As the Visalia Rawhide looks forward to the possibility of postseason playoffs again this year, two other California League teams, the Bakersfield Blaze and the High Desert Mavericks of Adelanto in San Bernardino County, face the last few games of their existence. The Blaze held its last regularly scheduled home game on Sunday in a […]
The Exeter High School Football team will be starting their 2016 campaign in just a few weeks, coming off of an 8-4 season in 2015. The Monarchs also made the playoffs, but lost in the second round to Cesar Chavez High School. In preparing for this new season, Head Coach Chris Frankland is trying to […]
With more than 18 years of experience working for the California Community College system, Fresno native Eric Mendoza will be the first Associate Dean of Athletics at West Hills College Coalinga. Mendoza will fill the position in August for the fall semester and comes to the role with many years of experience in athletics and […]
The Visalia Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting its second Central California Pickleball Tournament of the year on Friday, October 21st through Sunday, October 23rd at the Plaza Park Tennis Complex. For those not familiar with Pickleball, it is a sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis, table tennis and volleyball. It is played […]
Calling all Tulare & Kings County high school baseball & softball players! The Rawhide Baseball Foundation for Kids will be hosting the first of what will be an annual Hitting Challenge competition for high school baseball & softball athletes on Wednesday, September 7th @ 6pm. Applications are now available at www.RawhideBaseball.com. The selection committee is […]
College of the Sequoias alumni Deajah Stevens will run Monday, August 15, in the women’s 200 meter first round with the ultimate goal of going for Olympic gold. The former Giant, now a University of Oregon Duck, calls the Olympics her Super Bowl and only originally dared to dream of reaching them during the 2020 […]
Courtesy of an 8-3 victory over the Bakersfield Blaze at Sam Lynn Ballpark on Tuesday, June 14, the Visalia Rawhide have officially clinched the California League’s First-Half North Division Championship in 2016. The Rawhide will earn a first round bye in the California League Playoffs come September thanks to their effort and it marks the […]
Three members of the West Hills College Coalinga basketball team have been given the opportunity to continue their college basketball careers at universities post-graduation and were acknowledged in a recent signing ceremony. Stephon Gordon and Stephen Glassco signed with the University of Arkansas at Monticello while DeQuan Doyle signed with West Virginia State University. “It […]
Porterville High School wrestling coach and Monache High School graduate Tim Vanni isn’t your ordinary high school coach. He is also an Olympic wrestler. Vanni represented the United States in Seoul, South Korea, in 1988, and Barcelona, Spain in 1992. Vanni’s initial reaction to becoming an Olympian back in 1988 was a feeling of determination. […]
College of the Sequoias Equestrian Team member Jamie Thompson placed 7th in the nation last weekend at the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association National Championships (IHSA) held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Over 400 schools compete as members of IHSA. Thompson, a Visalia native, majors in Animal Science at COS and plans a […]