After a historic 36-year run at Palm Desert serving as the head baseball coach and Athletic Director, the Aztecs renamed its baseball field after Darol Salazar on Saturday morning. “It’s a special moment for me and I wanted to share it with the guys who made it happen,” said Salazar. “It goes by fast, it goes so fast
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The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles are set to battle at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The battle for supremacy in the NFL will be played on grass with a connection to the Coachella Valley. A sod farm in Arizona owned and operated by Palm Desert-based West Coast Turf. “This is number
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The CIF-SS playoffs for our local teams continued on Friday night, featuring five basketball games in the valley. Watched a good team tonight in @ranchochristian led by one player in particular, Rodney Brown. The @CalMBBall commit was unconscious in the 1st quarter, scoring 21 of @rchshoops 24 points. Littered with talent, I expect this RC
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Tiger Woods today committed to playing in next week’s Genesis Invitational, the golf tournament he hosts at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades. “I’m ready to play in an ACTUAL PGA Tour event next week @thegenesisinv,” Woods wrote on his Twitter page to announce the move. Woods was hosting the tournament in 2021 when
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The winter sports playoff craziness continued Thursday night with games all over the valley. Watch for highlights and scores of respective sports and teams. Stay with Blake Arthur and Bailey Arredondo for continuing coverage of our area teams competing in the CIF-SS playoffs this winter.
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The CIF-SS playoffs continued Wednesday with the first round of play for boys basketball and girls soccer. Tribe take their playoff opener in 3AA. Fellow DEL team Palm Desert also won in their respective opener on the road. https://t.co/3wqXpaAX8X— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) February 9, 2023 Stay with KESQ News Channel 3 for continuing coverage of
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The Los Angeles Lakers are finalizing a deal to trade Russell Westbrook and land D’Angelo Russell. The new-look Lakers 👀 (via @wojespn) pic.twitter.com/egu3FB6gj5— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 9, 2023 ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that D’Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley, and Jarred Vanderbilt would go to the Lakers. Westbrook would go to the Utah Jazz and Mike Conley
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The player entry list for the upcoming BNP Paribas Open has been released with returning champions, including Novak Djokovic, set to return to Indian Wells. Defending champions Iga Swiatek – the current World No. 1 – and World No. 8 Taylor Fritz (a hometown favorite) headline the list of players headed to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden this March
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The CIF-SS playoffs are underway for our local winter sports teams. Tuesday featured boys soccer and girls water polo, specifically Palm Desert boys soccer and Xavier Prep girls water polo who both had home games. And both won. The Aztecs rolled 8-0 over Yucaipa, led by senior star Kyle Alas who scored four goals. PD
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Los Angeles Lakers star Lebron James is now the NBA’s all-time scoring king! After 39 years, the NBA has a new #ScoringKingSalute, @kingjames. pic.twitter.com/NSJqD1kobN— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) February 8, 2023 James broke the record with a mid-range fadeaway with just a few moments to spare in the third quarter. HISTORY.With this bucket, LeBron James
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Playoff time is here for boys and girls basketball and soccer, plus girls water polo in the CIF Southern Section brackets. CIF ➡️ @CIFSS Winter sports Playoff match-ups ⬇️🏀⚽️🤽🏼♀️Listed all our local teams across the 3 sports. The quest for a 💍starts this week! Breaking it all down tonight on @KESQ! @BlakeArthur24 pic.twitter.com/cL28gxNOEA— Bailey Arredondo
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“With over 850 players signing professional contracts out of the California Winter League over the last 13 years, I get excited when a new player gets to achieve a dream to become a professional,” said CWL President Andrew Starke. “For me its selfish that I am happy when they are happy.” If you like your
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds cruise by the San Diego Gulls, 4-0, on Saturday night inside Acrisure Arena for their 30th win of the season. pic.twitter.com/JfooeeV0ig— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) February 5, 2023 The Firbirds also displayed their pink jerseys for ‘Pink in the Rink’ themed night to honor Cancer Awareness. After their 30th win of
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The Los Angeles Dodgers will retire the number 34 in honor of pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, the team announced today. Fernandomania.Fernando's No. 34 will be retired on 8/11 to kick off a weekend of promotions honoring his legacy. For tickets, visit https://t.co/36IUWLzvoH. pic.twitter.com/IONs0jMaHk— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) February 4, 2023 The number will be retired during
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds found their way back into the win column with a 2-1 win over the San Diego Gulls at Acrisure Arena on Friday night. pic.twitter.com/8PRhBuCFGw— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) February 4, 2023 7,882 fans witnessed Carsen Twarynski’s goal with just 1:33 left in regulation propel the Firebirds to their 29th win of the season. The
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As we continue our coverage of local prep winter sports league championships both Palm Desert and Palm Springs added another banner to their respective programs. Boys Basketball Palm Springs beat rival Palm Desert on Thursday night to cap off a perfect 10-0 league season. Perfect 10-0 in league / DEL Champs! @PSBasketball1 Palm Springs 🏀
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The Thermal racetrack continues hosting INDYCAR testing ahead of the start of the 2023 season. Test drivers were out on the track Thursday. Drivers are able to make first contact with their crews, working with mechanics and engineers to work out possible bugs. “It’s a place that is actually very good for us in Indycar
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CV does it! Coachella Valley rode an early 3-0 lead to down Desert Mirage and take the outright Desert Valley League title. This was the Mighty Arabs first win over the rival Rams since December, 2013. One ball. One team. One family. ⚽️ 🚨 Coachella Valley beats Desert Mirage for the first time in nearly
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The Saints are queens of the pool in the desert. Xavier Prep won the girls water polo league title on Wednesday night, defeating rival Palm Desert 17-6 at Cathedral City high school. Special night in the pool for the Saints of Xavier Prep, securing a championship after defeating rival Palm Desert. This team has the
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After three seasons, Alex Esquibel is out as head coach at Shadow Hills high school. DSUSD confirmed this to KESQ on Wednesday, saying it was a mutual decision between the school and coach. Esquibel took over the program in 2020 during COVID, replacing Ron Shipley. BREAKING: Alex Esquibel to be named Shadow Hills head football
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