SAN DIEGO — It was a good year for high school softball in the Imperial Valley. Three local schools (Brawley, Central and Southwest) crested 20 wins on the season, and six (the three previously noted, plus Calipatria, Imperial and Holtville) made it to the playoffs, with Central rallying all…
The Imperial 11U All-Stars pose with their banner after winning the local District 22 Little League Tournament this weekend. The team had a dominant showing at the event. They won all three of their games by a margin of 13 or more, topping the El Centro All-Stars 16-3 on Friday, Calipatria 2…
BRAWLEY — As Andy Ruiz Jr. shouted, “Mom, we don't have to struggle no more,” after winning the world heavyweight boxing championship earlier this …
Today is Andy Ruiz Jr. Day.
EL CENTRO — Imperial Valley athletics had a glow-up day on Wednesday, as some of the area’s best and brightest were honored at the 2019 Imperial V…
SANTEE — The IVGSL 10U All-Star Team is heading to the Southern California All-Star Class C State Championships in Lancaster for the second straigh…
Editor’s note: This column is part of a continuing series examining how the current CIF playoff seeding system came to be and how that formula is …
IMPERIAL — Imperial Valley Flipz has a new home. The combination cheerleading/gymnastics gymnasium has moved on from the Main Street El Centro prem…
IMPERIAL — The end of school and the rise of the thermometer also heralds the start of the summer athletic skills camps for youth.
Pssst! Hey, not sure if you heard, but there was some pretty big sports news that hit our sunbaked vale a couple of weeks ago. We had a local boy, …
BRAWLEY — The number of former Valley-dwellers playing professional sports is about to grow by two, with former Brawley Wildcats Tristen Carranza a…
Editor’s note: This column is part of a continuing series examining how the current CIF playoff seeding system came to be and how that formula is a…
EL CENTRO — This weekend the baseball fields at Sunflower Park were abuzz with activity. There were no bats or mitts anywhere to be found, but the…
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LONDON — It seems like Anthony Joshua hasn’t had enough.
SAN DIEGO — The Imperial Valley United Futbol Club B2008 squad won the San Diego Youth Soccer League 2008 Division with a 2-1 win here Sunday.
EL CENTRO — Here’s one for “Strange Tales”: On Saturday, around 6:30 p.m., 27 high school baseballers from eight different schools showed up at Cen…
Editor’s note: This column is part of a continuing series examining how the current CIF playoff seeding system came to be and how that formula is …
NEW YORK — Stop the presses, and/or social media feeds, because the biggest Valley sports story of about ever just dropped from the sky like an atom bomb.
BRAWLEY — Juan Rodriguez is California’s finest. It’s indisputable. He’s got the gold medals to prove it.
EL CENTRO — Central Union High School baseball shortstop Deniro Osuna and softball pitcher-slugger Janyssa Martin led this year’s All Imperial Val…
Last weekend the cream of the California track-and-field crop descended on the Fresno-adjacent burgh of Clovis to see who amongst them rated as the…
Members of the Dynamo El Centro 2011 Team pose with some hefty hardware after winning the Liga Menor de Valle spring season championship in Calexic…
BRAWLEY — June 5 will be a momentous day for Brawley Union High School baseball coach Pedro Carranza. Not only will he be honored in a pregame cere…
Editor’s note: This column is part of a continuing series examining how the current CIF playoff seeding system came to be and how that formula is a…
SAN DIEGO — It’ll be a bannerless year for Central Union High.
EL CENTRO — One thing that’s fun about national championships is that they can be colloquially referred to as a “natty,” as in, “we’re going to the.”
SANTEE — The Valley is out … of the CIF-SDS Division II softball playoffs, that is.
SAN DIEGO — All season long the Southwest Eagles have been dreaming the impossible dream, hoping to take last year’s CIF-SDS championship run and …
Editor’s note: This column is part of a continuing series examining how the current CIF playoff seeding system came to be and how that formula is a…
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