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 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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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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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 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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It’s week 2 of the high school football season! We’ve got 10 games this week, check out the schedule below. Watch the Best Local Sports Show with Blake Arthur at 11 p.m. for scores, highlights, and more from this week’s action. We’ll also announce our Play of the Week nominees! WEEK 2 – FRIDAY 8/27 Palm Desert
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Be sure to vote for the Play of the Week! Check out our three nominees and cast your vote. The winner will be announced Monday at 6 p.m. on News Channel 3 Check out our full coverage of the week 2 games
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A handful of high school mixed martial artists were honored on Thursday for their recent success at the 2021 IMMAF Youth MMA World Championships. Special moment here in Desert Hot Springs, Congressman Raul Ruiz honoring MMA standouts after bringing home medals🏅 from an overseas competition. We’ll have more tonight on @KESQ @BlakeArthur24 pic.twitter.com/rQSKgpykeJ— Bailey Arredondo
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The Conquerors missed the entire 2020 season but are back on the field competing here in 2021 with a full roster and full schedule. “What everybody can expect from DCA football is a team that’s not huge in size and numbers, but a team that will play until the final whistle. They will not give
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Palm Springs’ game at Grand Terrace this Thursday has been cancelled. https://twitter.com/PSHSAD/status/1430616983305736192 The Indians are currently working to find a new opponent but athletic director Mike Ventura tells KESQ he has not yet had any success in doing so. Stay with Sports Director Blake Arthur and KESQ News Channel 3 throughout the high school football
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29 Palms football has not practiced for a couple weeks due to positive cases within the program. NEW: 29 Palms’ game against Big Bear this week is not happening. In fact, the Wildcats have not practiced in weeks due to positive tests within the program. Big Bear has rescheduled to play Fontana. @29coachUsh @CoachStanford29 @KESQ
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Kevin Himes of Palm Desert has won play of the week honors for the first week of the 2021 high school football season. Himes earned the most votes over the weekend on our poll. Stay with Sports Director Blake Arthur and KESQ News Channel 3 throughout the high school football season for complete coverage. Watch
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It’s a whole new season! We’re back with week 1 of the local high school football season. Check out who came out on top to start the season off the right note. WEEK 1 Silverado – 14@Palm Desert – 33FPalm Springs – 28@Yucaipa – 34FXavier Prep – 26@St. Pius X – St. Matthias Academy –
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Week 1 of the high school football season is almost in the books. Last thing we need to do before heading into week 2, we need your help to pick our play of the week. Vote below and watch News Channel 3 at 6 p.m. to find out who won. Check Out: Highlights and scores
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Desert Mirage played just one game last season due to the ongoing pandemic and a lack of players. This season the Rams have a full roster and a full schedule, filling them excitement and gratitude for the opportunity to compete. Stay with Sports Director Blake Arthur and KESQ News Channel 3 throughout the high school
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Yucca Valley and 29 Palms are looking forward to finally playing some football but both teams are re-building their program. The Trojans played just two games in the shortened season, losing both of them. Meanwhile, the Wildcats went 3-1, which included a win over their rival YV. Stay with Sports Director Blake Arthur and KESQ
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Look out for the Lions in 2021. Cathedral City should be one of the top teams in the DVL. The Lions have legitimate title aspirations, especially after a 4-1 record in the shortened season. They’re also strong with senior talent, boasting two of the top players in the valley in QB Oshea Wallace and WR/DB
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Desert Hot Springs enters the 2021 season with Errol Wilson as their head coach. With Wilson, the Golden Eagles are trying to build a program that is fundamentally sound and plays a physical brand of football. DHS went 1-4 in the shortened season, losing all three league games. They’ll look to turn it around this
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Indio named Daniel Hayes their new head coach this off-season and are hoping he can get the program going in the right direction. The Rajahs went 1-3 in the shortened season, adding to their losing season streak. In fact, Indio hasn’t had a winning season since 2008-2009 when they went 6-4. This year, they’re hoping
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High school football is back! The 2021 season officially kicks off Friday, August 20th with the first week of games for many of our local teams. This year, barring any changes, our valley teams will play a full schedule after a shortened, make-up season this past Spring. Stay with Sports Director Blake Arthur and KESQ
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