Justine Vela pitched in just six games as a freshman for Stockdale High last season.But Central softball coach Scott Gorton remembers one of them quite well.Vela fired a four-hitter in Stockdale’s 2-1 victory over Central at the Buchanan Preseason Tournament.

They have won 98 games in four years.They are 84-12 in the past three.They were top seeds in the past two.But no Central Section baseball title for coach Mike Curran, pitcher/infielder Andrew Rich and the Washington High Panthers.And here they are again, in the semifinals for the fourth straight year, this time in Division IV.

No one is sure — not even Jordan Hasay herself — what kind of time the state’s three-time 3,200-meter champion from Mission Prep will deliver in this year’s finals. “I’m back,” she said after coasting to a 10:30.04 winning time in Saturday’s Central Section championships at Buchanan.

In a time when salaries around the country are being slashed, one local school district has found a way to reward its workers with a pay bump.Clovis Unified School District full-time employees could get that unexpected bonus before the school year ends — a reward for staying healthy.

Clovis police are using a grant from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to target bars and liquor stores selling alcohol to minors. Officers use underage decoys who attempt to buy alcohol at area locations. Any bartender or clerk who sells the decoy faces fines of $1,000 or more.

A 31-year-old Clovis man and his 17-year-old stepson from Merced were arrested early Sunday after stabbing each other during an argument at a family birthday party in Clovis, police said.