LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – The UTEP men’s basketball team went toe-to-toe with perennial ACC power Louisville before ultimately succumbing, 77-74, at the KFC Yum! Center Wednesday evening. The Miners (6-3) had a chance to tie the game in the waning seconds, but Corey Camper Jr.’s 3-pointer wouldn’t go down as the Cardinals (6-4) managed to survive.
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EL PASO, Texas – The Chapin Huskies kept their win streak against El Paso schools intact after defeating the Franklin Cougars in overtime, 55-53. The first half of the game looked like it would be a blowout with the Huskies leading the Cougars, 18-4. However, in the second half, Franklin would rally to force overtime.
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP football’s punt returner/miner back Kam Thomas and bandit/defensive end Maurice Westmoreland were tabbed All-Conference USA first team to lead the list of seven Miners earning all-league postseason recognition. Defensive lineman Kyran Duhon and wide receiver Kenny Odom garnered second team honors as selected by the league’s 10 head coaches and announced
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced today that it has signed 15-year-old Locomotive Academy defender Kenneth Hoban for the 2025 season, making him the youngest professional signing in club history. The signing is pending league and federation approval and the terms of the deal will not be disclosed per club policy. “Kenny’s signing marks
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA (KVIA) — The Georgia Bulldogs came out of a defensive battle 22-19 in overtime over the Texas Longhorns to win the SEC title. Texas was down 16-13 with less than 2 minutes remaining, but came up with an interception on Gunner Stockton to get a field goal just before time expired to send
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania – The UTEP Miners pressed hard, but couldn’t overcome the 8th ranked Oklahoma Sooners in a five set showdown. Sooners took the fifth set 15 points to 9, and won the match 3 sets to 2. Oklahoma will now advance to the second round, facing the winner of tonight’s Pittsburgh vs Morehead State
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania – The UTEP volleyball team is one set away from punching their ticket to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. UTEP is taking on 8th ranked Oklahoma in the first round. The Miners lead the Sooners, 2 sets to 0. This is UTEP’s first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Miners
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team had their 2 game win streak snapped at the hands of the Brigham Young Cougars Thursday night at the Haskins Center. BYU got the best of the Miners by a final score of 81-68. This was the first meeting between the two programs since 1999. It
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Head Coach Scotty Walden announced 27 new Miners on Wednesday’s National Early Signing Day 2025. The newest group features 26 total student-athletes signed out of high school and one junior college transfer. There are 23 new players from Texas high schools, two from Oklahoma, one from Illinois and one from
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP community is mourning the loss of former UTEP head football coach Dana Dimel. Dimel died Tuesday at the age of 62. The news was confirmed on social media by Dimel’s agent who said Dimel died in his sleep. Dimel was the head coach of the Miner for six seasons
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EL PASO, Texas – The first year of the Scotty Walden era will conclude in the 101st Battle of I-10 as UTEP will square off against rival NM State on Saturday, Nov. 30, in a Conference USA contest. The Miners (2-9, 2-5 CUSA) and Aggies (3-8, 2-5 CUSA) are set for a 2 p.m. MST kick in Aggie
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HENDERSON, Nevada – The UTEP men’s basketball team shut down UNC Greensboro’s offense by holding it to 31.5 shooting while Corey Camper Jr. (18 points, 7-15 FG, 4-5 FT) was cooking at the other end to help the Miners post a wire-to-wire 64-58 victory on the final day of the Ball Dawgs Classic on Wednesday.
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HENDERSON, Nevada – David Terrell Jr. poured in a career-high 18 points, including 10 during a game-altering 34-9 run that UTEP wrapped around halftime, to help the Miners cruise past Long Beach State, 70-44 in its second game of the Ball Dawgs Classic on Tuesday. The 44 points allowed are the fewest by an UTEP
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CORPUS CHRISTIE, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team (4-1) earned the 64-53 victory over defending Southland Conference champion and 2024 NCAA tournament participant Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The win was Head Coach Keitha Adams’ 300th victory in charge of the UTEP program. The Miners shot 38.7 percent (24-62) from the floor, 34.8 percent (8-23) from
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HENDERSON, Nevada – Corey Camper Jr. poured in a career-high tying 21 points to go along with a career-best matching five assists while Otis Frazier III added 14 points (11 in second half), but a frenetic comeback bid came up just shy in the UTEP men’s basketball team’s eventual 71-65 loss against San Jose State
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced today roster decisions for players ahead of the 2025 USL Championship season, pending league and federation approval. Per club policy, the terms of each deal will not be disclosed. El Paso has signed defender Arturo Ortiz, defender Ricky Ruiz (multi-year),midfielder Robert Coronado (multi-year) and forward
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MIDLAND, TX (KVIA) — The Del Valle Conquistadores fell to the Lovejoy Leopards 45-21, ending their season in the area round. Del Valle started the year 10-0, winning the bi-district championship versus the Abilene Cooper Cougars, the first time an El Paso team has beaten the Cougars in history. Prior to last night’s game, the
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (2-1) will play at undefeated UC Santa Barbara (4-0) at 7 p.m. PT/8 p.m. MT Wednesday. The Miners have been idle since knocking off Division II foe UTPB, 78-58, on Nov. 12. The Gauchos preserved their perfect record to start the season with a 64-59 victory
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EL PASO, Texas – In the mid 1970s a group of young girls from Anthony High School made history after they won a state championship in volleyball. To this date no El Paso area team has won a UIL state title in volleyball. The Anthony Wildcats are the only local team to accomplish that feat. The Wildcats won not one, but two
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Class 6A Division 1 Bi-district round Odessa Permian 41Eastlake 21FinalMidland Legacy 56Franklin 14Final (Thursday) Class 6A Division 2 Bi-district round Pebble Hills 14Midland 42FinalMontwood 21Frenship 77Final Class 5A Division 1 Bi-district round Amarillo 45El Dorado 14FinalBel Air 0Lubbock Monterey 63 Final (Thursday)Parkland 0Abilene 84Final (Thursday)Amarillo Tascosa 30Americas 9Final (Thursday) Class 5A Division 2 Bi-district round
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school football playoffs began Thursday with the bi-district round. Eight El Paso teams took the field to open postseason play, but when all was said and done only one team from the Sun City punched their ticket to the area round. The Del Valle Conquistadores topped the Abilene Cooper
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EL PASO, Texas – Three-time state champion point guard and three-star standout (ESPN) De’Erick Barber Jr. (Richmond Heights HS) has signed a national letter of intent to play with the UTEP men’s basketball team starting with the 2025-26 campaign, head coach Joe Golding announced Wednesday. A brief profile on Barber Jr. and a quote from Golding follows below. De’Erick
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team bolted to a 20-4 lead and never looked in the rearview mirror on the way to a wire-to-wire 78-58 victory against Division II UTPB at the Don Haskins Center Tuesday. The Miners (2-1) featured a balanced attack, with Otis Frazier III tallying 17 points to pace
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EL PASO, Texas – Conference USA announced UTEP quarterback Skyler Locklear as the Offensive Player of the Week, while spur Kory Chapman was honored as the Defensive Player of the Week announced by league officials for week 11. The weekly awards are voted on by a penal of the league’s media. Locklear had a career
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, announced UTEP’s Skyler Locklear as one of eight quarterbacks as its “Stars of the Week” on Monday. Locklear had a career day throwing for career bests in touchdowns (four), yards (327) and completions (28) during the Miners’ 43-35 double-overtime victory over Kennesaw State on Nov.
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Montwood 42Socorro 21FINAL Americas 42Bel Air 7FINALHanks 20Chapin 61FINAL Burges 21El Paso 12FINALAndress 10 Canutillo 31 FINAL Horizon 35Jefferson 28FINALIrvin 13Clint 29 FINAL San Elizario 20Austin 46FINAL Bowie 14Ysleta 50 FINAL Riverside 42Fabens 14FINAL West Mesa 7Las Cruces 49FINALChaparral 10Portales 0FINALCoronado 28Eastlake 42Final (Thursday)Pebble Hills 35Franklin 49Final (Thursday)Parkland 21El Dorado 68Final (Thursday) 6A Midland Legacy
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Coronado 28Eastlake 42Final Pebble Hills 35Franklin 49FinalParkland 21El Dorado 68Final
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EL PASO, Texas – The winners of the Sweet Play of the Week for week 10 of the high school football season went to Pebble Hills running back Zereian Quarles and the Pebble Hills Spartans. In the game against Eastlake, Quarles had a spectacular run for a touchdown shaking off a couple of defenders in
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EL PASO, Texas – Ahamad Bynum poured in a career-best 20 points to pace a quartet of players in double figures, and the Miners forced 26 turnovers to help the UTEP men’s basketball team (1-0) smash Division II program Sul Ross State, 102-55, in its season opener at the Don Haskins Center Monday evening. Trey
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team earned its first win of the 2024-25 season Monday, defeating Tarleton State 52-49 in the Don Haskins Center. Three Miners scored in double figures in the win. The Miners held the statistical advantage over TSU in FG% (43.9-38.3), 3PT% (45.5-27-8) and FT% (68.8-61.5). The Texans out
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