EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (7-3, 1-0 C-USA) will look to stay undefeated at home (7-0) when it takes on NC A&T (5-6) in its opening contest of the 61st-annual WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational at 7 p.m. MT Wednesday. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball.
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Ruth Jerubet was named the Conference USA Cross Country Female Athlete of the Year as voted for by the league’s head coaches and announced by league officials on Tuesday. “We’re all very happy and proud of Ruth being named the Conference USA Female Athlete of the Year,” UTEP Head Coach Paul
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EL PASO, Texas – Colorado’s loss, is now UTEP’s gain. Monday, Parkland offensive line, and former Colorado commit, Tyrone McDuffie announced he’ll be staying home and suiting up for the UTEP Miners next season. McDuffie is a 3-star recruit and had interest from other division one programs such as BYU, New Mexico State, and Texas
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EL PASO, Texas – The 2023 UTEP softball schedule was unveiled by head coach T.J. Hubbard on Friday. The Miners will play 47 games this season, including 24 versus Conference USA competition. Highlighting the schedule are three matchups versus Power 5 opponents and five games against regional rivals NM State and New Mexico. “For the third straight year, we are
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (6-3, 0-0) will battle LA Tech (6-4, 0-0) in the Conference USA opener for both teams at 6 p.m. MT Saturday at the Don Haskins Center. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball. It marks the first time since joining C-USA that the
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EL PASO, Texas – Gibbs Keeton has been named the fourth head coach in the history of the UTEP Soccer program, Vice President and Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Wednesday. An El Paso native and Montwood High School graduate, Keeton joins the Miners from Texas Tech, where he served as Associate Head Coach for the last
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s kicker Gavin Baechle, who produced a stellar 2022 season and overall career, was named the Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year as league officials announced its 2022 Players of the Year on Wednesday as selected by the league’s 11 head football coaches. Baechle is the first Miner to be
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s kicker Gavin Baechle, right tackle Jeremiah Byers and defensive end Jadrian Taylor were announced to the 2022 All-Conference USA first team, while defensive end Praise Amaewhule, running back Deion Hankins, linebacker Tyrice Knight and long snapper Angelo Tejada were named to the second team as selected by the league’s 11 head
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Tae Hardy (season-high 24 points, three rebounds) and Mario McKinney Jr. (career-high 22 points, seven rebounds) both had big nights, but the UTEP men’s basketball team was upended at NM State, 95-70, inside the Pan American Center Wednesday. The setback halts the Miners’ (5-2) five-game winning streak, with the Aggies
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (5-1) will look to extend its winning streak to six when it takes on I-10 rival NM State (2-2) at the Pan-American Center at 7 p.m. MT Wednesday. Mattress Firm is the Presenting Sponsor of UTEP Men’s Basketball. The Miners have peeled off five straight wins
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The UTEP Miners were in a must-win situation in the Alamo City. A win against the UT-San Antonio Roadrunners would mean the Miners would be eligible for a bowl game for the second straight season. In the end the Miners would fall short in their effort after a late field goal
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are in a must-win situation in the Alamo City, and so far things are looking good for UTEP. At the half UTEP has a 10 point lead over the UT-San Antonio Roadrunners, 24-14. The Miners need to win this game in order to become bowl eligible. Just last
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EL PASO, Texas – Shamar Givance hit a pair of free throws with three seconds left in overtime as the UTEP men’s basketball team toppled CSU Bakersfield, 68-67, to improve to 2-0 at the Jim Forbes Classic presented by Speaking Rock on Wednesday night. There were seven ties and 16 lead changes in the game,
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP held Alcorn State to 30.4 percent from the floor and received scoring contributions across the board in a 73-61 double-overtime victory in its first game at the inaugural Jim Forbes Classic presented by Speaking Rock at the Don Haskins Center Tuesday evening. It marked the first double-OT contest for the
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MIDLAND, Texas – Three El Paso area teams were left standing in the high school football playoffs, but by the end of Friday, there would be only one. The Canutillo Eagles are moving on to the regional quarterfinals of the Class 5A Division 2 playoffs. Canutillo defeated Arlington Heights in the area round by a
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP will conclude the home portion of its schedule when it hosts FIU on “Senior Day”. The Miners and Golden Panthers are set to kick off at 2 p.m. in the Sun Bowl on Saturday afternoon. Twenty-one Miners will be honored prior to kick off. Seniors RB Ron Awatt, K Gavin Baechle, DB Darius
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EL PASO, Texas – The dream of playing collegiate baseball is about to come true for five members of the Americas baseball team. Wednesday afternoon at Americas High School, the players put pen to paper as they signed their National Letter of Intent. For their accomplishment they have been named this week’s Community Champions. Community
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP football team will square off against FIU on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Sun Bowl. It is the Miners’ final home game of the season, and everyone in attendance will be eligible to win exclusive prizes on “Fan Appreciation Day.” A lucky winner will be drawn during each quarter
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin – Aaron Rodgers finally might have found a new big-play target. And the Green Bay Packers still have a chance to rescue a season that seemed headed toward oblivion. Rodgers threw three touchdown passes to rookie Christian Watson and led a 55-yard drive in overtime to set up Mason Crosby’s game-winning 28-yard field goal, and the Packers stopped a
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11.11.22 FRIDAY SCHEDULE: CLASS 6A DIVISION 1 BI-DISTRICT ROUND Odessa Permian 28, Pebble Hills 45 CLASS 6A DIVISION 2 BI-DISTRICT ROUND San Angelo Central 49, Eastwood 61 Eastlake 17, Frenship 35 CLASS 5A DIVISION 1 BI-DISTRICT ROUND Amarillo 38, Parkland 20 Bel Air 7, Lubbock Cooper 59 Ysleta 7, Amarillo Tascosa 70 CLASS 5A DIVISION 2
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EL PASO, Texas – Nine El Paso area teams were in action Thursday for the start of the high school football playoffs. Out of those nine, only one team from El Paso punched their ticket to the area round. The Canutillo Eagles defeated the Amarillo Palo Duro Dons by a final score of 28-0. This
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EL PASO, Texas – Over 10,000 tickets have been issued for the UTEP men’s basketball team’s 2022-23 home opener versus NM State on Saturday. Less than 2,000 tickets are available for the Miners’ ‘915 Game’ and the Battle of I-10. Tipoff is at 7 pm. Capacity in the Don Haskins Center is 11,892. UTEP is trying
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AUSTIN, Texas – It was a valiant effort by the UTEP Miners, but in the end the 12th ranked Texas Longhorns were just too much for the Miners to handle. Monday night in Austin, UTEP lost their season opening game to Texas by a final score of 72-57. It was a day of celebration for
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AUSTIN, Texas – It’s been a rough start for the UTEP Miners so far in Austin. UTEP is opening their season on the road against the 12th ranked Texas Longhorns. At the half, it’s been all Texas as the Longhorns lead the Miners, 33-20. UTEP would score the first basket of the game courtesy of
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Friday 11.04.22 Eastlake 0, Eastwood 42 Socorro 0, Americas 56 Montwood 35, Coronado 41 Del Valle 66, Bel Air 7 Hanks 10, Ysleta 28 Horizon 10, Parkland 48 El Paso 0, Canutillo 49 Andress 35, Chapin 28 Jefferson at Burges Irvin 7, Austin 28 Bowie 6, Riverside 63 Fort Stockton 44, Fabens 7 Clint 14,
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HOUSTON, Texas – UTEP found itself in a good old Texas shootout Thursday night in Houston against the Rice Owls. In the end it was a Rice touchdown in the final seconds of the game that gave the Owls the victory over the Miners by a final score of 37-30. The game could have gone
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas – The UTEP Miners are in a Texas showdown out in Houston against Conference USA rival Rice. At the half, it’s the Rice Owls with a slight edge over the Miners, 20-17. The Miners wasted no time putting up points on the scoreboard. UTEP would score a touchdown on their first possession of
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced today that Spanish defender Marc Navarro has signed with the club, pending League and Federation approval. The Barcelona native joins El Paso for the 2023 season after playing in La Liga and the English Premier League. Navarro brings top-flight European experience
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EL PASO, Texas – The bi-district round of the high school volleyball playoffs continued on Tuesday with several teams from the Borderland punching their ticket to the area round. The results from Tuesday are below. CLASS 6A Franklin defeated Midland Legacy 3-0 Odessa Permian defeated Montwood 3-0 CLASS 5A El Paso defeated Horizon 3-0 Hanks
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are gearing up for a rare Thursday night showdown against the Rice Owls. UTEP will travel to Houston Wednesday, with kickoff set for 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Thursday. The Miners will be looking to rebound after losing to Middle Tennessee Saturday at the Sun Bowl. UTEP’s overall
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