A few hours after learning his Clovis West High baseball team was ranked No. 1 nationally by Baseball America, coach Kevin Patrick handed Eric Karch a ball and bat and said, “Carry us, buddy.” Oh, how did he. Opposing a team (Clovis East) and player (William Rosado) who dominated the Golden Eagles a month ago, [...]

Clovis Unified School District trustees will consider a pay cut proposal tonight as they continue to grapple with closing the district’s $28 million budget gap. Under the proposal, all employees will face 2% salary cuts this year and next year, as well as three unpaid furlough days. For teachers, those furlough days will fall on [...]

Robert Sandoval won’t be playing Division I basketball in college, but he’s hardly crying at the alternative: a scholarship worth nearly $40,000 annually to play basketball for NAIA national runner-up Azusa Pacific. “It’s been a very crazy and stressful process,” said The Bee Player of the Year from Clovis East High. “It felt right and [...]

Robert Sandoval won’t be playing Division I basketball in college, but he’s hardly crying at the alternative: a scholarship worth nearly $40,000 annually to play basketball for NAIA national runner-up Azusa Pacific. “It’s been a very crazy and stressful process,” said The Bee Player of the Year from Clovis East High. “It felt right and [...]

Highlights and box scores from Central Section baseball and softball games as reported to The Fresno Bee: BASEBALL Tyler Cook struck out 10 and went the distance as Chowchilla edged Yosemite 2-1. The Redskins broke up a scoreless game in the fifth with Sean Kinsley’s RBI double then Thomas Flanagan’s RBI single. Michael Isom outdueled [...]

The city of Fresno has agreed to another million-dollar-plus payout to settle claims that police used excessive force to break up a 2005 homecoming celebration for a soldier returning from Iraq. The city will pay $1.7 million to 10 family members who sued the city in U.S. District Court in Fresno for police brutality, the [...]