EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Albuquerque Isotopes scored five runs in the top of the 10th inning and beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 11-8 at Southwest University Park Sunday afternoon. Albuquerque won five of the six games in the series and 18 of the 24 games in the season series. El Paso starter Aaron Leasher
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TUCSON, Arizona (KVIA) — UTEP suffered a 31-10 loss to Arizona. It is their second straight loss of the season both coming at the hands of Power 5 teams. With that loss the Miners are now 0-38 against Power 5 teams in the modern era and are 1-3 to start the season. The Miners defense
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SACRAMENTO, California (KVIA) A heartbreaking stoppage time goal saw El Paso Locomotive FC (West-9, 11-12-6, 39 points) fall 1-0 on the road to Sacramento Republic FC on Saturday night. El Paso held strong defensively for the majority of the night, recording 22 clearances and seven interceptions against a persistent Sacramento offense. Locomotive goalkeeper Benny Diaz put on
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — The NM State Aggies win the 113th edition of the Rio Grande Rivalry 27-17. It is the first time they have won the Battle of I-25 in back-to-back years since 2010 and 2011. They did it all in front of head coach Jerry Kill who was questionable to be on
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FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (AP) — El Pasoan LJ Martin scored two touchdowns, while Kedon Slovis threw for 167 yards and two touchdowns, including one to Chase Roberts who made a one-handed catch with eight minutes left, to give BYU a 38-31 win against Arkansas on Saturday night. Roberts’ grab capped a nine-play, 69-yard drive that saw
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EL PASO, Texas – Here is the schedule, and final scores from week 4 of the high school football season. FRIDAY SCHEDULE: Americas 16 at Franklin 10 Coronado 21 vs. Eastlake 34 El Dorado 19 vs. Pebble Hills 49 Del Valle 31 at Canutillo 7 Parkland 36 vs. Chapin 43 Horizon 21 at Andress 30
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EL PASO, Texas ( KVIA)-The University of Texas at El Paso and the El Paso community – will return to the UTEP campus on Friday, Sept. 15 for Minerpalooza. The annual celebration will take place from 6 to 11:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Minerpalooza will feature live entertainment, interactive activities,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Soccer dropped a hard-fought 1-0 battle to Idaho Thursday night at University Field. The Miners (1-7-1) went toe-to-toe with the Vandals (5-2-1) through 78 minutes before a header by Kylie Hummel gave the visitors the win. UTEP outshot Idaho 13-10 on the night, but the Vandals held a slight edge in
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EL PASO, Texas – The Cathedral football team will continue their 2023 season without their head coach. The athletic director at Cathedral High School confirmed to ABC-7 that Curtis Crane is no longer the head coach for the football team. No other details were provided. Crane was in the middle of his 6th season with
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As always on a Thursday night, we get to enjoy an appetizer of high school football games before a full slate on Friday. This Thursday the Montwood Rams defeated Socorro 41-21 at the SAC. The win sees the Rams move to 2-2 on the season and 2-0 in District 1-6A
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LOS ANGELES, California (KVIA) — The Aggies entered the day knowing it would be a tall task to upset No. 20 USC on the road. That task proved to be every bit as difficult as anticipated as the Trojans defeated the Aggies 3-0 at McAlister Field in Los Angeles. In total, NM State was outshot by the Trojans 14-7, including
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (KVIA) — UTEP Volleyball (7-2) picked up its second sweep, taking down Tulane, 25-20, 25-15, 25-18, on Thursday night at Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. “I was excited to see that we got back to our identity from the service line when it came to really being in control of the puppet
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC (West-7, 11-11-6, 39 points) fought out a 1-0 win on the road at Las Vegas Lights FC Wednesday evening to jump back over the playoff line into seventh place, recording another crucial three points in the journey to the 2023 postseason. Defensive duo Erik McCue and
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — The University of New Mexico is requiring New Mexico State University to pay for each of its band members to attend the schools’ upcoming rivalry football game. NMSU Athletic Director Mario Moccia confirmed to ABC-7 that he got donors to pay for the tickets. “Thanks to our supportive administration, alumni
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OLBG takes a look at one important way the balance of power in college sports has taken a surprising turn – the question of million-dollar buyouts for team coaches.
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EL PASO, Texas – The Sweet Play of the Week for week 3 of the high school football season went to the Montwood Rams. In the game against Americas, Montwood linebacker Jose Hita, popped the ball loose after a big hit on an Americas wide receiver. Montwood’s Antonio Landeros recovered the ball, and took it
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The New Mexico State Aggies got some good news Wednesday morning with the return of their head football coach, Jerry Kill. Coach Kill had not been at practices this week due to a medical situation according to NMSU officials. No other details were provided. However, Wednesday morning the team was
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners have a tough challenge in front of them this Saturday in the Grand Canyon State. UTEP will hit the road to Tucson, AZ to face another power five conference opponent in the Arizona Wildcats out of the Pac-12. UTEP enters the match-up 1-2 on the season coming off
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Head Coach Jody Adams revealed the non-conference schedule for the 2023-24 Women’s Basketball season. NM State is set to begin their first year as members of Conference USA, and their second under Adams at the helm. The Aggies will play 13 non-conference games, starting at home Nov. 6 against
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The Game Day compiled the five most hard-won Grand Slam titles in men’s tennis history using data from Ultimate Tennis Statistics.
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – Following a 14-tackle performance at Big Ten member Northwestern, UTEP LB Tyrice Knight has been tabbed as the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week as announced by the league office Monday. The 2023 CUSA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear and are voted on by a
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EL PASO, TEXAS (KVIA-TV)-Youth sports today face double trouble with the success of stars like Lionel Messi, Ricardo Pepi, Megan Rapinoe, and Mia Hamm. Now more than ever, competitive youth sports are being built around elite athletes— the kids who play one sport all year round are usually considered the best players. Sometimes, those kids
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CHICAGO (AP – Andrew Seligman) — Jordan Love looked like he might be ready to follow in the footsteps of Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers, throwing for three touchdowns to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 38-20 season-opening victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Aaron Jones ran for a touchdown and caught one,
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — It’s often said that anything can happen in a rivalry game, both teams eager to earn the victory for the squad and bragging rights throughout the rest of the year. Sunday afternoon provided plenty of unpredictability as NM State (3-4-1) fell to rival New Mexico (3-1-2) by a score of 3-1.
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COMMERCE, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP soccer team lost a five-goal thriller 3-2 to Texas A&M-Commerce Sunday afternoon. Taya Lopez (23’) and Sheyliene Patolo (59’) scored for the Miners, but the Lions came back for the win. The contest started fast and never slowed down. In the eighth minute, Maia Rodriguez had the first
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NORMAL, Illinois (KVIA) – After three matches in less than 24 hours, the Redbird Classic has come to a successful close for the Aggies. NM State took down Saint Louis in four sets, winning all three after dropping the opener. The Aggies leave the Prairie State with an impressive collection of hardware and accolades. Most notably,
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ATHENS, Ohio (KVIA) – Despite a late fourth-set comeback, the UTEP volleyball team (6-2) was bested by NC State, 3-1 (21-25, 25-16, 16-25, 22-25), to close out the Bobcat Invitational. Danika Washington, Kaya Weaver, and Sara Pustahija led the Miners with nine kills each. Weaver was zero-error on 11 attacks to put up a .818 hitting percentage. Kalia Kohler and Hande Yetis combined
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gregg Berhalter’s second term as U.S. coach began with a quick start, 80 sluggish minutes, two late goals and a 3-0 exhibition victory over Uzbekistan. “We’re a good side but we can’t just stroll into games and expect to win,” goalkeeper Matt Turner said after the match Saturday. “If we really
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ORANGE COUNTY, California (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC (West-9, 10-11-6, 36 points) earned a point on the road after 0-0 draw against Orange County SC on Saturday evening. The draw sees the Locos fall into ninth, one spot out of a playoff spot. The 0-0 contest also snapped Orange County’s eight-match win streak. Goalkeeper Benny
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CHICAGO, Illinois (KVIA) — The UTEP Miners remain winless against a Power 5 team in the modern era with a 38-7 loss to Northwestern on Saturday at Ryan Field. The UTEP Miners had the chance to do something they’ve only ever done once in program history and never in the modern era – win against
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