EL PASO, Texas – The Willie Cager Endowed Basketball Scholarship was announced by the Miner Athletic Club on Friday. It is being funded by donor Don Scott in honor of Cager. “Willie is an amazing individual,” Scott said. “His heart is as big as anything. He wants to leave a legacy behind. I couldn’t think of
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EL PASO, Texas – Keonte Kennedy came off the bench to score 16 points while Jamal Bieniemy registered a double-double (12 points, career-high 10 assists) to help lead the UTEP men’s basketball team to a 70-67 victory against Rice in front of 4,645 fans at the Don Haskins Center Thursday evening. The Miners (17-12, 10-7 C-USA) completed
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DALLAS, Texas – UTEP’s Sophie Delfosse was named the Conference USA Women’s Golfer of the Week on Wednesday by the league office. A native of Valenciennes, France, Delfosse started her spring campaign by leading the Miners throughout the GCU Invitational, shooting a 7-over par 223 (73, 74, 76) to finish in a tie for 26th out of
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter announced on Tuesday that rifle head coach Austin Litherland will not return for the 2022-23 season. Under Litherland’s leadership, the Miners posted their best air rifle (2,317), smallbore (2,271) and aggregate (4,588) averages during the 2019-20 season. He has served as UTEP’s rifle coach for the last four years. “We
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EL PASO, Texas – The dream of a state title is still alive for the Americas Trail Blazers and the Chapin Huskies. Both teams advanced to the regional semi-finals after securing victories Tuesday in the regional quarterfinals. In Class 6A Americas took the win against the Keller Central Chargers by a final score of 44-38.
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team will conclude the 2021-22 regular season by hosting Conference USA West Division leader North Texas on Saturday (March 5). All seats are just $10 in four sections (Bronze, Copper, Green, Navy) on “Fan Appreciation Day.” The Miners (16-12, 9-7 C-USA) and the Mean Green (22-4, 15-1
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EL PASO, Texas – The journey towards a state title continues for the Americas Trail Blazers and the Chapin Huskies. In class 6A, Americas secured a victory in the area round over Byron Nelson, while in class 5A Chapin took care of business against Amarillo Tascosa. Both teams will now head to the regional quarterfinals
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (16-11, 9-6) will shoot for its third win in the past four games when it plays host to UAB (21-7, 11-4 at 7 p.m. MT Saturday. The game is the first of three straight at home to close out the regular season for the Miners, with
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP men’s basketball redshirt-junior Tydus Verhoeven comes from a basketball family. His mom, Jodi, played at Fresno State, and she would have had the opportunity to compete for the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks. She gave all of that up, though, when she became pregnant with Tydus, and she never returned to play competitively again. “I learned
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EL PASO, Texas – The high school basketball playoffs continued Tuesday with several teams from the El Paso area taking the court. The scores below are from Tuesday’s bi-district round games: CLASS 6A BI-DISTRICT ROUND Odessa Permian 45 Franklin 35 San Angelo Central 38 Americas 43 Eastwood 46 Odessa 57 Coronado 43 Frenship 72 CLASS
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EL PASO, Texas – The UIL Boys State Basketball playoffs are officially underway, with multiple El Paso-area schools booking their ticket to the Area Round. The Chapin Huskies, ranked 12th in the state by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches’, cruised past Horizon 70-52 to claim their third consecutive Bi-District title. The Huskies raced out
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee – Souley Boum registered a game-high 24 points, but the UTEP men’s basketball team was upended at Conference USA East Division leader Middle Tennessee, 77-59, Monday evening. The setback halts the Miners’ (16-11, 9-6 C-USA) two-game winning streak-both on the road- while also extending the Blue Raiders’ (20-7, 11-3 C-USA) home winning streak to 15
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HATTIESBURG, Mississippi – Jamal Bieniemy (19 points), Tydus Verhoeven (13 points), Souley Boum (12 points), Jorell Saterfield (12 points) and Christian Agnew (11 points), all hit double figures in scoring to help lead the UTEP men’s basketball team an 84-70 road vanquishing of Southern Miss Saturday afternoon. UTEP finished the game 14-26 from 3-point range, one shy
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Former UTEP star Tim Hardaway was among the finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Hardaway is one of 11 finalists that also includes former San Antonio Spurs star Manu GInobili, along with former All-Star players Michael Cooper and Marques Johnson will also be voted on for possible induction along
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EL PASO, Texas – It was a bad day for El Paso area schools looking to stay alive in the girls high school basketball playoffs. El Paso entered the day with 8 schools remaining in the playoffs, but by the end of the day, none were left. The final scores below are from Friday. CLASS
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Football Head Coach Dana Dimel announced that Dante Barnett will join the staff as the program’s new safeties coach on Friday. “I’m excited to join the UTEP family and I already enjoy the team culture that is being built here between the players and coaches,” Barnett said. “This is a special
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RUSTON, Louisiana – Souley Boum recorded his first double-double (28 points, career-high tying 12 rebounds) of the season, and the UTEP men’s basketball team held high-flying LA Tech in check in a 63-60 victory at the Thomas Assembly Center Thursday evening. It marks the Miners’ first win at LA Tech since 2004 and just the second all
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP (13-10, 5-8 Conference USA) concludes the regular season home slate this weekend. The Miners start the week with a game against Louisiana Tech (14-9, 6-6 Conference USA) at 7 p.m. on Thursday night. Fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of a Pink Out, with the Miners wearing their special pink uniforms.
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EL PASO, Texas – The girls high school basketball playoffs rolled on Tuesday with teams looking to punch their ticket to the area round. The scores below are from Tuesday’s bi-district round games: CLASS 6A BI-DISTRICT ROUND Odessa 51 Franklin 52 Americas 29 Midland Legacy 49 CLASS 5A BI-DISTRICT ROUND Bowie 40 El Dorado 44
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas- El Paso Locomotive FC announced on Tuesday it had signed Spanish defender Ander Egiluz ahead of the upcoming 2022 USL Championship season, pending league and federation approval and receipt of his ITC. “Ander [Egiluz] came in on trial with us and proved himself to be a great
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team (14-9, 7-4 C-USA) will lock up with Marshall (8-16, 1-10 C-USA) at a special 1 p.m. tipoff time on Sunday (Feb. 13). The Miners had their six-game winning streak snapped last time out, 66-58, at C-USA West Division leading North Texas on Feb. 7. The Thundering Herd have
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Cathedral swim team is once again at the top of the mountain. Wednesday in San Antonio, TX the Fighting Irish finished in first place at the TAPPS Division I state meet. It was the second straight state title victory for Cathedral. The Irish scored a total of 359 points, 46
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP softball team will open its regular season with six games this weekend as it hosts the 2022 UTEP Invitational at the Helen of Troy Softball Complex. All UTEP games will be streamed on CUSA.tv with a paid subscription and all non-UTEP games will be streamed for free on the
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EL PASO, Texas – For the Franklin girls basketball team it was pretty simple, win, and they’d secure the District 1-6A title. But the Pebble Hills Spartans were looking to have a share of that title. A win over Franklin would mean both teams would share the District 1-6A title. There would be no need
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(Courtesy: Angela Olivas, El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso natives and twin brothers Aaron Jones, running back for the Green Bay Packers, and Alvin Jones Jr., linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, are thrilled to announce their inaugural A&A All The Way Foundation Charity Softball Game will be on Thursday, April 19, 2022 at
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DENTON, Texas – Souley Boum (game-high 20 points) and Jamal Bieniemy (17 points) both hit double figures in scoring and UTEP shot 54.5 percent from the floor, but Conference USA West Division leader North Texas pulled away in the second half in a 66-58 setback at the Super Pit Monday evening. The loss halts UTEP’s (14-9, 7-4
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP stormed back from down 19 in the third quarter to make a late push in a 68-65 loss at Louisiana Tech on Monday night in the Thomas Assembly Center. A flight cancelation on Sunday forced the Miners (13-9, 5-7 Conference USA) into same-day travel that featured a 4:35 a.m. MT loading of the bus
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Head Coach Dana Dimel announced Drew Liddle, a former Kansas State football player, as the program’s new tight ends/fullbacks coach on Monday. “Drew played for us at Kansas State, came up through our system as a graduate assistant, then a quality control coach and was then called on to be the
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EL PASO, Texas – 18-year-old Kayla Gomez is one of El Paso’s most prized fighters, spending her days training for the 2024 Olympic Games on El Paso’s East Side. But the fighting for Kayla started before the ring at the El Paso children’s hospital, where Kayla received treatment for epileptic seizures until the age of
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Veronika Lebisova and Carlotta Mencaglia both posted victories in singles action in the UTEP tennis team’s 5-2 neutral-site setback to Youngstown State on Friday. Lebisova rolled in straight sets over Julia Marko, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 3 singles while Mencaglia rallied back to knock off Lili Minich, 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-5). “Today was
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