The Coachella Valley Firebirds have added forward Jackson Berezowski to their roster for the 2024-25 season. Berezowski comes to Coachella Valley after playing 59 games for the Newfoundland Growlers of the ECHL and one game for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies. The 22-year-old had 54 points (18 goals, 36 assists) during his time with the Growlers.
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Palm Springs high school is dealing with a maintenance issue that caused significant damage to the school’s stadium. Caught up with @PSHSAD Art Sanchez today on the stadium damage that is forcing the football team to play their next two 'home' games at fellow PSUSD school, Rancho Mirage. The hope is that this is fixed
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As we reported back in January, the HOA at Trilogy Golf Club in La Quinta voted to purchase the club for just over 6 million dollars, fighting to keep their course which was on the brink of being lost after going bankrupt in 2022. Since then, the golf club has undergone a full revival, saving
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Xavier Prep didn’t have a girls flag football team last year. In fact, most local schools didn’t. Palm Desert and Desert Hot Springs were the lone two local high school girls flag football programs. This year, that is changing with other schools adding girls flag football as a sport. The Saints are one of those
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The 2024 high school football season is upon us. With the new year brings a new league, the Sun Valley League, consisting of four teams – Banning, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs and Desert Mirage. The addition of this new league was made in an effort to increase local playoff teams for all sports. Essentially,
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Coachella Valley native and world-renowned boxing trainer Joel Diaz has been in many big fights. His most recent was certainly one of his biggest. Diaz was in the corner for Israil Madrimov, the 29-year-old from Uzbekistan who suffered a loss by unanimous decision to Terence Crawford on Saturday at BMO Center in Los Angeles. Crawford
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Coachella Youth Golf just wrapped up their fourth season with their final event of the summer at Andalusia Country Club in La Quinta. Trent Hamilton, a senior at Xavier Prep, shot 7-under (65) to win the boys high school division. It was the lowest score in CYG history. However, Nate Carlson from Helendale took home
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Dubbed the “Godfather of Boxing,” Lee Espinoza has been around the sport for more than 40 years. The 76-year-old was inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005 and the West Coast Boxing Hall of Fame in 2021. He opened his boxing gym in 1985, which is now named the Lee Espinoza Coachella
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Citlalli Ortiz is about to live out a lifelong dream. Ortiz will represent Mexico in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. “I’m very excited. I think it’s a big accomplishment, being an Olympian in general,” Ortiz said. The 24-year-old boxer was born in Rancho Mirage at Eisenhower Hospital and graduated from Coachella Valley high school in
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The Palm Springs Power are champions of the summer again. Noah Blythe hit a walkoff home run in Game 3 of the California Premier Collegiate League Championship Series and the Palm Springs Power won their second consecutive CPCL Championship in thrilling fashion by winning two games Sunday afternoon at the Cougar Baseball Complex in Azusa.
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La Quinta native Brandun Lee is returning to the ring for the first time in over a year. Lee, 28-0 with 23 KO, is making his international fight debut on Saturday, July 27 at O2 Arena in London. His opponent is still to be announced. Yes Chef! @Brandun_Lee is ready to cook! 👨🍳🥊The La Quinta
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Derek Laxdal met with the media on Monday for the first time since being named head coach on Friday, July 5. Derek Laxdal met with the media today for the first time since being named head coach of the Coachella Valley Firebirds last week. The 58-year-old is a proven winner and seems like a solid
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The Coachella Valley dominated Game 3 of the Calder Cup Finals to take a 2-1 series lead. The Firebirds beat the Bears 6-2 at Acrisure Arena. BURNING UP🔥@Firebirds | #HERvsCV | #CalderCup pic.twitter.com/FQpYU8g1vh— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) June 19, 2024 “The Captain” Max McCormick was the star of the game, scoring a hat trick to
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The 2024 Calder Cup Finals will begin Friday, June 14. It will be a 2-3-2 format with the home team dependent on the result of Game 7 between Cleveland-Hershey. If Hershey wins the ECF, they'll have home ice in the Finals. If Cleveland wins the ECF, Coachella Valley will have home ice in the Finals.
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Congratulations to Sienna Rodriguez and Jayvin Baxa! Congrats to our 2023-2024 Student Athletes of the Year, Sienna Rodriguez and Jayvin Baxa!Rodriguez – Indio, 4 sports, 4.37 GPABaxa – La Quinta, baseball, 4.4 GPA My Thai is awarding $1,000 to each high school for their efforts. Watch the full interview tonight on @KESQ! pic.twitter.com/usgu9mwUjl— Blake Arthur
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds are now up two games in the Western Conference Finals series against the Milwaukee Admirals. The Firebirds beat the Admirals 3-1 at home in Game 2 of the best-of-seven series. Goaltender Chris Driedger was one of the stars of the game, recording 31 saves to help lead the Firebirds to victory.
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds and Milwaukee Admirals faced off in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Wednesday night at Acrisure Arena. Firebirds win 2-1 to take Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals against the Milwaukee Admirals. @KESQ pic.twitter.com/dNBhn9d7wl— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) May 30, 2024 The Firebirds defeated the Admirals 2-1 to take
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Dan Bylsma is officially back in the NHL. After we reported Bylsma would be the next head coach for the Seattle Kraken on Monday, the 53-year-old was formally introduced in Seattle on Tuesday. “I think coaching in the National Hockey League is an extreme honor and privilege, and it’s a partnership with the organization and
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Coachella Valley Firebirds head coach Dan Bylsma is moving up to the NHL, according to several reports. The Seattle Kraken have hired Bylsma as their new head coach, as first reported by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. The Kraken fired their head coach Dave Hakstol last month after missing the playoffs this past season. He was the
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New year, same problem. Our valley is in need of high school football officials, now more than ever, especially with girls flag football games set for Tuesday’s during the Fall. Varsity boys tackle football will take place mostly on Friday’s but there will also be games on Thursday’s and Saturday’s due to a lack of
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