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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Next Saturday Brandun Lee, one of the best up-and-coming boxers, will enter the ring in the biggest fight of his career next week the home of the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas. News Channel 3 visited with Lee during his last sparring day at the Diaz Brothers gym in Indio and discovered that Lee is
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“It’s not often in today’s world we find so much longevity, and it is not often we find a man like coach Salazar,” said Palm Desert principal Dennis Zink. After 36 years, the only baseball coach Palm Desert has ever known is set to retire following this season. Darol Salazar has been the staple of
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By PAUL NEWBERRY AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — He walked among the azaleas with just the slightest hint of a limp. He couldn’t quite bend over to read the putts on Augusta National’s tricky greens. Otherwise, there was nothing to indicate that Tiger Woods nearly lost his right leg 14 months ago in a devastating car wreck.
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“I always have been a baseball fan, Mom and Dad watching Dodger games at home since I was little. Also t-ball with all of my friends.” Robbie Katrenich is a Palm Springs indian that has been grinding for his senior year in on the diamond. “He is that quiet leader, leads by example. Not a
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods says, for now anyway, he’s planning to play this week in the Masters, a little more than a year after nearly losing a leg in a car crash. The five-time champion at Augusta National made the announcement Tuesday morning. He will play nine more practice holes on Wednesday before
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