EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are inching close to the start of the 2025 season. But there’s a lot to figure out from now until the team’s season opener August 30 at Utah State. Friday morning, the team took the field for their first scrimmage of fall camp. The scrimmage was closed to
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC head east to square off against Miami FC in a USL Championship clash on Saturday, August 9 at 5 p.m. MT at FIU Pitbull Stadium. The match will be streamed on ESPN+. HOW TO WATCH EL PASO LOCOMOTIVE FC VS MIAMI FC – SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2025
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP soccer standout Ashlyn Neireiter has been voted to the Preseason All-Conference USA Team, it was announced by the league office Thursday. The junior was tabbed as one of four defenders on the 11-player squad, making her the first Miner to be so distinguished since forward Vic Bohdan was selected in 2018. “This a
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EL PASO, Texas – El Pasoan and Coronado grad Ivan Melendez is another step closer to the major leagues. Melendez was recently promoted to Triple-A club the Reno Aces. The Reno Aces are the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Melendez had quite the debut with the Aces, not only hitting his first home run
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2025 UTEP football team will be conducting a “Fan Day” in the Sun Bowl on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 1 – 2:30 pm. “Miner Nation, this is your chance to meet our players and coaches!” UTEP head coach Scotty Walden said. “We know how important your support will be this season, and we want to get
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP volleyball team is back at work as they prepare for the upcoming season. The Miners held their first practice Tuesday at UTEP’s Memorial Gym. This year’s UTEP team is loaded with experience. The squad consists of 13 returners, and five newcomers. The Miners will look to build off of
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EL PASO, Tournament – Hailey Delgado, 15, admits that at first she hated the sport of wrestling, but now she’s one of the best wrestlers in the state. “I wanted to do the traditional girlie things,” Delgado said. “Getting dressed up to go to dance class, but a couple of years ago I don’t know
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are gearing for the start of the 2025 season, and on Thursday the team kicked off fall camp. UTEP head coach Scotty Walden enters his second season with the Miners following a 3-9 record in 2024. On the first day of practice during fall camp, Walden said he
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SACRAMENTO, California – El Pasoan Darell Hernaiz is making his return to “The Show.” Tuesday, the Athletics recalled the former Americas Trail Blazer from their Triple-A affiliate, the Las Vegas Aviators. This will be Hernaiz’s first time joining the main club this season. Hernaiz made his MLB debut in 2024 when he joined the Athletics
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s Patrick Foley was announced as a 2024-25 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar on Tuesday. To be eligible for the Cobalt All-America Scholar nomination, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior, both academically and athletically in NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA, or receiving their associate’s degree and in
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EL PASO, Texas – El Pasoan and Golden State Valkyries forward Kayla Thornton will miss the remainder of the WNBA season while she recovers from knee surgery. Earlier in the week, Thornton injured her right knee during practice. The team said Thornton had successful surgery to her knee Friday, but that she’ll be out the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Deion Hankins is getting a chance to make an NFL Roster. Hankins begins training camp with the Chicago Bears this week. The first day of practice is Wednesday. “Being at this point where I have this opportunity with the Bears, looking back at my story all the times I wanted to quit, it just makes
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EL PASO, Texas – Stephanie Han is gearing up for her next match. Wednesday it was made official, the El Paso boxer and current WBA lightweight world champion will defend her title next month in Orlando, Florida. The match is scheduled for August 23 against Colombian challenger Paulina Angel. This will be Han’s first title defense since winning the
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FRISCO, Texas – The college football season is just around the corner and Tuesday was Conference USA Football Media Day. UTEP took part for the final time as members of Conference USA as next year they’ll join the Mountain West Conference. UTEP head coach Scotty Walden was joined by wide receiver Cam Thomas and defensive
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s P Noah Botsford, DL Derek Burns, LB Micah Davey, OL Mark Robinson and RB Hahsaun Wilson were announced to Conference USA’s 2025 Preseason Football Watch List as announced by league officials on Friday. Botsford played at Valdosta State for the last two seasons. In 2024, he booted 37 punts for
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EL PASO, Texas – Ivy Enriquez packs quite the punch. At 18-years-old, she’s already begun a pro boxing career. “I believe I’m going at a pace that’s good for me,” Enriquez said. “I’ve been getting a lot of good opportunities, so to be able to grow as fast as I am it’s exciting.” After a
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EL PASO, Texas – A baseball player from El Paso was drafted Monday night in the 12th round of the Major League Baseball draft. Daniel Lopez was selected by the Baltimore Orioles with the 364th overall pick. Lopez graduated from Socorro High School in 2024. This past season he was was a pitcher at Odessa College where he started in
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EL PASO, Texas – Vice President and Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Tuesday that Francesca Green has been named UTEP’s Track and Field and Cross Country Head Coach. She becomes the eighth head coach in the history of the illustrious Miner Track and Field program. “We are delighted to select Francesca Green as our new Head Coach for Track and
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EL PASO, Texas – This year the football game between UTEP and NMSU will be the last as Conference USA rivals. However, it appears it will also be the last Battle of I-10 for a while. Because of UTEP’s departure to the Mountain West Conference (MWC) next year, the football matchup will not be played in 2026.
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EL PASO, Texas – It is Major League Baseball All-Star week, and on Tuesday MLB stars will take the field for the All-Star Game. Keep in eye out for some former El Paso Chihuahuas. Three former Chihuahuas will play in the All-Star Game in Atlanta, but all of them are no longer with the San Diego Padres
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2025-26 Conference USA schedule for the UTEP women’s basketball team was announced by head coach Keitha Adams on Friday. The Miners will have 18 league contests on the docket, challenging seven teams twice while locking up once with FIU, Middle Tennessee, Missouri State and WKU. Delaware and Missouri State became members of CUSA for
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2025-26 Conference USA schedule for the UTEP men’s basketball team was revealed by head coach Joe Golding on Friday. The Miners will play a school-record tying 20 league contests (also happened 2022-23), facing nine teams twice and Kennesaw State and Sam Houston once. Delaware and Missouri State joined the conference for the ’25-26 season.
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EL PASO, Texas – Another member of the 1966 Texas Western national championship team has died. Dick Myers, 80, played in 14 games during the 1966 championship season. After graduating from UTEP in 1967, Myers spent 20 years in El Paso working for Farah Manufacturing. He retired in 2007 as the Vice President/Planning and Logistics
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP offensive lineman Tyrone McDuffie has always been a fan of the Miners. It all started at an early age when he and his family would attend UTEP football games. The Parkland grad was one of the best high school players from El Paso in the class of 2023. McDuffie signed with Colorado
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EL PASO, Texas – When UTEP men’s basketball coach Joe Golding begins his 5th season with the Miners, he’ll do so under a new contract. In June, UTEP announced Golding would receive a contract extension, but they didn’t release the details of that contract such as Golding’s salary. Through an open records request, ABC-7 was
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EL PASO, Texas – In the highest attended home match in club history, El Paso Locomotive FC lost a heartbreaker in 2-1 fashion against San Antonio FC on Friday night at Southwest University Park. Gabi Torres set up Wahab Ackwei on an early cross for his second goal of the season before Andy Cabrera turned
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EL PASO, Texas – An update to a story the ABC-7 sports department has been following. Last month, ABC-7 brought you the story of the El Paso Surf. A girls soccer team compromised of high school players from around the Borderland. They recently competed at a national tournament in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and happy to report
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC prepare for some on-field fireworks as they take on San Antonio FC on Friday, July 4 in a Copa Tejas clash at Southwest University Park at 7 p.m. MT. The match will be streamed on ESPN+ along with KVIA.com and the KVIA News App. HOW TO WATCH EL PASO LOCOMOTIVE FC
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EL PASO, Texas – Miner fans can now purchase single-game tickets for UTEP football, soccer and volleyball. “El Paso’s Teams” will commence the 2025-26 athletic season on Aug. 14 with UTEP soccer hosting Abilene Christian. The UTEP football team will have its home opener on Sept. 6 against UT Martin, and UTEP volleyball will leap into action in the 915 on Sept. 11 against
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP track and field’s Marissa Simpson was named the 2025 Conference USA Women’s Track Athlete of the Year as announced by league officials on Friday. The league’s head coaches vote on the awards and consider the student-athletes’ performances from both the 2025 indoor and outdoor seasons. It’s Simpson’s second CUSA Women’s Track Athlete of the Year
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