By Jaime Rios Staff Writer – Clovis Sidekicks Clovis, CA (12/29/10) – With the start of a New Year, it is indeed that inevitably, changes will be made.  For the Clovis Sidekicks, it is without a doubt that certain changes will be made such that former Head Coach Milt Contreras, who led the team to [...]

Box scores from boys and girls Central Section basketball games as reported to The Fresno Bee: BOYS BOX SCORES SANTA BARBARA HOLIDAY CLASSIC Clovis West 45, San Marcos 44 Clovis West (10-3) 14 13 11 7 — 45 San Marcos (10-3) 14 7 10 13 — 44 CW: Denzel Johnson 19, T.J. Jackson 8, Derek [...]

BOYS BASKETBALL William Stallworth followed a 30-point game Monday with a 33-point effort as 11-0 Tulare – in pursuit of its first Polly Wilhelmsen Invitational title in 38 years – downed Hanford West 65-58 in the quarterfinals. An all-Tulare semifinal today will have the Redskins play Tulare Western, which had Jordan Maquinalez score 14 of [...]

Mother Nature walloped the Valley again Tuesday into Wednesday, dumping a record amount of rain on Fresno, breaching levees and flooding roads throughout the region. In the tiny northern Tulare County community of Seville, floodwaters inundated the local elementary school and five homes, forcing at least two families to flee. Four homes in Seville are [...]

Central Section powers Clovis East and Tulare highs delivered impressive opening-day performances as boys basketball tournaments cranked back up Monday. The Timberwolves won twice at the Clovis Elks Christmas Classic — receiving a combined 49 points from Antwoun Whitfield and Kevin Bailey to rout Hoover 85-62 before separating late from Stockdale for an 85-72 decision. [...]

BOYS BASKETBALL Alex Fertig, a junior guard who helped lead Buchanan into that D-I final against Clovis East, twice scored 22 points as Buchanan swept Memorial (71-55) and Hanford (83-42) at the Clovis Elks. Tulare’s William Stallworth, coming off an MVP performance at the Tulare Holiday Classic, scored 18 of his game-high 30 points in [...]