One phone call changed his plans. One shot changed a whole lot more for Derek Ernst. Six days after the Clovis East High graduate received a call that he was in the Wells Fargo Championship as the fourth alternate, the 22-year-old rookie found himself one shot out of the lead and 192 yards away from [...]

Phil Mickelson and Nick Watney wound up tied for the lead Saturday at the PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship, but minus much in the way of separation from the rest of the field. Mickelson hit a shot out of bounds on the 15th hole and hit another that struck a spectator in the head, costing [...]

Jack Labosky defined it in the only three words that matter: “Championship Friday night.” That will be the stage at Clovis North High at 6:30 p.m., when the Central Section’s second-ranked Broncos oppose No. 1 Buchanan for not only the Tri-River Athletic Conference baseball title but surely the top seed in the Division I playoffs [...]

As the Central Section’s two-year reigning champion in boys volleyball and a seven-time titlist overall, it’s not as if Buchanan High needs to make a statement. Yet the Bears did Tuesday night at Clovis — twice. The first took about 2 minutes when Colin Van Loon and David Wiechmann delivered solo blocks of Cougars outside [...]

BASEBALL – McCarthy Tatum’s sacrifice fly broke a tie in the seventh and he pitched a three-hitter to outduel Jack Wheeless (10-1) as No. 3 Clovis won 4-3 at Buchanan — No. 1 in the section and No. 5 in the state. Clovis North, No. 2 in the section and 11 in the state, is [...]

Phillip Thomas has been told by those with NFL connections he’s a “solid” second-round pick. Not that the All-America safety from Fresno State puts too much stock into that. They’re just projections and Thomas refuses to get caught up in the when or the where — he just wants to get drafted at some point. [...]