Desirae Krawcyk, a graduate of Palm Desert High School and former tennis star for the Aztecs, is a two-time Grand Slam champion. She and her partner Neal Skupski of Great Britain won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon on Sunday morning. https://twitter.com/Wimbledon/status/1414295988781600769 The 27-year-old has now won back-to-back Grand Slams in mixed doubles. She won
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Palm Springs Power manager Casey Dill earned his 500th career win Saturday. The Power defeated the Palm Springs Collegiate League 16-8 in a showcase over the Fourth of July weekend. “It really just made me look back and think about all the places I’ve managed all the people I’ve gotten to coach with and all
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Palm Springs Power defeats the Palm Springs Collegiate League team 16-8 in a showcase on July 3, 2021.
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Click HERE to help the team make their trip to Nationals! A local girls soccer team raising money to help be able to compete in a major out of state tournament. The Coachella FC girls’ soccer team recently won the Southern California State Cup. The twelve and thirteen girls played 8 consecutive games without losing.
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The Palm Springs Power put it on the Force, again. And they did so after their manager didn’t mince words when asked about the Power’s rivals to the coast. Casey Dill = No chill. @CaseyDill22 @PSPowerBaseball @sdforcebaseball @williamswes @TaylorKESQ pic.twitter.com/g6BBWqaZIj— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) July 1, 2021 Following Dill’s epic rant, the Power swept their two-game
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College of the Desert will participate in athletics after all. Despite previous uncertainty surrounding the upcoming season, COD will allow athletics to be played for the 2021-2022 season. The Board of Trustees voted to approve this on Thursday, June 24. 🚨BREAKING🚨College of the Desert’s Board of Trustees has approved the return of football, basketball, soccer
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The Seattle Kraken will use the Charlotte Checkers as their American Hockey League affiliate for the first season of the newest NHL franchise. In partnership with the Florida Panthers, we’re excited to announce the Charlotte Checkers as our AHL affiliate, until we open our doors in Palm Desert. Learn more → https://t.co/HnQtLlNbsa pic.twitter.com/KDx5FxPnNN— Seattle Kraken
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The scouts were out at Palm Springs Stadium Friday night to watch a 30-year-old pitcher play for the Palm Springs Power, as he tries to make a return to professional baseball. Matt Swilley last played in an independent league in 2015. He had Tommy John surgery, and since then, he’s been giving pitching lessons in
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The Olympics are just about a month away, and a week before Opening Ceremonies, one local water polo team hopes to be competing in an Olympics of their own, the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics. “It’s, like, goals for everybody. It’s like the biggest tournament of the year,” said Jordan Baker, a Scorpions player from
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Thursday featured a little friendly competition with some bragging rights on the line for local head golf professionals. Thirty-seven of them teed off against each other in what was the first of the Desert Chapter PGA Summer Series. This edition was hosted by The Lakes Country Club in Palm Desert. The event was sponsored by
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Local wrestling phenom Beau Mantanona has made the USA Wrestling Cadet World Team which will compete in Budapest at the Cadet World Championships in July! Budapest Beau! Tonight at 6 in sports on @KESQ I’ll have more on local star wrestler @MantanonaBeau who’s headed to Hungary to represent our country! @pdhsofficial @USAWrestling @mantanona98 @LisaMantanona @TroyMantanona1
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Former valley track and field standout Jah Strange gave it his best shot but has come up short of making the USA track and field roster for the men’s triple jump. Looks like @JahStrange will come up short making @TeamUSA, finishing 11th out of 12 in final stage of @usatf qualifying in men's triple jump.
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Tickets and special packages for the 2021 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells were expected to go on sale on Monday, but unfortunately, tennis fans will have to wait a little longer to return to “Tennis Paradise.” Matt Van Tuinen, marketing director for the BNP Paribas Open, confirmed the delay. He told News Channel 3
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Coachella FC is headed to compete in a National Championship. The local girls soccer team recently won the Southern California State Cup, which earned them a spot in the Presidential regional tournament in Salt Lake City, where they won. Now regional champions, the 12 and 13-year-old girls will go to Iowa to compete for a
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Coachella Youth Golf teed off this week with its inaugural event at SilverRock Resort in La Quinta. It’s a new program aimed to provide young golfers competitive playing opportunities throughout the Coachella Valley. The non-profit organization is hosting multi-day stroke play events all summer at various local courses. And it’s not just youth golf. There
Continue Reading Local star Jah Strange is no stranger to success in athletics. Strange was a former KESQ student-athlete of the week, earning honors as a track and field star at Xavier Prep. He graduated in 2016. As a prep athlete, Strange dominated in the desert but also in the state. He was a two-time California state
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Coachella Youth Golf is a new program aimed to provide a way for local junior golfers, grades 6-12, to compete and grow the game. O.D. Vincent – Co-founder of Coachella Youth Golf”It’s so obvious that this is so needed in the valley. I just couldn’t believe it didn’t exist.” Randy Duncan – GM SilverRock”Here at
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Rancho Mirage soccer player Odette Ascencio and Xavier Prep football player Jack Howard have been named as our year winners for our Student Athlete of the Week segment. “I didn’t really expect anything. Coming back, I was just doing it because I wanted to and I love helping others and so it’s really nice to
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The Palm Springs Power are back! After missing last season due to the pandemic, the Power are back in Palm Springs for a new season, which started on Friday at Palm Springs Stadium. Fans were fired up to be back at the ballpark to check out the @PSPowerBaseball! Hot weather, cold beer and good baseball
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Local tennis standout Desirae Krawczyk is now known on the international stage after winning the mixed doubles title at the French Open on Thursday. All Smiles 🏆😁Joe Salisbury and Desirae Krawczyk put on a show in Thursday’s mixed doubles final. More on the British-American duo👇— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 10, 2021 The 27-year-old Krawczyk and her
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