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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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Parks and Recreation have officially announced registration for the spring season of youth sports will take place later this month. All independent, outdoor youth sports and activities at all county parks will be allowed to resume. To combat the spread of Covid-19, players will only be allowed one parent/guardian to be present
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EL PASO, Texas — Baseball’s minor league teams, including the El Paso Chihuahuas, will shift to regionalized six-game series with a common off day in an effort that cuts scheduled travel mileage by 28-56% and reduces expenses as Major League Baseball takes over running the minors. It was announced Thursday that Triple-A teams are scheduled
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EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners are hoping to end the regular season on a high note. With four games left to play this season, the Miners are preparing for their final two road games of the season against Florida Atlantic University (FAU). UTEP is still currently second to last place in the west
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EL PASO, Texas – Senior outside hitter Cheyenne Jones was named Conference USA’s Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday afternoon. Jones put together a 16-kill performance in five sets on Feb. 14 and another 10 kills the next day in the Miners’ straight-set victory. This is the first Offensive Player of the Week award
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El PASO, Texas – UTEP head football coach Dana Dimel announced the addition of Theron Aych to the staff as the new inside wide receivers coach for the Miners on Monday afternoon. Aych returns to El Paso for a second stint after serving as the wide receivers coach at UTEP during the 2016 season. The 20-year coaching
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El Paso, Texas — “It’s back to the starting line!” A phrase that El Paso runners were eager and excited to hear this past weekend despite challenges posed by mother nature and the coronavirus outbreak. Runners lined up at Ascarate Park to compete in the El Paso Marathon and Half-Marathon, but things looked a lot
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NEW YORK (AP) — Gonzaga and Baylor lead an unchanged quartet atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, while Kansas has returned to the rankings at No. 23. Coach Mark Few’s Bulldogs received 59 of 64 first-place votes in the latest Top 25. Scott Drew’s Bears claimed the other five. Those two teams have
Continue Reading J.J. Watt, the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, is leaving the Houston Texans after 10 seasons. In a video shared on social media Friday, Watt shared the news that he’d asked for and received a release from the Texans, who drafted him out of Wisconsin with the eleventh pick of the first round
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EL PASO, Texas — Major League Baseball has reorganized its minor leagues in a 120-team regional alignment that impacts the El Paso Chihuahuas. MLB released a plan Friday for two Triple-A divisions, and three divisions each for Double-A, High-A and Low-A. Forty affiliates were dropped from 2019, the last season under the old minor league
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HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Texans have parted ways with three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt. ESPN reported that Watt had asked to be released. He had one year remaining on a 6-year, $100 million contract. The star defensive end was drafted with the 11th overall pick by the Texans in 2011
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — J.J. Watt and the Houston Texans split Friday, ending the tenure of the face of the franchise and adding further turmoil to an off-season of upheaval. “I have sat down with the McNair family and I have asked them for my release and we have mutually agreed to part ways at this
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Marathon is back this weekend with events spanning three days. The 5K Walk/Run will take place Friday. The half marathon will take place Saturday and the full marathon will be held on Sunday. While the pandemic has forever altered our lives, one El Pasoan has used the
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Class 6A: Midland Lee vs. Franklin Postponed Class 5A: Burges 65 Canutillo 66 Final/OT Del Valle 37 Andress 58 Final El Paso 41 Hanks 60 Final Class 4A: San Elizario 43 Andrews 33 Final Greenwood 67 Riverside 45 Final Clint 56 Seminole 100 Final Monahans 28 Mountain View 52 Final Class 3A: Tornillo 48 Muleshoe
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EL PASO, Texas – The partnership between the San Diego Padres and the El Paso Chihuahuas will continue for many more years to come. Thursday, the El Paso Chihuahuas accepted the San Diego Padres’ invitation to continue as their Triple-A affiliate after signing the Major League Baseball Professional Development License. The agreement will extend the
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Click here for updates on this story Dallas (KTVT) — An instrumental version of the Star-Spangled Banner echoed through the American Airlines Center Wednesday night, Feb. 10. It was the first time all season the Dallas Mavericks played the national anthem before a home game. That fact came to light after the first home game
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Locomotive FC announced Wednesday that the team has re-signed defender Andrew Fox. Fox will return to the Locomotive FC for his third season with the club. It’s a two year deal that is still pending league and federation approval. Fox is the 12th Locomotive player returning from the
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — The Dallas Mavericks will resume playing the National Anthem prior to home games having previously not played it in 11 regular season games at American Airlines Center. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban directed the team to stop playing the anthem before the season, according to multiple reports, and a team spokesperson on Wednesday
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP softball announced the addition of the 2021 Miner Invitational to its schedule this week, Feb. 11 and 12, at Helen of Troy Field which will play host to No. 4 Oklahoma and Abilene Christian. The Miners open its season Thursday at 10 a.m. MT versus the Sooners who finished 2020 with a
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LAWRENCE, Kansas — Kansas dropped out of The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 12 years on Monday, ending the Jayhawks’ record streak of 231 consecutive weeks ranked in the Top 25. Gonzaga and Baylor held down the top two spots, just as they have all season, with the Bulldogs getting
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