EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team (11-17 4-13 CUSA) won a nail-biter against Sam Houston (12-15, 5-12 CUSA) Thursday in the Don Haskins Center. Ivane Tensaie hit her third game-winner of the season to seal the win. It was a battle from the opening tip, featuring seven ties and 14 lead
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s Niesha Burgher and Marissa Simpson qualified for the 2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships as the NCAA Track and Field and Cross Country Committee announced the participants. The championships, hosted by Norfolk State University, will be held March 14-15 at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team used a huge second half to reduce a once 25-point deficit all the way down to three with 7:33 left in regulation before visiting WKU managed to hold off the Miners, 80-73, at the Don Haskins Center Thursday evening. The Orange and Blue (17-11, 7-8 CUSA)
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MIDLAND, Texas – The Chapin Huskies took care of business and are once again headed to the Elite 8 of the boys basketball state tournament. Tuesday afternoon in Midland, the Huskies defeated the Denton Broncos, 53-40. The Huskies started the game on a 8-0 run and would take the lead by the end of the
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MIDLAND, Texas – An appearance in the Sweet 16 of the boys basketball state playoffs was anything but sweet for the Canutillo Eagles. The Eagles saw their season come to an end in their regional semi-final game against the Mansfield Summit Jaguars. The game was part of the Class 5A Division 2 tournament. The Jaguars
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LUBBOCK, Texas – The UTEP softball team (9-5) closed out the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic on Monday afternoon with a 6-1 loss to No. 12 Texas Tech (15-3) at Rocky Johnson Field. The Miners fought hard but struggled to generate offense against a strong Texas Tech pitching staff. Junior Ajia Richard provided the lone offensive spark
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EL PASO, Texas – The Chapin Huskies and the Canutillo Eagles are keeping their state title hopes alive after winning their area round games on Friday. In Class 5A division 1, the Chapin Huskies defeated the Amarillo Sandies, 48-27. The game was a rematch of last season’s showdown in the Elite 8 that saw the
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KENNESAW, Georgia (KVIA) — Ahamad Bynum poured in a career-high 24 points off the bench while David Terrell Jr. added 16 points (one shy of career best), but a slow start loomed large in the UTEP men’s basketball team’s 83-73 setback at Kennesaw State Thursday evening. The Miners (17-9, 7-6 CUSA) dug themselves an 8-0
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EL PASO, Texas – Wednesday, 13 student athletes at Americas high school made it official as they signed their letters of intent. The signing ceremony was held in the schools gymnasium. The athletes who signed played various sports such as baseball, softball and volleyball. For their accomplishment, these 13 athletes are this week’s Community Champions.
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El Paso, TX(KVIA-TV)-King’s Promotions, in association with Warriors Edge Boxing, kicks off 2025 and will begin the world title bout supported by six evenly matched contests featuring many of the best contenders and prospects in the Southwest United States and beyond. After notching four impressive wins in 2024, Stephanie Han (9-0, 2 KOs) aims to
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced that it has signed Ghanian-American midfielder Kofi Twusami for 2025. The signing is pending league and federation approval, and the terms of the deal will not be disclosed per club policy. “Kofi has proven himself to be a quality defensive midfielder in the USL Championship,” Technical Director Ray Saari said. “He adds a
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EL PASO, Texas – The bi-district round of the boys high school basketball playoffs continued Tuesday. Eastwood, Eastlake, Chapin, Canutillo, San Elizario and Riverside all advanced to the area round. The scores below are from Tuesday: CLASS 6A DIVISION 1 Montwood 37 Odessa Permian 66 Odessa 54 Eastlake 62 CLASS 6A DIVISION 2 San Angelo
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners have found their next defensive coordinator. As first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the Miners will hire Bobby Daly as the team’s next defensive coordinator. Daly comes to UTEP from Montana State where he served as the team’s defensive coordinator. He’s been with the program since 2019. The Bobcats
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s nationally-ranked sprinter Niesha Burgher (women’s track athlete of the week) and distance runner Kenneth Talavera (men’s track athlete of the week) were honored as the Conference USA Indoor Track Athletes of the Week, announced by league officials on Tuesday. Burgher broke her own school record in the women’s 200-meter dash, clocking
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EL PASO, Texas – The boys high school basketball playoffs tipped-off Monday. Four games featured El Paso area schools on day one of the bidistrict round. Andress, Ysleta, and Mountain View all punched their ticket to the area round. More games will take place Tuesday when the bidistrict round of the playoffs continue. The scores
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EL PASO, Texas – Otis Frazier III registered a double-double (12 points, career-high 12 rebounds) to surpass 1,000 career points while Kevin Kalu (career-high tying 14 points), Devin Barnes (13 points) and David Terrell Jr. (12 points) all hit double figures as well in the UTEP men’s basketball team’s 77-63 vanquishing of FIU inside the
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EL PASO, Texas – The Cathedral high school swim team is once again at the top of the mountain of the swimming world. The Fighting Irish won another state title as part of the TAPPS Division 1 state swim meet in San Antonio, TX. Cathedral dominates in the pool every year, and 2025 was no
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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 – The UTEP men’s basketball team (16-7, 6-4 CUSA) will shoot for its second straight victory while also attempting to sweep the season series when it plays host to FIU (8-16, 2-9 CUSA) at 7 p.m. MT Thursday. The Miners are coming off a 66-63 wire-to-wire win at NM State on Feb.
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EL PASO, Texas – The girls high school basketball playoffs tipped-off Monday. A few El Paso schools punched their ticket to the area round. The bi-district round of the playoffs continue Tuesday. Scores from Monday are below: CLASS 6A DIVISION 1 Franklin 56 Midland Legacy 55 CLASS 6A DIVISION 2 Montwood 19 Frenship 46 CLASS
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are now in search of a new defensive coordinator. Sources confirmed to ABC-7, J.J. Clark is leaving UTEP after he accepted a position with the Dallas Cowboys. Clark will be joining Brian Schottenheimer’s coaching staff as a defensive assistant and linebackers coach. This is a big loss for the Miners
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EL PASO, Texas – Longtime high school basketball coach, Tony Harper is ready to call it a career. Sources confirmed to ABC-7 Monday, Harper will coach his final game Tuesday when his Cathedral Fighting Irish face the Patterson Institute. Harper’s coaching career began in 1968. Before he became the head coach at Cathedral, Harper coached
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Devon Barnes tallied 18 points, Otis Frazier III added 16 while the Miners won the rebounding battle (36-35) and held the Aggies to 30.4 percent shooting in the UTEP men’s basketball team’s wire-to-wire 66-63 victory at NM State Saturday evening. It marks the first triumph at the Pan-American Center for
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team (9-12, 2-8 CUSA) fell to NM State (12-11, 5-5 CUSA) 85-58 Saturday afternoon in the Don Haskins Center. The Miners shot 40.0 percent (20-50) from the field, 25.0 percent (4-16) from three, and 66.7 percent (16-24) from the foul line. UTEP pulled down 33 rebounds and
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s 2025 football schedule was announced on Thursday. The schedule features six home games, including five on Saturday, and the return of the Battle of I-10 to the Sun City. After opening the season at Utah State (Aug. 30), UTEP will be home for four of its first six games, taking on UT Martin (Sept.
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EL PASO, Texas – Wednesday was National Signing Day. High school student athletes across the country put pen to paper as they made their final decision on where they plan to continue their athletic careers. El Paso was no exception. Signing day ceremonies were held at high schools across the Borderland. For all their accomplishments,
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Head Coach Scotty Walden announced the addition of 26 new Miners on Wednesday’s National Signing Day 2025. The Miners have added 53 new student-athletes combining this signing class with December’s early signees. Of the 26 newcomers being announced on Wednesday, 17 are on defense (five defensive linemen, four safeties, four linebackers,
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EL PASO, Texas – As the high school basketball regular season nears completion, teams are looking to better their standings in district play. The Eastlake Falcons paid a visit to the Coronado Thunderbirds Tuesday night. The Falcons came away with the win, 51-46. Eastlake improved their district record to 8-2 as they are currently in
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s nationally-ranked Niesha Burgher was honored as the Conference USA Indoor Women’s Track Athlete of the Week as announced by league officials on Tuesday. Burgher headlined the weekend after blazing out to a school-record 22.79 in the women’s 200-meter dash. The senior took first place out of 15 sprinters on Friday at
Continue Reading ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – UTEP’s Niesha Burgher set a new school record while winning the 200-meter dash on day one at the New Mexico Team Open in the Albuquerque Convention Center on Friday evening. Niesha Burgher blazed out to a school-record 22.79 in the women’s 200-meter dash. The senior took first place out of 15
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