Archives: June, 2010
2010 Girls Track & Field All-Star Team
Grade: Junior She’s qualified because: Won four gold medals in the Central Section Grand Masters Track and Field Championships for the second year in a row, increasing her career total to a section-record nine. Then she won two golds and a silver at the CIF State Championships in the best performance by a section representative [...]
Sports briefs: Fresno fighter Frausto wins by knockout in MMA bout
Fresno fighter Frausto wins by knockout in MMA bout Fresno’s Zoila Frausto scored her first professional knockout, overwhelming world champion Rosi Sexton of England in the second round of their ultimate fight Thursday in Louisville, Ky. Frausto, who went to Madera High, flattened Sexton with a hard knee to the chin, then finished it with [...]
Some riders do Climb to Kaiser on tandem bikes
As if cycling 155 miles up some of Central California’s steepest roads isn’t hard enough. Each year, a handful of hardy souls insist on making the Climb to Kaiser even tougher. By riding it on a tandem. “Making it up those hills on a tandem is like moving an aircraft carrier,” ride co-coordinator Deanna Cox [...]
Another nickel for your margarita?
Wish I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard a politician, especially those in the Valley, say they were voting against something because they “were tired of nickel and diming the voters.” So, now we routinely cut millions in jobs and services, while cashiers opt not to give us back a penny in change “because [...]
Two winners chosen in 59 Days of Code project
The 59 Days of Code project sponsored by the Central Valley Business Incubator concluded Tuesday with the announcement of two winning teams. The project was designed to boost the awareness of software developers in the area. Fifteen teams displayed their Web- and mobile-based applications at the Clovis Veterans Memorial Building after working on them for [...]
Clovis in the Blogosphere
Looking for all-things Clovis online? In the past we presented a list of Clovis-related YouTube videos. We found only two: Clovis Wrestling: http://cloviswrestling.blogspot.com/ Clovis High Football: http://clovishighfootball.blogspot.com/ If you have a blog centered around some aspect of Clovis or know of one, let us know and we’ll post it on the site. Also, consider becoming [...]
