THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ)Â – The Coachella Valley Firebirds are one of the youngest teams in the American Hockey League, and the fourth-year franchise is led by one of their up-and-coming stars, Jagger Firkus. “We’ve had some consistent lines,” head coach Derek Laxdal said. “If you look at the Firkus, Morrison, and Avon line, it has
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – Fellowship Christian Academy and the Coachella Little Arabs punched their ticket to the national stage. FCA defeated the Redwood Pal Golden Bears out of Santa Rosa 26-0 for the 2025 State Championship, and the Little Arabs won the 14-U Super Bowl, winning 14-6 over the East Side Cardinals out of
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the Texas Stars 5-3 on Saturday at Acrisure Arena. The Stars scored four straight goals from Harrison Scott, Artem Shlaine, and Jack Becker to take a 4-0 lead. The Firebirds responded with three unanswered goals of their own by Ben Meyers, John Hayden, and
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds shut out the San Diego Gulls 5-0 on Friday at Pechanga Arena. In the first period, Lleyton Roed and Jagger Firkus got the party started to put the Firebirds in front 2-0. The birds were nearly held scoreless in the middle frame, until Ben Meyers buried
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – Friday marked the final day of the third annual Acrisure Series at Acrisure Arena. The final day highlighted two championship and two third-place games. The day started at 11 AM with San Francisco vs Nevada. The Wolfpack defeated the Dons 81-65. The second game of the day began at 1:30
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) — Coachella Valley senior running back Ivan Camargo is this week’s student athlete of the week. “He is a rare mix of academic success and academic focus and just relentless, tireless art and execution on the field,” Arabs head coach Bill Johnson said. Ivan Camargo, a bruising running back with breakaway speed,
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the Calgary Wranglers 5-4 in overtime on Sunday at Acrisure Arena. In the first, the Firebirds wasted no time striking first with a Ty Nelson one-timer only 40 seconds into the game. The Wranglers responded with two unanswered goals by Rory Kerins and Nick
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — Palm Desert senior wide receiver and defensive back Jonah Toland is this week’s student athlete of the week. Jonah Tolan has been a human highlight reel all season long for the Palm Desert Aztecs, but his journey to become the player he is today began in his freshman year. “We knew
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Abbotsford Canucks 5-2 on Sunday at Acrisure Arena. In the first, Jonathan Lekkerimäki scored and gave the Canucks an early 1-0 lead. From then on, the Firebirds scored four unanswered goals. Two came from Jacob Melanson, and the other two were from Jagger Firkus and
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – Fellowship Christian Academy, a local 12-U football team, won the 2025 State Championship title. FCA defeated the Redwood Pal Golden Bears out of Santa Rosa 26-0. This is the Wolfpack’s second state title in the past three years. With this win, FCA will head to play in the national championship
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BERMUDA DUNES, Calif. (KESQ) Despite a first-round playoff exit for the football team at Desert Christian Academy, the future is bright with the help of Freshman twins Mario and Eusebio Gallo. “Coming in as high schoolers, they already knew what it takes to win, and that was always their mentality is how can I win,”
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost 6-3 to the Bakersfield Condors on Saturday at Dignity Health Arena In the first, the Condors scored two goals by Josh Samanski and Quinn Hutson, while holding the Firebirds scoreless. To open the middle frame, the birds wasted no time. Jagger Firkus tallied his fifth
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) Four student-athletes signed their letter of intent on Wednesday at Palm Desert High School. Soccer Forward Natalhie Baca signed to play at Southern Illinois University. Swimmer Ava Otteson committed to play at UCLA. Baseball pitcher Zane Hathaway signed to play at Colorado State Pueblo. Baseball pitcher Jake Brande committed to play
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YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) —Â Yucca Valley senior quarterback Aiden Shannon is this week’s student athlete of the week. Switching from wide receiver to quarterback is a very rare position change and very difficult to do, but that wasn’t a problem for Aiden Shannon, who was ready to lead the team once he stepped onto the
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the Tucson Roadrunners 4-3 in overtime on Saturday at Tucson Convention Center Arena. The Firebirds came out on a heater in the opening period. The birds took a 2-0 lead with goals from Oscar Fisker Molgaard and Logan Morrison. To close the first, Tucson got
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) PGA West had a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of its new Performance Lab. “It’s a little bit surreal,” PGA West Executive Director Ben Dobbs said. “You know, we’ve been working on this for so long, but it’s all come together so quickly, and you set out with a vision and
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — Palm Springs senior linebacker and running back Koa Rapolla is this week’s student athlete of the week. When coaches recruit players for their football team, they’re looking for an X factor, an athlete who can do it all, and that is the exact type of player Koa Rapolla is for Palm
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — The playoffs are here for high school football. Eight local teams made the postseason and will look to earn a CIF-SS championship in their respective division. Here is a look at the first round schedule. Friday, Nov. 7 Division 7: Claremont at Palm Springs Division 8: Marina at Palm Desert
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the Colorado Eagles 3-1 on Saturday at Acrisure Arena. The Eagles scored three unanswered goals. Danil Guschin opened the scoring to take the 1-0 lead in the first. In the third period, Tristen Nielsen and Alex Barre-Boulet tallied Colorado’s final two goals to hold
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TORONTO, ON (KESQ) – The Los Angeles Dodgers are back-to-back World Series Champions. The Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 after 11 innings in Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday at the Rogers Center. In the second, Ernie Clement singled into right to set up a bases-loaded opportunity for Andres Gimenez. Shohei
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