LOCAL DISABLED CHILD IS INSPIRATION BEHIND AN EFFORT TO COLLECT WHEELCHAIRS FOR WORLDWIDE OUTREACH FRESNO, Calif., Joni and Friends Central California is holding a wheelchair drive in Fig Garden Village, Saturday, November 14, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Over 20 million people worldwide need a wheelchair, but can’t afford or access one.  Joni and [...]

BOYS WATER POLO No. 5 Madera gave No. 2 Buchanan all it could handle, with Brandon Ruggeberg’s third goal tying the score 6-6 with 3:28 to play. But Kyle Kittlitz answered with his third goal with 3:05 to go and goalie Will Rhodes made two of his nine saves in the final 2 1/2 minutes [...]

BOYS Overall: 1. Buchanan, 2. Madera South, 3. Clovis West, 4. Stockdale, 5. McFarland, 6. Clovis, 7. Ridgeview, 8. Madera, 9. Roosevelt, 10. Highland, 11. Shafter, 12. Avenal, 13. Parlier, 14. Tulare Western, 15. Golden West, 16. Wasco, 17. Sunnyside, 18. Bullard, 19. East Bakersfield, 20. Clovis North Division I: 1. Buchanan, 2. Clovis West, [...]

This was a County/Metro Athletic Conference game at Sunnyside Stadium on Friday night that joined two of the coaching pillars of Central Section football – Clovis North High’s Tim Simons and Hoover’s Pat Plummer. They arrived with a combined 401 victories in 57 seasons. Then the game started and another man took over. He goes [...]

The top two football teams in the Central Section each used a big second half to pull away for victories Friday night. Lance Orender passed for four touchdowns – three to Jacob East – as No. 1 Buchanan defeated No. 8 Clovis West 38-14 in a Tri-River Athletic Conference game. No. 2 Bullard got three [...]

To say Matt Lea was in the right place at the right time would be selling the Central High special teams dynamo way short. The 5-10, 175-pound sophomore blocked not one but two kicks – each returned for touchdowns – as the sixth-ranked Grizzlies pulled away from No. 16 Clovis East for a 20-7 Tri-River [...]