The Determination of an Olympian

Porterville High School wrestling coach and Monache High School graduate Tim Vanni isn’t your ordinary high school coach. He is also an Olympic wrestler. Vanni represented the United States in Seoul, South Korea, in 1988, and Barcelona, Spain in 1992. Vanni’s initial reaction to becoming an Olympian back in 1988 was a feeling of determination. […]

Coaches Selected for Annual East-West All-Star Football Game

The East-West All-Star Football Game is coming up this summer and will feature the best players in Tulare, Kings and parts of Kern counties. The game will be played at Golden West High School’s Groppetti Community Stadium. The head coaches named were Hanford High School’s Josh Young for the West, and Exeter High School’s Chris […]

Scarecrows Take Over Exeter

Scarecrows will fill the neighborhoods of Exeter with the commencement of the Fourth Annual Exeter Scarecrow Contest, Thursday, October 1. The contest, running throughout the month and put on by the Exeter Chamber of Commerce, is being expanded from local chamber-member businesses and organizations, to city-residents, who will now get a chance to show off […]