EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Chapin Huskies historic season came to an end in the Elite 8 with a 54-47 loss to Mansfield Summit. The Huskies had made the Sweet 16 for the past three seasons and for the first time ever in program history they advanced to the Elite 8 with a double
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — For the second time this season, UTEP and Middle Tennessee played an instant classic on Saturday afternoon, this time with the Lady Raiders flipping the script to come out on top 72-68 in overtime in the Murphy Center. The Miners (19-10, 12-8 C-USA) had initially jumped ahead 65-63 on an
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Led by lone senior Shamar Givance, the Miners knocked off C-USA fourth-placed team Middle Tennessee, 77-65, in front of 4,044 fans on ‘Senior Day’. “I want to congratulate Shamar (Givance),” UTEP head coach Joe Golding said. “You always want to go out with a win on ‘Senior Day’ so I’m
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — After seven games and no wins the Aggies were seemingly restarting their season on Friday night after head coach Mike Kirby was fired on Thursday. Interim coach Keith Zuniga hoping to get his first win at the helm and help the Aggies to their first win of the season but
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Wichita Falls, Texas – Chapin’s historic run in the Class 5A playoffs continues. The Huskies punched their ticket to the Elite 8, and is now just one win away from advancing to the Final Four. Friday in Wichita Falls, TX the Huskies defeated Fort Worth Wyatt in double overtime by a final score of 69-68.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Both Centennial and Las Cruces High School girls basketball teams are moving on to the state quarterfinals. Las Cruces seeded 7th, hosted a 10th seeded Clovis. The game was tied at 18 at the half but the Bulldawgs turned things up another gear in the second half and got the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — It’s been nearly three weeks since Chancellor Dan Arvizu suspended the NMSU men’s basketball program. Since then, we’ve seen the firing of the then-head coach Greg Heiar, several players leaving the program and former commits going back on the market. But a lot is still set to transpire as
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball plays at No. 24 Middle Tennessee on Saturday at 1 p.m. MT/2 p.m. CT in the final game of the regular season for both sides. The Lady Raiders (24-4, 17-2 C-USA) have secured the Conference USA regular season title and the No. 1 seed into the tournament. The
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP drained 10 3-pointers (most vs. DI opponent this year) and Calvin Solomon (season-high 16 points, seven boards), Tae Hardy (16 points), and Shamar Givance (15 points, five assists) all had quality nights, but the Miners couldn’t come up with enough stops in a 73-68 setback against WKU at the Don
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mike Kirby, head NMSU baseball coach, is gone after four years with the program. NMSU announced the decision Thursday. He will be replaced for the time being with assistant coach Keith Zuniga. Kirby led the Aggie baseball team to a 2022 WAC Tournament Championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament.
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (13-16, 6-12 C-USA) will open the final week of the regular season and its last homestand by playing host to WKU (15-14, 7-11 C-USA) at 7 p.m. MT Thursday. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball. The Miners will be vying for a
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EL PASO, Texas – The Chapin Huskies are headed back to the Class 5A Sweet 16. Tuesday at the Don Haskins Center, the Huskies defeated the Parkland Matadors by a final score of 56-53. It was the third straight championship in the regional quarterfinals for Chapin, and it will be their third straight trip to
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DALLAS, Texas – Niesha Burgher was named the 2023 Conference USA Female Indoor Track Performer of the Meet on Tuesday after her successful run in the championships. Burgher capped her first indoor season with the Miners by taking home three medals, and tying for second with 20 points on the women’s side at the 2023
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — William Jacobs is a senior in high school at Centennial, something that wasn’t always guaranteed. At three weeks old William stopped breathing. “I blew into him a total of four times but the first three times he didn’t blow back and then on the fourth he blew back and
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced today the signing of Luis Moreno for the 2023 season, pending league and federation approval. “We are happy to bring a player of Moreno’s ability and potential to El Paso,” Head Coach and Technical Director Brian Clarhaut said. “It is evident that he is a
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UPDATE: Ticket prices are $4 for students and $6 for adults. To purchase tickets, click here. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The #18 ranked Chapin Huskies will be taking on the unranked Parkland Matadors at the Don Haskins Center in the Class 5A regional quarterfinal. The match between the two Borderland schools will take place
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Organ Mountains (boys) and Centennial (girls) won the District Championship over the weekend but now all the attention turns to the State Tournament. On the boys side in Class 5A both Organ Mountain (5) and Las Cruces (14) qualified for the tournament. On the girls side, all four local LCPS
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — After winning the WAC Tournament last season, there were high expectations on the Aggies ahead of this season and so far NM State have done anything but live up to them. On Sunday morning, NM State slipped 9-3 to Seton Hall in the weekend finale of the Sugar Land
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A five-hit, six-RBI, and three-homer performance from the Miners wasn’t enough as UTEP dropped its final game in the UTEP Invitational to No. 4 Oklahoma State, 10-6, at Helen of Troy Field Sunday afternoon. With the loss, UTEP fell to 7-7, and OSU improved to 13-1. Rylan Dooner, Savannah Favre, and Ajia Richard were named to the
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EL PASO, Texas — The UTEP tennis team won the doubles point and picked up a victory in singles from Carlotta Mencaglia before its “915 Match” against New Mexico went unfinished due to high winds at the El Paso Tennis Club Sunday. “We got off with some good momentum, winning No. 3 doubles very quickly,”
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(CNN)– A Michigan State student injured in this months mass shooting, John Hao, got to speak with his favorite basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden. During their video chat, Harden told Hao he’s strong, and encouraged him to keep pushing through. A gofundme page indicates a bullet severed Hao’s spinal cord, leaving him paralyzed
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces Public Schools finished their District tournament Saturday with both the boys and girls playing the Championship game. On the boys side, Organ Mountain High School got a 65-56 win over Las Cruces High School. On the girls side, Centennial High School defeated Las Cruces High School 65-45. Postseason
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ze’Rik Onyema posted his second career double-double (11 points, career-high 11 rebounds), but UTEP dug itself a big hole early and could never fully recover in a 75-49 loss at 2023 Conference USA regular-season champion (RV) Florida Atlantic in front of a school-record capacity crowd (3,130) Saturday afternoon. The Miners
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP led from start to finish in a 63-55 win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday on Senior Day in the Don Haskins Center. Prior to the game, the Miners (19-8, 12-6 C-USA) honored seniors Avery Crouse, Sabine Lipe, Erin Wilson and Mahri Petree along with graduating graduate assistants Sah-Jay Stevens
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The annual event is held in the spring to promote health and physical activity for adult 50 and older. The games started with the traditional lighting of the Senior Games torch Saturday morning. The City of El Paso Parks and Recreation Department says this is the 40th year the games
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)–Members of the Bowie High School boys soccer team will take the field for a charitable cause Saturday during the Segundo Barrio Futbol Club’s (SBFC) Charity Cup game. It will be played at Guillen Middle School, located at 900 S. Cotton St. and kicks off at noon. The exhibition match will include
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EL PASO, Texas – The area round of the boys high school basketball playoffs tipped off Friday with three El Paso teams punching their ticket to the regional quarterfinals. Chapin, Parkland and Riverside are all moving on to the regional quarters. Chapin and Parkland will square off in the Class 5A regional quarterfinals with the
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball wraps up the regular season portion of the home slate with a Saturday matinee against Florida Atlantic at 1 p.m. in the Don Haskins Center. Seniors Avery Crouse, Erin Wilson, Sabine Lipe and Mahri Petree will all be honored prior to the game. In addition, the game will
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MIAMI, Florida – Shamar Givance posted a double-double (22 points, career-best tying 10 assists), Ze’Rik Onyema poured in a career-high 19 points and UTEP shot a sizzling 58.7 percent from the floor on the way to securing a wire-to-wire 87-82 victory at FIU Thursday. Otis Frazier III (15 points) and Calvin Solomon (13 points) also
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (12-15, 5-11 C-USA) will hit the road for the final time of the 2022-23 regular season when it opens a two-game swing through the “Sunshine State” at FIU (13-14, 7-9 C-USA) at 5 p.m. MT/7 p.m. ET Thursday. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball. The Miners
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