CENTRAL SECTION PLAYOFFS Today All games 4:30 p.m. unless noted Division I: No. 5 Clovis at No. 1 Buchanan, 6 p.m.; No. 3 Clovis West at No. 2 Stockdale Division II: No. 8 Lemoore at No. 5 Edison; No. 3 North at No. 2 El Diamante Division III: No. 4 Golden Valley at No. 1 [...]

That top seeds Clovis West and Buchanan highs each won Tuesday to advance to Thursday’s Central Section Division I baseball championship isn’t unusual. How they got there is — and through a steady, late-May rain, no less. In a late-afternoon game at Buchanan, the No. 2 Bears overcame an early 3-0 deficit, and received five [...]

There’s a certain something special Clovis West High coach Bob McCarthy has felt in his boys volleyball team all year. “I think this has been a team of destiny,” he said after the second-seeded Golden Eagles beat No. 7 Thousand Oaks 25-21, 25-15, 27-25 at home Tuesday and became the first Valley team to win [...]

DINUBA — Porterville High’s Nate Jessup admittedly played the front nine at Ridge Creek Golf Club rather conservatively during the Central Section Individual Golf Championships. “I was just plopping along,” Jessup said. “Nothing real special. My goal was to just keep it in the fairway and make some putts.” The senior took a more aggressive [...]

Kingsburg High held off Central Sequoia League rival Immanuel for a 5-4 victory Tuesday and its third straight Central Section Division IV boys tennis championship. It came down to No. 2 doubles, where Luke Gramza and Isaac Raven rallied from down 5-4 in the second set to prevail 6-1, 7-5 over Chris Bridges and Nick [...]

Clovis West achieved perfection in boys tennis with a second straight Central Section Division I championship. The top-seeded Golden Eagles dominated No. 2 Buchanan 8-1 Tuesday to complete a 27-0 season — matched only by the 1997 team’s 31-0 record. Seconds after senior left-hander Brice Austin clinched the program’s 14th section title at No. 4 [...]