DALLAS, Texas – Conference USA officially announced the football television selections and kick-off times for UTEP on Thursday. The Miners will play five nationally-televised contests in 2025, including three within league action. UTEP will play three games on the CBS Sports Network (at Utah State, vs. Liberty, at Sam Houston) and one on ESPNU (at
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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, 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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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 – 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, 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 – 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 – 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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EL PASO, Texas – In a matchup between the tallest and shortest teams in the USL Championship, the little guys prevailed as El Paso Locomotive FC knocked off Indy Eleven 3-1 on Friday night at Southwest University Park. Amando Moreno got back on the scoresheet for Los Locos early on with Eric Calvillo and Frank Daroma each finding the back
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EL PASO, Texas – The Americas Trail Blazers and the Clint Lions will look for a better showing Friday after losing their opening games in the Sweet 16 of the high school baseball playoffs. In Class 5A Division 1, Americas fell to Colleyville Heritage in game one of the best-of-three series, 10-2. In Class 4A
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP soccer team will be getting a double dose of talent from Del Valle High School next season. Twin sisters Yesenia Cisneros and Damaris Cisneros signed to play soccer at UTEP. They are two of the best soccer players in El Paso. Yesenia scored more than 100 goals in her high
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP track and field men’s and women’s teams will vie for league championships when the Miners compete at the 2025 Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Murfreesboro, Tenn., hosted by Middle Tennessee in Dean A. Hayes Track & Soccer Stadium starting Friday through Sunday. The combined events will
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EL PASO, Texas – The Sweet 16 of the high school baseball playoffs begin Thursday. El Paso has three teams remaining, Americas, Clint and Riverside. For the second time in school history the Clint Lions claimed an area title last week against the Randall Raiders with a series sweep. Now the Lions turn their focus to
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – The area round of the high school baseball playoffs wrapped up Saturday. Two more El Paso area teams punched their ticket to the Sweet 16. In Class 5A, Americas got the win against Lubbock Coronado, while in Class 4A Clint defeated Canyon Randall. El Paso will send three teams to next
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school baseball playoffs continued Friday with the area round. All games are best-of-three series. Riverside punched their ticket to the Class 4A Sweet 16 after defeating Pampa in a deciding game three, 12-4. Unfortunately, the season came to end for Horizon, El Dorado and Mountain View. The scores below
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EL PASO, Texas – Four student athletes from Eastwood High School put pen to paper Thursday during a signing ceremony. One of the athletes included a long distance runner who signed with a school from a Power 4 conference. Adelynn Rodriguez signed with Oklahoma State, a program from the Big 12 Conference. The other Eastwood
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(Courtesy: El Paso Community College) WEATHERFORD, Texas – The El Paso Community College (EPCC) baseball season came to an end Friday, 12-2 in five innings, at Roger Williams Ballpark in Weatherford, Texas at the hands of the Coyotes of Weatherford College. This was game two of the best of three series in the NJCAA Region
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WEATHERFORD, TX – The El Paso Community College Tejanos will look for better days ahead after falling to Weatherford College, 12-6 in game one of the National Junior College Athletic Region 5 Tournament. (Courtesy: El Paso Community College) The Tejanos (39-18) will meet the Coyotes (45-11) in game two Friday, 1:00 p.m. CT in Weatherford
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AUSTIN, Texas – A seven-minute second half flurry would come back to haunt El Paso Locomotive FC as they fell to the hands of Austin FC 3-2 on Wednesday night at Q2 Stadium in the Round of 32 of the U.S. Open Cup. Beto Avila bagged a first-half brace which put Locomotive up 2-0 at the break.
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EL PASO, Texas – And then there was one. The Del Valle softball team is the only El Paso team remaining in the UIL state playoffs. Thursday, the team will take the field in the Sweet 16 of the Class 5A division 2 playoffs. The Conquistadores will face Grapevine in a best-of-three series with the
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas started their six-game series with a 9-7 win over the Round Rock Express Tuesday night at Southwest University Park. It was El Paso’s third consecutive win, matching their season high. Chihuahuas shortstop Eguy Rosario homered to lead off the bottom of the second inning, which was his
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP softball team was recognized among Conference USA’s top talent on Tuesday as the league announced its 2025 postseason awards. Shortstop Madi Mendoza earned Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first Miner in program history to claim the honor. She was joined on the all-conference lists by Ajia Richard, who repeated as
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school baseball playoffs rolled on with the bidistrict series. Some teams entered the day one win away from a bidistrict championship, while for others it was win or go home. The scores below are from Friday: CLASS 6A Frenship defeated Eastwood 9-7 (Frenship wins series 2-0) Coronado defeated Midland
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AUSTIN, Texas – The UIL state track and field meet is underway in Austin. Friday morning, El Paso High School runner Miles Westbrook won a gold medal in the the Class 5A 3200m. It was Westbrook’s first state championship. The runner Westbrook defeated who finished second actually holds the national record in the event at the
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AUSTIN, Texas – The UIL state track and field meet is underway in Austin. Friday morning, El Paso High School runner Miles Westbrook won a gold medal in the the Class 5A 3200m. It was Westbrook’s first state championship. The runner Westbrook defeated who finished second actually holds the national record in the event at the
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school baseball playoffs officially got underway with the bidistrict series. All games are best-of-three series. The scores below are from Thursday’s games: CLASS 6A Coronado defeated Midland 8-6 (Coronado leads series 1-0) Midland Legacy defeated Pebble Hills 10-8 (Midland Legacy leads series 1-0) Socorro defeated Odessa Permian 10-8 (Socorro
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners were hit hard by the transfer portal at the conclusion of the 2024-2025 season. The team lost all of their starters and a majority of their roster departed either due to graduation or the transfer portal. This week, UTEP’s roster is beginning to take shape. So far four
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EL PASO, Texas – The “Walden Family Challenge” is a smash success. After UTEP coach Scotty Walden and his wife, Callie, announced that they would match every dollar contributed to the UTEP football program during the month of April up to $70,000, Miner fans responded by giving over $73,000 during the last three-plus weeks. “Not only
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