(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky – Tae Hardy tallied 19 points to pace a quartet of Miners in double figures in a back-and-forth game before homestanding WKU pulled away late to hold off UTEP,90-80, inside E.A. Diddle Arena Thursday evening. The game featured seven ties and five lead changes, with the Miners (13-12, 4-6
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP women’s basketball team are back home for a pair of home games this week. Thursday, the Miners will host Western Kentucky at 7 p.m. and then Saturday they’ll take on Middle Tennessee at 1 p.m. at the Don Haskins Center. Middle Tennessee is currently in first place in Conference
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC has brought in defender Brandan Craig on loan from Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union, the club announced today. The transaction is pending league and federal approval. Craig, 19, has been a stalwart within the U.S. Men’s Youth National Team system. Craig shined
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – In a thrilling Valentine’s Day showdown at Helen of Troy Field, the UTEP softball team (6-1) secured a double triumph against the New Mexico Lobos (1-6). The Miners set the stage for an exhilarating day of play, winning the first game in eight innings with a nail-biting 4-3
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EL PASO, Texas – The bi-district round of the girls high school basketball playoffs continued on Tuesday. Final scores from Tuesday’s game are below: CLASS 6A BI-DISTRICT Midland 23 Eastwood 60 Pebble Hills 35 Frenship 80 Franklin 51 San Angelo Central 69 CLASS 5A BI-DISTRICT Del Valle 30 El Paso 39 CLASS 4A BI-DISTRICT Irvin
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Niesha Burgher, following a record-breaking performance, was named the Conference USA Female Track Athlete of the Week, while Aron Tanui was honored as the CUSA Male Track Athlete of the Week as announced by league officials on Tuesday. The CUSA weekly awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear. Burgher
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EL PASO, Texas – The girls high school basketball playoffs began Monday with the bi-district round. Six area teams punched their ticket to the area round. The scores below are from Monday: CLASS 6A BI-DISTRICT Legacy 38 Americas 45 CLASS 5A BI-DISTRICT Canutillo 18 Hanks 39 Ysleta 19 Burges 80 Chapin 36 Bel Air 40
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EL PASO, Texas – The Cathedral swim team continues to dominate in the pool. Monday, the Fighting Irish placed first at the TAPPS Division 1 state swim meet in San Antonio, TX. It was the team’s 4th state title in a row, and their 35th state championship in program history.
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – For the third consecutive week and fourth time overall this season, UTEP men’s basketball guard David Terrell Jr. has been voted as the Conference USA Freshman of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday. The 2023-24 CUSA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders
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TORNILLO, Texas – The Tornillo Coyotes won’t be taking the football field for the next two seasons. Thursday, the Tornillo Independent School District decided to suspend the high school football program through the 2025 season. The reason was due to low participation numbers. Last season, the Coyotes had to forfeit their final four games of
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Marta Romeu Chen was named the Conference USA Women’s Golfer of the Week presented by Blenders Eyewear on Thursday announced by the league office. Romeu Chen tied for 17th to help UTEP finish seventh out of 14 teams at the Texas State Invitational. She finished with a total score of 227 (77-78-72), shooting
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Football Head Coach Scotty Walden announced 14 new Miners to the squad on National Signing Day 2024 on Wednesday. All signees are incoming freshmen with 13 from the state of Texas and one from the state of New Mexico. Walden and his staff kept busy following the
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – For the second consecutive week and third time this season, David Terrell Jr. has been voted as the Conference USA Freshman of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday. The 2023-24 CUSA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear and are voted on
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Five different Miners hit double figures in scoring, including Otis Frazier III’s game-high 17 points, as the UTEP men’s basketball team posted a wire-to-wire 79-71 victory against Jax State at the Don Haskins Center Thursday. The Miners (12-10, 3-4 CUSA) bolted out to a 10-0 lead, putting the
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – The Scotty Walden era will kick off on Aug. 31 at Big 10 program Nebraska as Conference USA officially released the 2024 football schedule on Thursday. The new slate will feature a pair of Thursday night games, a Wednesday night matchup and Tuesday night contest. The Miners will
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – David Terrell Jr. has been selected as the Conference USA Freshman of the Week, the league office revealed Monday. The 2023-24 CUSA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear and are voted on by the league’s sports information directors. The true freshman continued his development by
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EL PASO, Texas – The Riverside girls basketball team continued their winning ways Tuesday night. The Rangers defeated San Elizario, 52-24 to extend their win streak to 26 straight games. Riverside remains undefeated in district play as they improved their overall record to 28-1.
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(Courtesy: Tim Hagerty, El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – Pete Zamora has been named the new manager of the El Paso Chihuahuas, the Chihuahuas and San Diego Padres announced today. Zamora becomes the eighth manager in Chihuahuas history. The Chihuahuas’ 2024 staff will also include pitching coach Scott Mitchell, assistant pitching coach Jimmy Jones,
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – One of the most beloved teams in UTEP basketball history, the 2003-04 NCAA Tournament squad will be returning to the Don Haskins Center for a 20-year reunion on Saturday. The ’03-04 Miners will be signing autographs at 6 pm on Saturday in the Haskins Center concourse, prior to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After entering the transfer portal towards the end of 2023, star running back and Parkland grad, Deion Hankins, and his running back partner, Torrance Burgess Jr. are staying in the Lone Star State and heading to Texas State. The duo are following their UTEP running backs coach, Barrick Nealy, who
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball (7-11, 2-3 CUSA) bested LA Tech (8-12, 2-3 CUSA) 61-57 in a Thursday night battle in the Don Haskins Center. Seven Miners scored in the contest. It was a hard-fought contest for the Orange and Blue, who trailed for much of the game before pulling
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RUSTON, Louisiana – The UTEP men’s basketball team forced 18 turnovers and crashed the offensive glass hard (15 offensive rebounds) but couldn’t overcome a tough shooting night in a 68-54 setback at first-place LA Tech Thursday evening. The size and physical play by the Bulldogs (14-6, 4-1 CUSA) played a factor in the Miners (11-9,
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EL PASO, Texas – Del Valle quarterback Jake Fette is getting the attention of college football programs, including the one in his own backyard. Fette, who is only a sophomore at Del Valle High School received an offer to play football for the UTEP Miners. During his sophomore season, Fette threw for 2,465 yards and
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EL PASO, Texas – The Eastwood Troopers came away with a hard fought win Tuesday night over the Americas Trail Blazers. In a game that went down to the closing seconds, the Troopers would get the victory, 37-34. Americas entered the matchup undefeated in district play. The Blazers still hold the first place spot in
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP head basketball coach Joe Golding spoke with ABC-7 about the team’s upcoming road games against Louisiana Tech and Sam Houston. The Miners are coming off back-to-back wins in Conference USA play. Their overall record is 11-8, and 2-2 in C-USA. Louisiana Tech and Sam Houston are two of the top
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s the end of an era for the Pebble Hills High School football program. Monday, Pebble Hills head coach Mark Torres confirmed he accepted the head coaching position at Buda Hays High School. Buda Hays is a school located in the Austin area. The school competes in Class 5A. Pebbles Hills
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – Otis Frazier III (Player of the Week) and Elijah Jones (Freshman of the Week) helped the UTEP men’s basketball team sweep the Conference USA Weekly awards, it was announced by the league office Monday. The 2023-24 CUSA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear and are
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Otis Frazier III posted a season and game-high 21 points to go along with a school-record tying eight steals while Tae Hardy recorded 20 points to help lead the UTEP men’s basketball team to a convincing 73-59 wire-to-wire victory against Middle Tennessee at the Don Haskins Center Thursday.
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EL PASO, Texas – Horizon High School announced their new head football coach Wednesday afternoon. Omar Garcia is taking over the program after previously being the offensive coordinator at Montwood High School. Garcia graduated from Hanks High School in 2007. He was a star baseball player and played at the collegiate level at Texas A&M
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(Courtesy: UTEP Athletics) EL PASO, Texas – Fans are invited to meet coach Scotty Walden and his staff, and get the inside scoop on their first UTEP football recruiting class at the National Signing Day Celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 7, from 5:30-7:30 pm in the Larry K. Durham Center Hall of Champions. “We are
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