Our high school football previews continue with the Palm Springs Indians. Palm Springs finished 4-1 in the shortened league season last year. This season, the Indians come in with a lot of youth and new players who are hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to compete. Stay with Sports Director Blake Arthur and KESQ
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Rancho Mirage is the featured team in our high school previews. RM went 2-3 in the shortened league season last year but were better than their record indicated. The Rattlers nearly beat Palm Desert to end the Aztecs’ streak. Rancho Mirage head coach LD Matthews says his team is very young this season but looking
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When preseason training camp rolls around for our local high school football teams, one head coach will be notably missing. Xavier Prep’s James Dockery will instead be with the Washington Football Team for the Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship. The four-year NFL veteran will reunite with his former head coach Ron Rivera in Washington.
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It’s the final week of the local high school football season! Friday and Saturday will wrap-up the shortened five-week season. HomeAwayQuarterPalm Desert – 41La Quinta – 3FinalPalm Springs – 35Rancho Mirage – 14FinalDesert Hot Springs – 14Cathedral City – 39FinalTwentynine Palms – 50Indio – 0FinalShadow Hills – 21Xavier Prep – 24Final GAME OF THE WEEK:
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We’ve reached the end of this shortened high school football season, but help us choose our final Play of the Week! Voting closes at 2 p.m. The winner will be announced Monday during the 6 p.m. edition of News Channel 3.
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We’re almost at the finish line, the penultimate week of the desert’s high school football season. Game of the Week Coachella Valley dominates Indio High School in the 61st Bell GameIndio – 0 @ Coachella Valley – 47 This week’s games HomeAwayPalm Springs – 49Shadow Hills – 0 Turn the Tribe up! 🏹🗣️🏈@BLVNBTL @PSHSAD @PSHSUPDATES
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Voting ends at 2 p.m. on Monday, so be sure to share out your favorite! The winner will be announced Monday at 6 p.m. on News Channel 3. Check out the highlights and scores from all the games from Week 4 Stay with KESQ News Channel 3 for updates throughout the week, including the Best
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Week 4 of the high school football season will feature more fans in the stands now that Riverside County has moved to the Orange Tier of reopening. Desert Sands Unified School District is now allowing four family members per athlete to attend high school sporting events. Previously, each athlete was only allowed to have two
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Palm Desert has done it again. The Aztecs are league champions for the fourth consecutive season and have extended their league win streak to 22 games in the process. “Proud of the kids, proud of the coaching staff. Great week of preparation, but like I told them… when you win 22 straight, they’re not all
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Desert Mirage has been forced to forfeit the remainder of the season due to a lack of players. Rams head coach Gus Sandoval said, “12 players for 11 man football is not a good idea. This was done with safety in mind.” The Rams lost last week to Indio in what is now their only
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Yucca Valley was supposed to make their season debut last Friday, March 26 against Desert Hot Springs. It was a home game for the Trojans that was cancelled due to COVID-19. The good news is that YV is back on the field this week, making their season debut Friday night against Cathedral City. “It was
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Week 3 of the shorted five-week high school football season started Thursday night as the calendar turns to April. This week featured seven games, the most so far as Yucca Valley and Desert Mirage made their debuts this season. Friday featured five games, highlighted by the Cook Street Rivalry between Palm Desert and Xavier Prep.
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Vote for the Play of the Week. The winner will be announced Monday at 6 p.m. on News Channel 3. Voting closes at 2 p.m. on Monday Check out the highlights from this week’s high school football action.
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High school football continues tonight with week 2 of the shortened five-week season, featuring five games tonight. WEEK 2 SCHEDULE – all games start at 7pm local time(We’ll keep updating the article through the night with the latest scores and any other notes we get on each game) *GAME OF THE WEEK*Palm Desert shut out
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Week 2 is in the rear view mirror, but there’s still one thing left to do before moving on to week 3 in this five week season. Vote for the Play of the Week below: The winner will be announced Monday at 6 p.m. on News Channel 3! Tune in to find out if your
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Kai Lyles is the new MVP of the Desert Hot Springs football team. Normally the school’s athletic director, Lyles made a huge play in securing a game for his football program after Yucca Valley was forced to cancel this Friday’s game due to COVID-19. Update: We have a game! DHS will host Adelanto this Friday
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In case you forgot, high school football in our desert is normally picture perfect. The Friday night sky is a painting, the football field a playground, the crowd a proud community. It’s been a while since we’ve had that. In fact, the last time we did was in November of 2019. This pandemic pause has
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The Morongo Unified School District has temporarily suspended the Yucca Valley High School football program following positive tests within the team. The suspension includes all practices and events for the team. A member of the coaching staff tested positive, as did a player tested positive before the team’s first scrimmage on Friday, March 19, according
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After over a year of waiting, Week 1 of the high school football season has come and gone. The only thing left to do is to vote for the play of the week. <!–[if lte IE 10]> Sorry, you are using an unsupported browser. This page will not display correctly. Please click here to upgrade
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After nearly a year and a half, high school football is finally back! Blake Arthur and Taylor Begley have the highlights from every game. Palm Desert outlasts Palm Springs in our Game of the Week: Final Scores HomeAwayQuarterPalm Desert – 34Palm Springs – 26FinalXavier Prep – 28Rancho Mirage – 22FinalShadow Hills – 42La Quinta –
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