Page 10 - Mid Valley Times 12-19-19 E-edition

Emperors continue win streak, win Andrew Bedoya Holiday Classic
Thursday, December 19, 2019
George M. Villagrana / Mid Valley Times
Sanger High sophomore Jon Dillon finishes off a fastbreak opportunity with a dunk during the Apaches' 69-32 rout over visiting Paso Robles on Saturday, Dec. 14. The team is currently in Hawaii as they are playing in the Lahainaluna Classic in Maui.
Sanger overwhelms Paso Robles
Apaches currently playing in Lahainaluna Classic in Maui, Hawaii
By George M. Villagrana
Mid Valley Times
Dinuba’s undefeated season continues as the Emperors won their 11th straight game after defeating rival and host Selma, 90-71, Monday night in a Central Se- quoia League game.
Isaak Flores led all scorers with 27 points.
Up 46-44 at half, the Emperors outscored the Bears 22-10 in the third quarter to take control of the game.
Josh Magaña add- ed 22 points and Elias Flores had 15 while Bri- an Ortuno chipped in 11.
The Emperors are fresh off capturing the 5th Annual Andrew Bedoya Classic this past weekend.
In defending their second straight tourna- ment title in as many weeks, Dinuba set a school record with 19 3-pointers, erasing the old mark of 16, as Mo- nache felt the brunt of the Emperors perimeter shooting in a 83-54 rout
late Saturday afternoon. Magaña made eight 3’s on his way to a 35-point performance and was named the tour- nament's Most Valuable Player. E. Flores had 14 for Dinuba who will be in action next week at the 69th Annual Polly Wilhelmsen Invitational
tournament in Visalia. Tied at 12-all after the first quarter, the Emperors outscored the Marauders 27-15 in the second and 23-17 in the third for a commanding
62-44 victory.
On Friday night, Di-
nuba posted a 66-35 win over Hanford as Maga- ña (15), Isaak Flores (14) and E. Flores (12), reached double figures.
In a 67-46 quarterfi- nals win over Tulare on Thursday, E. Flores led the team with 19 points and I. Flores ended the night with 15.
Last Wednesday in their AB3 Holiday Clas- sic opener against Or- ange Cove, Magaña led
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By George M. Villagrana
Mid Valley Times
An all-out blitz was on display Saturday afternoon as the host Sanger High Apaches boys basket- ball team steamrolled visiting Paso Robles, 69-32, in a non-league con- test.
Sanger improves to 3-2 overall
while the Bearcats fall to 7-4. Sophomore guard Jon Dillon scored a game-high 23 points on 10 of 12 field goal attempts including five dunks. He also grabbed six re- bounds to go along with four steals. Ahead 21-14, Sanger’s pressure defense proved to be a big problem for Paso Robles, who were held to single digits the last three quarters
of play and a running clock was used in the fourth. The game was played using 7 minute quarters to accommodate the Bearcats, who were scheduled to play later in the day.
The Apaches were 8 of 20 from 3-point territory and finished the
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Immanuel boys split games at own event
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
A scintillating shoot- ing performance by Clo- vis High School denied the Immanuel High Ea- gles a shot at successfully defending their Tourna- ment of Champions boys basketball title.
The Cougars hit an amazing 19 3-point bas- kets out of 27 attempts from that range on their way to a 97-60 semifi- nal drubbing of the de- fending Division 5 state runners-up on Dec. 6 at IHS gym. Clovis (5-3 as of Dec. 12) went on to capture the tourney title with a 94-79 victory over Lemoore High on Dec. 7.
The Eagles (6-5 through Dec. 16 games) played without leading scorer Shawn Rodgers, who missed out his sec- ond straight game under concussion protocol after colliding with a defender in a 92-45 opening round win over Woodlake High on Dec. 4. The junior guard also sat out a 67-59 loss to Fresno Christian in the third place game on Dec. 7, as well as the Central Sequoia League opener against Kingburg (a 95-66 loss on Dec. 10).
Eagles coach Chris Woods praised the inten- sity of Clovis and the Cou- gars’ marksmanship.
“It’s tough to win
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Immanuel High junior guard Landon Yamada dribbled up court against Clovis High during the first half on Dec. 6. The Eagles finished the tournament 2-2, playing the final three games without top scorer Shawn Rodg- ers who underwent concussion protocol after colliding with a Woodlake High player during a Dec. 4 victory.
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As of Tuesday, Dec. 17, the Sanger High boys’ varsity soccer team has yet to lose a match this season. The Apaches are now 11-0-2 after going 5-0 in the recent Powerade Cougar Classic Tourna- ment, held last weekend in Clovis.
Sanger put up domi- nant performances in their opening matches, beating Selma 5-2 before shutting out Yosemite, 5-0, and then Tulare Union, 2-0.
The three tournament wins set up a champion- ship game against Clovis North on Saturday, Dec. 14. In a closer match, the Apaches took the tourna- ment championship with a 1-0 win over the Bron- cos.
The only matches, to date, the Apaches have not won were on Dec. 10 when the team hosted Reedley High in a rivalry
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when a team comes out and shoots like that,” he said. “They had 26 in the first quarter against us, and set the tone.”
Senior guard Cal Stil- son — who was voted tournament MVP — was the biggest 3-point assas- sin for the Cougars, who roared ahead to stay with a trio of threes to break a 4-4 tie. Stilson had two of those outside bombs, finishing with three treys and 15 points in the first half and six in the game
for a game-high 28 points. Sophomore guard Ashlan Morris also was lethal from the outside, making four of his five threes in the first half as Clovis stormed out to a 51-28 lead at the break. The Cougars maintained an overall offensive and defensive intensity throughout, building the lead to as many as 40
points late in the game. Junior Winston Wil- liams led the Eagles with 18 points while sopho-
more Holden Thomas added 16 points. The hosts were quickly rush- ing their offense in an ef- fort to catch up, and were plagued by cold shooting and turnovers.
Five Cougars scored in double figures. Fol- lowing Stilson and Mor- ris (15 points) were Matt Adesanmi (15 points), D’Andre Scott (15) and Diego Celaya (10).
Immanuel’s cold shooting continued in the third place game on
Dec 7, as Fresno Chris- tian broke a 41-all tie in the third quarter to pull away for a 67-59 victory. Landon Yamada led the Eagles with 16 points, Ryan Chavez made four 3-pointers to finish with 12 points while Williams and guard Jonah Tolpe- zninkas each scored 11 points.
“Our shooters just didn’t shoot the ball well these last two-and-a-half
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