(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The full slate for the new-look Aggies has officially been finalized.The complete schedule that Head Coach Greg Heiar announced Tuesday morning features 13 non-conference games. The roster of opponents is highlighted by potential matchups against three programs that have made at least one NCAA Tournament appearance in
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Abraham Romero, described by teammates, as the heart of the team, died on September 17. He was placed in a medically induced coma for three weeks after collapsing while on the field during a game against Deming on August 26. Hundreds were present at the Las Cruces First Church services.
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EL PASO, Texas – A basketball player from Silver City, New Mexico is finding success at the college level. Katelynn Limardo is a junior at Montana State in Bozeman, Montana. Last season, she played in all 35 games for the Bobcats, and was a starter in 34 of those games. Limardo averaged 7.9 points, 3.8
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota – For the second time in less than a week, the NM State football team took the field. After boarding a plane and heading north to Minneapolis, the team looked to upset Minnesota, a team receiving votes in both major Top 25 polls. The Golden Gophers were up to the
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EL PASO, Texas – The scores below are from Thursday night (09.01.22) action: Bel Air 48 Socorro 0 Mayfield 0 Organ Mountain 28 Americas 27 Odessa 49
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Local businesses and the other three high schools within Las Cruces Public Schools are rallying around Abe Romero, a linebacker for Organ Mountain High School who was seriously injured during last Friday’s game against Deming. Romero was taken to University Medical Center in El Paso after the game, where he
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(Courtesy: New Mexico State Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – An 8:00 p.m. kickoff and the threat of inclement weather could not keep those longing for college football away from Aggie Memorial Stadium on Saturday night. 23,371 fans came flooding through the gates to see NM State (0-1) take on Nevada (1-0, 0-0 Mountain West)
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – High School football in New Mexico is officially underway, and we already a major upset involving a team from Las Cruces. The Centennial Hawks pulled off a monumental upset Friday night as they took down the number one team in the state of New Mexico, Rio Rancho Cleveland. Cleveland is
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The New Mexico State Aggies are getting ready for primetime. Wednesday it was confirmed that the team’s season opener at home against Nevada will be televised on ESPN 2. The kickoff time for the game has also been scheduled for 8 p.m. The Aggies will host the Nevada Wolfpack Saturday,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – While the state of Texas will kickoff the high school football season in three weeks, New Mexico will get a jumpstart a week early. Las Cruces High School will begin the 2022 season on August 19 when they travel to Volcano Vista. The Bulldawgs are hoping for another great season,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Baseball is a game for everyone, and a disability shouldn’t get in the way. A league in Las Cruces will soon get underway for children with special needs. It’s called the Warrior League. The League’s founder, Marci Dickerson, started the Warrior league for her nephew who has autism. She was
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EL PASO, Texas- The second annual Robert Kapi Pounds Memorial Golf Tournament brings in 160 plus golfers and donations to benefit Every Little Blessing PreSchool. An accomplished wrestler, football player and golfer at Coronado High School in the early 80s, Robert Pounds went on to play football at UTEP. He would marry his high school
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Four members of the NM State baseball program have been selected in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft. The Aggies saw a pair of pitchers selected in Ian Mejia and Sammy Natera, in addition to a pair of incoming freshman – Nick Peoples and Milo Rushford.”We’re stoked for
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The PanAmaniacs are coming to town.It was announced Thursday that before heading to Albuquerque, N.M., to compete in a winner-take-all basketball tournament, the team of Aggie alumni will do some fine-tuning in the building that inspired their moniker.The PanAmaniacs, a team put together by former Aggie Brandon Mason, will
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Former New Mexico State standout Teddy Allen will try to impress scouts as he plays at the NBA Summer League with the Denver Nuggets. Teddy Allen, affectionately known as Teddy Buckets won the 2022 WAC Player of the Year award after leading the Aggies to their first round upset of
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Basketball Tournament (TBT) – the $1 million, winner-take-all summer basketball event broadcast live on ESPN networks – today revealed the eight-team bracket for the New Mexico Regional hosted by The Enchantment, a New Mexico alumni team. Panamaniacs, a first-year New Mexico State alumni team, were accepted into the
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(Courtesy: Sun Bowl Association) EL PASO, Texas – The Sun Bowl Association and WestStar have announced the four teams playing in the 61st Annual WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational with Kent State, North Carolina A&T coming to the Borderland to join NM State and UTEP in the two-day tournament. The tournament is set for Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 21-22, 2022 in
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(Courtesy: New Mexico State Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Corvallis, Oregon – The Aggies are coming.After clinching the WAC Baseball Tournament title, the NM State Aggies clinched the conference’s automatic qualifier bid and will head to the Pacific Northwest to compete in the Corvallis Regional, hosted by Oregon State. The trip to the NCAA
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MESA, Arizona – New Mexico State baseball coach Mike Kirby admitted the baseball gods were on his side. As a result, the improbable Aggies are headed to the NCAA Regional Baseball Tournament. New Mexico State, who entered the WAC Tournament with the worst record of any team in the field, defeated Abilene Christian on Saturday
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EL PASO, Texas — Playoffs are well and truly underway for high school softball and baseball and 12 Borderland teams remain fighting for the respective titles. In baseball eight teams from the El Paso area had big wins over the weekend to see their season continue. This week they’ll compete in the round of 64
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Another top-30 junior college player is bound for the City of Crosses. In an announcement made Wednesday by NM State head men’s basketball coach Greg Heiar, forward Issa Muhammad has put pen to paper on his National Letter of Intent to suit up for the Aggies beginning in 2022-23. Currently rated as
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – From a New Mexico State Aggie, to a Texas Longhorn. Former NMSU guard, Sir’ Jabari Rice is headed back to his home state after announcing Tuesday afternoon that he’ll be joining the Texas Longhorns. Rice has one more year of eligibility. He entered the transfer portal shortly after NMSU announced
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – First, he was a Wildcat. Last season he was a Tiger. In 2022-23, he’ll be an Aggie. Tuesday morning, in an announcement made by NM State head men’s basketball coach Greg Heiar, DaJuan Gordon committed to NM State ahead of the 2022-23 season. With three combined seasons of Big
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Deuce Benjamin shares the same name as his father, former New Mexico State basketball star William Benjamin. Now, they share the honor of being Aggies. The Las Cruces High School star announced his commitment to New Mexico State Saturday, ensuring the one-time New Mexico Gatorade Player of the Year will
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EL PASO, Texas – The rivalry between the UTEP Miners and the New Mexico State Aggies reached another level Friday night, and we have the transfer portal to thank. Friday night, NMSU guard Mario McKinney Jr., announced via Twitter that he’ll be taking his talents east on the I-10 to nearby rival UTEP. In his
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EL PASO, Texas – The love for swimming came at an early age for Coronado swimmer, Gigi Gotaas. She says it all started when she was 3-years-old, all she wanted to do was get in the pool and splash around. That is what led to a stellar swimming career in high school, and one that
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(Courtesy: NMSU Aggies) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Doctor is in. Thursday morning, in an announcement made by NM State head men’s basketball coach Greg Heiar, Doctor Bradley became the first signee of both the Aggies’ 2022-23 class as well as the Heiar coaching era. A junior college star through his sole season at Salt Lake
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -Jody Adams-Birch will be taking over as the next leader of the NM State women’s basketball program. NM State Director of Athletics Mario Moccia announced Thursday evening that Adams-Birch will become the Aggies’ 12th head coach in program history. “Having known Jody for over 15 years I couldn’t be more thrilled
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Buffalo, N.Y. — After leading New Mexico State to their first NCAA tournament of the 21st century, Chris Jans is leaving the program. Calling Jans “one of the nation’s premier bench bosses,” Mississippi State confirmed Jans will be their head coach. “The Mississippi State Family is thrilled to welcome Chris Jans as our next head
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BUFFALO, New York – The New Mexico State Aggies were hoping stay alive in the NCAA Tournament and punch their ticket to the sweet 16. But that wasn’t in the cards for the Aggies. Saturday night in Buffalo, NMSU’s run in the tournament came to an end at the hands of Arkansas by a final
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