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The CIF council announced Thursday that teams have voted to have the playoff format changed. The new format will put teams in a division after the regular season, prior to before the regular season even starts. Basically, teams will be placed in divisions based on their performance of that specific season rather than in year’s

Jake Vincent played football and golf at Palm Desert high school, graduating in 2016. He’s been at Southern Utah since where he’s had a successful college golf career, highlighted by this recent honor of earning conference player of the year. .@Jakevin15 was recently named @BigSkyConf player of the year for golf. Former @pdhsofficial football &

The PSCL, a summer baseball league for college players held normally in Palm Springs, will operate out of Texas this year. Below is the full statement from the league, sent out via Twitter on Tuesday, May 19 around 4:30 p.m. The Palm Springs Collegiate League will be the Texas Collegiate League this summer. https://t.co/Vs6TAJ1O5u— Blake

“So the UFC’s back! I’m pretty stoked about it,” said Swanson. “You know in the beginning when they were trying to do the show in California and the governor shut them down I wasn’t really sure about it and how Covid was going to spread but I think now we’re in a better place,” said

This senior spotlight segment features two Indio seniors who lost their final track and field season due to the coronavirus. Yesenia Madero and Robert Cecena were two of the leaders for the Rajahs for the respective girls and boys track and field teams. Madero is hoping to go to San Diego State while Cecena is

The 2020 summer season for the Palm Springs Power remains a hot topic around the valley. Not just because of the heat but because the Power baseball season is a staple every summer in Palm Springs. Sports Director Blake Arthur spoke with General Manger Andrew Starke a couple times about the season but the answer

“It’s a crazy time for these kids at every age. It affects the MLB Draft. It affects kids that were looking to play pro ball big time. It affects summer ball big time,” said College of the Desert baseball coach Sam DiMatteo. Part of that trickle-down effect are sophomores at College of the Desert looking

Galvan is a two-sport standout at Rancho Mirage high school, competing in the pool as a swimmer and water polo player. He is a two-time CIF-SS champion, earning a title his freshman year at Shadow Hills and then his senior year with Rancho Mirage. 💍💍 Big flex from our featured student-athlete Michael Galvan in tonight's

Former Palm Desert standout Jeremiah Estrada was drafted by the Cubs out of high school in the 6th round of the 2017 MLB Draft. After a stellar prep career, he decided to forgo playing for UCLA, earning a $1M signing bonus with the Cubs. Estrada is currently working his way up the ranks of big

After two consecutive seasons in the playoffs and the first time since 2012, winning the coveted Kiwanis Bell after a 15 year absence from the site and a second place finish in 2018 in league followed by a Desert Valley League Championship in 2019, the Yucca Valley High School football program is once again in

“I mean, it’s a difference between DI and now community college,” said Rancho Mirage softball coach Jeremy Ogden. With the spring sports season cancelled due to coronavirus, the impact on high school athletes could last for years to come. “Any kid that’s in the recruiting pipeline that hasn’t signed their National Letter of Intent, I

The Desert Empire League basketball season, which doesn’t start for nine months, is going to feature a lot of coaches who grew up and played in the valley. Rancho Mirage head coach Rob Hanmer, the winningest coach in valley history coached two of them – La Quinta new head coach Caleb Gervin and Shadow Hills