EL PASo, Texas — El Paso Locomotive FC wants to see you in your best blue outfit or blue Locomotive gear on Friday to “blue out” the city and show your support. If you post online with the hashtag #VamosElPaso you could win free pair of tickets to Saturday night’s match against on Loudoun United
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EL PASO, Texas – The baseball and softball playoffs continued Thursday with several El Paso teams taking the field for game one of their best-of-three series. The Hanks Knights are the only team from El Paso remaining in the state playoffs. Thursday the Knights came out victorious in game one of their Class 5A regional
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EL PASO, Texas – The Hanks softball team is looking to keep their momentum going in the state playoffs of the Class 5A tournament. Thursday, the Hanks Knights will take the field in a best-of-three series against Abilene Wylie in the regional quarterfinals of the tournament. The Knights are the only El Paso team remaining
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball head coach Keitha Adams announced the signing of Czech forward Luisa Vydrova Wednesday. Vydrova will compete with the Czech Republic at the FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup this summer. A profile on Vydrova and a quote from Adams follows below. Luisa Vydrova Gymnázium Nad Štolou Prague, Czech Republic 6-1, Forward Freshman
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 19-year-old Andrea Hernandez will receive her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from UTEP this weekend. She graduated from Americas High School’s Trailblazers Early College High School in 2017. Hernandez then spent four years at El Paso Community College, preparing to transfer to UTEP, which she did in 2021. For
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -One of the primary pieces to the puzzle during Sam Houston’s historic run last season is now an Aggie. Head Coach Jason Hooten announced Tuesday morning that former Bearkat big man Kaosi Ezeagu will be donning Crimson & White this fall. Kaosi Ezeagu | Sr. | 6-10 | Bramton, Ontario,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The University of Texas at El Paso says its largest graduating cohort ever, more than 3,140 students, will walk the stage to receive a diploma this weekend. Students will graduate in four commencement ceremonies. We have a complete schedule below. 2023 Spring Commencement Ceremonies Saturday, May 13, 20231 p.m.: College
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Max Schliesing was named to the 2023 Men’s Golf All-Conference USA second team as announced by league officials on Monday. Schliesing concluded his first season with a team-best 72.5 stroke average. The junior played in 11 tournaments, finishing as the top Miner in seven events, while placing in the top 10
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Don Haskins is already memorialized in El Paso with an indoor stadium, a recreation center, and a street all bearing his name. Now, a statue of the legendary basketball coach will stand in front of the Don Haskins Center. Having a case of the Mondays? This news about the 🐻
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school baseball playoffs continued with the bi-district round, while softball teams from the Borderland took the field in the area round of the playoffs. When all was said and done, Hanks was the lone team from El Paso remaining in the softball playoffs after Saturday’s games. Meantime, Americas and
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The 2023 NMAA Baseball and Softball playoffs are underway with 11 Las Cruces area teams all in action. BASEBALL Class 5A Las Cruces (No. 8) Vs. Rio Grande (No. 9) – 3-game series Game 1: Las Cruces 15, Rio Grande 5 Game 2: on Saturday at 10 a.m. MT
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school softball playoffs continued Friday with the area round. All the games listed are a best of three series. The scores below are from Friday. CLASS 5A AREA ROUND (Game one) Hanks 7 Abilene 6 – Hanks take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series (Game one) Parkland 1
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – El Paso Locomotive FC (West-2, 5-3-1, 16 points) continued its impressive undefeated streak on Friday night with an entertaining 2-3 win at Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC. With this redemption of an early season loss to the Switchbacks, Locomotive now jumps into second place in the Western Conference standings and remains unbeaten at Weidner Field. Locomotive put on a tremendous display in the first
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EL PASO, Texas — High School baseball playoffs are in full swing (pun intended) for El Paso area schools with several punching their ticket to the area round. Class 6A Midland vs. Eastlake (3-game series) Game 1: Midland 9, Eastlake 4 Game 2: will be played Saturday at 10 a.m. MT at Midland High School.
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball announced the signing of Ivane Tensaie from Penn State on Friday. Tensaie was named the 2021-22 NJCAA Freshman Player of the Year at North Dakota State College of Science. A profile on Tensaie and a quote from Adams follows below. Ivane Tensaie Penn State North Dakota State
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — According to a new report from ESPN, two former New Mexico State University basketball players, Shakiru Odunewu and Deuce Benjamin, who claimed to be sexually assaulted by their teammates, told ESPN that the alleged perpetrators also targeted other players and some assistant coaches. They added that the attackers manipulated
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2023 edition of “Orange Fever Fiesta” was the most successful in the history of the long-running event. UTEP Athletics’ annual fundraiser for student-athlete scholarships generated $403,000 on Saturday, April 29. This year’s “Orange Fever Fiesta” was presented by Madrid Law Firm and, for the first time, was held at Centennial
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Finding high-level talent and experience is often a difficult task in Division I basketball, however, it appears Head Coach Jason Hooten has done so with his newest signee. Hooten announced Wednesday that Central Florida transfer and fifth-year senior Brandon Suggs has made the decision to close out his collegiate
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Stacker curated the 10 most unbelievable pitching performances since 1969 using data from Baseball-Reference.com.
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(Courtesy: Tim Hagerty) EL PASO, Texas – Preston Tucker’s tiebreaking home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning was the difference in the El Paso Chihuahuas’ 5-3 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers Wednesday night at Southwest University Park. Tucker went 2-for-3 with two home runs and a walk. It was
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 13-year-old Kolby Gonzales took home gold at the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Brasileiro in Sao Paolo, Brazil this week. Gonzales is a student at the Gracie Barra El Paso Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy. His teachers say Gonzales beat four opponents on his way to the podium. He did not allow
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The law firm retained by NMSU to investigate the university’s handling of recent hazing allegations by two former basketball players released a findings report Wednesday. “Our investigation focused on a programmatic review of NMSU’s anti-hazing policies and procedures,” Greenberg Traurig, LLP said in the report. The law firm specified
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — For the first time two former NMSU basketball players are speaking out about the hazing allegations they made in a lawsuit two weeks ago. Shakiru Odunewu, William “Deuce” Benjamin and Deuce’s Dad William Benjamin are suing the university, two former coaches, and three former teammates, Deshawndre Washington, Doctor Bradley
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The Game Day Casino compiled a list of the history behind seven casino games that are popular to play online.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — In a letter obtained by ABC-7 dated May 1, the NMSU Faculty Senate call the contract extension of Athletic Director Mario Moccia “both astonishing and deeply disheartening.” “It is irrational why the former NMSU Chancellor would so handsomely reward an individual when the non-academic unit they supervise (Athletic Department)
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s women’s 4×100-meter relay team and Arianne Morais (javelin) were honored as the Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week as announced by league officials on Tuesday. All C-USA weekly awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear. For the first time in C-USA history, a women’s relay team were named
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NMSU has responded to a letter Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Stephanie Rodriguez, the Cabinet Secretary sent on April 24, asking the university to clarify how it is addressing the alleged hazing incident within the basketball program. The letter from the New Mexico Higher Education Department was sent after
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas High School Baseball playoffs begin this week and two El Paso teams head into the postseason with a ranking to their name. Americas are tabbed at No. 18 in Class 6A after finishing the season 27-6 and 14-2. The program was also crowned district champions for the seventh time
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — No UTEP or NMSU players were drafted in the 2023 NFL Draft but already we’ve seen a few with some news. On Monday NMSU linebacker Trevor Brohard earned a spot at the San Francisco 49ers rookie training camp. Brohard started all 13 games fro the Aggies in 2022 and finished
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BOULDER CITY, Nevada — Garrison Smith has punched his ticket to the NCAA Tournament after winning the individual title at the WAC Men’s Golf Championships. Smith broke the 21-year old WAC Men’s Golf Championship record by shooting a 197 (-19). Smith became the first individual champion for NM State since 2014 when Pay Beyhan won. On the
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