Ken Venturi remembered as great golf champion, father
Ken Venturi was remembered as a great golf champion and broadcaster Thursday, but he was remembered more as a father, a friend and a man who gave back to the game and to his community.
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Ken Venturi was remembered as a great golf champion and broadcaster Thursday, but he was remembered more as a father, a friend and a man who gave back to the game and to his community.
The CIF Southern Section has removed the Shadow Hills High School girls' softball team from the postseason for a violation of playoff rules.
Palm Desert High School senior Abe Hewko knows this will be his last shot at winning a CIF singles title after coming so close as a sophomore, when he reached the semifinal. However, Hewko is honest in that he's not in prime condition like he has been.
After Shadow Hills softball's stunning dismissal from postseason play by the CIF on Wednesday (see story, C1), two valley teams remain on the postseason diamond for the quarterfinals — La Quinta softball and Desert Christian Academy baseball.

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Trevor Abshire took the mound Tuesday under perhaps the most difficult circumstances he's faced all year. La Quinta already trailed by two runs in the second inning with one out and the bases loaded. He was inserted for starter Casey Costello to keep the game from slipping out of reach.
With a fever nearly as high as the temperature Tuesday, Desert Christian Academy ace pitcher Morgan Earman picked up his first save of the season in the Conquerors' 3-2 victory over Buckley (Sherman Oaks) in a second-round CIF playoff game.
Vinny Del Negro is out as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers after a season in which the team won its first division title but lost in the first round of the playoffs.
To win a playoff softball game on the road, you usually have to battle until the final out. That was the case Tuesday for two valley teams, and both La Quinta and Shadow Hills were left celebrating after that pivotal final out was recorded.
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The Palm Desert High School baseball team will face a familiar foe in Tuesday's second round of the CIF playoffs.
La Quinta High School's Ki Taek Lee and Desert Christian Academy's John Nichols each made the cut at the CIF-Southern Section Individual Championship Tournament on Monday to advance to the Southern California state qualifier May 30.
Beleaguered manager Don Mattingly insisted Monday he doesn't feel he's about to be fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he has no idea whether he needs to win a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers to keep his job.
The Desert Christian Academy baseball team once again has rolled through the Victory League undefeated and is now looking to make a deep run in the CIF Southern Section Division VI playoffs.
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