress 9 Canutillo 27 Fabens 7 Seminole 35 Frenship 35 Americas 36 Lubbock Coronado 54 Eastwood 41 Bowie 28 Parkland 64
Continue Reading Frenship vs. Americas Franklin vs. Odessa Permian Pebble Hills vs. Amarillo Tascosa Lub. Coronado vs. Eastwood Del Valle vs. Abilene Cooper Bowie vs. Parkland Ysleta vs. Burges Las Cruces vs. Rio Rancho Mayfield vs. Volcano Vista Centennial vs. RR Cleveland Lake View vs. Clint Hanks 34 Austin 14 Andress 9 Canutillo 27 Montwood 32 Midland
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Hanks 34 Austin 14 Andress 9 Canutillo 27 Montwood 32 Midland Lee 65 Chapin 7 Amarillo 44 San Elizario 14 Andrews 63 Mountain View 42 Big Spring 36 Fabens 7 Seminole 35 Anthony 7 Coahoma 69
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After 11 straight weeks of top plays, cupcakes and signatures, we finally have our winner of the Sweet Play of the Year. Congratulations to Mykal Blanco and the Hanks Knights. Blanco scored a touchdown following a reverse during a kickoff return. It’s a been a season to remember for Blanco. He recently became the city’s
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