EL PASO, Texas – The Hanks Knights are on a mission. Win a state title in softball for the first time in school history. As of now everything seems to be going right for the Knights. The team finds themselves in the Sweet 16 of the Class 5A playoffs. They’ll look to take that next
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(Courtesy: Tim Hagerty) ROUND ROCK, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas scored five runs on six hits in the top of the first inning Tuesday and beat the Round Rock Express 12-3. The Chihuahuas had 16 hits in the win, which was three shy of the season high for hits in a game. El Paso
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP’s 2023 football promotions schedule was announced on Monday. The Miners will kick off their six-game home schedule against UIW on Saturday, Sept. 2 in the Sun Bowl. In conjunction with the induction of the 1988 UTEP football team into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame, the Sept. 2 game marks the return of Miner Magic
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EL PASO, Texas – The win train for the El Paso Locomotive FC continues chugging along. Saturday at Southwest University Park, the Locomotive won their 5th game in a row. The Locos defeated Loudoun United by a final score of 1-0. The match appeared to be headed for a draw until the 89th minute, when
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EL PASO, Texas – It was a great afternoon of action on the baseball diamond in both Texas and New Mexico. A couple of El Paso schools were looking to take that next step toward a state title, while a Las Cruces school was looking to win a state championship. In Class 6A, the Americas
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball has signed New Mexico Junior College transfer Delma Zita, head coach Keitha Adams announced Friday. Zita was named the 2022-23 WJCAC Defensive Player of the Year and will represent Mozambique this summer at the AfroBasket Championships in Rwanda. Zita will have two years of eligibility left with the
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EL PASO, Texas – The baseball and softball playoffs continued Thursday with several El Paso teams taking the field for game one of their best-of-three series. The Hanks Knights are the only team from El Paso remaining in the state playoffs. Thursday the Knights came out victorious in game one of their Class 5A regional
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EL PASO, Texas – The Hanks softball team is looking to keep their momentum going in the state playoffs of the Class 5A tournament. Thursday, the Hanks Knights will take the field in a best-of-three series against Abilene Wylie in the regional quarterfinals of the tournament. The Knights are the only El Paso team remaining
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball head coach Keitha Adams announced the signing of Czech forward Luisa Vydrova Wednesday. Vydrova will compete with the Czech Republic at the FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup this summer. A profile on Vydrova and a quote from Adams follows below. Luisa Vydrova Gymnázium Nad Štolou Prague, Czech Republic 6-1, Forward Freshman
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Max Schliesing was named to the 2023 Men’s Golf All-Conference USA second team as announced by league officials on Monday. Schliesing concluded his first season with a team-best 72.5 stroke average. The junior played in 11 tournaments, finishing as the top Miner in seven events, while placing in the top 10
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school baseball playoffs continued with the bi-district round, while softball teams from the Borderland took the field in the area round of the playoffs. When all was said and done, Hanks was the lone team from El Paso remaining in the softball playoffs after Saturday’s games. Meantime, Americas and
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school softball playoffs continued Friday with the area round. All the games listed are a best of three series. The scores below are from Friday. CLASS 5A AREA ROUND (Game one) Hanks 7 Abilene 6 – Hanks take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series (Game one) Parkland 1
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – El Paso Locomotive FC (West-2, 5-3-1, 16 points) continued its impressive undefeated streak on Friday night with an entertaining 2-3 win at Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC. With this redemption of an early season loss to the Switchbacks, Locomotive now jumps into second place in the Western Conference standings and remains unbeaten at Weidner Field. Locomotive put on a tremendous display in the first
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP women’s basketball announced the signing of Ivane Tensaie from Penn State on Friday. Tensaie was named the 2021-22 NJCAA Freshman Player of the Year at North Dakota State College of Science. A profile on Tensaie and a quote from Adams follows below. Ivane Tensaie Penn State North Dakota State
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2023 edition of “Orange Fever Fiesta” was the most successful in the history of the long-running event. UTEP Athletics’ annual fundraiser for student-athlete scholarships generated $403,000 on Saturday, April 29. This year’s “Orange Fever Fiesta” was presented by Madrid Law Firm and, for the first time, was held at Centennial
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(Courtesy: Tim Hagerty) EL PASO, Texas – Preston Tucker’s tiebreaking home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning was the difference in the El Paso Chihuahuas’ 5-3 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers Wednesday night at Southwest University Park. Tucker went 2-for-3 with two home runs and a walk. It was
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s women’s 4×100-meter relay team and Arianne Morais (javelin) were honored as the Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week as announced by league officials on Tuesday. All C-USA weekly awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear. For the first time in C-USA history, a women’s relay team were named
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school softball playoffs got underway Friday night and continued Saturday for several El Paso schools. CLASS 6A BI-DISTRICT ROUND Odessa Permian defeats Americas 2-1 in best of three series to advance to the area round. Game One: Odessa Permian 9, Americas 1 Game Two: Odessa Permian 6, Americas 16
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TEXARKANA, Ark. – The UTEP men’s golf team (314-294-308—916) finished in 10th place at the 2023 Conference USA Men’s Golf Championship at Texarkana Country Club (par 72, 6969) in Texarkana, Ark., on Wednesday. The Miners (+52) finished 15 strokes behind WKU (314-302-285—901). Defending champion Charlotte (298-285-289—872), Middle Tennessee (293-287-293—873), LA Tech (296-287-293—876) and North Texas (296-293-289—878) will
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP football team will take on Michigan in “The Big House” during the 2026 season, UTEP Vice President and Director of Athletics Jim Senter and Michigan Director of Athletics Warde Manuel announced on Tuesday. “It’s always exciting to play a powerhouse Big Ten team in a great and electric environment,” UTEP head coach Dana Dimel said. “I
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso High School’s Daniela Ocaranza is on a mission to bring home a state title in tennis. The high school junior qualified for the Class 5A state tournament. It’s the first time she’s ever qualified for state. Ocaranza will take the court Tuesday in the quarterfinals. If she wins her
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EL PASO, Texas – Coronado’s Ian Uraga is on a mission. The Coronado High School junior is once again headed to the Class 6A UIL state tournament in tennis. This is the second straight year he’s qualified for the state tournament. As a sophomore last season, Uraga made it all the way to the championship
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP men’s basketball has signed JUCO All-American and prolific scorer Corey Camper Jr. (Tyler Junior College), head coach Joe Golding announced Wednesday. A brief profile on Camper Jr. and a quote from associate head coach Jeremy Cox follow below. Corey Camper Jr. 6-5, Guard Tyler Junior College Little Rock, Ark. Tallied nearly
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EL PASO, Texas – ABC-7 spoke one-on-one with the new head coach of the UTEP women’s basketball team, Keitha Adams. Adams returns to UTEP after spending the last six seasons at Wichita State. She was the head coach for the Miners from 2001-2017. Adams explains why it was the right time to return to UTEP.
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EL PASO, Texas – Christine Brandl (volleyball), Holly Cohen (soccer), Fred Reynolds (men’s basketball), Anthony Rotich (track and field), Bob Stull (Director of Athletics/head football coach) and the 1988 football team form the 20th induction class into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame. This year’s class will be inducted on Friday, Sept. 1 in the Sun
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GEORGETOWN, Texas – Bel Air’s quest for a state title came up a game short Saturday in Georgetown, TX. In the Class 5A state championship match the Bel Air Highlanders were upended by the Lone Star Rangers, 4-1. It was Bel Air’s first loss of the entire season. The teams were scoreless midway into the
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GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Bel Air Highlanders are one step closer to another state soccer championship. Thursday, the Highlanders defeated Mission Sharyland, 4-1, in the Class 5A state semifinal match. The Highlanders remain undefeated on the season, 28-0-1. Bel Air advances to Saturday’s title match where they will play the winner of the other semifinal
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GEORGETOWN, Texas – The run toward a state title ended in heartbreak for the San Elizario Eagles. Wednesday night in Georgetown, TX the Eagles lost their Class 4A final four match against Hidalgo Early College by a final score of 1-0. Hidalgo would score the game’s only goal with less than minute to go in
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EL PASO, Texas – The Bel Air Highlanders are looking to make history. Thursday, the Highlanders will compete in the final four of the Class 5A tournament. Bel Air will play Mission Sharyland with the winner advancing to the state title game. Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. CST. The Highlanders are undefeated this season, and
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(Courtesy: Tim Hagerty, El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas trailed by five runs with two outs in the ninth inning and ended up putting the tying run on base before losing to the Albuquerque Isotopes 13-12. It was the first meeting of the season between the two teams. San Diego
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