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Panthers advance to semifinals
The Porterville High baseball team passed postseason test No. 1 Tuesday at home against Foothill.The sixth-seeded Panthers, who led by nine runs entering the final inning, held on for a 10-6 victory over the No. 11 Trojans in Round 1 of the Division 3...
Panthers blank Grizzlies
The Porterville High baseball team shut out Granite Hills 4-0 at home Wednesday. Phillip Carganilla threw a complete game and struck out four for the Panthers (17-8, 8-3 East Yosemite League). Bear Alvarez was 2-for-4 while the Grizzlies’ A.J....
Pirates moving up on diamond
Good coaching produces good results.Just look at Del Marine and Steve Cox, the Porterville College baseball’s dual coaching operation.In 2007, the Pirates notched a grim 5-23 record in Central Valley Conference action, which netted them a last-place...
Dieterle wins at EYL meet
Porterville High competed in the East Yosemite League diving championships Friday at Tulare Union.Josh Dieterle dove his way to first place with 421.60 points. Teammate Jon Callahan captured second with a score of 321.60.On the girls side, Amber Frisby...
Their words endure
He was a shy, thoughtful man whose ambition was to be a successful writer. On his graduation from Harvard, his friend and classmate, William Randolph Hearst, hired him as a humor columnist and cartoonist for The San Francisco Examiner.He lasted...
Panthers shock Redskins
The Porterville High baseball team worked some late magic Wednesday at home to defeat Tulare Union 8-7.With bases loaded, two outs and two strikes on Joel Cowart, Redskins pitcher Jose Aguilar hit Cowart with a breaking ball, which allowed Thomas Martin...
Panthers capture league tourney
The East Yosemite League boys golf tournament took place Monday in Tulare.Porterville High captured first place with a total score of 390. Monache finished second (424) and Granite Hills was sixth (492).The Panthers’ Kris Kennel garnered low-medal...
Panthers ride past Mustangs
The Porterville High baseball team completed a continuation game Monday with Tulare Western on the road.After the two schools’ meeting was called due to darkness 11 days ago at a 4-4 tie, the Panthers needed just one inning to win 5-4.Nick Shew...
From good to grand
Most collegiate athletes spend a few years playing the sport they love only to forget the glory days.Athletics become a part of their past, something they rarely talk about, not to be rekindled again.Not so for Trish Childress, Shirley Spuhler, Scotte...
Springville’s Matthews takes 2nd at Springville Sierra Rodeo
SPRINGVILLE — Evan Matthews is in a unique line of work.He doesn’t sit behind a desk to complete paperwork, and he’s far from throwing on a suit and tie each morning.What Matthews does strap on are cowboy boots and a pair of scraggly...
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