Ponderosa Lions Club Annual Turkey Shoot
Title: Ponderosa Lions Club Annual Turkey ShootLocation: 30800 Spearhead Rd, just off of Auberry Rd in PratherLink out: Click hereDescription: Annual fundraiser with 22 rifle target shooting event and skeet shooting shotgun event. Participants have the opportunity to win a frozen turkey for the holidays.
Funds raised go to support community based programs such as the [...]
Ghoulish things to do for Halloween
There are a lot of ghoulish happenings to do Friday and Saturday for Halloween. Here’s a monstrous menu:
Fright Night Scream Park: The screams you hear coming from Sierra Vista Mall’s old movie theater aren’t because of a scary movie. It’s because Fright Night Scream Park has turned the space into a popular haunted destination, featuring [...]
Fresno County’s best educators earn honors
Top Fresno County educators were honored Thursday night at the annual Educator of the Year Awards at the Saroyan Theatre.
Nominees and finalists for school employee, administrator and teacher of the year were recognized for their dedication and outstanding work.
Kent Hammons, a special education teacher for the Fresno County Office of Education who works at Fresno [...]
Bullard looks good but has big problems
Bullard High’s continued journey toward an elusive prize — the 54-year program’s first Central Section football title — finds the Knights unbeaten, ranked in the Central Section and state, and way imperfect.
Problems? Major, and let’s count them:
*Quarterback Kerr Taubler: Out for at least a week with an elbow staph infection.
*Wide receiver Jajuan Hammond: [...]
Fall sports roundup 10/29
BOYS WATER POLO
Trevor Kolb scored his fourth goal of the game with 3:17 remaining, and No. 1 Clovis West successfully played keep-away the rest of the way for a 13-11 victory over No. 2 Buchanan that secured the Tri-River Athletic Conference title – and likely top seed in the Division I playoffs – for [...]
Ex-prep QBs take different paths on Pac-10 teams
There are two distinct ways to develop a quarterback.
The college careers of two former Clovis West High stars, Jeff Tuel and Beau Sweeney, just might determine which method is best.
Both freshmen at Pac-10 programs, Tuel and Sweeney exchanged handshakes and hugs Saturday in the aftermath of Cal’s 49-17 win against Washington State this past Saturday [...]
Strong winds held back birds’ escapes from hunters
Even though the howling winds arrived a few days too late, last weekend’s waterfowl hunting opener didn’t completely disappoint.
Despite warm weather and dry conditions, few hunters at public wildlife areas and private duck clubs left unhappy.
“From the 15 or 16 hunters I talked to, everyone had a pretty good opener,” said Jeff Carroll, chairman [...]
Fall sports roundup 10/28
GIRLS TENNIS
Shawna Ernst, twice beaten by Central’s Dao Chang in the Tri-River Athletic Conference, registered a 6-4, 6-3 victory over the Grizzlies this time as No. 7-seeded Clovis East defeated No. 10 Central 6-3 in the first round of the Division I playoffs. Ernst teamed with Jessie Allen for a 6-3, 6-3 doubles win [...]
Clovis High alum graduates from military training
Air Force Airman 1st Class Sam T. Bessinger graduated from basic
military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included
training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values,
physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an
associate [...]
Buchanan volleyball serves notice
Buchanan High, already the owner of seven Central Section volleyball championships, delivered a message Tuesday night.
The road to the Division I title again should go through the Bears’ gym.
Overcoming a meltdown in the fourth set, Buchanan rallied for a 25-21, 18-25, 26-24, 10-25, 15-11 victory over host Clovis West to all but clinch the Tri-River [...]
