EL PASO, Texas – It’s the end of an era for the Pebble Hills High School football program. Monday, Pebble Hills head coach Mark Torres confirmed he accepted the head coaching position at Buda Hays High School. Buda Hays is a school located in the Austin area. The school competes in Class 5A. Pebbles Hills
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — If you’re an El Pasoan there’s nothing quite like watching Burges and UTEP grad Aaron Jones bust loose up the middle, rock a sombrero pregame, or go in for the score and throw up the 915. But with the Green Bay Packers 24-21 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – Otis Frazier III (Player of the Week) and Elijah Jones (Freshman of the Week) helped the UTEP men’s basketball team sweep the Conference USA Weekly awards, it was announced by the league office Monday. The 2023-24 CUSA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear and are
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CNN By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Nick Dunlap, a 20-year-old sophomore who plays golf for the University of Alabama, won the American Express tournament Sunday at the PGA West golf course in La Quinta, California. Dunlap’s score of 29-under par was one stroke better than South African professional Christiaan Bezuidenhout, who finished second. But
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico State Aggies defeated Middle Tennessee 73-62 on Saturday night in the Pan American Center. The win sees NMSU move to 9-1 at home this season, 9-10 overall and 3-1 in Conference USA play which puts them in a three-way tie for first in the conference. The
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BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (KVIA) — UTEP women’s basketball (6-11, 1-3 CUSA) fell 66-65 to WKU (13-7, 3-2 CUSA) on Saturday afternoon in a game that had nine lead changes and four ties. The Miners led by as many as nine, but late turnovers proved costly as the Lady Toppers pulled off the one-point win.
Continue Reading KPIX By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The San Francisco 49ers are heading to the NFC Championship game following a victory over the Green Bay Packers on Saturday, while earlier, the Baltimore Ravens played in bitterly cold temperatures to dominate the Houston Texans and secure their spot in the AFC Championship for the first time
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (KVIA) — On a snowy Saturday afternoon, the Aggies’ offense started out cold and was never able to recover. CUSA’s first-place team, Middle Tennessee (14-4, 4-0), took control just minutes into the game and didn’t look back. Molly Kaiser led all Aggies with 11 points, but NM State (7-10) ultimately fell 85-48 and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Tae Hardy erupted for a UTEP career-high 27 points while Corey Camper (career-best 19 points) and Zid Powell (17 points) also reached double figures as UTEP won a wild back-and-forth game with high-flying WKU, 93-87, at the Don Haskins Center Saturday evening. There were 15 ties and nine lead changes,
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (KVIA) — UTEP women’s basketball (6-10, 1-2 CUSA) fell 81-70 to Middle Tennessee (13-5, 3-0 CUSA) Thursday evening. Three Miners scored in double digits in the contest. Three-point shooting from the Lady Raiders proved the difference maker in the game, as the home side drained 12 from beyond the arc, including six in
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – It was a massive comeback win for the New Mexico State Aggies Thursday night at the Pan American Center. NMSU would rally from 23 points down in the second half to get the win over the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, 72-70. With the game tied at 70, NMSU’s Femi Odukale would
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BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (KVIA) — 201 days ago, New Mexico State left the WAC for Conference USA. On Thursday night, the Women’s Basketball program earned its first league win, knocking off Western Kentucky (3-0), 50-44. NM State snapped a five-game losing streak to improve to 1-2 in conference play and 7-9 overall. While the Lady
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Otis Frazier III posted a season and game-high 21 points to go along with a school-record tying eight steals while Tae Hardy recorded 20 points to help lead the UTEP men’s basketball team to a convincing 73-59 wire-to-wire victory against Middle Tennessee at the Don Haskins Center Thursday.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Students at Dojo Guzman in Las Cruces have been invited to compete in the 3rd IKKF World Koshiki Karate Open Championship 2024 in Tokyo, Japan this summer. Students are currently preparing for the competition with the martial arts center’s master Sensei. Parents and children are still trying to raise
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EL PASO, Texas – Horizon High School announced their new head football coach Wednesday afternoon. Omar Garcia is taking over the program after previously being the offensive coordinator at Montwood High School. Garcia graduated from Hanks High School in 2007. He was a star baseball player and played at the collegiate level at Texas A&M
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Fans are invited to meet coach Scotty Walden and his staff, and get the inside scoop on their first UTEP football recruiting class at the National Signing Day Celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 7, from 5:30-7:30 pm in the Larry K. Durham Center Hall of Champions. “We are
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Legendary University of Texas at El Paso basketball coach Don Haskins will be honored with a new statue on campus. The seven-foot work of art is a gift from El Pasoans Dan and JoAnn Longoria. Haskins, the former head coach at Texas Western College — now The University
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP’s new head football coach, Scotty Walden continues to make waves, signing another five players on Monday. That brings Walden’s recruiting class so far to 33, after announcing 23 on early singing day and another five last week. Monday’s group includes three Division 1 FBS transfers, one offensive player and
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DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — Trey Horton III has been named the Conference USA Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday. The 2023-24 CUSA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear and are voted on by the league’s sports information directors. It is the first time of his career that Horton III
Continue Reading CNN By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 11:20 p.m. ET] The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 32-9 on Monday to advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. The Bucs will play the Detroit Lions on Sunday at 3 p.m. [Original story, published at 10:32 p.m. ET]
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Aaron Jones grew up idolizing Emmitt Smith and the Dallas Cowboys. The Green Bay running back found a new, and most painful, way to torment the all-time rushing leader’s former team. Jones ran for three touchdowns, Jordan Love threw for three more in his postseason debut, Darnell Savage returned an interception 64 yards
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas’s largest and most difficult mountain bike race took place around El Paso’s Franklin Mountains this weekend. This year, the 17th annual Puzzler MTB Race attracted over 400 participants from all over the U.S. and Mexico. Organizers said this year, they wanted to provide more opportunities for beginners. “This whole
Continue Reading CNN By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Miami Dolphins 26-7 at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday, in conditions so cold that Chiefs head coach Andy Reid’s mustache froze over. The temperature at kickoff was -4 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of -20 degrees, making it the fourth coldest game in National
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — After two stellar seasons at cornerback for the Aggies, Andre Seldon officially transfers to TCU. The star defensive player and leader for NMSU entered the portal on December 24th and visited both Wisconsin and TCU. In his 28 games played at NMSU, Seldon recorded 96 total tackles, had 12
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP women’s basketball (6-9, 1-1 CUSA) fell to FIU (12-5, 3-0 CUSA) 83-62 Saturday afternoon. Mahri Petree and Erin Wilson both scored in double digits for the Miners. The game was back-and-forth through three quarters before the Panthers were able to put the game away in the fourth, outscoring UTEP
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MIAMI, Florida (KVIA) — UTEP drained 59 percent from the floor (27-46), including 57 percent from 3-point range (8-14), but a late run by FIU allowed the Panthers to sneak past the Miners, 72-68, Saturday evening. Tae Hardy tallied a team-high 15 points while freshmen Trey Horton (career-high 14 points) and David Terrell Jr. (10
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — After being appointed as the defensive line coach on Tuesday, Joe Morris was promoted to Defensive Coordinator effective immediately after former DC Nate Dreiling chose to go be the DC at Utah State. The former Sam Houston defensive coordinator takes over a defensive unit that finished the 2023 season
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One of the biggest mountain biking races in the region is taking place this weekend, the El Paso Puzzler. According to the organization, each course is considered epic by most mountain bikers’ standards with all distances riding to the far north end of the Franklin Mountain State Park. Saturday’s Race is
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EL PASO, Texas – Franklin High School quarterback Shay Smith made it official Friday morning putting pen to paper on path to becoming a UTEP Miner. A signing ceremony was held at Franklin High School. Smith’s teammates, friends and family were in attendance. Smith will follow his father, Paul Smith’s footsteps who played for the
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EL PASO, Texas – For high school athletes there are great games, and then there are games that are simply phenomenal. Anthony’s Julie Cuellar experienced the latter after she scored 54 points in a single basketball game. A rarity at any level, college or the NBA, but even more so at the high school level.
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