EL PASO, Texas – The Eastwood Troopers grabbed another win on the volleyball court Tuesday night. The Troopers defeated the Burges Mustangs in straight sets, 3-0. Eastwood remains undefeated this season with a record of 7-0.
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EL PASO, Texas – ABC-7’s Bea Martinez spoke with two young athletes who are looking to compete at the next Olympic games. Amaris and Andres Cerra are a brother and sister duo who both compete in trap shooting and skeet shooting. For all their accomplishments, Amariz and Andres Cerra are this week’s Community Champions. Community
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP football’s Maurice Westmoreland was one of 90 defensive linemen and linebackers selected to the Lombardi Award Watch List on Thursday. Westmoreland led the Miners with 7.5 sacks and finished second in Conference USA in 2023. The senior led the league with 64 sack yards, and ranked fourth in
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) SACRAMENTO, California – In the first of two matches in California this week, El Paso Locomotive FC fell 2-0 against Sacramento Republic FC on Wednesday night. The Sacramento press tested the Locomotive backline and the hosts would eventually break the deadlock in the 31′ courtesy of Kieran Phillips. The rest of the first half
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school volleyball season is officially underway. Tuesday, several El Paso teams took the court to begin their respective seasons. At Coronado High School, it was a battle between the Coronado Thunderbirds and the El Paso Tigers. Both teams won bi-district championships last season, and are expecting to have another
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(Courtesy: Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced the acquisition of defender Wahab Ackwei via transfer from Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, pending league and federation approval. In a corresponding transaction, El Paso Locomotive FC has transferred forward Justin Dhillon to Colorado Springs and would like to thank him for his contributions to the club this
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP basketball head coach Joe Golding is headed to Kuwait. Golding will be supporting a good cause as part of Operation Hardwood. Operation Hardwood is a basketball tournament for U.S. soldiers from various bases around Kuwait. Current or former basketball coaches are invited to take part in coaching teams comprised of U.S. soldiers.
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – in a continued effort to find solutions to turn the season around, El Paso Locomotive FC has brought in a pair of high-caliber reinforcements on loan from Liga MX sister-club FC Juarez: forward Amaury Escoto and defender Arturo “Palermo” Ortiz. Both have notable experience across
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Daniel Foo has been promoted to head coach of the UTEP Beach Volleyball team, Vice President and Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Monday. Foo has served as Associate Head Coach for the first two seasons (2023-24) of the fledgling program. Ben Wallis has doubled as head
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced today that it has signed German defender Dennis Erdmann for the remainder of the 2024 season. The transaction is pending league and federation approval. “Dennis is an experienced center back who has played in Germany’s Bundesliga and the USL, so we
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP football’s Maurice Westmoreland was one of 75 defensive standouts selected as a contender for the National Defensive Player of the Year announced by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) on Tuesday. Westmoreland led the Miners with 7.5 sacks and finished second in Conference USA in 2023.
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team will be headed to paradise this week. Wednesday, the team will fly out to Nassau in the Bahamas. While the team will sight-see and spend some time at the beach, the Miners will be putting in some work on the island. UTEP is scheduled to play
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso boxer will enter the ring for a title fight this weekend. Saturday, El Paso’s Stephanie Han will face Miranda Reyes for the WBA women’s lightweight Intercontinental title. The match will take place in Han’s own backyard at the El Paso County Coliseum. Han enters the match undefeated, 8-0
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP men’s golf head coach Aaron Puetz announced on Wednesday that Jett Isoda will serve as the golf program’s assistant coach. “We are excited to add Jett to our coaching staff. His playing and coaching experience match what we are looking for to lead our programs to post-season
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FRISCO, Texas – Tuesday was Conference USA Media Day, and it was a day of firsts for UTEP head football coach Scotty Walden, and NMSU head football coach Tony Sanchez. Both are entering their first seasons as head coach with their respective progams. Coach Walden was joined by wide receiver Trey Goodman, and defensive end Maurice
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CHAMPAIGN, Illinois – Former UTEP head football coach Dana Dimel will don another shade of orange on the sidelines this football season. Monday it was announced Dimel will join the coaching staff at Illinois. He was hired as the team’s senior offensive assistant. For the past six seasons, Dimel was the head football coach at
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Locomotive FC will be without a few of their key players after they contracted COVID-19. This is according to sources who confirmed the information to ABC-7. The club is scheduled to take the pitch Friday night on the road against Phoenix Rising FC. News of the team’s predicament
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso wrestler is making a name for herself on the mat, and she’s not even in high school yet. Hailey Delgado had a stellar performance last month at the under 17 Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic. Delgado won four matches, lost one and ended up winning the
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(Courtesy: Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC fell 2-0 to Las Vegas Lights FC on Friday night at Southwest University Park. Despite managing to string a number of strong opportunities in the first half, the Locos were unable to capitalize and went into the break deadlocked with Las Vegas. In the
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – The 2024-25 Conference USA schedule for the UTEP women’s basketball team was announced by head coach Keitha Adams Thursday. After a fresh look to CUSA last year, this season will only feature one new member (Kennesaw State). FIU, Jax State, LA Tech, Liberty, Middle Tennessee, NM State, Sam Houston and WKU remain to
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – The 2024-25 Conference USA schedule for the UTEP men’s basketball team was revealed by head coach Joe Golding on Thursday. The Miners will square off against each league member twice for an 18-game slate. There will be more continuity to the conference this year, with only one new
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Dating back to 1952, the UTEP track and field program has produced numerous athletes who have competed in the Summer Olympics. This year six Miners (one current, five former) will see action at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad from July 26 through August 11 in Paris. Making
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) AUSTIN, Texas – UTEP’s Arianne Morais was named to the 2023-24 Academic All-America® women’s track and field/cross country second team as selected by the College Sports Communicators (CSC) on Tuesday. Morais maintained a perfect 4.00 GPA in Leadership Studies (Gr) in the class. On the field, Morais earned second team All-American honors in the
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – Former UTEP women’s basketball star player and current assistant for the team Jareica Hughes is part of the four-member Conference USA 2024 Hall of Fame Class, the league office revealed Monday. Hughes, who was inducted into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018 and was also a member
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas will be getting some added star power to their roster this week. The club announced Wednesday night that San Diego Padres shortstop, Xander Bogaerts, will begin his rehab assignment with the club Thursday in El Paso. The Chihuahuas are in the middle of a 6 game home
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(Courtesy: Sun Bowl Association) EL PASO, Texas – As football teams require GR-R-REAT teamwork on the field, WK Kellogg Co and the Sun Bowl Association have found that the two are spectacular teammates when it comes to hosting the annual Tony the Tiger® Sun Bowl. Because of that, there is a renewed contract for WK
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) CORAL SPRINGS, Florida – UTEP women’s golf’s Lea Dawson, Taline Kyoumjian and Marta Romeu Chen were announced to the prestigious 2023-24 Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar Team on Monday. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics and continue
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Just in time for the 4th of July, the El Paso Chihuahuas unveiled their Stars and Stripes jersey. The jersey features patriotic red, white, and blue. The Chihuahua Howling Dog logo dons the left chest area of the jersey. On the sleeves, blue stars and red and white stripes adorn
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) OAKLAND, California – Despite a perfect start on the night, El Paso Locomotive FC fell 2-1 to Oakland Roots SC on Wednesday evening to end the Locos’ three-match road-win streak. Justin Dhillon would get things going for El Paso early on, capitalizing on a wacky deflection to give the Locos
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EL PASO, Texas – On June 26, the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame will induct 8 new members. One of them will be Bobby Stives. A professional bowler, Stives has competed in several tournaments winning city, state and national championships. The most prestigious trophy in Stives’ collection is the USCB Eagle trophy. He won
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