Christopher Correa

3 days ago | turlockjournal.com | Christopher Correa

Sarah Galvan was one of 577 students who graduated from Turlock High School on Friday, but before the ceremony, she unveiled a parting gift to current and future students and staff that was nearly eight months in the making. On Wednesday afternoon, Galvan, her family and Turlock High School staff held a grand opening ceremony for their newly renovated athletic training room, an Eagle Scout project supported by dozens of local organizations and community members.

3 days ago | turlockjournal.com | Christopher Correa

CLOVIS — The 2025 CIF State Track and Field Meet wrapped up Saturday at Buchanan High School’s Veterans Memorial Stadium, with a number of local athletes competing at the 105th edition of the annual two-day meet. Though there were 10 total representatives to qualify for the event, only a fraction made the trip down south, instead opting to walk their respective commencement stages. Many that ended up competing came from Pitman High, whose graduation celebration landed Thursday.

1 week ago | turlockjournal.com | Christopher Correa

You'd be hard pressed to remember many sporting events held at Pitman High School in the past 23 years without seeing Markus Turner and his family. But that will be the reality moving forward as the only athletic trainer the Pride have ever known is getting set for his next chapter. This past week marked the last of the 2024-24 school year across the Turlock Unified School District, including at Pitman.

1 week ago | turlockjournal.com | Christopher Correa

CLOVIS — Thousands of track and field athletes, coaches, families, and fans descended on Buchanan High School’s Veterans Memorial Stadium for the start of the 105th CIF State Track and Field Meet on Friday. And as the temperature reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the national debate over transgender athletes competing in women’s sports became the hottest topic of all in West Clovis.

1 week ago | turlockjournal.com | Christopher Correa

Only four years into her career as a track and field athlete, Ella Spaulding has cemented her place as one of the best heptathletes in the nation. The 2023 Turlock High graduate, now competing at Fresno State, dominated at the Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championships, never surrendering her opening day lead and winning a conference title with 5,551 points. Spaulding, 20, became the youngest Bulldog to win gold in the heptathlon and the first to do so since Jestena Mattson in 2019.