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Conflict, MMA event set for June 21
Four Strikeforce veterans will headline the next installment of The Warriors Cage Mixed Martial Arts card, “Conflict,” at Eagle Mountain. The event will be held on June 21 at the Eagle Mountain Ev... Full story

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Conflict, MMA event set for June 21
Four Strikeforce veterans will headline the next installment of The Warriors Cage Mixed Martial Arts card, “Conflict,” at Eagle Mountain. The event will be held on June 21 at the Eagle Mountain Event Center. The fights will begin at 8 p.... Full story
Pascoe could fill in at fullback
Henry Hynoski, the starting fullback for the New York Giants football team, will undergo surgery today for a knee injury he suffered in Wednesday during offseason practice for the Giants. Hynoski said he believes he will be able to return in time fo... Full story
Golfers finish season at Valley
The boys golf season wrapped up for four local golfers on Tuesday in the Valley Individual Championships at Madera Country Club. For Monache, Brandon Swearingen shot an 88, Austin Badders fired a 93 and Colton Phillips added a 95 while Porterville H... Full story
Portervlle Little League Final Standings
Final regular season standings:DOUBLE A             W L TAstros    8  2 4 Cubs      7  2 5Brewers 8  6 Rangers 4  5 5 Mets &n... Full story
Hynoski injury could impact Pascoe
It was just the first day of offseason practices for the New York Giants football team, but an injury to Henry Hynoski could mean a move back to fullback for Bear Pascoe. The Giants held their first day of what will be a series of offseason practice... Full story
McGinn shoots 84 at Valley
Porterville High’s Billy McGinn shot an 84 in the Valley Individual Golf Championships on Tuesday in Madera. McGinn, a sophomore making his first trip to Valley, fired a 40 on the front nine and a 44 on the back nine for a score that was good ... Full story
Locals chosen for all-star baseball game
Five players from the city of Porterville have been chosen to play in the 53rd annual Exeter Lions Tulare-Kings East-West All-Star Baseball Game. The game will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 1 in Exeter. Porterville High’s Tyler Davis and Jo... Full story
Citrus softball team wins title
The Citrus High softball team recently won the Tulare-Kings Counties Invitional Tournament after entering the event as the No. 3 seed. Citrus beat No. 2 seed Tulare Tech Prep 15-11 and then beat the No. 1 seed, unbeaten Jamison of Lemoore 15-11 inthe... Full story
MHS has just three on all-EYL 1st, 2nd teams
Simmonds, Emerson, Dale on first team
Since the Monache softball won the East Yosemite League title outright, one would think the Marauders led in all-East Yosemite League selections. Not the case. Monache had just two players named to the all-EYL first team — Paige Simmonds and D... Full story
Monache wins second straight EYL sports title
The Monache athletic program has done it again. For the second straight year, Monache won the East Yosemite League all-sports competition for the 2012-2013 school year. Schools in the EYL are awarded points for their finish in all varsity sports dur... Full story
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PC baseball finishes with loss
How the Porterville College baseball team finished the season was pretty much representative of how the entire season went for the Pirates. Porterville showed its share of improvement this season, but also showed inconsistency throughout the year, a... Full story
PC baseball beats COS
The Porterville College baseball team has had its share of big wins this season, but on Thursday the Pirates may have picked up their sweetest win of them all. Porterville won 5-4 at the College of the Sequoias to pick up its 12th win of the year an... Full story
PC softball finishes with split
SOFTBALLPC SPLITSPorterville College finished a somewhat disappointing season by splitting a doubleheader at West Hills on Tuesday, winning the opener 9-5 and losing the nightcap 7-4. Ashley Keener finished her career at PC with a bang, going 7-for-8... Full story
PC baseball falls to Fresno
FRESNO 12, PC 4Porterville College jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first, but it was all downhill from there against Central Valley Conference frontrunner Fresno City. Fresno scored seven runs in the fourth to take a 12-2 lead. Offensively for PC, D... Full story
PC baseball beats West Hills
BASEBALLPC 6, WEST HILLS 1Porterville College’s Jaime Good (5-2) continued his outstanding pitching, going 8 1/3 innings for the win. Good allowed one run on seven hits while striking out five and walking two. Kurt Rathjens struck out both hitt... Full story
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Monge, Goulbourne sign with DII schools
The paths of Amanda Monge and Katrina Goulbourne have certainly crossed over the past two years while both have been an integral part of Porterville College women’s athletics. But, the two have never had the chance to play together. Ironically... Full story
Merced sweeps PC softball
MERCED 11-11, PC 10-3Porterville College hit the ball well, but struggled defensively in being swept by Merced on Tuesday. Merced came back to win the opener 11-10 and won the nightcap 11-3. Porterville banged out 20 hits in the opener, but left 12 ... Full story
PC baseball shuts out Merced
PC 3, MERCED 0Porterville College played the role of spoiler as Tyler Czech, Jaime Good and Dakota Kirkman combined on a nine-hit shutout for PC at Pirate Stadium. But again as has been the recipe when PC has been sucessful this season, Czech, Good a... Full story
PC softball falls to Reedley
REEDLEY 8, PC 3Freshmen Rocio Lupio, a Porterville High graduate, and Kaitlyne Thompson, a Monache graduate, sparked a three-run rally in the seventh to give Reedley an 8-1 lead against Porterville College. Lupio led off with a walk and Thompson hit ... Full story
Pirates mauled by Tigers on the road
Lady Pirates earn 2-2 record at Ventura College Tournament
It was Porterville College who put the first runs on the board Saturday at Reedley College, but it was the Tigers who had the final word against the Pirates baseball team, as it put together a convincing 11-4 win. In the top of the second inning, se... Full story
Orange Belt athletes are honored
Another year is in the books for Orange Belt high school athletes, with the 2012-2013 sports season coming to a close. Over the next few weeks, the Porterville Recorder will honor the Orange Belt’s top athletes during the spring sports season f... Full story
Locals set for Valley swim, track
It could be a memorable weekend in the pool and on the track for local athletes. A large number of athletes from Porterville, Monache, Strathmore and Granite Hills High Schools will compete in the Valley Swimming and Track Championships this weekend... Full story
Section looks to curb demands on athletes
With the year-round demands on high school athletes continuing to increase, the California Interscholastic Federation Central Section is looking at ways to curbing those demands. The section’s governing body made up of representatives from acr... Full story
One venue for title games possible
Bulldog Stadium, Rec Park possible sites
While coaches still look to be hesitant about the idea because of competitive reasons, a growing movement to hold Valley Championship games in all divisions at one site seemed to gain some more momentum at the California Interscholastic Federation Ce... Full story
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No need to lend Ruiz a hand
He plays golf virtually one-handed
Ismael Ruiz is left-handed for an obvious reason. But Ruiz still plays golf right-handed, which is really a loose term to describe how he plays the game since he effectively doesn’t have a right hand at all. Born essentially without a right ha... Full story
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SoCal Juniors seek higher level of play
Job Lara watches over a setting drill and doesn’t like what he sees. “Don’t be here and give anything less than your best,” Lara told his group of volleyball players. “Get better.” Lara, who has served as Strathm... Full story
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Kouyoumtjian, Wynn are excelling
Porterville obviously has a great legacy in wrestling. And now it’s not just on the boys side in which Porterville is excelling. Porterville is beginning to establish a legacy in girls wrestling as well. This year, six girls from the community... Full story
Little League First Pitch Dinner
Porterville Little League Baseball is still in its opening week of the season, which will culminate on Saturday with a first-time event for the league, its First Pitch Dinner. After an opening day last Saturday, which Porterville Little League presi... Full story
The Popcorn Stand: What if the 'Arabs' played musical chairs?
The Popcorn Stand is peridiocally featured (actually whenever Recorder Sports Editor Charles Whisnand wants to write it) on the Recorder web site and the Porterville Recorder Facebook page. It features Whisnand’s musings (actually whatever he w... Full story
Lehigh — This Bud's for you
The Popcorn Stand is periodically featured (actually whenever Recorder Sports Editor Charles Whisnand wants to write it) on the Recorder’s sports web site. It features Whisnand’s musing (actually whatever he wants to write about). The col... Full story
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