Good Sports: The best of 2023

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- 2023's Good Sports started successful a church, with a erstwhile Bulldog shot subordinate becoming a squad chaplain.

Up Highway 99, we deed the gym to cheque retired a brace of powerlifting champs successful Merced.

"For a 57-year-old chick, I'm doing beauteous good," said Kimberly Brown.

We made a halt astatine Pebble Beach to conscionable the celebrated play course's superintendent with ties to Coarsegold.

"You cognize I emotion the Valley, emotion the radical there, but there's nary spot I'd alternatively be," said Bubba Wright.

Here connected the links successful Fresno - the Len Ross Memorial Tournament paid tribute to the precocious Jon Dechambeau, the begetter of US Open champ and Clovis East grad, Bryson Dechambeau.

"It truly conscionable seemed similar the cleanable fit," said Morgan Berling. "He was a large advocator for inferior golf."

On the hoops court, we'd find retired wherefore Sierra's superstar scorer wears 34, honoring his parent who died of crab erstwhile helium was conscionable a small boy.

Prather gave america an wrong look astatine the motorsport enigma school.

From 2 wheels to 4 - we recovered an aspiring racecar driver.

"Of course, getting into the NASCAR Cup Series is the main goal," said Skyler Schoppe Jr. "Hopefully, I tin get there."

Back successful the North Valley, we witnessed the 20th day of the Nannini Game, an yearly matchup honoring 2 brothers mislaid successful a tragic boating accident.

"When my brothers passed 19 years ago, my dada conscionable had it successful his caput that helium was going to person thing to retrieve them shot wise," said Darren Nannini.

At Bullard, the Knights' softball squad honored erstwhile subordinate Jenny Eller, who contempt passing distant from leukemia, continues to animate humor donations crossed the Valley.

"Her quality is truly astatine the instauration of who we are and who I privation these young ladies to make to be," said caput manager Jamie Maxey.

On the pitch, Valley FC successful Fresno chased a nationalist shot title.

"If it tin marque them consciousness similar they're successful a peculiar environment, past we privation to bash that for these players," said manager Milton Blanco.

Then we dove successful the pool, with Clovis West All-American swimmer Hannah Maronivoch committing to Tennessee adjacent fall.

"It conscionable felt similar location erstwhile I was there, and I truly didn't consciousness that anyplace else," she said.

That aforesaid excavation besides helped Braxton Wong get a changeable astatine the 2024 Paralympic Games successful Paris.

"I've ever worked up towards it, and I've ever looked guardant to it," helium said.

Fresno dentist Theresa Hanh-Dang celebrated her 66th day successful style, moving her 66th competitory contention connected the large day.

Back successful Merced, a radical of girls showed america a caller sport, making the playoffs successful girls' emblem football.

"They're fixed an accidental to bash thing nary 1 other has ever done," said caput manager Victor Nazario.

Strathmore captured a 2nd authorities rubric conscionable months aft the program's caput manager came retired of a coma.

Then, we recovered ourselves successful the ringing with nationalist champion boxer Jordan Fuentes, who would spell connected to triumph the Olympic trials a twelvemonth aft losing his sister.

"She impacted the full family, changed everyone's life, truthful I consciousness similar a large portion of her is coming with me," helium said.

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