BOYS SOCCER Marcos Garcia and Abraham Garcia scored late first-half goals as No. 3-ranked Farmersville broke loose from a 2-2 tie to defeat rival McFarland 5-3 in a battle of East Sierra League leaders. Miguel Laestra had a hat trick in a losing cause. BOYS SOCCER SCORES EAST SIERRA LEAGUE Farmersville 5, McFarland 3 F, [...]

Liberty-Madera Ranchos High football player Ben Cowger will hold a signing party at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the school’s career center. Cowger, the North Sequoia League Defensive Player of the Year and a member of The Bee’s All-Star team, is expected to sign with Sacramento State. Hot Stove to honor its Female Player of the [...]

A landmark decision in Central Section sports was made in a landslide manner Wednesday morning in Porterville, where the region’s board of managers approved a realignment proposal that will change the landscape of high school playoff competition. The move, set for two years beginning in the fall, shapes playoff divisions by individual sport and competitive [...]

Nine years in foster care is bound to make a mark on a young life. And it’s impossible not to see the scars in the artwork of Jamie Navarro. The 18-year-old, a senior student at Clovis West High School, created a pen drawing of a mother and child titled “All You Need Is Love.” The [...]

BOYS SOCCER Pablo Rodarte scored in overtime as Madera handed Central Section No. 4-ranked Buchanan its first loss in Tri-River Athletic Conference play, 3-2. Fernando Sanchez had a three-goal game for the third time this season to lead No. 8 Sunnyside in a 4-0 win against Roosevelt. Sanchez has 23 goals for the season. Cesar [...]

This is the one the wrestling junkies will be talking about in coffee shops this morning from Gilroy to Selma to Bakersfield and Santa Ana. This is the score that will shake the cups: Clovis High 55, Buchanan 7. “We knew we could shut them out,” Cougars 160-pound senior Tyler Ceremello said Wednesday night. Clovis [...]