Central San Joaquin Valley recreational opportunities and announcements. Submit items and search for events using planitfresno.com. All numbers in 559 area code unless otherwise noted. BASEBALL SJV Winter Pro Camp: 6-8 p.m. Friday for all ages; noon-3 p.m. for ages 6-15, and 4-7 p.m. for 16 and over on Jan. 19-20. Figarden Loop Park, 394-9443, [...]

BOYS BASKETBALL Junior shooting guard Ronchel Ortal scored a game-high 28 points to put him past the 1,000-point mark as Orosi beat Kings Christian 56-46 in an East Sierra League game. Central, ranked No. 2 in the Central Section by The Bee, rode 35 points from Murshid Randle to a 72-49 Tri-River Athletic Conference-opening win [...]

GIRLS BASKETBALL – Junior guard Samantha Earl, in the biggest game of her three-year career, scored eight of her 33 points in OT while powering No. 6 Clovis to a 70-64 win at No. 1 Stockdale in a nonleague game that figures to have a major impact on Division I seeding in five weeks. The [...]

BOYS BASKETBALL Bullard, top ranked in the Central Section by The Bee, tuned up for Saturday’s clash with Central by getting 14 points apiece from Calvin Young and Adam Armstead in a 68-33 win over Clovis East. The defending Division I champion Knights and second-ranked Grizzlies tip off at 7 p.m. at Fresno City College. [...]

BOYS BASKETBALL Jason Black‘s rebound and put-back at the buzzer lifted Clovis over Saugus 66-65. Jose Flores led the Cougars with 21 points. Shakor Major scored 16 points as Washington defeated Ridgeview 54-42 to reach the Garces Holiday Hoops Challenge quarterfinals. Josue Salaam scored 12 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter as Hanford [...]

BOYS BASKETBALL Calvin Young had back-to-back blocks and a breakaway slam that electrified a packed gym as Bullard’s Central Section top-ranked boys basketball team burst to an 18-4 lead en route to a 70-54 victory over No. 2 Central at the 54th annual Holiday Invitational Tournament. Corey Silverstrom scored a game-high 15 points, while Adam [...]