Ayanna Vasquez, age 17 of Las Cruces and Edmund Guzman, age 16 of Las Cruces will compete in the 2012 USA Boxing National Tournament to be held in Fort Carson, Colorado beginning this Monday, February 27th thru Saturday March 3rd.
The U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team was drawn into Group A of the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament and will face Canada, Cuba and El Salvador. The teams will play their group matches from March 22-26 at LP Field in Nashville.
Several local runners are competing at the World Masters Championships this weekend in California. More than 4,800 athletes from 93 countries have entered the 19th World Masters Athletics (WMA) Outdoor Stadia Championships in Sacramento.
Anthony Dudley is the defending discus gold medalist for the Junior Olympics and he hopes to not only retain his title, but add some hardware to his trophy shelf.
Former Franklin Cougar and Sam Houston State Bearkat Michael Courtney competed in the 400 meter preliminaries of the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Courtney is the raining U.S.
Michael Courtney is already an established champion on the track circuit, but the 2005 graduate of Franklin High School is hoping for more this week and weekend in Eugene, Oregon.
Former UTEP Miner and Olympic Bronze medalist Blessing Okagbare returned to competition after having surgery in October for a stress fracture in her left tibia.
The top amateur boxing tournament in El Paso began Friday at the County Coliseum. The Golden Gloves Tournament prelims continue Saturday and the championship rounds will be held Sunday. The bouts begin at 3 PM.
Carlos Hernandez has always considered himself a basketball player with the ability to leap, however with less than two years of experience in the high jump the 17 year old from Franklin has cleared 6-4 at regionals.
Wednesday, July 21: Former Chapin Huskie and Penn State Sophomore-to-be Evonne Britton has lit up the competition at track and field, and is now competing at the IAAF Junior World Championships in New Brunswick, Canada.
