SACRAMENTO, California (KVIA) — Tirso Ornelas hit a two-run tiebreaking double in the top of the ninth inning Wednesday afternoon in the El Paso Chihuahuas’ 3-1 win over the Sacramento River Cats at Sutter Health Park. The Chihuahuas have won the first two games of the series. Ornelas drove in all three runs for the
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EL PASO, Texas – Emmitt Berry (track & field), Randy Culpepper (men’s basketball), Ja’Net Esparza (soccer), Thomas Howard (football) and Jordan Palmer (football) form the 22nd induction class into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame. This year’s class will be inducted on Friday, Nov. 7, at the Larry K. Durham Sports Center, and will be honored at the Miners’ football game
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)- El Paso Locomotive FC host Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC to open the USL Championship Season. Ricky Ruiz gives ABC-7 a preview of the match.
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EL PASO, Texas – On June 24, the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame will induct 8 new members. One of them will be basketball player Bobby Rodriguez Kirkley. Kirkley graduated from Parkland High School and went on to Eastern New Mexico University where he is in the school’s Hall of Fame. He led all
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EL PASO, Texas – All Elite Wrestling returns to the El Paso County Coliseum Wednesday. It will be a night of wrestling action as AEW brings two events to the Sun City. AEW Dynamite will air live on TBS at 6 p.m. MT, and at the conclusion of the show there will be a television
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DALLAS, Texas – On Tuesday, Conference USA announced that UTEP track and field’s Rejoice Sule was named the 2025 Women’s Track Performer of the Meet, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. The sophomore sensation grabbed a trio of gold medals at the 2025 CUSA OTF Championships held on May 16-18, in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Chihuahuas were held to one hit in the Tacoma Rainiers’ 6-0 shutout at Southwest University Park on Sunday night. The teams split the six-game series. Tacoma starter Sauryn Lao pitched four perfect innings, then reliever Josh Fleming pitched a perfect fifth and sixth. With one out in
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EL PASO, Texas – One of UTEP’s top edge rushers from a season ago has found a new home. Jaylin Jones has committed to Baylor following his official visit. The sophomore defensive end was a three star recruit in the class of 2024, and had offers from Purdue, Houston and Texas Tech. Jones ultimately signed with
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EL PASO (KVIA) – A viewer who says he was a former sports reporter in San Antonio and just moved to El Paso sent an email saying that the KVIA sports staff should do more NBA stories. David wrote: “I’m a former sports reporter from San Antonio. I’ve been living in El Paso since last
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVIA) — Andy Cabrera continued his scoring ways bagging a pair of goals to lead El Paso Locomotive FC to a 2-1 road win over Las Vegas Lights FC on Saturday night at Cashman Field. Cabrera pushed his monthly total to six goals and his league total to nine as he carried on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Chihuahuas shut out the Tacoma Rainiers 1-0 Saturday night at Southwest University Park for their second shutout win of the season and their third win in the first five games of the series against Tacoma. Chihuahuas starter Wes Benjamin pitched a season-high six innings and struck out
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s another powerhouse offer for El Dorado’s Ryan Estrada. The soon-to-be senior running back shared on X that he’s received an offer from the Big Ten’s Michigan Wolverines. This is on top of his numerous D1 offers that includes other power four programs such as Alabama, Wisconsin, Oklahoma State, and Missouri. Estrada
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC look to keep rolling high as they travel to take on Las Vegas Lights FC in a USL Championship clash on Saturday, May 24 at 8:30 p.m. MT at Cashman Field. HOW TO WATCH EL PASO LOCOMOTIVE FC AT LAS VEGAS LIGHTS FC – SATURDAY, MAY 24,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An ABC-7 investigation shows longtime Franklin High School head football coach Daren Walker was reassigned while being investigated for slapping a player on the back of the head at a fundraising meeting, according to newly obtained records. The outcome of the investigation prompted Franklin High School Principal Amanda Bowser to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Americas Trail Blazers took down the Harmony Tigers 25-6 to claim the first-ever Region 19 girls flag football championship title on Thursday. Wide Receiver Zaryha Wheeler was named the All-Season MVP and Wide Receiver Na’Sya Atkins who scored two touchdowns against the Tigers was named the Championship game MVP.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Gabriel Delgado’s love for swimming started at an early age. As a baby, his family would put him on a floaty and push him around in the pool. Now at 14-years-old, Delgado is one of the best swimmers in El Paso. A freshman at Cathedral High School, Delgado is part of the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Chihuahuas scored five runs with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning Thursday night and came back to beat the Tacoma Rainiers 6-2 at Southwest University Park. It was El Paso’s second straight win and their 11th victory in their last 17 games. The fifth inning
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In honor of Mental Health awareness month, the El Paso Chihuahuas and National Alliance on Mental Illness of El Paso decided to collaborate and host a ball game to openly discuss mental health issues. On Thursday, NAMI and the Chihuahuas will be sharing tips and resources for mental health, as
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CNN By Don Riddell and Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — When entrepreneur and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian started to think about investing in women’s soccer, opposition to the idea came from an unlikely source: His wife, tennis legend Serena Williams. “When I first told Serena I was gonna buy or start a women’s soccer team
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Eastwood High School had eight student athletes sign their letters of intent on Wednesday. El Paso native Danny Torres will go on to leave Eastwood in the history books with the fastest times in the 3200-meter and 5K in the history of El Paso. Torres signed his LOI to the
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LYNCHBURG, Virginia (KVIA) — NM State came out firing in its Conference USA Championship opener on Wednesday, building an early six-run lead against second-seeded Western Kentucky, but a late WKU rally resulted in a 7-6 walk-off defeat for the Aggies in 10 innings. The Aggies struck quickly in the top of the first, as leadoff
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Chihuahuas beat the Tacoma Rainiers 7-6 Wednesday afternoon to win their 10th game in their last 16 tries. The Chihuahuas and Rainiers have split the first two games of the series. Leadoff hitter Clay Dungan went 3-for-4 with a double, triple, walk and two RBIs. It was the
Continue Reading Originally Published: 21 MAY 25 20:06 ET Updated: 21 MAY 25 20:08 ET By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Indianapolis Colts owner and CEO Jim Irsay has died at the age of 65, the team announced on Wednesday. The Colts said Irsay died “peacefully in his sleep” on Wednesday afternoon. No cause of death was
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Originally Published: 21 MAY 25 11:45 ET By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The controversial “tush push” play will not be banned for the upcoming NFL season, according to multiple reporters covering the owners’ meeting in Minnesota. A vote on whether the tush push would be permitted going forward was tabled at an owners meeting
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LYNCHBURG, Virginia – After wrapping up its regular season on the road at LA Tech over the weekend, NM State now makes a trip east for the Conference USA tournament, which begins Wednesday, May 21. NM State enters the week as the No. 7 seed and will begin with a first-round tilt against WKU, which
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EL PASO, Texas – A new chapter has officially begun at Franklin High School. Monday, Ruben Torres was introduced as the school’s new head football coach as well as Franklin’s new athletics coordinator. He takes over for former head coach Daren Walker who was reassigned back in February. Torres was once an assistant coach at
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee – The UTEP track and field women’s team finished in second place, the Miners overall totaled 10 medals – seven gold medals, a pair of silver and a bronze – and Rejoice Sule earned the Women’s High Point Scorer of the Meet on the last day of competition at the 2025 Conference USA
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Las Vegas Aviators beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 14-4 Sunday afternoon and won four of the six games in the series at Las Vegas Ballpark. Las Vegas has the best record in the Pacific Coast League and has defeated the Chihuahuas in eight of 12 meetings this year. Chihuahuas
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EL PASO, Texas – Entering Friday, El Paso had three area teams remaining in the Sweet 16 of the high school baseball playoffs. Americas and Clint both saw their seasons come to an end after losing their best-of-three series. In Class 5A Division 1, the Americas Trail Blazers were down 0-1 in their series against
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RUSTON, Louisiana (KVIA) — NM State couldn’t overcome an early deficit on Saturday afternoon, falling 8–1 to LA Tech in the series finale at J.C. Love Field. With the loss, the Aggies dropped the three-game set, two games to one. Despite the defeat, NM State (23-31, 11-15 CUSA) will continue its season on Wednesday in
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