Cesar Chavez High School softball remains atop the South Sequoia League rankings despite taking losses to non-league opponents Bakersfield Christian and Garces last week.

Baseball in the city of Delano has wrapped up its first two weeks of the season in what is its first competitions since March 2020. The three Delano teams competed in their respective games with no COVID-19 concerns.

Robert F. Kennedy senior Frankie Ruiz has committed to Blackburn College to continue his baseball career. The Thunderbirds catcher is set to head to Carlinville, Ill., after graduation, but his journey to get to this point goes beyond high school, as it has been nearly a decade in the making.

Delano and McFarland high school football games still have a chance to be played in 2021 after the California Department of Health released its new guidelines this week.

Delano High School alumnus Gabriel Ulloa is continuing his baseball career at the Division I level.

As the new year arrives, the California Interscholastic Federation’s latest update on high school sports has been issued — and it is not a positive one. The latest news includes a tier list as well as a map displaying where each county in California ranks.

Jasmine Taruc Pinson, 43 years young, was born Oct. 9, 1977, in San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, to Ernesto and Josefina Taruc.

Competitions for all California Interscholastic Federation will not be allowed, although practices are being allowed, officials say.

The Delano Joint Union High School board has approved limited conditioning among its student athletes. These conditioning-focused practices are limited to just 15 athletes being around each other at one time, as well as all practices taking place outside.

Fresno State’s Bulldog Stadium looked immaculate as players stretched in their warmups. Pregame music could be heard echoing in the empty venue as Hawaii special team players traveled through a tunnel still needing to be set up.

As if 2020 hasn’t featured enough heartache and turmoil, a report surfaced online Wednesday morning that the Edmonton Oilers are considering moving the Bakersfield Condors to Canada.

As the current school year moves along during the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming high school sports season looks to be on track to begin in January.

It’s been four years since the Bakersfield Blaze vacated Sam Lynn Ballpark, but several of its former players continue to represent at a high level.

As a former All-East Yosemite League lineman at Delano High, Frank Gonzales Jr. had always dreamed of returning someday to coach the Tigers.

What is the chance local high school football will begin sooner than January, as major state universities are canceling spring 2021 football seasons and going back to a late fall season kickoff?

Heading into the delayed 2020 high school football season, no team has more to prove than the Delano High Tigers.

After making the Central Valley Division IV semifinals, the Robert F. Kennedy Thunderbirds head into the 2022-21 football season with many expectations.

As week one of what would have been an exciting fall season of football in Delano passes by, the regular season has now become the official preseason for schools in Delano.

As the final sports season of the year, spring high school sports seem like a far off thought as school is just starting up this month.

As fall season high school athletes prepare for their delayed season, their winter season counterparts are gearing up alongside them.

As high school students in the Delano area prepare for an upcoming semester online, athletes now have some semblance of hope for the future of their sport.

When Tyrell Coleman arrived on the Bakersfield College campus he was in desperate need of an overhaul.

After two months of waiting, the CIF has issued its ruling on the fate of high school athletics in the 2020-21 school year.

This is Southwest Missouri Running Camp in the city of Neosho, Mo.

For most people, the cancellation of fall sports is just a headline, or it affects their children, or someone else they know.

All sports on the CIF 2020-21 calendar have officially been pushed back. 

When and how high school sports can safely return has still yet to be decided, but in the interim, several area football players still continue to generate interest.

The Delano community welcomes a new free source for all things sports.

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As the CIF delays its ruling on the upcoming fall sports season, football fans in Delano are beginning to lose what little hope they have left of an actual 2020 season.

As a high school freshman, playing college basketball was the furthest thing from Serina Covarrubias’ mind.

After 21 years and countless baskets, East High graduate J.R. Henderson is finally calling it a career.

While it may be still a work in progress and there are many specifics that still need to be ironed out, the California Community College Athletic Association is planning to have a sports season for the 2020-21 school year.

In the face of a pandemic, more than one million high school athletes are anxiously awaiting the fate of their respective sport this coming fall, including local athletes in Delano and McFarland.

Watching and reporting on sports has been a vital part of my life, personally and professionally.

Memories — sometimes they bring you joy, pain and even make you feel sorry for yourself or your child.

Delano High School boys basketball point guard Jerrick Alestre has earned All-State honors at the Division 5 level.

He may not be world famous, but Alfonso Hernandez is as close to a rock star as it gets at Cesar Chavez High School.

A sports social media profile is conducting live interviews with local athletes while practicing social distancing.

Sports coverage in the Delano and McFarland area is going digital: DelanoSportsMedia is incorporating the strong online presences of Delano athletes into a more interactive local sports experience.

Delano High School football is looking to fix its future with a part of its past in the form of new head coach Frank Gonzales.

As an old newspaper reporter and editor, I am used to running into dangerous circumstances, as opposed to staying away.

Fear. Uncertainty. Sadness. Disappointment. It seems we’re surrounded by these feelings and emotions as we all try to make sense of the world we live in today.

A Delano boy finished as a champion at the 52nd annual CAL Tournament of Champions held in Loomis.

Delano High School boys basketball may have lost its first ever Valley championship game last month, but that same team won two state playoff games, going further than any Delano high school.

The Delano High boys basketball team might have came up a little short in Saturday's Division 4 Valley Championship final against Kingsbury, but they are still on the hunt for a state championship, coach Aaron Estrada said.

On Feb. 18, Delano High School boys basketball smashed Orcutt Academy out of Santa Maria 72-35. Then on Feb. 20, the Tigers beat No. 7 Liberty Madera 97-79 in quarterfinal action. The Tigers are 20-10 overall.