EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One of the most well-known track and field coaches in El Paso, Lawrence “Leon” Wade, will forever be remembered with his plaque inside the Don Haskins Center as he is a part of the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame class of 2025. Wade passed away January of 2025. He
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former Miner and current Minnesota Vikings running back, Aaron Jones, and his twin brother, Alvin, held a youth football camp at Student Activity Complex II on Saturday. “Being able to hold these camps means everything to me,” Aaron said. “If we can come out and leave these kids with one
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso native, Yesenia Alarcon-Ortega, grew up walking the halls of El Paso High and returned to her old stomping grounds to take the volleyball program to new heights. I’ve loved being a part of El Paso High all these years,” Alarcon-Ortega said. She’s won 9 district championships, 13 by
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony is June 24th. A member of the Class of 2025 is hockey player and head coach, Cory Herman. Herman will make history as he’ll be the first hockey player to ever be inducted into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame. Herman
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Locomotive FC’s head coach Wilmer Cabrera and Wilmer “Andy” Cabrera navigate their relationship as father and son on and off the pitch. Andy spent last season on loan with Rio Grande Valley FC and led the club with seven goals in the 2023 season. He made his first professional
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso soccer club is headed to a national tournament in Minneapolis, Minnesota. El Paso Surf is a team comprised of soccer players from various high schools across the Borderland. Players for the El Paso Surf Soccer Club are from Parkland, Eastlake, Montwood, El Dorado, Del Valle, Riverside, Franklin, Canutillo,
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — In recent weeks, Juárez mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar spoke about the possibility of having a new sports complex for the FC Juárez soccer team. Mayor Pérez Cuéllar stated that the investment would be approximately 600 million Mexican pesos (around $31.5 million), and the idea is to locate it on the grounds
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame announced its next inductees for the Class of 2025. Eight new members will be inducted during an induction ceremony Tuesday, June 24. ABC-7 will be livestreaming the ceremony at kvia.com. One of the inductees will be longtime sportswriter, Joe Muench. A 40-year career of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Hanks Alum, Kendra Chambers-Coleman, gets inducted in the 2025 El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame after hanging up the spikes for good after 2024 Olympic Trials in Paris. Chambers-Coleman spent one season at UTEP before transferring to the University of Texas at Austin. “Going to UT in Austin is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Eastlake senior, Naima Calvo, decommitted from Jackson State to pursue her dreams of becoming a professional athlete. Calvo received an opportunity to play for a semi-pro club team, the Everton Football Club, in Liverpool, England. “As a freshman I was the only one that made Varsity,” Calvo said. “When
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Centennial softball team made history this season winning back-to-back state championships. Not only did they bring home another state title to Las Cruces, they did it without ever losing a game all season. The Hawks ended the season with a perfect 30-0 record. Centennial’s head coach Fernie Valles says
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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 (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 Americas’ Trailblazers baseball team will battle it out with Colleyville Heritage in the Regional Semifinals in Odessa, Texas on Thursday. One player faced what seemed like a never ending journey dealing with injuries. The junior, Jonah Raya, was expected to be the starting quarterback for the Trail Blazers but
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EL PASO, Texas – Children like to thank their moms when they reach major milestones in life. From graduations to big life changes, and for student athletes that includes signing day ceremonies. For one mother and son signing day was extra special because of a bond built on basketball. Devin Falk-Ramirez will soon graduate from Eastwood High
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — High school girls flag football season officially launched in El Paso as teams met at the SISD Student Activities Complex on Monday for their first game. Back in September of 2024, El Paso launched a trial program for girls flag football in collaboration with the NFL with hopes on making
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Men’s Basketball just confirmed that Mary Haskins, the wife of late Head Coach Don Haskins, has died. She was 93. “The First Lady of UTEP Basketball will forever be remembered for her love & support of the Miners,” the social media post by UTEP Men’s Basketball stated. The entire
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Franklin Cougars boys track and field team made history by becoming the first El Paso team to win a District 1-6A Regional title. The 4×100 meter relay team finished in first place and the 4X400 meter relay also claimed gold. However, something took place in the prelims that could’ve
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Chapin High School’s star football player Daveon Singleton plans to stay home for his collegiate career as he’s verbally committed to UTEP over other D1 programs like Texas Tech, Hawaii and Arkansas State. The El Paso native has ascended into an all-around skilled player, having played both quarterback and running
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso baseball player Darell Hernaiz has had quite the journey to ‘The Show.’ This week his journey brought him back home as he and his Las Vegas Aviators faced the El Paso Chihuahuas for a six game series at Southwest University Park. It was Hernaiz’s first time back at his hometown ballpark since
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — California native, Malachi Nelson, came out of high school as a unanimous five-star recruit listed as the number one ranked recruit in the nation for ESPN. He also won back-to-back Gatorade California Player of the Year awards, which is a National award that’s only given to the most elite high
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Wendell Powers has been working as a Public Address announcer for UTEP athletics for 13 years. He started with women’s basketball in 2008 and now covers football, soccer, softball, and men’s basketball. ” I’ve always loved sports, so being in the athletic field, it’s wonderful, but as far as doing
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EL PASO, Texas – At just 18-years-old El Pasoan Sal Olivas is living the dream. In February, Olivas signed an MLS contract with Philadelphia Union. “You know it’s every kid’s dream,” Olivas said. “Hearing the news, I can’t even explain the feeling that I had cause it was out of this world.” Olivas’ love for the game of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The UTEP men’s basketball team has had a legendary former NBA basketball player, Earl Boykins who had a 13-year professional career, coaching on the sidelines along with head coach Joe Golding since 2021. Boykins was an undrafted player who went on to play for 11 different NBA teams throughout his
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Locomotive FC will be looking to turn things around after finishing the 2024 season 8-8-18 however, the start of a new beginning kicks off on Saturday as they’ll begin their season at home against the Colorado Springs Switchbacks at Southwest University at 7p.m. In the middle of
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EL PASO (KVIA) — The annual El Paso Inc. “El Pasoan of the Year” luncheon took place today, February 25th, and one borderland “mover and shaker”, Wayne Thornton, received this year’s “Community Spirit Award” as he continues his volunteering efforts (more than five decades and counting.) In another edition of “People, Places & Paul”, ABC-7
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Training for a marathon within itself is already a lot of work however 56-year-old Elena Moreira-Puentes has learned to push through severe arthritis pain to chase her hobby of competing in marathons. Moreira-Puentes has dealt with Rheumatoid arthritis for the past 30 years. “Back in 1994, I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis,”
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Eastwood girls wrestling team claimed its second state title in the last three years in District 1-6A on Saturday. Hailey Delgado earned the 100-pound class weight state title. Paulina Butler becomes the 145-pound state champion. However, there were other El Paso female wrestlers who also placed. Rubie Chavez from
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EL PASO, Texas – It was a proper sendoff for one of the best high school basketball coaches in El Paso. Tony Harper coached his final game Tuesday night ahead of his retirement. After the game there was a ceremony to honor coach Harper. Several coaches and many of Harper’s former players attended the game
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Softball is set to begin its 2025 season at home, hosting two exciting doubleheaders this weekend at the Helen of Troy Softball Complex. The Miners will face Kansas City on Friday, February 7, followed by UC Santa Barbara on Sunday, February 9. Ticket Information Season tickets for UTEP Softball are available for $60, while
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