Catcher Stephen Vogt (Central Valley Christian High) was named the Tampa Bay Rays’ Minor League Player of the Year. Vogt, 26, led the organization with 105 RBIs in 128 games at Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham. The RBIs are fourth best in Rays minor league history. The fifth-year pro batted .298 with 17 home runs [...]

TOP 20 TEAMS 1. Clovis (4-0) Next: at Sanger (1-2), Friday 2. Bakersfield (4-0) Next: vs. Golden Val. (1-1), Friday 3. Bullard (2-1) Next: at Clovis West (0-3), Friday 4. Memorial (3-0) Next: at Clovis North (3-0), Thursday 5. Centennial (1-2) Next: vs. North (1-1), Friday 6. Edison (2-1) Next: vs. Buchanan (1-2), Thursday 7. [...]

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS Exeter, avenging a 2-1 loss to Kingsburg in the championship of last weekend’s Visalia Invitational, received 29 assists and 18 digs from Jacque Hutcheson and 19 kills from Caitlin Marinos to rally past the Vikings 3-2 in a Central Sequoia League match. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL RESULTS NONLEAGUE Central Valley Christian 3, Clovis West [...]

Not many schools can boast about 100% scores in state math testing two years in a row. Liberty Elementary in Clovis Unified can, and teachers there credit a game for their success with the school’s fourth-graders. “The kids love it,” teacher Lori Curtis said. “They are doing the work and they don’t realize it.” Liberty [...]

Clovis Police arrested six men and one woman during the past week on suspicion of burglary in connection with 24 cases, spokeswoman Janet Stoll-Lee said. A 49-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of stolen property, including a gun, business checks, tools and other items. Two men, ages 24 and 20, were arrested [...]

A man who has been arrested at least 13 times, mostly on burglary charges, was arrested Tuesday morning in southeast Fresno after a neighbor saw him breaking into a home. Fresno Police Sgt. Walter Boston said the 20-year-old man pried open the back door of a home in the 600 block of South Chestnut Avenue [...]