The Desert Elite Showcase featured the very best varsity players from the entire Coachella Valley. Team West defeated Team East, 28-16, at Indio high school on Saturday night. The game did end early as the referees called the game after an all out fight broke out. The 7th and 8th grade game beforehand was a
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Shadow Hills lost 20-13 to top-ranked St. Anthony (Long Beach) in the CIF-SS Division 10 quarterfinal on Friday night. The Shadow Hills Knights season has come to an end after falling to St. Anthony 20-13 in the second round of the playoffs. Emotions were flowing after the loss as I got to catch up with
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It was a tough Friday night for our local high schools taking part in the CIF-SS football playoffs. Seven teams played on Friday, just one will advance to the next round, Shadow Hills. Rancho Mirage will play their game on Saturday. D7Palm Desert – 7@Warren – 35FD8Lancaster – 18@La Quinta – 7FD9Coachella Valley – 7@Great
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It’s the last week of the regular season for our local high school football teams! Check out the scores for the week 11: Friday, Nov. 1 Palm Desert – 22@La Quinta – 13F*Flag Game Palm Desert beats La Quinta to win the Flag Game for the second consecutive year. With this win, Palm Desert will
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Week 10 of the high school football season featured some big division matchups. La Quinta – 29@Shadow Hills – 30F (OT)Palm Desert – 35@Palm Springs – 6FXavier Prep – 7@Rancho Mirage – 14FCoachella Valley – 47@Yucca Valley – 27FDesert Hot Springs – 33@Desert Mirage – 0FBanning – 54@Cathedral City – 32F THURSDAY 10/24 Indio –
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Week 9 of the high school football season is in the books. This week’s schedule was headlined by a DEL showdown between two unbeaten teams, Rancho Mirage and La Quinta. Rancho Mirage 28 at La Quinta 42 – Blackhawks improve to 3-0, in sole possession of first place in league Palm Springs 20 at Xavier
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Week 8 of the high school football season is in the books. Thursday night high school football scores:Shadow Hills defeats Palm Springs, 45-35AB Miller controls Cathedral City, 24-14@KESQ @KenjiitoKESQ @SportswithPep— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) October 11, 2024 Friday featured a handful of games in town. See below for final scores from all of our local games.
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Congratulations to Palm Springs’ standout Koa Rapolla, earning play of the week honors for Week 7 of the high school football season.
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It’s week 7 of the local high school football season. Check out the schedule below: FRIDAY 10/4 Xavier Prep – 0@Palm Desert – 24FLa Quinta – 31@Palm Springs – 16FRancho Mirage – 21@Shadow Hills – 14FIndio – 48@Cathedral City – 28FTwentynine Palms – 0@Desert Hot Springs – 46FSan Jacinto Valley Academy – 38@Desert Christian Academy
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And that’s a wrap on week 6 of the local high school football season. Check out the highlights, scores, reaction, and vote for our Play of the Week! FRIDAY 9/27 Yucca Valley – 42 at Desert Hot Springs – 14 Twentynine Palms – 24 at Desert Mirage – 8 Xavier Prep – 14 at Aquinas
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Week 5 of high school football featured 13 local games. Friday, September 20 Serrano – 27@Palm Desert – 43FYucaipa – 14@Palm Springs – 32FPatriot – 33@Shadow Hills – 34FRancho Mirage – 27@Jurupa Hills – 30FIndio – 18@San Gorgonio – 42FCoachella Valley – 20@Central – 40FDesert Hot Springs – 0@Big Bear – 21FWest Valley – 42@Twentynine
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Xavier Prep sophomore quarterback King Pellum and his father Roman visited the KESQ studio on Wednesday to discuss King’s status and concern for safety protocols going forward. NEW: We're hearing from King Pellum and his father Roman for the first time since the Xavier Prep QB had to be airlifted from a football game back
Continue Reading Congratulations to Shadow Hills standout Brandon Peffers, earning the most votes over the weekend in our play of the week poll. Peffers’ interception helped preserve the shutout for Shadow Hills who defeated Desert Hot Springs 7-0 in a marquee Week 4 matchup.
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It’s week 4 of the local high school football season! Several games were canceled this week due to air quality concerns from Southern California wildfires, however, we did still have several games played Friday night. Friday, September 13 Shadow Hills – 7@Desert Hot Springs – 0FSultana – 8@La Quinta – 29FRamona – 27 @Rancho Mirage
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