Thirteen feet is a special figure and one rarely attained in high school girls pole vaulting. But Clovis West High’s Anginae Monteverde can feel it now, especially after clearing 12-6 with little training three weeks ago in Kingsburg. “Making 13 has been my goal since the summer,” the senior said. “And this is a good [...]

Box scores from Central Section baseball and softball games as reported to The Fresno Bee: BASEBALL BOX SCORES NONLEAGUE Hanford West 6, Hoover 2 Hoover (0-1) 100 100 0 — 2 5 3 Hanford West (1-0) 102 210 x — 6 10 1 WP: Eian Raeber (1-0, 4IP, 7K). LP: Connor Howes (0-1). Sv: Michael [...]

Bullard and Buchanan will play a Saturday doubleheader for the boys and girls Valley soccer championships. No. 2-seeded Buchanan girls and No. 1 Bullard will play at 5 p.m. at McLane Stadium in the Central Section Division I championship. The Central Section D-I boys final – No. 3 Bullard vs. No. 1 Buchanan – is [...]

BASEBALL HIGHLIGHTS Defending D-I champion Buchanan – also No. 1 in The Bee’s preseason rankings – beat Frontier 2-1 to split a season-opening doubleheader. Dominic Topoozian earned the win, and Seth Moranda and Pat Sylvia both drove in runs. Frontier, ranked No. 7, won the opener 8-3 as Shane Sudsbury went 2 for 4 with [...]

Box scores from boys Central Section basketball playoff games as reported to The Fresno Bee: BOYS BOX SCORES CENTRAL SECTION PLAYOFFS DIVISION I Central 43, Clovis 42 Central (10-16) 6 9 12 16 — 43 Clovis (15-12) 10 9 17 6 — 42 Ce: Kellan Howard 4, L.J. Moore 11, Darryl Hardy 12, Murshid Randle [...]

Top-seeded Buchanan advanced to the D-I championship with a 3-0 victory against No. 4 Liberty-Bakersfield and increased its unbeaten streak to 15 straight. The Bears (20-2-2) will host No. 3 Bullard (13-9-2) at 1 p.m. Saturday for the title. J.P. Medina, Isaiah Trejo and Nathan Toto all scored for the Bears, who haven’t lost since [...]