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Thrilling finish sends Dinuba to D-III semis
Emperors host Bakersfield Christian Nov. 19, Immanuel blanked in D-V
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
One football team 0in the Mid Valley Times coverage region is left standing in the Central Section playoffs — the Dinuba High Emperors.
In a see-saw second half, Dinuba (8-4) rallied twice against the gritty Paso Robles High Bears — scoring the winning points on a touch- down reception by Mikey Ol- vera with just six seconds re- maining — to pull out a 28-24 Division III quarterfinal vic- tory at DHS on Nov. 12.
The other remaining MVT region playoff team playoff, Immanuel High, was blanked 14-0 by Liberty-Madera Ran- chos in the Division V quar-
terfinals Nov. 12 at County Line Stadium. The top-seeded Eagles finished 7-4 in their first season under new head coach Josh Henderson.
Dinuba, seeded third in Di- vision III, has one more home game in the D-III semifinals at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, against Bakersfield Christian. The seventh seed Eagles (9-3) knocked off No. 2 Strathmore by a 29-19 score on Nov. 12. The team is coached by Dar- ren Carr; his brother, former Fresno State star and veteran NFL quarterback David Carr, serves as an assistant coach.
The Emperors trailed 17-14 and then 24-21 in the final two minutes. But the team moved quickly downfield, getting the decisive points on a pass from
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be playing one more week into November."
Olvera finished the night with six catches for 84 yards and the two scores, including a 34-yarded in the first quar- ter. Running back Sebastian Olivera rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown, a 43-yard dash in the first. AJ Moraido also had a rushing touchdown.
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Dinuba High's Sebastian Olivera turned the corner to pick up some of his 133 rushing yards during the Emperors' 28-24 comeback vic- tory over Paso Robles in a Division III quarterfinal playoff on Nov. 12.
Casimiro Barragan to Olvera. "The kids have been through some adverse games throughout the year, and we are glad this one went our
way," coach C.J. Lester said. "O'm, proud of the way our kids have been a resilient bunch all year and staying the course. And we are happy to
SECTION PLAYOFFS SCORES, SCHEDULES
DIVISION III
Quarterfinals— Nov. 12
Dinuba 28, Paso Robles 24
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 19 Bakersfield Christian (x-x) at Dinuba (8-4), 7 p.m. DIVISION V Quarterfinals — Nov. 12 Liberty-Madera Ranchos 14, Immanuel 0
Sanger, Reedley cross country teams take league titles
Section meet on Nov. 18, RHS volleyball stuns top seed before falling in NorCal regionals
MVT Staff Report
The Sanger and Reed- ley high schools cross country teams take the momentum of league championship perfor- mances into the Central Section Championships on Thursday, Nov. 18, at Woodward Park in Fres- no.
Both the County Met- ro Athletic Conference champ Apache girls and North Yosemite League- winning Pirates boys and girls are competing in the Division II races, which go off at 2 p.m. for the boys and 3:30 p.m. for the girls. The day's races begin at 11 a.m. with Division III
boys at the course that also annually hosts the state championships.
The Sanger girls had the top three finish- ers (Sienna Bianchi in 18:34.4, Leah Mendibles in 18:42.7 and Nereyda Alvarez in 18:42.7) and six in the top 10 to fin- ish with 19 points. The combined team time of 1:35:27.4 set a new CMAC record.
Apaches senior David DeLoera won the con- ference boys title with a time of 1:34.0 over the three-mile Woodward Park layout. The next six finishers were from Madera South, giving the Stallions an easy team victory over run-
ABOVE LEFT AND RIGHT: Reedley High School's North Yosemite League champion girls and boys varsity teams posed on the awards stand on Nov. 10.
RIGHT PHOTOS: Sanger High's Sienna Bianchi (5991) and David DeLoera (5997) won the varsity girls and boys races at the Country Metro Athletic Conference meet Nov. 10.
ner-up SHS.
Reedley High swept
both NYL varsity team competitions. The Pi- rates girls had five top 10 finishers (led by sec- ond place Araceli Villar- real in 20:16.1) to score 31 points while the boys
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placed four in the top 10 (led by fourth place Francisco Ramos in 17:28.1) to finish with a total of 41 points. VOLLEYBALL
Pirates go 1-1 at NorCal regionals
Reedley High's North-
ern California region- als run was somewhat brief but magical, as the Pirates knocked off top seed The Bay School of San Francisco in five sets on Nov. 9 before drop- ping a four-set decision to Drew School in San Francisco on Nov. 11.
Reedley (20-19) used strong showings by mid- dle blockers Lilian Mar- tinez (14 kills) and Areal Galvan (seven kills) and a solid serving match (53 percent win percent- age) and strong defense
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PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR NOV. 18 TO NOV. 24
THURSDAY, NOV. 18 BASKETBALL
Dinuba girls at Madera South
Tournament, Madera, times TBA (V) Immanuel girls at Parlier Tournament, Parlier HS, 5:15 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove boys vs. Chowchilla, Chowchilla HS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V) Orange Cove girls vs. Granite Hills, Orange Cove HS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V) Reedley girls vs. Firebaugh, Firebaugh HS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger girls vs. Clovis, Nicholson Gym SHS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger girls vs. Mission Oak (scrimmage), MOHS Tulare, times TBA (JV/V)
CIF Central Section Championships, Woodward Park Fresno, Races begin at
11 a.m. (V)
SOCCER
Dinuba boys vs. Monache, Dinuba HS, 6/7:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Immanuel girls vs. Firebaugh, County Line Stadium, 6 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove boys vs. Granite Hills, Porterville, 6 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove girls vs. Farmersville, Orange Cove HS, 6 p.m. (V)
Parler boys vs. Roosevelt, Parlier HS, 6 p.m. (V)
Reedley girls vs. Orosi, Reedley HS soccer complex, 4:30/6 p.m. (JV/V) Sanger boys vs. Yosemite, Tom Flores Stadium, 3/5 p.m. (JV/V)
FRIDAY, NOV. 19 BASKETBALL
Dinuba girls at Madera South
Tournament, Madera, times TBA (V) Immanuel girls at Parlier Tournament, Parlier HS, 5:15 p.m. (V)
Reedley Boys Tournament vs. Fresno, RHS gym, 7 p.m. (V)
Central Section Division III semifinal, Dinuba vs. Bakersfield Christian, Claud Hebert Field DHS, 7 p.m. (V)
SOCCER
Reedley boys vs. Central, Reedley HS, soccer complex, 4/6 p.m. (JV/V)
SATURDAY, NOV. 20 BASKETBALL
Dinuba girls at Madera South
Tournament, Madera, times TBA (V) Immanuel girls at Parlier Tournament, Parlier HS, 5:15 p.m. (V)
WRESTLING
Sanger boys at Clovis West Shootout, Clovis West HS Fresno, times TBA (V)
MONDAY, NOV. 22 BASKETBALL
Orange Cove boys vs. Selma, Orange
Cove HS, 5:30/7 p.m. (JV/V)
Orange Cove girls vs. Firebaugh, Firebaugh HS, 4 p.m. (V)
Orosi boys vs. Strathmore, Orosi HS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
SOCCER
Orange Cove boys vs. Woodlake,
Woodlake HS, 6 p.m. (V)
Immanuel girls vs. Orange Cove, Orange Cove HS, 5:30 p.m. (V)
TUESDAY, NOV. 23 BASKETBALL
Dinuba boys vs. Mission Oak, Dinuba
HS, 4/5:30/7 p.m. (All)
Orange Cove boys vs. Lindsay, Orange Cove HS, 5/6:30 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove girls vs. Woodlake, Woodlake HS, 6:30 p.m. (V)
Orosi girls vs. Fresno, Orosi HS, 6:30 p.m. (V)
Reedley girls vs. Tulare Union, Reedley HS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger girls vs. Sunnyside, Nicholson Gym SHS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
SOCCER
Orange Cove boys vs. Corcoran, Orange Cove HS, 6 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove girls vs. Granite Hills, Porterville, 6:30 p.m. (V)
Sanger boys vs. McLane, Tom Flores Stadiium, 3 p.m. (JV/V)
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24 BASKETBALL
Sanger boys vs. Fresno, Nicholson Gym
SHS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger girls vs. Torres-Madera, SHS South gym, 6:30 p.m. (V)
WRESTLING
Sanger girls at Last Girl Standing Tournament, Lemoore HS, 10 a.m. (V)
CROSS COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
Mikey Olvera
Dinuba High football
Dinuba High receiver Mikey Olvera
had six catches for 84 yards and two touchdowns, including the game- winner in the final six second of the Emperors' 28-24 Division III section quarterfinal playoff on Nov. 12. The senior has a team-high 56 receptions for 1,099 yards and 19 touchdowns in 11 games this fall for the 8-4 Emperors.
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