
Student-Athlete of the Week – Tayten Shartel
“That is an all around athlete right there,” Yucca Valley head football coach Jeremy Johnson said. He’s talking about Tayten Shartel, the 2019…
Continue Reading“That is an all around athlete right there,” Yucca Valley head football coach Jeremy Johnson said. He’s talking about Tayten Shartel, the 2019…
Continue ReadingKeith Hamilton is a star defender for the La Quinta Blackhawks. He’s also been team captain the past two seasons. “It’s nice if your…
Continue Reading“It’s just honestly a big part of who I am and made me who I am,” said Palm Desert High School cheer captain Danica Larson. You will find…
Continue ReadingXAVIER PREP SAINTS FOOTBALL “I mean Jack is kind of my nickname because Jonathan is my real name,” said Saints senior football star Jack Howard. Jack…
Continue ReadingPhoto courtesy of Shadow Hills/Richie DeTamble Carissma Williams, basketball player and track star at Shadow Hills High School, definitely lives up…
Continue ReadingTy Hershberger is a leader on both the baseball and football teams at Rancho Mirage High School. “I could tell any kid coming up, if you want to be…
Continue ReadingWhen Nicky Bollinger was a sophomore, she received a medical diagnosis that would end her volleyball playing career for good. “It was really…
Continue ReadingFrida Rodriguez is the reigning Desert Valley League Champion and captain of the Coachella Valley girls golf team. But, all of that almost never…
Continue ReadingKyle Mauerman has played soccer, baseball, golf, basketball and now cross country for Palm Valley School. He even went as far as to playing golf and…
Continue ReadingRancho Mirage basketball captain Willow Mannes has always been underestimated at first glance. “Willow is one of those players that we say…
Continue ReadingAidan Scott has played soccer all his life. “I honestly had my best memories with my friends and my family, just through the sport of soccer,” said…
Continue ReadingRancho Mirage Basketball and Volleyball Aubrey Bostick is synonymous with the word leader. “Basketball, I’m more of a, you could say, more aggressive…
Continue ReadingTwentynine Palms Football “It means a lot that people see me as a leader,” said Chris Pacheco, Twentynine Palms senior football captain. “Chris is…
Continue Reading“You wouldn’t think it, but like, I’m a band nerd and also a baseball player,” said RMHS senior baseball player Jayson Bittner. Jayson Bittner does…
Continue Reading“I just have the inner desire… I’m like… when I want to achieve something I’m going to do it…” Caroline Wales grew up a two sport athlete –…
Continue Reading“It’s in my blood,” said Emma Svoboda. She’s not kidding… both of Emma Svoboda’s parents played Division I basketball. Now, she’s carrying on the…
Continue Reading“As a pitcher, man, I control the game,” said valley baseball standout Grant Kelly. For Grant Kelly, high school baseball is just the beginning. “He…
Continue Reading“I was like, ‘Wow, who is this kid?’ He was just head and shoulders above everyone, I mean, it was like, everybody was watching him. He was that…
Continue ReadingINDIO GIRLS VOLLEYBALL “I love these girls!” Martha Montejano said. Martha Montejano is a big sister at home… and on the court to the entire…
Continue ReadingXavier Prep Cross-Country, Track and Field Many cross country and track athletes pick up the sport in high school. Not Molly May. “Since my whole…
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