EL PASO, Texas – Bel Air High School named its next head football coach and athletic coordinator Wednesday afternoon. Ariel Famaligi joins the Highlanders after serving as offensive coordinator at Franklin High School. Famaligi does have experience as a head football coach. From 2016 to 2022, Famaligi was the head football coach at Montwood High
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EL PASO, Texas – The girls high school basketball playoffs continued Tuesday with the bidistrict round. The scores below are from Tuesday: CLASS 6A DIVISION 2 San Angelo Central 31 Montwood 55 CLASS 5A DIVISION 2 Parkland 29 Burges 78 Andress 23 Hanks 39 CLASS 4A DIVISION 1 Ysleta 43 Irvin 46 CLASS 4A DIVISION
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP softball has postponed its scheduled game against the New Mexico Lobos due to projected high winds and poor air quality in the El Paso area on Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 18). The game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 3 at 3 p.m. Fans are encouraged to monitor UTEP softball’s social media channels and
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP track and field’s Praise Djoma was named the Conference USA Women’s Field Athlete of the Week as announced by league officials on Tuesday. It was her second consecutive weekly honor. Djoma turned in a personal-best leap of 6.16 meters (20-2.5) in the women’s long jump and took the title at the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Opening night of the UIL playoffs brought big wins for the Borderland, with five El Paso girls teams punching their tickets to the area round on Monday. FINAL SCORES: Class 6A, Division 1 Franklin 45 Odessa Permian 36 Eastlake 27 Midland Legacy 26 Class 6A, Division 2 Eastwood 61 Frenship
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ARLINGTON, Texas –NM State opened Monday’s contest with early offensive pressure and kept, but 10 Oklahoma runs over the first three innings proved difficult to overcome in a 10-6 loss at Globe Life Field. NM State outscored the Sooners 4-3 across the final six innings but could not fully erase OU’s early advantage. The Aggies jumped
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In his third year at LSU, New Mexico’s Steven Milam is pursuing another national title while emerging as a top 2026 MLB Draft prospect. Milam made a name for himself during his freshman year, earning the start in all 68 games at shortstop and helping his team to a national
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP softball wrapped up the Dr. Diana Natalicio Memorial Tournament on Sunday afternoon at Helen of Troy Softball Field, splitting the day to finish the weekend at 6-6 on the season. The Miners opened Sunday with a 5-4 redemption walk-off win over Idaho State before falling to No. 4 Oklahoma, 34-0, in five innings.
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) – Jockey Edwin Maldonado rode Pavlovian to victory at the 21st running of the $500,000 Sunland Derby. The three-year-old colt beat the odds favorite, Express Kid who finished second with jockey Juan J. Hernandez. The top finishers of the Sunland Derby earn qualifying points for entry into the 2026 Kentucky
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP softball team closed out day two of the Dr. Diana Natalicio Memorial Tournament in thrilling fashion, sweeping Montana in a pair of one-run contests Saturday afternoon at Helen of Troy Field. The Miners outlasted the Grizzlies 15-14 in eight innings in game one before securing a 5-4 victory in game two.
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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — The Lady Troops defend their 6A State title with 82.5 points in the UIL State Wrestling tournament at the Berry Center on Saturday. Eastwood’s Hailey Delgado wins the 110 pound 6A title for the second year straight. On the boys side, Hector Ortiz collects the 106 pound class weight title. Bel-Air’s
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EL PASO, Texas — KJ Thomas tallied a career-high 14 points while Elijah Jones (15 points), Kaseem Watson (10 points) and Caleb Blackwell (10 points) joined him in double digits for scoring, but the UTEP men’s basketball team was derailed by defending league champion and first-place Liberty, 73-64, inside the Don Haskins Center Saturday afternoon.
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JACKSONVILLE, Alabama (KVIA) — NM State (12–13, 5–10 CUSA) showed resilience following a heartbreaking loss earlier in the week, bouncing back in emphatic fashion on Saturday afternoon with a 79–71 road victory over Jax State (13–12, 8–6 CUSA) inside Pete Mathews Coliseum. The Aggies leaned on a strong defensive effort, timely shot making, and control of the glass to
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WACO, Texas – On Opening Day, NM State traveled to Baylor Ballpark on Friday, Feb. 13, where a historic individual effort proved too much to overcome in a 15-2 defeat. The Aggies hung around early behind a strong start on the mound from Colton Sneddon but were unable to counter Baylor’s two big scoring frames
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Organ Mountain Knights will have a new head coach next football season. A source confirmed to ABC-7, Kenny Sanchez has resigned from the position following three seasons as head football coach at Organ Mountain High School. During his time with the Knights, Sanchez held an overall record of 6-24
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LYNCHBURG, Virginia – The UTEP women’s basketball team dropped a 58–48 decision on the road at Liberty on Thursday inside Liberty Arena. The Miners move to 10–13 overall and 2–10 in Conference USA play. UTEP forced 22 turnovers and recorded 11 steals, creating multiple transition opportunities, but Liberty’s efficiency inside proved decisive. UTEP finished the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – NM State (11-13, 4-10 CUSA) went toe-to-toe with the top team in Conference USA tonight, pushing the Liberty to the brink before ultimately falling in a tightly contested battle 77-75 on a buzzer beater inside the Pan American Center. After an early deficit, NM State responded with a decisive first-half surge, stringing together a 12-2 run fueled
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JACKSONVILLE, Alabama – The UTEP men’s basketball team buried 11 3-pointers and used a big run in the second half to rally past second-place Jax State on the road, 69-64, Wednesday evening. In a tilt that featured seven ties and 12 lead changes, it was the Miners (10-15, 6-8 CUSA) who got hot at the
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA)– After having their bags checked and waiting for updates, passengers at El Paso International Airport are now boarding flights they didn’t think they would be able to take just hours earlier. One passenger said he had no idea about the disruption until he got there and initially believed his flight was
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (9-15, 5-8 CUSA) will take aim at back-to-back wins when it locks up at second-place Jax State (13-10, 8-4 CUSA) at 5 p.m. MT/6 p.m. CT on Wednesday. The Miners rallied from 14 points down in an eventual 91-88 OT triumph against I-10 rival NM State
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EL PASO, Texas – Since 2022 El Paso Rhinos owner Cory Herman has helped setup the ice for NHL games played not indoors, but outside in the elements. It all started in 2021, the year El Paso was awarded a pre-season NHL game. NHL officials were impressed with how Herman was able to maintain an ice rink at the County Coliseum Events Center
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s golf team will kick off its spring campaign at the BGSU Women’s Intercollegiate in Litchfield Park, Ariz., hosted by Bowling Green at the Wigwam Golf and Country Club (Par 71, 6,373 yards), running Tuesday through Wednesday. Round one tees off Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. MT with a shotgun start,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A family rooted in El Paso learned early in their pregnancy that their unborn baby might be brain dead. They were relieved to later find out that their son Aiden Wilson, was instead born with down syndrome. Aiden has become the heartbeat of this family of four giving his older
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SANTA CLARA, California (KVIA) — In his second year in the NFL, former UTEP linebacker Tyrice Knight becomes a Super Bowl Champion after the Seattle Seahawks’ triumph over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX. Knight started at Independence Community College and then joined the UTEP Miners in 2020-2023. Over four seasons at UTEP,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico –NM State concluded its opening weekend on Sunday morning at the NM State Softball Complex with a doubleheader against St. Thomas and UT Arlington. The Aggie offense came to life in the second bout but was unable to keep up with their opponents as they gave up a combined 35 runs on
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP softball wrapped up the UTEP Invitational on Sunday afternoon at Helen of Troy Softball Field, splitting the day to finish the weekend at 3-3 on the young season. The Miners opened Sunday with a 10-5 redemption win over Utah Valley before falling to UMass Lowell, 12-2, in five innings. Four Miners were named
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) – The Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino is holding the Post Position draw for the $500,000 Sunland Derby today. The drawing introducers the competitors for the “most prestigious race” of Sunland Park season. “The $500,000 Sunland Derby is expected to attract a star-studded cast of 3-year-olds with aspirations of reaching
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EL PASO, Texas – Behind 21 points from Caleb Blackwell, double-doubles from Kaseem Watson (18 points, career-high 12 rebounds) and Elijah Jones (17 points, career-best tying 12 boards) and another big game from Jamal West Jr. (20 points, eight boards, four blocked shots), the UTEP men’s basketball team proved its mettle with a 91-88 overtime win
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EL PASO, Texas – NM State (11-12, 4-9 CUSA) battled for 45 minutes in a rivalry showdown but ultimately fell to UTEP (9-15, 5-8 CUSA), 91-88, in overtime on tonight at the Don Haskins Center. The contest marked the 226th meeting in the Battle of I-10 and the first overtime matchup between the programs since the 2001–02 season, when the
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Softball (2–2) delivered a memorable Day 2 at the UTEP Invitational, sweeping UT Arlington in Saturday’s doubleheader at Helen of Troy Softball Field with back-to-back one-run victories. GAME 1 UTEP 16, UTA 15 The Mavericks struck first with a two-run second inning, but the Miners answered right back in the bottom half when
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