Desert Valley Blitz

Send us Fan Mail A shutout that nobody saw coming, an overtime stop that changes the SVL standings, and a quarterback switch that flips the DEL playoff picture overnight. Week 8 in desert high school football wasn’t just entertaining, it was consequential, and we break it down with the kind of detail that helps you actually understand what these results mean for the postseason race. We start with Desert Christian Academy continuing its unbeaten run and building a resume that’s forcing real “...

Send us Fan Mail League play is here, and the desert season instantly gets louder. We’re coming off a Week 7 that had everything: Banning still putting up points like it’s routine, 29 Palms showing the best way to slow an explosive offense, and Desert Christian Academy staying undefeated only after getting a real scare and then flipping the game with a 99-yard kickoff return. We also dig into the Date Bowl result, why Coachella Valley looks different with Ivan Garza back, and which unsung def...

Send us Fan Mail Two one-point games can teach you more than a dozen blowouts if you’re paying attention. We’re in Week 6 wrap-up mode on Desert Valley Blitz, and the scoreboard is loud, but the real story is the stuff that swings tight league matchups: special teams reps, discipline, and who stays composed when the pressure hits. We start with Desert Christian Academy continuing to steamroll opponents and looking every bit like a top Coachella Valley high school football program right now. ...

Send us Fan Mail The “preseason record” argument ends the second league play starts, and that’s exactly where we are on Desert Valley Blitz. We open with a sharp week five recap that gets past the final scores and into the real stuff that decides games in Coachella Valley high school football: ball security, penalties, the missing big-play pass, and whether an offense can function when the defense plays tight man coverage. Then we go straight to rivalry heat. Yucca Valley’s surge looks real,...

Send us Fan Mail You can feel it when the desert football season flips from “non-league guesses” to “league play consequences.” We’re at that midpoint now, and we bring in Desert Sun journalist Shad Powers to help us make sense of what’s real and what’s noise across Coachella Valley high school football. We start with Shad’s story and why his coverage leans into opinion, picks, and the kind of details coaches love to post in the locker room. From there, we dig into the big structural shift: ...