(INDIO) – How do I get there from here? Players and coaches of the four-time champion SoCal Coyotes answered that question at Indio Middle School’s College & Career Day this week, with the same fervor that has made the Coachella Valley non-profit sports leadership program America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program. The Coyotes, back at the school for the third …

(MECCA) – At Christmas, last-minute miracles involving a big guy bearing gifts are hardly a surprise for most American kids. Unless, however, you’re one of the 1,130 humble children at Saul Martinez Elementary in Mecca, where 90-percent of the families work in agriculture, live below the poverty line, and breakfast, lunch and an education is a gift in itself. To …

(LOS ANGELES) – The story line was written within the first five minutes of the title game between the SoCal Coyotes and defending champion Inglewood Blackhawks Sunday, one that would define the fabric and sheer will of the eventual winner. League MVP and Coyote slotback James Calhoun was rocked with a vicious blow to the face on a crossing route …

(PALM SPRINGS) – It was Thanksgiving, and family night, for SoCal Coyotes defensive end Jake Sheffield. His 6-3, 295-pound frame was coiled on a sofa, snuggling seven-year-old son Haiden, and enjoying the company of his mom, Lori Greenwald-Funk, and step-dad Billy, who had driven from Colorado for the holiday. Together, they were watching ‘Keep on Keepin’ On,’ a documentary film …

(PALM SPRINGS) – Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Fame running back Ricky Williams, whose remarkable, but embattled, career was synonymous with a young superstar publicly navigating the highs and lows of life’s personal, emotional and mental challenges, has become the second decorated NFL and NCAA legend in as many months to be appointed as an advisory board …

(CATHEDRAL CITY) – ‘But I can’t …’ – ‘but I forgot’ – ‘but I didn’t know it was due’ – ‘but I wasn’t listening’ – ‘but I lost it’ – ‘but I was sick’ – ‘but it’s not my fault’- ‘but …’   With the same fervor as they attack opposing teams, the three-time champion SoCal Coyotes non-profit sports leadership …

(COACHELLA VALLEY) – The coaching tree of the SoCal Coyotes football organization grew legs – really big legs – this fall, when veteran lineman and captain Cedric Cox – a former Defensive Player of the Year – earned the job as freshman coach at Coachella Valley High School. ‘Big Ced’ steps into a rapidly maturing Coachella Valley High School football …

(PALM SPRINGS) – It takes one to know one. Long before Dr. Ben Wehrli, DPM, became a consultant with powerhouse orthopedic companies like Stryker, Trilliant Surgical or Segway Orthopedics – or added more stripes to his decorated career at Desert Regional Medical Center’s esteemed Institute of Clinical Orthopedics & Neurosciences, his unrelenting passion as an athlete fueled a fiery purpose. …

(ANZA) — Declaring that “all of us are called to lighten the burdens of others, with whatever means we have,” the Palm Springs-based SoCal Coyotes Non-Profit Sports Leadership Organization donated half of its Anza ticket sales to the Hamilton High School football program. Hamilton head football coach Keith Moorman expressed gratitude as he accepted the team’s donation for half the gate …

(PALM SPRINGS) – Don West Jr., senior vice president of football operations for Newport Beach-based Steinberg Sports & Entertainment, has requested the SoCal Coyotes to combine their upcoming private tryout with their first practice so that he and his peers can oversee the incoming talent in the 2014 fall class. The two-time champions swiftly obliged to accommodate one of the …