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The American Express golf tournament tees off Thursday in La Quinta with some of the sport’s biggest stars in our desert to compete on the PGA TOUR. This year’s 156 player field is one of the strongest we’ve seen in some time and that’s a tribute to Phil Mickelson in his new role as tournament
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The 2020 American Express golf tournament final player field was released today, with 156 players total. The tournament takes place January 16 through January 19 at PGA WEST Stadium & Nicklaus Tournament Courses, and La Quinta Country Club. News Channel 3 will have complete coverage throughout the tournament. FINAL PLAYER FIELD: · An, Byeong Hun · Ancer,
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The National Collegiate Tennis Classic – also known as the “Wimbledon of College Tennis” – wrapped up Sunday at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage. The event featured the top-ranked players from leading universities across the country, determined by the preseason Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings in singles and doubles. Boise State dominated on
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La Quinta native and star collegiate golfer Charlie Reiter will compete in the American Express™ PGA TOUR event on January 16-19, 2020. Reiter attended Palm Desert High School. During his Junior year, he won the CIF/SCGA Southern California Regional Championship. The victory earned him a spot in the California State High School Championship. He also
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The first week of DEL play wrapped up Thursday for basketball and soccer. Watch for highlights and scores from all the teams in the Desert Empire. Our six local schools will continue to compete as they all chase a championship. The normal schedule of DEL games will be Tuesday and Thursday. We will have coverage
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Palm Desert and La Quinta renewed their rivalry on the mat with the Aztecs sweeping both the boys and girls matches. The boys dominated with 12 pins, resulting in a 72-12 team victory on the road. In DVL boys basketball, 29 Palms took control of the DVL with a win over Cathedral City in a
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The Desert Empire League started on Tuesday for boys and girls basketball, as well as boys and girls soccer. There are 24 teams in total with 6 boys basketball, 6 girls basketball, 6 boys soccer and 6 girls soccer. All of them are competing locally for a league championship in what should be a very
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One hundred percent is a theme when it comes to Madison Tremblay. “Hardest worker in the classroom, on the basketball court, and in the film room,” said Rancho Mirage girls basketball coach Rob Cullinan. “She’s a student of the game and I honestly can’t say enough good things about the kid.” That’s just how she
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A busy night of high school basketball was highlighted by Shadow Hills winning their division of the Classic at Damien tournament. The Knights defeated West Torrance for the Bronze division championship 66-57. SHHS improves to 13-1 on the season. Meanwhile, Palm Springs fell in their respective tournament title game. The Indians lost for the first
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Two of the biggest football players in our valley signed their national letter of intent on Wednesday, inking their college commitment to two of the top football programs in the country. Shipley, a senior standout from Shadow Hills high school, is on to Oregon. The 6’5″ 270 pound defensive end decided to be a Duck
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“I got some hidden talents… I can sing and dance.” That’s not all. Dominic Escobar leads the Shadow Hills basketball team in points and rebounds, and holds a 3.71 GPA. “Him being that student-athlete, he just likes to set examples for the younger kids, our freshman, JV to show them that you can actually be
Continue Reading LA QUINTA, Calif. – Today during a press conference at The American Express™ Media Day at PGA WEST, American Express® and Lagardère Sports announced that top-ranked PGA TOUR players and 2018 Ryder Cup competitors Rickie Fowler, Tony Finau, Francesco Molinari and Paul Casey, as well as rising star Matthew Wolff, have committed to the field joining
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Caitlin Estrin has been playing soccer since the age of three, attributing her biggest moments to the sport. “One of the best experiences I’ve ever had was the summer I went to Mexico to play for Maccabi USA and it was so much fun I’m in a bunch of new people and I have friends
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“I was lying on the pavement wondering if I was going to stay alive,” said Peter Nelson. Meet Peter Nelson, a La Quinta resident of 32 years, who’s no stranger to danger. Not wanting to re-live the details of the accident, Nelson was lucky to survive that St. Patrick’s Day in 2017. “Trust me, cars
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“I talk to the coaches about it all the time. Ball in is in his hands with the game on the line, we feel pretty comfortable,” said Saints head coach Justin Sobczyk. “I don’t stop, I don’t quit. Whatever I do I just make a commitment to it and I’ll just play my heart out,”
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Jeff Sanders sat down with Sports Director Blake Arthur to talk about this year’s tournament, which has a new name and new host in golf legend Phil Mickelson. The American Express, the annual PGA TOUR event in our valley, is from January 15-19th in La Quinta. This is the 61st edition of the tournament, formerly
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Shadow Hills suffered their first loss of the season in a thriller against Murrieta Valley. Meanwhile, RM, PS, PD all won in their respective game, including the Aztecs who are in Hawai’i to open their year.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lamar Jackson matched his career high with five touchdown passes and ran for 95 yards in another splendid all-around performance, and the Baltimore Ravens routed the Los Angeles Rams 45-6 on Monday night for their seventh consecutive victory. Mark Ingram rushed for 111 yards and a TD and caught a scoring
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Five-time major champion Phil Mickelson will be in a position he’s never experienced in his career. He will be the host of a PGA TOUR tournament. Mickelson was named the host of The American Express on Saturday at a small gathering at the Madison Club in La Quinta. Lefty was previously the tournament ambassador but
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The S at Rancho Mirage is holding a golf tournament to benefit Rancho Mirage high school athletics. The event is Saturday, Dec. 14th with registration at 8:00 a.m. More information is below.
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