BOYS CLASS 6A AREA ROUND Eastlake 3 Southland Carroll 1 Franklin 4 Euless Trinity 5 Pebble Hills 1 Byron Nelson 3 El Dorado 0 Keller Timber Creek 3 BOYS CLASS 5A AREA ROUND Bel Air 3 Amarillo Caprock 1 Andress 0 Abilene 1 Del Valle 1 Amarillo Palo Duro 2 Burges 0 Lubbock Monterey 3
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – Stellar performances from El Paso Locomotive FC defender Marc Navarro and goalkeeper Benny Diaz this past weekend against Louisville City FC earned them a place in the USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 3. Navarro made the league’s Starting XI and Diaz landed a spot on the bench. MARC
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AUSTIN, Texas – Texas has reached an agreement with Rodney Terry to be the Longhorns’ full-time head basketball coach, taking the interim tag off his title after he led the program to the Elite Eight following the midseason firing of Chris Beard, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. Texas was
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — In a surprising turn of events, an underdog won the main event at the 18th running of the Sunland Derby Sunday. Wild on Ice at 35-1 odds snuck past the other six horses and won the race down the straight. With the 50 points from the win, Wild on
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NMSU officially introduced Jason Hooten as the 28th head coach of the men’s basketball program on Sunday in front of more than 400 people in the Pan American Center. Hooten takes over the reigns less than a year after Greg Heiar was hired. The change in coach comes after
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NMSU is set to hold a news conference to introduce the new head of its men’s basketball program, Jason Hooten. Hooten has 13 years of head coaching experience in his 30-year coaching career. He comes from Sam Houston State University. He is now the 28th head coach of the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Big time hoops held their 11th showcase in Las Cruces on Saturday at Las Cruces high school. Matt Abney the girls basketball coach at Centennial high school started the event 20 years ago as a way to try and help girls get recruited out of high school. “It’s just
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Aggies were looking for three straight wins on Saturday and their first series win of the season but instead NMSU came up short against UTRGV. NM State once again relied on the home run in Saturday’s contest as Preston Godfrey and Nick Gore both went deep. Gore’s home run marked the second straight
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — UTEP softball (10-18, 2-6 Conference USA) dropped game two of the series vs. Charlotte (18-12, 6-2 C-USA). The 49ers clawed their way back into the game for the 9-8 walk-off victory after trailing 7-0 in the second inning Saturday afternoon at Sue M. Daughtridge Stadium. UTEP broke the game wide open with a seven-run second inning highlighted by
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — El Paso Locomotive FC (1-3-0) leave Louisville with their first win of the season, the first win of the Brian Clarhaut era and all 3 points after a 3-0 win over Louisville City FC (2-1-0). “I wanted a clean sheet, I wanted a victory,” Head Coach and Technical Director Brian Clarhaut said.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State University announced its new Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Jason Hooten. Hooten becomes the 28th head coach for the program. Hooten has 13 years of head coaching experience and a 30-year coaching career. Hooten comes from Sam Houston State University, where he served as head coach. “I
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EL PASO, Texas — A public memorial for Willie Cager will be held on April 14th in the Don Haskins Center, with services beginning at 7 p.m. The family told ABC-7 anybody is invited to attend the services to honor the Texas Western basketball legend. Cager was a basketball player and a member of the
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6A BOYS BIDISTRICT ROUND Eastlake 3 San Angelo Central 1 Pebble Hills 2 Odessa Permian 0 Franklin def. Midland in penalty kicks El Dorado def. Midland legacy in penalty kicks 5A BOYS BIDISTRICT ROUND Hanks 0 Andress 4 Chapin 0 Bel Air 5 4A BOYS BIDISTRICT ROUND Irvin 3 Andrews 0 Riverside 4 San Angelo
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Head Coach Dana Dimel finalized his 2023 football staff, announcing Scotty Ohara as the new offensive coordinator, Josh Brown returning to the program as the defensive pass game coordinator, and James Bain being promoted to assistant offensive line/assistant special teams’ coach. Ohara replaces Dave Warner, who retired following the 2022
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – UTEP is stepping up in a big way to honor a legendary Miner. Wednesday, UTEP officials announced the university will fund the use of the Don Haskins Center or Memorial Gym for the memorial service for the late Willie Cager. Cager was a basketball player and a member of the 1966
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The waiting game continues in Las Cruces as New Mexico State appears to have zeroed-in on a candidate for their men’s basketball head coach vacancy. While no official word has come from NMSU, a source tells ABC-7 the frontrunner for the job is Jason Hooten, the current head basketball coach
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Originally Published: 21 MAR 23 12:56 ETUpdated: 21 MAR 23 22:47 ETBy Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 10:44 p.m. ET]Japan won the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday night, downing Team USA 3-2 in the championship game at loanDepot Park in Miami. The title is the third for Japan, which also won
Continue Reading Originally Published: 21 MAR 23 16:46 ETUpdated: 21 MAR 23 20:12 ETBy David Close, CNN (CNN) — New York Knicks hero Willis Reed has died, the National Basketball Retired Players Association said Tuesday. He was 80 years old.Reed led the Knicks to two championship titles in the 1970s, which included one of the most iconic moments
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(Courtesy: Eric Alwan, Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino) SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico – An attractive field of seven will make their way to the starting gate on Sunday in the 18th running of $600,000 guaranteed, Grade 3 Sunland Derby. The 1 1/8 mile event, which is part of an extraordinary, 11-race card at Sunland Park
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What states make the most revenue from gambling? OLBG compiled data to show the states that collected the most tax revenue in 2021.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso continues to mourn the death of Willie Cager, a basketball player for the Texas Western team that won the National Championship in 1966. Cager passed away on the 57th anniversary of the national championship at age 81. People ABC-7 spoke to said the timing was fitting because Cager
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Originally Published: 20 MAR 23 19:17 ETBy Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — NBA legend Magic Johnson has joined a bid to acquire the NFL’s Washington Commanders from embattled owner Daniel Snyder.A representative from Magic Johnson Enterprises confirmed to CNN that the former NBA star has joined a bidding group for the Commanders that is led by
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former UTEP men’s basketball player and 1966 national Champion Willie Cager died Sunday. Following his death, heartfelt tributes have been pouring in from the El Paso community. UTEP basketball officials made the announcement of Cager’s death Sunday. Cager was 81 at the time of his death. Some remember Cager from
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LEXINGTON, Kentucky (KVIA) — New Mexico State Women’s Basketball (18-17, 10-8 WAC) season has officially come to an end in Kentucky after falling to California Baptist (22-13, 13-5 WAC) in a tightly contested game that went down to the final shot.The Aggies battled back from multiple double-digit deficits with the help Molly Kaiser’s 19-point performance. Sylena Peterson and Tayelin Grays also played
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Basketball announced the death of UTEP men’s basketball player and 1966 national champion Willie Cager. Cager was 81 years at the time of his death. He made history by being a member of the Texas Western team that defeated Kentucky 72-65 and won the 1966 NCAA Championship. The team
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UPDATE — The El Paso Locomotive are still looking for the first win of the season after losing all three of their opening games at home. The Locomotive fell to Detroit City 3-1 in front of their home crowd. The scoring started early with Detroit getting on the board in the ninth minute after a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Peyton Angulo ensured the Miners went home with the gold on St. Patrick’s Day with a walk-off home run in the eighth inning which gave UTEP a 6-3 win. After two scoreless innings, the Hilltoppers took a 2-0 lead with a two-run drive by Taylor Sanders. Pate Cathey got the
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LEXINGTON, KY (KVIA) — It’s taken 49 years, but the Aggies finally have their first win in the postseason after they defeated the University of Illinois Chicago 51-41 in the first round of the Women’s Basketball Invitational. It was a low scoring game that saw both teams combine to make just 32 shots, with Sylena
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A source close to the University told ABC-7 that the search for an NMSU Men’s Basketball head coach is now down to eight. ABC-7 has compiled a list of eight names, in no particular order, based off of reports we’ve seen, people we’ve spoken to and who we think would
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Playing in a postseason tournament for the fifth time in program history, UTEP women’s basketball fought until the end in a 67-54 loss at Texas Tech in opening round action of the WNIT on Thursday night. The Miners (20-12, 12-8 C-USA) cut what at one point was a 17-point deficit
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