Coachella Valley high school has named their head football coach for the foreseeable future, Bill Johnson! Coach Johnson stepped in as the interim head coach during this past, shortened pandemic season. In which he led the varsity team to a 4-0 record and his offense averaged 50 points per game, the best in the Desert […]
Yucca Valley high school has canceled their first game of the season this Friday against Desert Hot Springs, due to a few positive COVID-19 tests. The Trojans‘ football program is on pause for at least 10 days. The Desert Sun first broke the news Monday afternoon that two people within the Yucca Valley football program […]
All 23 high schools in the Coachella Valley are simultaneously trying to bring back winter, spring and even some fall sports. The planning process is mind-boggling for Athletic Director at Shadow Hills high school, Michael Walsh. “Lots of reading, I feel like I’m going through like reading a phone book almost every day about the […]
It has been a full year since the Palm Desert Aztecs’ girls soccer team has played a game, or even held a full practice. Aztecs girls’ head coach Chris Keuilian is just now preparing his team for their first full practice. “We had to pump up all the soccer balls again because we hadn’t touched […]
****UPDATE 3/9/21 11 PM: The Desert Empire League has made adjustments to their schedule: WEEK TWO: Palm Springs at La Quinta (Mike Gates Game) MOVED –> Thursday, April 1st WEEK THREE: Rancho Mirage at Palm Desert MOVED –> Thursday, April 8th WEEK FIVE: Xavier Prep at Shadow Hills MOVED –> Saturday, April 17th A date has […]
It is very possible that we are going to see outdoor sports in the valley. Riverside county’s case-rate number for COVID-19 is currently at 16.6 per 100,000 (As of 2/24). The state’s department of health said last week that in order for organized outdoor sports to play the county must be at 14 cases per […]
Across the desert and riverside county, coaches and community leaders are fighting to give high school football players a sense of normalcy, and hope for the future. That is why the Winner’s Circle created the club tackle football Champions League, and why Roman Pellum, stepped up to create a team for our kids in the […]
