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The Santa Paula High softball team came within an out of the program’s first CIF State regional championship Saturday afternoon at Hershel Hopkins Field in Santa Paula. Down to its last out in the top of the seventh, visiting Holtville delivered a two-run rally to force extra innings, eventually taking the CIF-State Southern California Division IV regional championship 6-3 in 10 innings.

IMPERIAL, Calif., (KYMA, KECY) - Imperial softball changed hands at the top for the start of the 2022 season - and for head coach Ashley Caro and the Lady Tigers, they may have not imagined how quickly the transformation to championship form would be. A transformation that culminated in the...

HOLTVILLE, Calif., (KYMA, KECY) - The next chapter of an incredible run takes center stage on Saturday for the Holtville Lady Vikings softball program who has reached unimaginable heights. It all began back in 2020 when a young group of stars were bound to set a new bar under head...

BRAWLEY, Calif., (KYMA, KECY) - A familiar name spread throughout the Brawley community over the last several years for his excellence on the football and baseball field has been Tanner Carranza. While Carranza may be known as a standout athlete, according to many, he is an even better person and...

YUMA, Ariz., (KYMA, KECY) - The road to a state final was on the line Thursday for two local teams on historic runs - but at the end of the day only one would come out still alive. In a masterful pitching performance from Kalli Strahm, the Holtville Lady Vikings...

HOLTVILLE, Calif., (KYMA, KECY) - Family, God and softball - three things that align for Kalli Strahm and Kamryn Walker in a relationship that began before they even took the field together at Holtville High School. It is a relationship that began off the field as cousins and one that...

But El Capitan, Otay Ranch both shut out in their Southern California regional championship games

BRAWLEY — The recent pickleball craze that has gained national and air-time recently hit Brawley Tuesday, May 30, when Janet Stills and her husband Kenny Stills hosted a tournament at their property. Janet taught pickleball at Barbara Worth Junior High in Brawley and has 18 years of experience in...

HEBER – A couple dozen chess buffs battled among pairings in the inaugural Heber Elementary School District (HESD) Chess Championships on Saturday, May 27, that saw Dogwood Elementary participate this year for an expanded competition from the prior year. Perhaps rivaling only international football (soccer), chess’s popularity is spreading...

YUMA, Ariz., (KYMA, KECY) - Championship weekend has passed but there's more ahead for three local Imperial Valley teams who punched their tickets to the California state tournament. For the Holtville Vikings, the road has been a wild one since the same group of core players helped build this team...

HOLTVILLE, Calif., (KYMA, KECY) - The goal set before the 2023 season for Holtville Lady Vikings softball was two fold: win an Imperial Valley League title and a CIF title. After Friday's win over Santana in the CIF San Diego Section Division II final, the Vikings checked both of those boxes off - sending them to the state tournament. Now, every game from here on out is bonus softball to them.

Crean Lutheran players celebrate as the Saints score some runs in Tuesday’s win. (Photos courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs / John Luciano and Howard Lyon). Crean Lutheran High School’s baseball players welcomed a new post-season challenge Tuesday afternoon. The Saints opened the CIF Southern California Regional Division IV playoffs...

YUMA, Ariz., (KYMA, KECY) - The state playoff journey has once again extended to later in the week for the Holtville Lady Vikings and Imperial Lady Tigers who both handled business in the first round of the CIF SoCal Division IV state tournament. On the baseball side of things though,...

BRAWLEY – The first annual Skate Night at the Boys and Girls Club in Brawley (BGCIV) attracted children and adults of all ages came for a family fun-filled time Thursday, May 25. The event was co-hosted by the Boys and Girls Club Imperial Valley (BGCIV) and Skating Grace. Almost...

Lincoln takes Div. 5 title to give the Hornets a trifecta of championships in football, basketball and baseball; Calexico takes advantage of Bishop's errors in Div. 4 rout.

SAN DIEGO – After losing last year’s CIF-San Diego Section Division III championship, the Holtville High School softball team was in the same position this year and one division higher. “That has kind of been on my mind since last year really,” said Vikings senior starting pitcher Kalli...

BRAWLEY – The Brawley Youth Football Camp began its first event on the 2023 calendar, holding its annual youth football camp for future Brawley Union High School (BUHS) athletes at Edward Soto Field Friday, May 26. “It was another great year and we are all glad to be out...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - It's not everyday a freshman pitcher finds themselves getting the nod to start in a championship game. However, Calexico pitcher Jose Ortega became the exception to that rule on Saturday, as the Bulldogs claimed the CIF San Diego Section Division IV championship over the Bishop's Knights.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., (KYMA, KECY) - Friday evening will come as a familiar scene for the Holtville Lady Vikings softball program. For the third straight season, they will get their shot at raising a CIF San Diego Section banner - this time in Division II after winning in Helix in Division IV in 2021 and coming up short in the Division III game in 2022.

CALEXICO, Calif., (KYMA, KECY) - At the end of a big time local matchup to represent the Imperial Valley in San Diego for championship weekend, it would be Calexico’s turn to have their hand on a CIF crown come Saturday. After Imperial survived their third straight elimination game in...