College of the Desert baseball will have its biggest challenge yet of its historic season. The Roadrunners claimed their 7th Inland Empire Athletic Conference championship and have moved onto the second round of CCCAA playoffs against #1 Saddleback (32-8). “The motto is why not us,” said second baseman Dalton Thomas. “We obviously are here for
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In less than a 120 days the 2022-23 NFL season will kickoff and on Thursday each team’s schedule was released. Here is a look at our two southern California teams the defending Super Bowl champions Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. Mark your calendars, Rams Fans! 😬🎟️ » https://t.co/s3deGBTBha | #RamsHouse pic.twitter.com/wsTxN42oQM— Los Angeles
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Former World Boxing Organization light flyweight champion Angel Acosta will fight fellow Puerto Rican Janel Rivera tonight in the scheduled 10-round super flyweight main event of a six-bout card at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio. Acosta (22-3-1, 21 knockouts) will be fighting for the first time since being stopped in the fourth round by
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds will likely kick off their inaugural season in Seattle while the team waits for their home arena to be completed, Seattle Kraken GM Ron Francis announced. Francis confirmed the news during his season-ending news conference on Tuesday. During a Q&A session, the Coachella Valley Firebirds were brought up. Francis said the Firebirds’
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Emmi Jacobus is a Desert Christian Academy senior standout on the volleyball court. She’s proven to be one of the valley’s top players, and her and volleyball were love at first sight. “Actually it was in 6th grade and I went to Desert Sports volleyball center down the street. It was a club and they
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Angels outfielder, and Shadow Hills grad, Taylor Ward has been named American League Player of the Week by MLB. .@Warrdyboy7 and @willya02 have been lighting it up 🔥They are your AL, NL @chevrolet Players of the Week. pic.twitter.com/GYmueMIA8E— MLB (@MLB) May 2, 2022 Ward, 28, led the A.L. in hits (13), extra-base hits (7), total bases
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NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was suspended Friday for two full seasons without pay by Major League Baseball for violating the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy, which he denies. Bauer’s lengthy suspension comes after a San Diego woman, whom the pitcher had met through social media, alleged that
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Thursday was loaded with local high school sports action, specifically in the Desert Empire League as championships were decided. This is the schedule today. @BaileyKESQ and a sick me will do our best.🎾 12pm DEL finals🏊 3pm DEL finals⚾️ 4pm @CODbaseball22 finale🥇 5:30pm DEL track & field finals🥎 6:30pm @LQHSsoftball & @Rajah_Softball try for undefeated
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers addressed their offensive line in the first round for the second straight year Thursday night, selecting Boston College guard Zion Johnson with the 17th overall pick. The Johnson pick is the first time in franchise history the Chargers have selected a guard in the first round and
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The 2022 NFL Draft is Thursday-Saturday this week in Las Vegas and a pair of former local stars are hoping to hear their name called. TAYLER HAWKINS – PALM SPRINGS HS “Excited to see what’s going to happen,” said Tayler Hawkins, former Palm Springs Indian star and NFL Draft hopeful. Just talked with @taylerhawkinsss, former
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College of the Desert baseball are 2022 Inland Empire Athletic Conference champions. 🏆2022 IEAC CHAMPIONS!🏆College of the Desert ROADRUNNERS ⚾️🌴☀️@COD_Athletics IEAC 18-6Overall 27-13GO ROADRUNNERS💯 pic.twitter.com/AUErNs55TM— COD Baseball (@CODbaseball22) April 27, 2022 COD baseball edged San Bernardino Valley College for the outright conference title. The Roadrunners series win last week was key in allowing that to
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A few local athletes are advancing their respective career by moving on in their life and doing what they love. Headlined by Cord Stansberry, the Shadow Hills senior recently committed to Pepperdine where he will play basketball. Stansberry will look to help the Waves the same way he helped the Knights to two league titles
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We’re back in Indio checking in on the Rajahs here at Indio high school, and we are on the tennis court this week. Highlighting their number one doubles team, Christian Madrid and Xavier Angulo. “Doubles is really fun, I honestly prefer it,” said Angulo. “We bond better as a team like that.” “I think it
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A new professional golf tournament is coming to the Coachella Valley, starting in the spring of 2023. The Galleri Classic, a PGA TOUR Champions event, will be held March 20-26, 2023 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage. “Our players have longed to come back to this market.” Miller Brady – @ChampionsTour President.— Blake
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Cochella’s Sebastian Fundora and La Quinta’s Brandun Lee are two of the most promising fighters in the sport of boxing, both continuing to rise the ranks and impress along the way. Fundora, 24, is coming off an upset victory over Erickson Lubin in a thrilling junior middleweight bout that was ultimately called after 9 rounds.
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La Quinta clinched the outright league championship on Wednesday night following their 7-0 win over rival Palm Desert. La Quinta baseball, your 2022 DEL champions. ⚾️🏆@lqathletics @LQBlackhawks @LQ_Birdcage @GratefulDadhawk @lqybfit @LQHS_Birdcage pic.twitter.com/dUTnYcHClC— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) April 14, 2022 It was a historic victory for Blackhawks baseball, marking the first time they have ever swept the
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Indio remains perfect in the DVL following their exciting victory over their rival Coachella Valley on Tuesday night. Really good game between the top two teams in DVL and longtime rivals CV-Indio. Hard to determine who’s better but there’s no debate that these tacos are the best in town! Title implications this week. Coverage on
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LPGA founder and Hall of Famer Shirley Spork died Tuesday in Palm Springs. She was 94 years old. The LPGA announced Spork’s passing on social media Tuesday afternoon. Just two weeks ago, Spork learned she would finally be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame. “Getting into the LPGA Hall of Fame is the highest
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Patrick Rivenes will no longer serve as the head football coach at La Quinta high school. BREAKING: Patrick Rivenes is out as La Quinta high school football coach after 4 seasons. I’ll have more tonight on @KESQ, including comment from Rivenes. @lqathletics @LQBlackhawks @lqprincipal @LQHSFootball @BaileyKESQ @Jesus_G_Reyes pic.twitter.com/vzodoUtkCx— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) April 12, 2022 The
Continue ReadingBy CNN Sport Staff The Los Angeles Lakers have fired head coach Frank Vogel after the franchise missed out on the NBA playoffs this season. Despite a victory over the Denver Nuggets in his final game on Sunday, Vogel was unable to steer the squad into the postseason after the Lakers suffered eight consecutive defeats
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