Here at Acrisure Arena, Firebirds fans know the players by their play on the ice, but how about off the ice? As the holiday is in full swing, I caught up with the team about their favorite traditions and so much more. “For sure, the Christmas story is a big one for me,” head coach Derek
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Cub Swanson recently earned a knockout victory over Billy Quarantillo. CUB SWANSON TURNS BACK THE CLOCK 😱@CubSwanson | #UFCTampa pic.twitter.com/kOLMsAPr6C— UFC (@ufc) December 15, 2024 At 41 years old, he picked up his 30th win in likely the final fight of his career. But who knows. What we do know is that Cub is one
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The Desert Elite Showcase featured the very best varsity players from the entire Coachella Valley. Team West defeated Team East, 28-16, at Indio high school on Saturday night. The game did end early as the referees called the game after an all out fight broke out. The 7th and 8th grade game beforehand was a
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the Ontario Reign 4-2 on Saturday at Toyota Arena. It was all Firebirds in the opening period. Lleyton Roed and Brandon Biro scored the two goals for the 2-0 lead. Birds take the lead 1-0 pic.twitter.com/ieZJUWiu0T— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) December 22, 2024 2-0 us 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/8xC6djok6h— Coachella Valley
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the Ontario Reign 4-1 on Friday at Acrisure Arena. The Firebirds opened the scoring after Jani Nyman tallied his ninth goal of the year in the first period. 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/xf1e89pInn— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) December 21, 2024 The Reign took over for the rest of the game. Francesco Pinelli
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the San Jose Barracuda on Wednesday at Acrisure Arena. The Firebirds wasted no time to start the scoring. Logan Morrison scored only 34 seconds off the left circle in the opening period. we take the lead within the first min of the game 😎 pic.twitter.com/0ufWh6Mjo3— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds)
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Palm Springs point guard Jayse Creavalle is this week’s student-athlete of the week. Jayse Creavalle has really done it all here at Palm Springs High School. He’s a three-year starter and a three-time first-team, all-league player, but head coach Chris Howard knew he would be a star from the jump. “I mean, just as far
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Several of the PGA Tour’s top players will take part in the 2025 American Express tournament next month in La Quinta.  Media Day for @theamexgolf on the new-look Stadium Course. Place is so good right now. Firm and fast – just pure as can be. Fun day had by all! @PGAWESTGOLF @KESQ pic.twitter.com/gRLyI1WtHP— Blake Arthur
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Calgary Wranglers 4-2 on Sunday at Acrisure Arena. The Firebirds wasted no time to get on the board first. Ben Meyers went five hole and scored the loan goal in the opening period. YEAH BEN pic.twitter.com/iJ80s9ndGE— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) December 15, 2024 In the second period, both teams
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Calgary Wranglers 3-1 on Saturday at Acrisure Arena. Wow. The Firebirds get back in the win column after defeating the Pacific Division and Western Conference leading Wranglers 3-1. We’ll have to see if the birds can sweep the weekend series. @KESQ @BlakeArthur24— Kenji Ito (@KenjiitoKESQ) December 15, 2024 The
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds fell to the San Jose Barracuda 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday night at Acrisure Arena. Former Firebirds Andrew Poturalski and Jimmy Schuldt returned to the Coachella Valley for the first time and were honored during the first period. As soon as the puck dropped, it was all business. Barracuda captain
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Before leaving for Seattle to play with the Kraken, Forward Ryan Winterton left a mark on the Coachella Valley Firebirds this season, tallying a team-high 15 points. “He’s found some confidence in his game, and he’s got a couple of shorthanded goals, and he’s trying to play with that confidence to push that progress forward,”
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Coachella Valley center midfielder Aida Sanchez is this week’s student-athlete of the week. “A lot of times with her, it’s just kind of letting her take the lead with actions,” head coach Francisco Morales said. “Not necessarily just constantly being told what to do because her own instincts of how she leads the team and
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Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 ranked player in the world, has committed to compete in the 2025 American Express. Get ready 📢World No. 1, Scottie Scheffler, joins the 2025 lineup. pic.twitter.com/j3BpVepmQQ— The American Express ® (@theamexgolf) December 9, 2024 The 28-year-old returns to the desert for the fifth time in his career. Fresh off his
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the San Jose Barracuda 2-1 on Sunday at Tech CU Arena. The Firebirds opened up the scoring as Nikolas Brouillard found the back of the net nine minutes and 36 seconds in the first period. Bru gets us on the board 🚨1-0 us pic.twitter.com/SJdB5yKsSK— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) December
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Texas Stars on Thursday night at Acrisure Arena by the final score of 6-4, scoring three goals in the final five minutes of the game. Big win for the Birds tonight over the Stars as the power play breaks out with 3 goals. Ben Meyers had 3 of his
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Palm Desert resident Trae Cassell won the California Senior-Am at Monterey Peninsula Country Club back in November. Trae Cassell rebounded from an opening round 77 to card a second round 66 (the championship low round) and arguably an even better final round 71 to win this year’s California Senior Amateur Championship by four shots at
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The Firebirds fell to the Henderson Silver Knights on Tuesday night at Acrisure Arena by a final score of 4-3. Silver Knights were on 6-game skid and only had 8 points on the entire season until tonight's win in Coachella Valley. https://t.co/UiHyoEO4h6— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) December 4, 2024 Coachella Valley out-shot Henderson 38-21 but were
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Indio guard Jeremy Corona-Rodriguez is this week’s student-athlete of the week. Jeremy Corona Rodriguez, or who the Rajahs call beast, lives up to the name on the football field and hardwood as, the transition to excel in both sports is quite simple for the senior guard. “I’ve always been ready for basketball,” Rodriguez said. “Football
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AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell says it was a really easy decision to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the presence of three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani played a part, too. Snell was introduced Tuesday at Dodger Stadium accompanied by his agent Scott
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