The USC and San Diego State University basketball teams and additional NCAA Division 1 teams will participate in the 2024 Acrisure Classic here in the Coachella Valley, Acrisure Arena officials announced on Monday. Thanksgiving in the desert next year! 🦃🌵 https://t.co/tCe9LDWShs— USC Men’s Basketball (@USC_Hoops) November 20, 2023 The announcement comes on the heels of
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Coachella Valley came out firing on Saturday night and scored 4 first period goals in a, 5-4, win over the Tucson Roadrunners. Devin Shore scored with 6:35 left in the third period to propel Coachella Valley to their second straight victory. The Firebirds got out to a 2-0 lead in the first 5:14 of the
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For the second straight year, the Shadow Hills girls cross country team is heading to the CIF State Finals. The Lady Knights placed 6th in Division 3, top 7 teams qualify. The State Finals will be on November 25th in Fresno. Be sure to stay with News Channel 3 for continuing coverage of high school
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Four local high school football teams played in the CIF-SS semifinals Friday night. Just one team will make it to the finals next week. West Covina – 19@Xavier Prep – 3FSante Fe – 13@Yucca Valley – 35FCoachella Valley – 28@Cerritos – 42FDesert Hot Springs – 7@St. Monica Prep – 29F The Yucca Valley Trojans will
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Legendary Pittsburgh Steelers QB Big Ben Roethlisberger set a special message to Yucca Valley High School ahead of their CIF-SS semi-final game on Friday. “Just want to say, congratulations on the season so far. Good luck and keep it going,” Roethlisberger said. How cool is this? 2x Super Bowl champ Ben Roethlisberger @_BigBen7 wishes Yucca
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CV football is on a historic run and has a chance to clinch its first-ever CIF-SS championship game with a win on Friday. “It’s been since 1965, I believe since we’ve made a run this deep in CV football. And yes, there’s a lot of excitement. Yes, the community is excited,” said head coach Bill
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The Henderson Silver Knights scored three goals in the third period to hand the Firebirds their third-straight loss, 5-4, in Nevada on Wednesday night. Mason Morelli opened the scoring, giving Henderson a 1-0 leading just 2:20 into the game. Coachella Valley evened the score with a Logan Morrison shorthanded goal, assisted by Ryan Winterton four
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“So, I met Messiah when I first got hired on here in January, you know, kind of started getting knowing the kids and just kind of filling out who they are as a person. When we got out out here on February, started to see what kind of athletes we have. He was by far
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds fall to 6-4 on the season after losing both games over the weekend at home. First it was Calgary and then Tucson on Sunday night, who recorded 49 shots on the Birds. Tucson got out to a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals from Arku Raty and Milos Kelemen.
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Four local high school football teams came into Friday night and all four still stand. Xavier Prep and Yucca Valley win at home while Coachella Valley and DHS get the win on the road. Desert Hot Springs – 43@Baldwin Park – 422OTCoachella Valley – 52@Don Lugo – 35FBuena Vista – 0@Yucca Valley – 35FKennedy (La
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Desert Hot Springs is coming off their first-ever playoff win, but there is still food left on the table. The Golden Eagles are soaring into the 2nd Round of CIF-SS and will face Baldwin Park on Friday. “It’s about playing for each other. That’s what we had in our last game against Jurupa Valley going into halftime
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Major League Soccer will return to the Coachella Valley in February! On Thursday, AEG officially announced the third annual Coachella Valley Invitational at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. The preseason tournament will be held from Feb. 4 through Feb. 17. Teams this year include: LAFC LA Galaxy Austin FC New York City FC New
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds continue its dominance over Pacific Division opponents following a, 4-2, win over the San Diego Gulls at Acrisure Arena. Rookie Logan Morrison led the way and had his first multi-goal night in the AHL. It took the Firebirds just 1:58 to get the goal scoring started. Cameron Hughes ushered the puck
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How would you describe him as a football player? “Hard worker, determined, tenacious,” said Palm Desert head coach Rudy Forti. “Just gets after it.” Dawson Johnson is a football enthusiast. He didn’t find football, football found him. “I never really played football growing up. I grew up in Canada,” said Johnson. “So a big soccer family,
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Coachella Valley Jeremiah Estrada is joining the San Diego Padres. Estrada was removed from the Cubs’ 40-man roster on Friday, sending him to the waivers. The Padres claimed Estrada on Monday. We have made the following roster moves.We now have 34 players on our 40-man roster. pic.twitter.com/e7k0mddPxu— San Diego Padres (@Padres) November 6, 2023 Estrada,
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/**/ CIF-SS Playoffs: Xavier Prep stuns La Quinta, DHS gets first-ever playoff win Be the first to know when news breaks in Coachella Valley. Download the News Channel 3 app here. Get the News Channel 3 app here.
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On Saturday at Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle School DSUSD held a Coed flag football tournament with 400 players ranging from all ages. Girls flag football has been the talk of the town and DSUSD hopes that this will be a stepping stone for young athletes who will want to pursue the sport in high school.
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Playoff Prep Pigskin was held throughout the Coachella Valley Friday night. Six local teams came in but only four remain on their quest for a CIF title. Xavier Prep – 14@La Quinta – 3FSonora – 35@Rancho Mirage – 34F/OTWilson – 21@Yucca Valley – 49FSouth El Monte – 27@Coachella Valley – 46F Jurupa Valley – 26@Desert
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It was Julia Fernandez and Martin Torres-Sandoval who stole the show at the Desert Empire League Cross Country Finals. Fernandez, a junior, separated herself on the second lap and clinched her first-ever DEL title. Congratulations to Julia Fernandez of Shadow Hills @CoachDeTamble on winning the CC DEL Finals! @AthleticsSHHS 🥇17:48Shadow placed 3 of Top 4,
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Tickets are on sale starting November 8 for the 2024 Desert Smash. The annual star-studded charity tennis event is celebrating its 20th anniversary in March. Organizers tell News Channel 3 that the celebration on March 4 and 5 will be “a two-day tennis spectacular, welcoming a star-studded line-up of new and returning talent to battle
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