EL PASO, Texas – Even while he was having fun throwing to high school students at his baseball training facility in East El Paso, Joe Beimel was still lighting up the radar gun at 90 plus miles an hour. And while his pupils in El Paso have been impressed, so have the San Diego Padres.
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EUGENE, Oregon – The UTEP Miners began their quest for gold Wednesday at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Seven Miners qualified for nationals and will compete in a total of five events over the next three days. On Wednesday, four of those Miners took to the track on day one of
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC earned a full three points with 2-0 victory over Eastern Conference foe Indy Eleven on Wednesday. Midfielder Nick Ross got the ball rolling early with a goal in the second minute while Midfielder Diego Luna recorded his second goal in as many starts in the 49’.
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EL PASO, Texas – The Las Cruces High School cheer team overcame a lot of obstacles in route to winning a state title. From injuries, to exposure to Covid-19, the team banded together to bring home the 6th state title in cheerleading to Las Cruces. It was back in May that the Bulldawgs won the
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) ROUND ROCK, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas held the Round Rock Express to two hits in their 11-0 shutout win on Tuesday night at Dell Diamond. It was El Paso’s second shutout of the season and the two hits tied the Chihuahuas’ team record for fewest hits allowed in a game. El
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners will get another shot at finishing what they tried to do back in March. That’s pull off an upset on the hardwood against perennial powerhouse Kansas University. The Miners and Jayhawks are set to meet on the court this December. UTEP has yet to confirm the matchup, but
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC makes its return to Southwest University Park where it is currently undefeated in the last 11 games (9-0-2) to host Indy Eleven of the Eastern Conference. Kickoff is set for Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. MT. Tickets are available for purchase online or by phone
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) ROUND ROCK, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas scored three runs in the second inning and beat the Round Rock Express 4-2 Monday night at Dell Diamond. Chihuahuas starter Jerry Keel allowed one run in 5.2 innings, his longest appearance of the year. John Andreoli went 2-for-4 atop the El Paso batting order Monday.
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP track and field team will be sending seven student-athletes to compete in five events at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on June 9-12. The championships will be televised/streamed on a trio of ESPN Networks (ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU) throughout the week. LIVE
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EL PASO, Texas – The Andress Eagles are looking to continue their winning ways on the gridiron, but first they needed a new head coach. Christopher Taylor will be the next head football coach at Andress High School. Taylor is currently an assistant coach at Pebble Hills High School. He’s been with the Spartans football
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EL PASO, Texas – All eyes are on Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon next week. Several members of the UTEP track & field team will get a chance at becoming national champions. The Miners will see action in five events at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships on June 9-12. UTEP’s 4X400 meter relay team
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC claimed all three points on the road with a 1-0 win over Austin Bold at Bold Stadium on Thursday. Midfielder Diego Luna recorded his first professional goal in his first career start while Goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas saved the one Austin Bold shot on target to keep his third
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) ROUND ROCK, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas scored five late unanswered runs to come back and beat the Round Rock Express 6-3 Thursday in the first game of a 12-game road trip. El Paso’s win snapped Round Rock’s six-game winning streak. The Chihuahuas trailed 3-1 in the seventh inning before scoring once
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball program is excited to announce the return of summer camps! The Miners will hold two camps at the Foster-Steven Basketball Center on July 26-30. The campers will have the opportunity to meet the Miners and be coached by current staff and players. Each camper will receive a camp
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EL PASO, Texas – There’s no place like home, and Locomotive FC goalkeeper Logan Ketterer is returning to his home club. Team officials confirm to ABC-7 that the star goalie has rejoined the team following his two week loan to MLS club, the Portland Timbers. The Timbers were in need of a goalie at the
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(Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas struck out 17 Oklahoma City Dodgers in their 9-4 win Tuesday night. The 17 strikeouts were one shy of the team record. Patrick Kivlehan went 2-for-4 with an RBI, extending his hitting streak to six games. Brian O’Grady went 0-for-5, ending his hitting streak at
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EL PASO, Texas – Conference USA has announced its 2021 football broadcast schedule, which includes 11 of UTEP’s games that will air nationally by the league’s primary partners. All eight of the Miners’ Conference USA games will be available on ESPN Networks, while UTEP’s non-conference matchup at Boise State will be televised on FS1. “We
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EL PASO, Texas – Coronado tennis player Naomi Katz is thankful for a lot of things this season. First, that the season wasn’t cut short like last year because of covid-19, and that she was able to get the furthest she’s ever gone in the state tournament. On May 22, Katz made it all the
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MIDLAND, Texas – As the last remaining team from the city in the Texas High School State Baseball Tournament, the Riverside Rangers were indeed the “Lone Rangers.” But after running into an athletic Stephenville team, in the Regional Semifinals, the Rangers bowed out in sweeping fashion. Stephenville won Game 1 of the series on Friday
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MIDLAND, Texas – The Riverside Rangers are down, but not out. On Friday, the Rangers lost the first game of the best-of-three series against the Stephenville Yellow Jackets, 11-6. On the line for the winner of this series is a trip to the elite 8 of the Class 4A playoffs. The Yellow Jackets would jump
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EL PASO, Texas – New UTEP men’s basketball head coach Joe Golding added some international flavor to the 2021-22 roster as Kezza Giffa, a product of Paris, signed an NLI to play for the Miners. Giffa is a 6-2, lefty point guard and will have four years of eligibility for the Orange and Blue. Giffa
Continue Reading (Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso second baseman Ivan Castillo made a jumping catch with two outs in the top of the ninth inning Thursday to rob Cody Bellinger of a hit and seal a 6-4 Chihuahuas win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers. The victory snapped El Paso’s six-game losing streak. Nick Tanielu
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EL PASO, Texas – The Riverside Rangers are hoping their playoff run will continue for at least one more weekend. The Rangers find themselves in the sweet 16 of the Class 4A baseball playoffs. The only team from El Paso left standing in the playoffs. Friday, Riverside will face Stephenville in game one of the
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – UTEP’s Roosa Yloenen advanced to nationals in the women’s javelin on day two at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminaries on Thursday afternoon at E.B. Cushing Stadium. Yloenen, a product of Hankasalmi, Finland, is the first UTEP female javelin thrower in over 10 years to advance. “The ladies opened up their
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – The Mountain West announced that the UTEP-Boise State game is moving to Friday, Sept. 10 and will be televised on FS1 with kickoff slated for 7:30 p.m. MT at Albertsons Stadium. The contest was originally scheduled for a Sept. 11 date. “We’re excited to play Boise State under the Friday night lights on national
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – UTEP’s Paulo Benavides was the first Miner in over 20 years to advance to nationals in the pole vault, while a trio of sprinters – Sean Bailey, Shakeem Smith and Jevaughn Powell – earned spots in the next round on opening day in the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field West
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Athletic Department has announced the ‘UTEP Athlete Network,’ an online community for current and former student-athletes, in a new partnership with Grafted, an ed tech company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Through the partnership, UTEP Athletics will be able to leverage the company’s video-first technology platform to help fulfill
Continue Reading (Courtesy: El Paso Chihuahuas) SUGAR LAND, Texas – The Sugar Land Skeeters defeated the El Paso Chihuahuas by a score of 7-2 for the second consecutive night Monday, handing El Paso its fifth consecutive loss. John Andreoli and Gosuke Katoh hit home runs on back-to-back pitches in the top of the sixth inning for El Paso’s
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP track and field team will compete in 13 events at the NCAA West Preliminaries on May 26-29 at E.B. Cushing Stadium in College Station, Texas. Traveling for the UTEP men are Sean Bailey (400m, 4×400), Paulo Benavides (pole vault), Kevin Hewitt (4×400), Joshua Hill (4×400), Aleks Hristov (discus), Dennis Johnson
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EL PASO, Texas – New UTEP men’s basketball head coach Joe Golding announced his second recruit as Jorell Saterfield, a 6-foot-4 transfer from Ranger College, signed a letter of intent to play for the Miners on Monday afternoon. Saterfield is no stranger to the borderland after playing his high school hoops in Las Cruces, N.M., at Mayfield.
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