Riverside Lady Ranger Basketball 2010

The Lady Rangers are off to a great start this year posting a 4-1 record going into tonight's game vs the Irvin Rockets.

The Rangers will be heading to Dripping Springs, Texas to play in their Varsity Showcase Tournament on Wednesday. Riverside will play San Antonio Warren, Killeen Shoemaker and Liberty Hill in pool play before the brackets are set.

El Paso Del Valle will also participate in the tournament and will face Dripping Springs, Round Rock Westwood, and Bandera in pool play.






El Paso Times Girls Top Ten
1. Chapin
2. Irvin
3. Franklin
4. Eastwood
5. Canutillo
6. Horizon
7. Coronado
8. Riverside
9. Burges
10. Austin

Great Tournament coming to El Paso in December.

Third Annual McDonald's Fall Classic Basketball Tournament
December 2-4
Eastwood, Andress, Bowie, Franklin and Faith Gyms will be used for the tourney.
$5 dollars for daily pass and $10 for tournament pass

High School Playoffs Area Championships

These are the schedules for the six El Paso teams in 5A and 4A still alive in the playoffs. The teams will be facing tough competition this week but will be battling to bring home an area championship to the sun city.

I can't be prouder of the Rangers after the tough year they have had. The boys played with heart and determination and put away Irvin last Friday to bring another bi-district championship to the lower valley.


I wish all the best to the remaining teams in the playoffs. Go out their and make El Paso proud.

5A Playoff Matchups:

El Dorado (8-3) vs Midland (10-1) Sat. 2pm Grande Stadium (Midland)

Coronado (8-3) vs Abilene (8-3) Sat. 2pm Lowery Field (Lubbock)

4A Playoff Matchups:

Riverside (6-5) vs Hereford (8-3) Fri. 7:30 pm Grande Stadium (Midland)

Horizon (7-4) vs Canyon Randall (9-2) Fri. 7:30 pm Wigwam Stadium (Seminole)

Andress (10-1) vs WF Rider (7-4) Sat. 1:00 pm Ratliff Stadium (Odessa)

Del Valle (10-1) vs Denton Ryan (11-0) Sat. 5pm Grande Stadium (Midland)

Check out these links for more info on the playoff matchups:

Texas High School Football

Meet The Preps Blog

UTEP Basketball Season Opener 2010

I was glad to see that the UTEP men's basketball home opener vs Pacific will be sold out.

It seems the majority of fans in El Paso are excited about the new era of UTEP basketball under new head coach Tim Floyd.

The orange-out Week activities have been great and it feels good to see that the team is getting some much needed respect.

These are a talented bunch of guys who have the ability to make alot of noise in Conference USA and in the NCAA tourney.

The miners have a big challenge in front of them with a scrappy Pacific team that went 23-12 last year. Pacific plays in the Big West Confernce and is coached by Bob Thomason.

Unfortunately I will have to wait to see the miners in action because of the high school football playoffs but will be looking for tweets updating the game. This is going to be a great year for UTEP basketball! Go Miners!

Game Info:

Utep will host Pacific on Friday at 7:05 pm.

Fans can listen in to the broadcast on 92.3 fm or 1650 in spanish.

The game will also be televised on Time Warner Cable Channel 24.

Any predictions on the score?

2010 Football Playoffs

The final playoff spot in District 1-4a came down to a coin toss and when the smoke cleared Bowie and Irvin were in and El Paso High was sent home empty handed.

Your heart has to go out to the kids at El Paso High. The Tigers had a great season and deserved a chance to respresent their community in the playoffs.

You could hear the sighs of relief all over the lower valley as Bowie fans learned they would not be sitting home this year.

The Riverside Rangers beat out Ysleta and Parkland for the last spot in District 2-4a. We will be facing the Irvin Rockets this Friday night in a re-match of last years Bi-District game.

There should be some great matchups this week so head on out to a stadium and support your team.




Playoff Schedule:

Friday Games 11/12/10

Class 4a


Riverside at Irvin 7pm

Bowie at Horizon 7pm

Canutillo at Andress 7pm

Chapin at Del Valle 7pm

Class 5a

Montwood at Amarillo Tascosa at 6pm Grande Communications Stadium in Midland

Coronado vs Amarillo High at Ratliff Stadium 6pm



Saturday: 11/13/2010

El Dorado vs Lubbock Monterey at 11am Grande Communications Stadium in Midland

Franklin vs San Angelo Central at noon Ratliff Stadium in Odessa


Clink on the links for more Information about the Texas High School Football Playoffs:

UIL Playoff Brackets

Texas High School Football

MaxPreps



Volleyball Note:

The Riverside Volleyball team lost in the Area Championships this past weekend to Dumas. The Riverside girls had a great season winning their third District Championship and Bi-District Championship in a row. The remarkable part is that the girls have not lost a District game in three years. Congrats to coach Heimer and his staff for representing El Paso and the entire Riverside community on the court.