IMPERIAL — Playing in the first bracket-advancing game of the annual Tiger Classic here on Wednesday, the Calipatria boys basketball team got off to a rip-roaring start against the Kearny High Komets, banking an early 17-5 lead, which grew to 26-11 by the end of the first quarter.
This year’s high school basketball season is still in its infancy, but there are a handful of information-dense games in the books and certain trends are beginning to emerge locally.
Editor’s note: This column is part of a continuing series examining how the current CIF playoff seeding system cam to be and how that formula is ap…
DIRIYAH, Saudi Arabia — It looks as though fame got to Andy Ruiz Jr.
BRAWLEY — After an opening night of competitive pool play games, Friday night’s action at the 2019 Brawley High Annual Varsity Girls Basketball tou…
HOUSTON — CASA of Imperial Valley will be a beneficiary Sunday when Royce Freeman and the Denver Broncos take the field at NRG Stadium here to batt…
So far this year the Imperial Valley League’s hottest (boys) soccer team is the Imperial Tigers. They’ve got everything: three wins, zero losses … …
IMPERIAL — Imperial Youth Football (and Cheer, to give the organization its full name) is heading back to Florida.
BRAWLEY — For those craving more than a spoonful of high school basketball there have been few options to be had locally so far this season. Enter …
The Calexico High School girls’ basketball team is under new management, with Amanda Gerardo Briseño taking over as head coach this year, but so fa…
HOLTVILLE — After dropping their opener to Southwest San Diego a week ago, the Holtville boys’ basketball team is officially in the win column, out…
EL CENTRO — It looks like this year’s Central Union High School softball team will have a pair NCAA Division I players on it. How often does that happen?
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…
On June 1 Andy Ruiz Jr. (33-1, 22 KOs) pulled off one of boxing’s all-time upsets by the odds. As an anywhere from 13-to-1 to 30-to-1 underdog (dep…
MISSION VALLEY — Long-time Brawley Union High School athletic director Billy Brewer was the recipient of the prestigious Bob Breitbard Meritorious …
Another year of high school football has come and gone, and with it come the annual announcement of the Imperial Valley and Manzanita All-League teams.
SAN DIEGO — The CIF-SDS cross country, held over the weekend at Balboa park here, were a mixed-bag for Imperial Valley schools.
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…
IMPERIAL — NBA basketball has what’s known as “schedule losses.” Generally speaking, these are losses that come on the second game of a back-to-bac…
SAN DIEGO — On Friday night, in the CIF-SDS Division III semifinals, the Central Union Spartans managed to do something no other team has this foot…
LA JOLLA — The Brawley Wildcats had themselves a win in their CIF-SDS Division III semifinal match versus the La Jolla Vikings Friday. It was right…
EL CENTRO — Despite being short-handed, the Central Union boys basketball team was in fine form on Thursday, opening the 2019-20 season with a domi…
EL CENTRO — Things started out so well for the Vincent Memorial Scots in their CIF-SDS Division V semifinal matchup against the Francis Parker Lanc…
INDIO — After opening the season Tuesday with a blowout win over Desert Mirage, the Calexico boys basketball team got a taste of its own medicine T…
BRAWLEY — The Brawley Union boys’ basketball squad, looking to bounce back from a sub-.500 2018-19 looks to be in fine form early on this year. On …
Brawley senior running back Blake Krigbaum is not merely a football player. Blake Krigbaum is a powder keg in pads.
The quarterfinal week of football playoff action was all about coming through (or else not coming through) in the clutch for Imperial Valley teams.
CALEXICO — Last season the Calexico High School boys’ basketball team enjoyed its first winning season in a very long time, finishing 16-10 (3-3 in…
For the most of the Imperial Valley — excepting the boys’ teams at Vincent Memorial and Calexico Mission — volleyball is safely in the rearview … u…
IMPERIAL — When Imperial High School senior Monique Carrasco heads off to college next year, she won’t have to adjust her color palette too drastically.
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…
CHULA VISTA — Looking up at the semi-Herculean task of pulling off a seven-over-two upset in a true road game with their season on the line in the …
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