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JP Raineri

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JP is an award-winning multimedia journalist and head of the sports department at the Valley News. A former Southwestern League head baseball coach and former President of the Temecula Youth Baseball League, he has also worked as a local radio personality for All Pro Broadcasting and as a television host for the Outdoor Channel. When he’s not covering sports, JP works in the Media Technology Department for Major League Baseball.

HS Softball: Murrieta Mesa’s Pilon selected as All-American by Premier Girls Fastpitch Association

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Heading into this year’s high school softball season, Murrieta Mesa’s Presleigh Pilon was arguably one of the top-rated players in the 2020 class. Having...

Local training centers and gyms ready themselves as guidelines to reopen are set to...

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For those who are tired of YouTube workouts and having to sweat in their strewn together home gyms, some good news came from Gov....

Arizona State’s Spencer Torkelson is No. 1 pick in 2020 MLB Draft

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The 2020 Major League Baseball player draft is off and running from the Holland Center in Omaha, Nebraska, and the Detroit Tigers did just...

Fight Island, UFC 251 details begin to emerge

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For months now, ever since Covid-19 started wreaking havoc on live sports, UFC owner Dana White has been insisting he'd find a way to...

What to expect from the 2020 MLB Draft

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There is finally some MLB news that doesn't revolve around owners and players bickering over money, it’s Major League Baseball's Draft day. Today is...

Gyms to be given green light to open by the end of the week

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California will begin allowing the reopening of gyms and some professional sports with modifications at the end of next week.Mark Ghaly,...

Walmart in Murrieta closes doors early

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JP Ranieri Staff WriterThough reports were coming into Valley News that looters had hit the Walmart location in Murrieta, after questioning people on the scene,...
baseball

Former Murrieta Mesa baseball standout, Andy Thomas, earns Big 12 postgraduate scholarship

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Baylor University awarded Andy Thomas, a former Murrieta Mesa High School baseball standout, the prestigious 2019-2020 Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship. Thomas is the...
football

HS Football: New playoff divisions approved as questions of a fall season remain

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High school football fans remain hopeful that a season will take place in the 2020-2021 school year as a new playoff system for football...

HS Basketball: Local standouts named to CalHiSports.com State teams

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CalHiSports.com, which is one of the top informative websites for California high school sports, released its annual state boys’ and girls’ basketball award winners,...