(Week 6) Play of the Week nominees
Help us crown our Play of the Week for week 6 of local high school. Vote for your favorite below. Watch News Channel 3 Monday at 6 p.m. as we announce the winner.
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Naomi Osaka withdraws from the 2021 BNP Paribas Open
One of the biggest names in tennis won’t be at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. On Wednesday, officials announced that 2018 BNP Paribas Open champion Naomi Osaka pulled out of this year’s tournament. The tournament was set to start in two weeks. 2018 Champion Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from #BNPPO21.We look forward
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Student Athlete of the Week – Oshea Wallace
Cathedral City Football Football and Oshea Wallace were meant to be together. A born natural athlete. This game and passion was love at first sight. “It was like when I was four or five, I went to one of my brothers games and he was going crazy and I told my Dad I wanted to
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BLSS: Week 5 high school football highlights, scores and more
The high school football season continues this week with a full schedule of games featuring our local teams. WEEK 5 *Winning team is in BOLD Thursday 9/16 29 Palms at Cathedral City – Lions win DVL opener 28-17, improve to 4-0Rancho Christian at Xavier Prep – Saints win 38-14, finish non-league schedule at 2-2-1Shadow Hills
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Plays of the Week: Week 5 high school football
There were a lot of great plays on the field this week from our local football players but only one play will be our high school football play of the week. Jarvis Crawford – Xavier PrepLuke Sidhu – 29 PalmsJayvyn Capler – Palm Springs Vote for which player had the WEEK 5 high school football
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La Quinta volleyball team honors Cpl. Hunter Lopez and family prior to first league game
The local community continues to remember and honor the life of Marine Corporal Hunter Lopez who was among 13 U.S. service members who died during the attack on a Kabul airport in August. Lopez, 22, is an Indio native who graduated from La Quinta High School. He is the son of Riverside County Sheriff’s Captain
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Student Athlete of the Week – Hanyi Joh
Palm Desert Football Meet Hanyi…Joh…one of the most electric and exciting players in the valley. And the stats prove it. He leads Palm Desert’s in rushing yards, receiving yards, and oh yeah…touchdowns. “It’s amazing and you want to keep doing it. I always tell my offensive line and my offense it’s fun when we are
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La Quinta football forced to cancel game against Murrieta Mesa due to positive test within program
La Quinta has cancelled their game Friday against Murrieta Mesa because of a positive test within their program. Another week, another cancellation. @LQHSFootball home game Friday against Murrieta Mesa has been canceled due to COVID. Bummer for Blackhawks who are 3-0 on the season. @lqathletics @lqprincipal @LQBlackhawks @KESQ— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) September 14, 2021 LQ
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USC seeking new leadership, fires head football coach Clay Helton
By GREG BEACHAM LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California fired football coach Clay Helton on Monday, two games into his seventh season in charge. Athletic director Mike Bohn made the move two days after an embarrassing 42-28 home loss to Stanford that dropped the Trojans (1-1, 0-1 Pac-12) out of the AP Top 25. Donte
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Coachella Valley native Desirae Krawczyk wins US Open mixed doubles title
Desirae Krawczyk, a Palm Desert High School graduate, won the mixed doubles title at the US Open on Saturday. 🙌 MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPS 🙌@desiraekrawczyk | @joesalisbury92 pic.twitter.com/kmTOrFDu8K— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 11, 2021 Lift it high 🏆🔝@desiraekrawczyk | @joesalisbury92 pic.twitter.com/9Ye5GBgw88— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 11, 2021 Krawczyk and Great Britain’s Joe Salisbury defeated
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BLSS: Highlights and scores from week 4 of high school football
Week 4 of the local high school football season is over and done with. Check out the final scores and check out highlights from all 7 of tonight’s games. Paloma Valley – 0@Shadow Hills – 21FMurrieta Mesa – 16@Palm Desert – 35F FINAL: @PdhsFootball 35 – Murrieta Mesa 16@JohHanyi 4 tuddy’s?? Highlights in an hour
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Former Palm Desert tennis star Desirae Krawczyk moves onto US Open mixed doubles finals
Desirae Krawczyk is near the end of arguably one of the best doubles tennis years of any pro-level player. Krawczyk already has won the French Open and Wimbledon in mixed doubles this year and is seeking to add the US Open title in tomorrow’s final. We will have first-time #USOpen mixed doubles champions on Saturday.🇲🇽
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Rancho Mirage football cancels game with Norte Vista due to COVID-19
Another local team has been forced to cancel a football game due to COVID-19. Rancho Mirage has called off their game this Friday at home against Norte Vista because of positive tests within the program. UPDATE: Here we go again…..Rancho Mirage at Norte Vista football game Friday has been cancelled due to COVID. Norte Vista
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Major Moment: Former Palm Desert standout Brian Serven blasts home-run off Clayton Kershaw
Former Palm Desert standout Brian Serven had a moment on Tuesday night that he will never forget. The 26-year-old Serven, who is currently playing for the Albuquerque Isotopes, which is an AAA affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, blasted a two-run homer off one of the greatest pitchers of all time in Clayton Kershaw. A moment
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Student-Athlete of the Week – Logan Harris
Xavier Prep Volleyball Logan Harris was born to be an athlete. “Nothing fit me as well as volleyball. My mom was a D-1 athlete. She played libero at Colorado State University and my Dad was a D-1 basketball player. So me playing volleyball was my motivation to be like them,” said Logan Harris. After no
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Shadow Hills’ blocked punt TD wins Play of the Week
Shadow Hills High School has won play of the week for the second week in a row! The Knights won it this week with a blocked punt that Kaleb Marquez managed to recover and take it to the endzone for a touchdown. It was a huge play in a close game. The Knights would go
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(Week 3) Play of the Week nominees
Week 3 is in the books but we need your help picking the Play of the Week. Vote below from our three nominees.
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BLSS: Week 3 high school football highlights and scores
Week 3 of the high school football season is here and a little early at that. We had four games already on Thursday, but it’s still a packed schedule of games. There are 6 games set to be played under the Friday night lights Watch the Best Local Sports tonight at 11 pm for full
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Shadow Hills names Cory Cornelius as new head basketball coach, replacing Ryan Towner
Cory Cornelius is the new head basketball coach at Shadow Hills High School. Cornelius was officially approved as the new coach during Tuesday’s DSUSD board of education meeting, Cornelius comes from Banning high school where he was the head coach for the Broncos, earning CIF-SS championships in 2016 and 2020. Looking to add to the
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Jeremiah Peffers of Shadow Hills wins Play of the Week
Jeremiah Peffers of Shadow Hills High School has won our Play of the Week for week 2 of high school football. Peffers, a sophomore, won by 6 votes. More than 200 votes were tallied over the weekend. Peffers got the win with a great defensive play, wrapping up the running back as soon as the
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