TOLUCA, Mexico (KVIA) — FC Juárez sit in third spot in the Liga MX after a 4-2 win over Toluca on Sunday afternoon. The Bravos opened the scoring in the 18th minute thanks to Agustín Urzi but Toluca’s Robert Morales equalled things up just two minutes later. At the half the game was tied at
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC end their three-game week with two points out of a possible nine after drawing 1-1 with Rio Grande Valley FC on Saturday at Southwest University Park. After a 38th minute goal from Wilmer Cabrera Jr., RGV looked firmly in control. That was until a late goal
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SUGAR LAND, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Chihuahuas hit three home runs Saturday night and beat the Sugar Land Space Cowboys 7-2. The Chihuahuas have won the first two games of the three-game series to clinch their first series win since May 23-28 in El Paso vs. Reno. It also marks their first back-to-back
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ricardo Pepi and goals are almost synonymous with each other at this point and the San Eli native proved that yet again on Saturday morning. In a preseason friendly with Blau-Weiss Linz where PSV won 2-1, Pepi netted his first goal with his new team. The striker only officially signed
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EL PASO, Texas – Another El Pasoan is on the road to the Show. Socorro graduate, Brandon Pimentel signed a free agent contract with the Washington Nationals on Friday. Pimentel wrapped up his collegiate career at UT Rio Grande Valley. He had a phenomenal season with the Vaqueros hitting a total of 19 home runs,
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ANTHONY, Texas – Anthony High School has found their next head football coach, and he’s very familiar with the program. Mike Stephenson will return to coach the Anthony Wildcats. He was the head football coach at Anthony from 2013 to 2018. He helped turn around the program leading the Wildcats to the playoffs during his
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC (West-3, 9-5-4, 31 points) fell 1-2 to San Antonio FC Saturday night at Southwest University Park. “At the end of the day, they scored two goals, and we scored one,” Head Coach and Technical Director Brian Clarhaut said. “We need to look
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EL PASO, Texas – El Pasoan Darell Hernaiz is one step closer to making it to the major leagues. Wednesday, the former Americas Trail Blazer received word that he was getting promoted to the Las Vegas Aviators. The Aviators are the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland A’s. Hernaiz is now just one step below making
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(Courtesy: Charles Hill, El Paso sports historian) EL PASO, Texas – The 2022-2023 school year has come to a close. So now it is time to take a look back on the athletic accomplishments achieved during the year. A brief look shows: *Cathedral High School won their 35th TAPPS Division I State Swimming Championship *Eastwood’s
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Update: Las Cruces Police investigators are looking into Thalia Chaverria’s death. They say she was found unconscious in her home. “At this point, investigators have no reason to believe Chaverria’s death is suspicious or the result of criminal activity,” a department spokesperson said in a statement Wednesday. “However, LCPD and OMI are continuing their investigation
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC players are known for their skills on the pitch, but in their spare time, a few are learning a new skill that has nothing to do with the world’s game and instead is making them a little more worldly. Two or three times a week Manny
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – Tobi Amusan, a decorated track and field great and NCAA National Champion at UTEP, was inducted into the Conference USA Hall of Fame Class of 2023 as announced by league officials on Monday. It marks the second consecutive year that a Miner track and field student-athlete was inducted into CUSA’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The day after hitting his 18th home run of the season with the Hillsboro Hops, El Pasoan Ivan Melendez is being promoted to the Amarillo Sod Poodles. MILB Central were the first to report the news. The Coronado grad has spent the entirety of his first full season in the
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — FC Juárez drew 1-1 with Tigres UANL on Saturday at Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez stadium. The Bravos found themselves down 1-0 after a goal in the 38th minute from Luis Enrique Quiñones. But just like their 2-1 win over Club América last week, the Bravos came back. In the 77th minute
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Las Vegas Aviators beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 8-3 Saturday and they’ve won four of the first five games in the series. San Diego Padres catcher Luis Campusano went 2-for-3 with two singles in his first MLB Injury Rehab game with El Paso. Chihuahuas designated hitter Jose Azocar drove
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MONTEREY BAY, California (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC (West – 2, 9-4-4, 31 points) fought to a 0-0 draw at Monterey Bay FC on Saturday night at Cardinale Stadium, taking home a point and continuing its undefeated streak in USL Championship away matches (five wins, three draws). Head Coach Brian Clarhaut said this week he
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Before KJ Lewis heads to Tucson to start summer workouts with the Arizona Wildcats, the former Huskie held his first camp for the players of the future. “Just giving back to the community to the little kids that you know supported me in my years at Chapin,” Lewis said. “I
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico – A basketball player from El Paso is representing Mexico during an international competition. Franklin graduate and former UTEP Miner, Katia Gallegos made the senior team roster for the Mexican national team. It’s the first time that she ever made the senior squad. Mexico is competing in the 2023 IBA Women’s Americup.
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(KVIA) — San Elizario native and US Men’s National Team striker Ricardo Pepi signed with PSV Eindhoven this week, according to ESPN. He had been playing with another Dutch team, FC Groningen, for several months, scoring 13 goals in 31 appearances, while on loan from FC Augsburg. Pepi has appeared for the US National Team
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) El Paso Locomotive FC announced today that it has exercised its contract option on defender Bence Pavkovics for the 2024 USL Championship season. The transaction is pending league and federation approval. “Bence is a staple in our backline who checks all the boxes, and it is important that we continue
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(Courtesy: Tim Hagerty, El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – Brett Sullivan’s RBI double into the left field corner gave the El Paso Chihuahuas a 2-1 walk-off win over the Las Vegas Aviators Wednesday night at Southwest University Park. It was the Chihuahuas’ fifth walk-off win of the year and their first since June 20
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball has signed guard Aaliyah Stanton out of Hemet, California, head coach Keitha Adams announced Wednesday. Stanton was named the CIF-Southern Section 2023 Division 3A Player of the Year. A profile on Stanton and a quote from Adams follows below. Aaliyah Stanton Rancho Christian High School
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pinch-hitter Josh Palacios came through with a tiebreaking two-run double in a three-run ninth inning that rallied the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-7 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night to snap a three-game skid. Dodgers reliever Evan Phillips struck out Carlos Santana, then issued consecutive walks to Jack
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC goalkeeper Benny Diaz has been nominated for USL Championship’s Fans’ Choice Save of the Week – Week 17. On a full stretch dive, Diaz got his fingertips on the long-range ball as it rocketed towards goal. The ball ricocheted off the post and was cleared by
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Originally Published: 04 JUL 23 10:12 ET Updated: 04 JUL 23 12:28 ET By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Senbere Teferi looked to be mere seconds away from defending her Peachtree Road Race title. That is, until she took a wrong turn just before the finish line. The first three competitors of the women’s elite
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) El Paso Locomotive FC announced today that it has mutually agreed to part ways with defender Artem Kholod. The Ukrainian joined the club from Shakhtar Donetsk in August of the 2022 season, bringing in depth to the right back position. He made four appearances for Locomotive during his time in El Paso, most recently against Union
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Albuquerque Isotopes beat El Paso 20-2 Sunday night to give the Chihuahuas their fourth consecutive loss. It marks the second time this season El Paso has allowed 20 or more runs in a game. Albuquerque first baseman Jonathan Morales went 5-for-5 and hit for the cycle. It was the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC (West-2, 9-4-3, 30 points) fell 0-1 to New Mexico United on Saturday night at Southwest University Park in the 2023 Derby Del Camino Real rematch. With the loss, El Paso’s 12-game unbeaten streak was snapped in front of 8,411 Locomotive fans, the largest crowd in club
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State University has officially made the jump to Conference USA. New Mexico State football has been an independent program for several years, and is now back in contention for a conference championship. NMSU is joined by Jacksonville State, Liberty, and Sam Houston St in this move to
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OLBG scoured news archives and other public information sources to compile the greatest sports moments from the summer you were born.
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