After a full season of action, this will be the first time in two years that high school football will see playoffs in California. In total, eight local teams earned a bid to continue their season in the CIF-SS playoffs – five from the Desert Empire League and three from the Desert Valley League. Palm
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After two months of high school football, we have made it to the final week of the regular season! We’ve got some big games including a major local rivalry that will determine the fate of a league title. Watch the Best Local Sports Show with Blake Arthur tonight at 11 p.m. for highlights and results
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Help us crown the Play of the Week for the final week of the regular season. Vote for your favorite below, voting closes at 2 p.m. on Monday. You can vote once a day, spread the word for your favorite! We’ll announce the winner Monday at 6 p.m. on News Channel 3!
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Palm Desert’s dominance continues in our desert. The Aztecs earned a share of their fifth straight league title following their highly competitive, highly intense double-overtime victory on the road at Shadow Hills. After both teams scored in the first OT, PD settled for a field goal in the second OT, giving Shadow Hills a chance
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Coachella Valley fans of ABC’s “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” have seen familiar locations on the hit reality programs for years. On Tuesday, you can see a familiar face: News Channel 3 Sports Director Blake Arthur. In the second episode of the current series, bachelorette Michelle Young went out on a group date to play
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“He’s the definition of a student-athlete,” said Rancho Mirage head coach L.D. Matthews. “At practice, it’s like having another coach out there,” said defensive line coach RK Carrick. “This team wouldn’t be the same without Daimon,” said senior Adrian Gutierrez. Rancho Mirage has itself a difference-maker. Daimon Pine. As a senior defensive end and two-year
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The Coachella Valley Arena and the NHL’s Seattle Kraken released a video teasing a major announcement regarding the new local American Hockey League team. The videos tease the announcement is coming on November 5 at 11 a.m. PT. The team name was not revealed yet, but there appear to be some hints as to the
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We’re in the penultimate week of the local high school football season, week 10 is among us. There were 6 games played under the Friday night lights with an additional game on Thursday. Check out highlights and scores in this week’s Best Local Sports Show with Blake Arthur. Shadow Hills – 7@Palm Springs – 0FRancho
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Week 10 is over and done with, but before we move on to week 11, help us pick our Play of the Week. Vote for your favorite play below, voting closes at 2 p.m. on Monday. Watch News Channel 3 live at 6 p.m. to find out who won!
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The first round of CIF-SS girls volleyball is complete with a few of our area teams advancing to the second round in their respective division. Palm Desert, Coachella Valley and Indio are the three local teams to survive and move on. The Aztecs, undefeated DEL champions and ranked #3 in their division advance to the
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Construction of the new Coachella Valley arena is well underway. You can already reserve seats for season tickets to watch the AHL team play. But what will that team be called? The team ownership hasn’t yet announced that, but filings uncovered by News Channel 3 may provide some hints. According to records with the United
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“Briana’s one of the hardest working girls I’ve had in the program this far,” said Indio Head Coach Meagan Nolasco. “With all the hard work she puts on the court she’s definitely captain material and that’s why she’s our biggest captain this year.” Briana Delval has worked for 4 years to get to this moment.
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This year’s October playing of the BNP Paribas Open finished on Sunday, ending the unprecedented two-week tennis tournament at Indian Wells. The women’s final featured two-time tournament champion Victoria Azarenka and the Spaniard Paula Badosa. 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸First Spanish woman to win the Indian Wells singles title, @paulabadosa!#BNPPO21 pic.twitter.com/AFaYnnihtM— BNP Paribas Open (@BNPPARIBASOPEN) October 17, 2021 Badosa
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We’re in week 9 of the high school football season! We got a few weeks left and teams fighting for the top stop in their leagues. GAME OF THE WEEK: Cook Street Rivalry Palm Desert – 31@Xavier Prep – 9F Palm Desert wins 5th straight Cook Street Rivalry over rival Xavier Prep, 31-9 the final
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Help us crown our Play of the Week! Vote for your favorite play below. Watch News Channel 3 at 6 p.m. on Monday to find out who won BLSS: High School Football Week 9 highlights & scores
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are going to the National League Championship Series! The Dodgers beat the Giants in San Francisco in a critical and nerve-racking winner-take-all Game 5 of the National League Division Series. The game was 0-0 up until both teams scored in the 6th inning. Mookie set the table. Corey delivered. pic.twitter.com/QJdAVFhzMK— Los
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Famed French tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou sat down with News Channel 3’s Bailey Arrendondo this week at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Really great to be joined by @pmouratoglou here at @BNPPARIBASOPEN. We talked about his coaching journey, coaching @serenawilliams for nearly a decade, plus where he ranks #BNPP021 on his tennis venue list. Keep
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The local league volleyball seasons came to a close on Wednesday night with two valley programs finishing with perfect records in their respective league. Coachella Valley outlasted longtime rival Indio in a five-set thriller, ultimately earning the outright DVL title. The Arabs and Rajahs battled all the way until the final point, as evidenced by
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“Since I was a kid I’ve always wanted to play Indian Wells, Miami, and all the Grand Slams,” said Ramkumar Ramanathan. “And I’m slowly playing these tournaments and my next call will be to make the main draw of these tournaments.” Ramkumar, who left home at 15 to pursue tennis, lives the grind of an
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Coming back and playing in her backyard, Desirae Krawczyk had the local tennis eyes all over her this week. Not only because she has won three Grand Slams this year, but also because she puts on a show every time she steps on the court. But on Sunday afternoon her competition got the best of
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