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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — James Dockery is no longer the head football coach at Xavier Prep. Xavier Prep Athletic Director Andrew Clark told News Channel that Dockery is “stepping away from football.” The 37-year-old Dockery was hired in 2017. His overall record in nine seasons with the Saints was 44-38 with two ties. New
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) — Coachella Valley high school football is one of three local teams in the CIF-SS semifinals this Friday. News Channel 3 caught up with the Arabs ahead of their big game. It's been quite the journey for Coachella Valley this season. After a 1-5 start, which included 5 straight losses, CV has
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — Palm Desert high school football is one of three local teams in the CIF-SS semifinals this Friday. News Channel 3 caught up with the Aztecs ahead of their big game. Palm Desert is one of three local football teams playing in the semifinals on Friday. The Aztecs have won 6
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — Palm Springs high school football is one of three local teams in the CIF-SS semifinals this Friday. News Channel 3 caught up with the team ahead of their big game. Palm Springs is one of three local football teams playing in the semifinals this Friday. After some down years, the
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PALM DESERT, CALIF. (KESQ) — Golden Boy Promotions will kick off its 2026 fight calendar with the first-ever boxing event at Acrisure Arena. The fights are scheduled for Friday, Jan. 16 and will be broadcast exclusively on DAZN. Headlining the card, NABO Welterweight Champion Alexis “Lex” Rocha (25-2-1, 16 KOs) and NABF Welterweight Champion Raul “El
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — Palm Desert senior wide receiver and defensive back Jonah Toland is this week’s student athlete of the week. Jonah Tolan has been a human highlight reel all season long for the Palm Desert Aztecs, but his journey to become the player he is today began in his freshman year. “We knew
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Abbotsford Canucks 5-2 on Sunday at Acrisure Arena. In the first, Jonathan Lekkerimäki scored and gave the Canucks an early 1-0 lead. From then on, the Firebirds scored four unanswered goals. Two came from Jacob Melanson, and the other two were from Jagger Firkus and
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – Fellowship Christian Academy, a local 12-U football team, won the 2025 State Championship title. FCA defeated the Redwood Pal Golden Bears out of Santa Rosa 26-0. This is the Wolfpack’s second state title in the past three years. With this win, FCA will head to play in the national championship
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BERMUDA DUNES, Calif. (KESQ) Despite a first-round playoff exit for the football team at Desert Christian Academy, the future is bright with the help of Freshman twins Mario and Eusebio Gallo. “Coming in as high schoolers, they already knew what it takes to win, and that was always their mentality is how can I win,”
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost 6-3 to the Bakersfield Condors on Saturday at Dignity Health Arena In the first, the Condors scored two goals by Josh Samanski and Quinn Hutson, while holding the Firebirds scoreless. To open the middle frame, the birds wasted no time. Jagger Firkus tallied his fifth
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — We had five local high school football teams play in their respective quarterfinal on Friday night. Of the five teams, three of them won, advancing to their respective semifinal. CIF-SS Football Quarterfinals (2nd round) D7: Hart 21 at Palm Springs 22 D8: Palm Desert 46 at Patriot (Jurupa Valley) 33
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BERMUDA DUNES, Calif. (KESQ) — Fellowship Christian Academy is a local 12-U football team, set to play in the state championship game this Sunday in the Bay Area. The wolfpack finished 7-1 on the season, now looking to win their second state title in three years. With a win Sunday, FCA will punch their ticket to the national championships in
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) Four student-athletes signed their letter of intent on Wednesday at Palm Desert High School. Soccer Forward Natalhie Baca signed to play at Southern Illinois University. Swimmer Ava Otteson committed to play at UCLA. Baseball pitcher Zane Hathaway signed to play at Colorado State Pueblo. Baseball pitcher Jake Brande committed to play
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YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — Yucca Valley senior quarterback Aiden Shannon is this week’s student athlete of the week. Switching from wide receiver to quarterback is a very rare position change and very difficult to do, but that wasn’t a problem for Aiden Shannon, who was ready to lead the team once he stepped onto the
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds hockey team will host its annual “Military Appreciation Night” to honor the nation’s service members Tuesday at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert. It will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at 75702 Varner Road. In partnership with the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians and
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the Tucson Roadrunners 4-3 in overtime on Saturday at Tucson Convention Center Arena. The Firebirds came out on a heater in the opening period. The birds took a 2-0 lead with goals from Oscar Fisker Molgaard and Logan Morrison. To close the first, Tucson got
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – It’s playoff time for our local high school football teams. Seven teams are playing on Friday night. D7Claremont – 7@Palm Springs – 31FD8Marina – 7@Palm Desert – 36FD11Jurupa Hills – 0@Shadow Hills – 37FD12Costa Mesa – 17@Yucca Valley – 43FD12Arroyo Valley – 26@DCA – 24FD12Coachella Valley – 38@Banning – 35FD13Desert
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TUCSON, Arizona (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Tucson Roadrunners on Friday night at Tucson Arena by the final score of 4-2. Five Firebirds (Ottavainen, Firkus, Stephens, Goyette, Morrison) recorded multi-point games to help guide Coachella Valley to their second straight win. Nikke Kokko finished the night with 25 saves on 27 shots as the
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — The Acrisure Series returns to the Coachella Valley later this month for its third consecutive year. The tournament is scheduled for Nov. 25-28 at Acrisure Arena, set to showcase 20 NCAA Division I men’s basketball programs across 18 games. I got to catch up with GCU men's basketball head coach
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