Central Section boys volleyball champion Clovis West High will open the eight-team Southern California Regional on Tuesday with a 7 p.m. home match against Thousand Oaks (15-5). The Golden Eagles (34-1) earned the No. 2 seed in Division I behind top-seeded Loyola (27-3) of the Southern Section. The Fresno Bee

Clovis West High looks to complete a perfect season when it faces rival Buchanan today for the Central Section Division I boys tennis championship. The top-seeded Golden Eagles are 26-0 after reaching the final — scheduled for 3 p.m. at Clovis West — with a 5-4 victory over Clovis last week. Clovis West enters the [...]

CENTRAL SECTION GRAND MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS BOYS Team scoring: 1, Buchanan 741/2; 2, Redwood 70; 3, Ridgeview 58; 4, Centennial 36; 5, Clovis East 311/2; 6, Bakersfield 29; 7, Central 28; 8, Clovis West 211/2; 9, tie, Stockdale 20; Madera 20. 100: 1, Richard Bourbon, Clovis East, 10.70 (w 3.8 mph); 2, Dillon Root, Redwood, 10.73; [...]

Clovis High baseball coach James Patrick, who feels participating in the Central Section playoffs should be a reward not an entitlement, was considering skipping the postseason a few weeks ago. That would have been comparable to the Yankees saying no in October, given Patrick’s credentials — a section second-best 548 career wins and seven titles [...]

The Kings County Sheriff’s Office is looking for two Huron men in connection with the shooting death of another man at a convenience store in Avenal late Saturday. The suspects are Iscander Madrigal, 20, and Christian Lopez, 19, the Sheriff’s Office said. They are wanted on murder charges. The unidentified victim was shot about 11:40 [...]

Fresno’s violent crime rate rose 5.4%, while property crimes declined 4.9% from 2008 to 2009, Police Chief Jerry Dyer said Monday. By contrast, the national rate dropped about 5%, the FBI reported Monday. Street robberies were the primary reason for the rise in violent crimes in 2009, Dyer said. Murders in Fresno were up slightly [...]