EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Chihuahuas won the first four games of the six-game series against the Salt Lake Bees before losing the final two. Salt Lake’s Mickey Moniak went 4-for-5 with two home runs and four RBIs in the Bees’ 8-4 win over the Dogs Sunday afternoon at Southwest University Park.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Several Las Cruces area high school teams have found themselves a spot in the 2023 NMAA State Baseball and Softball brackets. Softball In Class 5A after an undefeated 26-0 season, Centennial locked up the No. 1 seed and will host No. 16 seed Capital in a single-elimination game. Alamogordo
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — It’s now official, new NMSU men’s basketball head coach Jason Hooten will start his campaign with a completely new roster. Sunday Anthony Roy entered the transfer portal, according to verbal commits. Roy was the lone remaining player from the 2022-23 roster who hadn’t either entered the portal, announced their
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EL PASO, Texas — The Salt Lake Bees scored six runs in a 10-batter top of the fifth inning Saturday and beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 14-10 on Star Wars night at Southwest University Park. The loss ended El Paso’s four-game winning streak. San Diego Padres outfielder Adam Engel went 3-for-5 with a double, a
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EL PASO, Texas — After three days, seven rounds and 259 picks, the 2023 NFL Draft has come to an end. No Miners or Aggies were drafted but immediately after the draft ended UTEP running back Ronald Awatt signed with the San Francisco 49ers. Awatt had a team-high 734 yards on 163 attempts and rushed
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SAN DIEGO, California (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC (West-4, 4-3-1, 13 points) is now unbeaten in five matches after Saturday night’s 2-1 win against San Diego Loyal SC. The win handed Loyal their first home defeat in 2023 and keep the Locos undefeated on the road this season. In the 14th minute Forward Ricardo Zacarias had a shot on goal which deflected off Defender
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school softball playoffs got underway Friday night and continued Saturday for several El Paso schools. CLASS 6A BI-DISTRICT ROUND Odessa Permian defeats Americas 2-1 in best of three series to advance to the area round. Game One: Odessa Permian 9, Americas 1 Game Two: Odessa Permian 6, Americas 16
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — At least eight El Paso area high school athletes have qualified for individual events at the State track and field tournament with four relay teams also punching their ticket at the Region meet. The State Meet will be held in Austin, Texas from Thursday, May 11 – Saturday, May 13.
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SANTA FE, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is planning to push new legislation making it clear that hazing is a crime under state law. The announcement comes as two NMSU basketball players file a lawsuit against the university, two former coaches, and three of their teammates alleging hazing and sexual
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OLBG has researched the highest-paid state employee in every US state using data from local government sources and found that most of them are college sports coaches.
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EL PASO, Texas – The Immanuel Christian Warriors are at the top of the mountain once again. The school’s high school tennis team won another state title at the TCAF (Texas Christian Athletic Fellowship) tournament. The TCAF is a division that incorporates Christian private schools from across the state of Texas. This is the 5th time the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso natives Aaron and Alvin Jones will host their second annual A&A All the Way Foundation Charity Softball Game Thursday, June 29. The event will happen at Southwest University Park in downtown El Paso. The Home Run Derby begins at 6:30 p.m. The softball game starts at 7:30 p.m.
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Update: The owner of Wild on Ice confirms to ABC-7 that the racehorse was euthanized Thursday morning. It suffered a hairline fracture, putting it at higher risk for a full break. SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — The winner of this year’s Sunland Derby, Wild On Ice, will miss the Kentucky Derby after a leg injury this
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State University says it plans to launch a task force to prevent hazing. The university’s basketball team has been embroiled in controversy since two players claimed they had been sexually assaulted by some of their teammates. “NMSU has taken extensive measures, including, without limitation: recalling the entire
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TEXARKANA, Ark. – The UTEP men’s golf team (314-294-308—916) finished in 10th place at the 2023 Conference USA Men’s Golf Championship at Texarkana Country Club (par 72, 6969) in Texarkana, Ark., on Wednesday. The Miners (+52) finished 15 strokes behind WKU (314-302-285—901). Defending champion Charlotte (298-285-289—872), Middle Tennessee (293-287-293—873), LA Tech (296-287-293—876) and North Texas (296-293-289—878) will
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP football team will take on Michigan in “The Big House” during the 2026 season, UTEP Vice President and Director of Athletics Jim Senter and Michigan Director of Athletics Warde Manuel announced on Tuesday. “It’s always exciting to play a powerhouse Big Ten team in a great and electric environment,” UTEP head coach Dana Dimel said. “I
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) – New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez says a criminal investigation is now underway into hazing and sexual assault allegations within the NMSU Men’s basketball team. Torrez told our media partner KOAT that investigators had been assigned to the case. He said he found the allegations both concerning and troubling.
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Using data compiled by Basketball-Reference.com, JustWatch ranked the top 10 NBA players who have played the most regular season games without a playoff appearance.
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso High School’s Daniela Ocaranza is on a mission to bring home a state title in tennis. The high school junior qualified for the Class 5A state tournament. It’s the first time she’s ever qualified for state. Ocaranza will take the court Tuesday in the quarterfinals. If she wins her
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — In the span of five months, the NMSU Men’s basketball program was involved in a deadly shooting, three players on the team were accused of sexually assaulting at least two other players, the program was suspended, the head coach fired and a lawsuit filed. Now new head coach Jason
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Aggies have now added their second Georgia product and first front court signee as Head Coach Jason Hooten introduced Clarence “Monzy” Jackson as the newest member of the program. The forward will be making his third Division I stop after spending last season at Jacksonville State and the previous
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(CNN) — The Green Bay Packers and New York Jets have agreed to trade longtime Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the Big Apple, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst told reporters Monday. Gutekunst said the trade has not yet been finalized as the two sides work out the details, but he expects the trade to be completed soon.
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TACOMA, Washington (KVIA) — The Tacoma Rainiers beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 9-2 Sunday to win five of the six games in the series. Tacoma found three runs in the first inning on Sunday and tacked on another two in the second. The Dogs on the other hand wouldn’t get their first hit until the
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EL PASO, Texas — LA Tech sweep UTEP Softball with a 13-2 win in the final game of the series on Sunday afternoon at Helen of Troy Field. UTEP was first on the board in the opening inning courtesy of an RBI double by Savannah Favre. That plated Lexi Morales, who had a leadoff walk for the Miners. After
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ivan Melendez is faced with another setback to start his pro career after being hit by a pitch in a game Friday. Roughly nine months ago Melendez was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks at No. 43 overall. The expectations and potential for the Coronado high school grad were sky high
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STEPHENVILLE, Texas (KVIA) — The Aggies dropped both games in the doubleheader with Tarleton on Saturday which saw the Texans get the sweep. After outslugging the Aggies in the opening game, the Texans found a way to win a pitchers duel in the night cap. In game one there was no score until the fourth,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Aggies avoided the sweep on Saturday with a 6-5 victory over UT Arlington. Eight Aggies recorded base hits, including Jillian Taylor and Kayla Bowen who both had multi-hit days. Bowen went 2-3 at the plate with RBIs and 2 home runs. She now has 12 home runs for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Softball fell to LA Tech 7-2 in game two of the series Saturday afternoon at Helen of Troy Field. LA Tech’s Amanda Gonzalez recorded a base hit in the opening inning with a single down the right field line and was plated by Kylie Neel’s RBI double to give the Techsters
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On a night Lucho Solignac won’t soon forget El Paso Locomotive FC (West-6, 3-3-1, 10 points) move to four games in a row unbeaten thanks to a nifty 2-0 win over Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC. “It wasn’t pretty but good teams win games like this,” Head Coach and Technical Director Brian Clarhaut said. “Our group is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Bikers, runners, and walkers can now enjoy nearly one more mile of the Paso del Norte Trail, after The City of El Paso celebrated the completion of the second segment of the Playa Drain Trail. The trail extends from Knights to Yarbrough. Also included is recreational areas such as benches,
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