Only “Jim White, Coach, McFarland, CA.” Inside were checks for $20, $100, $500 and one for $1,000 for the high school cross-country team in this poor farm town. And there were offers from ...

Fittingly, the iconic McFarland High School campus served as the backdrop as the local cross country community returned to action for the first big area meet since the COVID-19 pandemic forced ...

The boys from McFarland were the unlikely champs of California cross-country. Their story is extraordinary not only for their athletic achievement, but for what they had to overcome to even be in ...

It may seem like any other small, Valley farming town, unless you know about competitive running -- specifically cross-country. That is where McFarland is king and Jim White is the man who helped ...

While people around me cheered during a screening of "McFarland, USA,'' I wanted to scream at the screen: "It's a cross country race, not a 50-meter dash!'' as a portly young actor sprinted up a ...

DINUBA, Calif. — A priest who was a member of the McFarland cross country program, later featured in the 2015 movie 'McFarland, USA,' has been placed on administrative leave following ...

I’m from McFarland and I’m proud to be from McFarland." Puentes joined the McFarland cross country team as a freshman, after Coach Jim White showed up at his house and asked if he was ...

By Patrick Shanley Based on the true story of McFarland High School’s 1987 cross country team, Kevin Costner stars coach Jim White, a man who ends up at a predominantly Latino school in ...

Thomas Valles knows it would be hard for him to give up coaching a group of girls like McFarland’s girls cross country team has this year. Fortunately, for Valles, he’s stepping in as the head ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Charges of inappropriate conduct with minors were recently dropped against former McFarland cross country runner Raul Diaz who was the long-time Dinuba catholic priest.