EL PASO, Texas — Monday, the UTEP football team officially kicked off their 2021 campaign with the start of spring practices. This will be the 4th season for UTEP head coach Dana Dimel. Dimel and his Miners are coming off a 3-5 record last season, the most wins for coach Dimel during his time at
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EL PASO, Texas – The Ysleta Independent School District is moving forward with plans to allow a limited number of fans at Spring sporting events. Those who will be allowed to attend will mostly be family members of the student athletes participating. The information provided below is from a YISD news release: (Ysleta Independent School
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DENTON, Texas – The last time the Miners walked out of North Texas with a win was 1994 when Norm Brandl was head coach. Five coaching changes later, UTEP found its victory inside the cramped North Texas Volleyball Center under head coach Ben Wallis in his second year. “It felt amazing,” Wallis said. “I’m proud
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Men’s Golf has announced the signing of Laurenz Kubin to the 2021 class, it was announced by the program on Monday. Kubin, a native of Austria, will join the Miners after competing for College Sports America and the Austrian National Team. In 2019, Kubin was named the Player of the Year
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EL PASO, Texas — Well El Paso, we’ve got a Guinness World Record holder in our midst. Andrea Amaro officially ended her marathon of marathons Sunday – a 26.2 mile run at the El Paso marathon followed by 13.1 miles for the following 14 days. “It hasn’t been nice to be honest with you,” said
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EL PASO, Texas – For the Ysleta High School girls’ soccer program, practice starts as the sun rises. After all, the playoffs depend on it. Two years ago, you may not have seen this dedication from the Indians’. But that was before Hector Cano. “Everyone always made fun of us like you oh you guys
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ANDREWS, Texas – The season unfortunately came to an end for the Andress Eagles Friday in Andrews, TX. In the Class 5A regional quarterfinals, the Amarillo Sandies defeated the Eagles by a final score of 64-34. Andress started the game off strong, hitting a 3-point buzzer beater to end the first quarter with a 14-13
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EL PASO, Texas – After being off for a week, the UTEP soccer team will make its return to the pitch when it hosts LA Tech to open Conference USA play on Sunday, Feb. 28. The Miners (1-2-1) and Lady Techsters (6-2-0) are set to kick off at 11 a.m. at University Field and will be
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – UTEP women’s basketball (15-7, 12-5 C-USA) fell behind early in the first half was never able overcome a large deficit as the Miners fell to Charlotte (9-7, 8-3 C-USA), 62-53, on Friday at Halton Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 49ers led from start to finish and capitalized on a 9-0 start to
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ODESSA, Texas – The Americas Trailblazers are moving on to the regional quarterfinals of the Class 6A high school basketball playoffs. Thursday in Odessa, TX, the Trailblazers shot right past Euless Trinity in the area round by a final score of 49-25. The game was close only in the first quarter before Americas started to
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team will play at no. 17 Kansas on March 4 before heading to Frisco for the Conference USA Championships. The Miners and Jayhawks are slated for a 6 p.m. MT tip time in Allen Fieldhouse. The game will be televised on Big 12NOW on ESPN+. UTEP (10-10, 6-8 Conference USA)
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – Wednesday brought a total of four games featuring teams from the El Paso area. The biggest victory for El Paso came when the Andress Eagles defeated Amarillo Palo Duro for the area championship, 79-72. The Eagles will next face Amarillo High School in the regional quarterfinals of the Class 5A playoffs.
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EL PASO, Texas – As the official home of the UTEP Miners, ABC-7 is committed to bringing you complete coverage of every UTEP sport. This week, ABC-7’s Adrian Ochoa speaks with UTEP women’s golf coach, Jere Pelletier. Pelletier enters his 26th season as the coach of the women’s golf team at UTEP. The Miners have
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EL PASO, Texas — There is still a lot we don’t know about what Tuesday’s serious car crash means for golf legend Tiger Woods going forward. But naturally most are wondering when and if he’ll be able to return to the golf course. ABC-7 caught up with Fred Albers a former KVIA sports director who
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EL PASO, Texas – The Ysleta Indians are moving on. Tuesday in Seminole, TX, Ysleta defeated the Randall Raiders in the Class 5A area round by a final score of 59-56. Randall was ranked 25th in the state in Class 5A entering the game. Ysleta’s victory sets up a matchup between two El Paso schools
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EL PASO, Texas – Middle blocker Kenidy Howard dealt an ace with the Miners up 16-14 in the third set, inching the team towards victory. Howard celebrated accordingly, stroking her hair and pursing her lips with a facial expression that screamed, “I just did that.” UTEP volleyball (4-3, 3-1 C-USA) went on to win the third
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EL PASO, Texas – The Cathedral swim team is back on top. On February 10, Cathedral finished first at the TAPPS (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools) state meet in San Antonio. Cathedral has a storied history when it comes to swimming. More than 30 state titles going all the way back to the
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team will return to the court this weekend following last week’s news of a positive case of Covid-19. Saturday, UTEP announced a positive case of Covid-19 within the men’s basketball team. As a result, UTEP’s final two road games of the season against Florida Atlantic were cancelled.
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners had no time to dwell on their 9 game winning streak coming to an end. The Miners were back on the court a little more than 24 hours later for game two against the Florida Atlantic Owls. Monday’s result at the Don Haskins Center was a more satisfying
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EL PASO, Texas – The boys and girls high school basketball playoffs continued on Monday. Class 5A for the boys featured the Chapin Huskies taking on the Plainview Bulldogs in the area round. Americas, Eastlake, Franklin, and Eastwood began their postseason play in the bi-district round. Below are the final scores from Monday: Class 6A
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EL PASO, Texas – Outside hitter Paulina Perez Rosas entered the second set off the bench with thoughts of UTEP’s history versus UTSA in the back of her head. “My mindset was going hard and physical,” Rosas said. “This is our house and we’ve got to win.” UTEP volleyball (3-3, 2-1 C-USA) defeated UTSA (3-6,
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No. 17 Kansas (17-7, 11-5) vs. No. 14 Texas (13-6, 7-5) Frank Erwin Special Events Center, Austin, Texas; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 17 Kansas looks to give No. 14 Texas its fifth straight loss to ranked opponents. Texas’ last win vs a ranked opponent came against the then-No. 14 West Virginia Mountaineers
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EL PASO, Texas – Think you could fall in the category of best baseball hitter in El Paso? Now is your chance! Former El Paso Chihuahuas and MLB OF Cody Decker and local training facility Beimel Elite Atheltics are hosting a one-day bracket style tournament at the Beimel Elite Facility Sunday. Through state-of-the-art training tool
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M’s Southeastern Conference men’s upcoming basketball game at Kentucky on Tuesday night has been postponed due to a combination of positive tests, contact tracing and quarantining within the Aggies’ program. It’s the seventh consecutive postponement for A&M, which hasn’t played since beating Kansas State 68-61 on Jan. 30 in the
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EL PASO, Texas — The bidistrict round of the boys high school playoffs continued on Friday. Below are the final scores: Class 5A: Canutillo 40 Andress 43 Bowie 47 Ysleta 59 Austin 55 Bel Air 60 Class 4A: Andrews 46 Riverside 62 Seminole 97 Fabens 44
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EL PASO, Texas – The Canutillo Eagles pulled off perhaps one of the greatest upsets in El Paso high school basketball history. Friday, the Eagles took on 10th ranked Amarillo in the Class 5A area round of the girls high school basketball playoffs. Canutillo would get the win in overtime by a final score of
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP (14-5, 11-3 C-USA) will look to build on its nine-game winning streak as the Miners host Florida Atlantic (6-8, 4-6 C-USA) in league play on Feb. 21-22 at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso. Tipoff set for 2 p.m. MT on Sunday, while the series finale is set for 7
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EL PASO, Texas – The Chapin Huskies are moving on to the area round of the Class 5A boys high school playoffs. Thursday night in the bi-district round, Chapin defeated the Horizon Scorpions by a final score of 71-53. It was also a night to remember for Chapin sophomore KJ Lewis. Lewis reached the 1,000
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Men’s Golf team will open the 2021 spring season this weekend as the Miners travel to compete in the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, which is hosted by the University of Wyoming and presented by Callaway Golf. UTEP, under the direction of first-year head coach Derek Plucienski, will compete among a 21-team
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EL PASO, Texas – Due to changes in travel accommodations stemming from the winter storms in the state of Texas, the UTEP-Florida Atlantic series will be moved to Sunday, Feb. 21 and Monday, Feb. 22. The Miners and Owls will tipoff at 3 p.m. MT/5 ET on Sunday, and 4 p.m. MT/6 ET on Monday. Both contests will be
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