The Visalia Rawhide are looking for a trifecta–hoping to win their Division title again for the third consecutive year. Head Coach JR House returns this season following last year’s 84-56 record, the best in the California League. The former major league catcher found coaching a natural fit for him and looks forward to another successful […]
The East-West All-Star Football Game is coming up this summer and will feature the best players in Tulare, Kings and parts of Kern counties. The game will be played at Golden West High School’s Groppetti Community Stadium. The head coaches named were Hanford High School’s Josh Young for the West, and Exeter High School’s Chris […]
The 2016 Redwood Rangers Softball team is coming off a year in which it reached the Valley Championship for the third straight season, tallying a 24-9 record. The Rangers have played in the championship game in the 2013, 2014, and 2015 seasons, winning it all in 2014 over Kingsburg High School. Head Coach Bob Rooney, […]
The 2015 Tulare Western football team hopes to go a couple of steps further than the 2013 and 2014 versions. Coming off back-to-back 7-4 seasons and losing in the playoffs, Head Coach Ryan Rocha wants his team to finish out the season strong and be able to win in the playoffs. Rocha, who is in […]
The Rawhide won the first two games of the Northern Division playoffs against the San Jose Giants at home, Sunday night with one game left to clinch the Division. If the Rawhide clinch the series, it will be on to the California League Finals for the second year in a row, starting Thursday, September 17. […]
Porterville College President Dr. Rosa Carlson and Vice President of Student Services Val Garcia have announced the hiring of Joe Cascio as the college’s new Director of Athletics and Student Programs. Cascio comes to Porterville after serving as Director of Athletics at Long Beach City College. Prior to LBCC, Joe directed the athletic programs at […]
The Visalia Rawhide only have a few weeks left in the regular season. Once the regular season concludes, they will begin the playoffs for the second season in a row and look to head back to the California League Championship game for a second consecutive season. Rawhide manager J.R. House believes his team is ready, […]
Some may think that umpiring in the minors is easier than in the major leagues. Others feel it is more difficult. While there is no instant replay, nor umpire review, there are fewer umpires to judge plays at the minor-league level. Jeff Gorman and Chris Graham are a two-man team who umpire the California League […]
The walls of Monte Moore’s home tell stories. The photos, awards and other memorabilia speak tales of his days in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri broadcasting college sports, to his career as a television broadcaster for the Oakland A’s and NBC sports, and on to his radio station-owning days broadcasting local high school games to Tulare […]
The Visalia Rawhide offense has been trying to keep a consistent approach this season and this has been a big reason for their success up to the All-Star break. Jon Matthews, Rawhide hitting coach, attributes the offensive success to the work that’s being done before the games. “I try to tell the guys to have […]