Page 9 - Mid Valley Times 7-15-21 E-edition

Haltom to play in select junior golf event
Thursday, July 15, 2021
One more session of Dinuba swim lessons
MVT Staff Report
The Dinuba Com- munity Services De- partment is taking signups for one one more two-week sum- mer session of swim lessons scheduled lat- er this month.
Session 4 will run weekdays from Mon- day, July 18, through Friday, July 30, start- ing at 9:20 a.m. and continuing to late af- ternoon at the Dinuba High School aquatics complex. Class ses- sions a half hour each and are scheduled for six different skill lev- els, with beginning levels teaching water exploration and pri- mary skills.
Levels increase for stroke readiness, stroke development, stroke refinement and stroke profi- ciency. The lessons are designed to teach children to swim and learn water safety, no matter the level. Les- sons are conducted by friendly instruc- tors and will increase water awareness and teach valuable life skills.
Class sizes are limited, so it's recom- mended to register early. In addition to the swim lesson ses- sions, the department is offering water aerobics weekdays from 8:15 to 9 a.m. and lap swimming al- so is available for $1 per visit (weekdays, 8-11:30 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m.).
For more informa- tion on the program or to sign up, call the Community Services Department at (559) 591-5940.
Immanuel High junior part of First Tee invite at Pebble Beach on Sept. 20 to 26
MVT Staff Report
Karis Haltom of Clovis is one of just 81 high school golf- ers who will tee it up at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill Golf Course this fall while representing the select First Tee program.
Haltom, a junior this fall at Immanuel High School in Reedley, will play in the 2021 PURE Insurance Champion- ship Impacting the First Tee the week of Sept. 20 to 26. The event, hosted by the Monterey Peninsula Foundation and tele- vised internationally on the Golf Channel, will be contest- ed at the famous Pebble Beach and Spyglass courses on Fri- day and Saturday, Sept. 24-25.
Top 23 First Tee junior qual- ifiers from those days will play in the final round on Sunday, Sept. 26, with one male and female golfer crowned as in-
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Karis Haltom, a junior at Immanuel High School this fall, is one of just 81 high school golfers nationally who will participate in the 2021 PURE Insurance Championship Impacting the First Tee. The top junior tour- nament will be the week of Sept. 20 to 26 at the Pebble Beach and Spyglass courses.
Country Club, where she shot 77 to tie for 35th place out of 124 qualifiers.
Another notable accom- plishment for Haltom was her capturing medalist honors in the Girls 14-15 division at the Len Ross Memorial Junior Tournament in Fresno March 29-April 1. The then-soph- omore 78, 76, 82 and 76 for four days at the Copper River Country Club course to win by nine strokes with a 22-over par score of 312.
First Tee is a youth develop- ment organization that teaches life skills and helps kids and teens build their strength of character through golf. The PURE Insurance Champion- ship is one of several national opportunities provided by First Tee Headquarters to encour- age and motivate participants as they progress through the program and toward higher education opportunities.
More than 1,000 teens from First Tee have played in the PURE Insurance Champion- ship, experiencing the once-in- a-lifetime opportunity to meet, play and be mentored by PGA TOUR Champions players and amateurs in the field.
Grants are available for rec programs in Reedley
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Three $350 grants are available to non- profit groups who pro- vide recreational activi- ties to Reedley residents or Reedley school sanc- tioned youth groups or activities.
Applications will be available at the begin- ning of October. Dead- line to submit is the third Thursday of October.
Applications are available on the Com- munity Services Depart- ment’s home page and in the Community Services office. For more infor- mation, call the Reedley Community Services Center weekdays at (559) 638-4203.
dividual champions. Haltom learned of her selection live on Golf Channel's "Golf To- day" program on July 6, when the PURE Insurance Cham- pionship junior field was an- nounced.
Haltom comes off a suc- cessful 2021 spring season,
where she captured the Cen- tral Sequoia League individual girls championship, shot 79 at the area meet and then tied for sixth place in the Central Section meet with an 80. That qualified her for the Southern California Regional Champion- ships on June 15 at Brookside
Sanger High basketball milestones
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LEFT PHOTO: Luke Dillon posed with Sanger High boys coach Al Alvarado after receiving a ceremonial basketball recognizing his No. 2 career scoring status and No. 1 career assists status for the SHS boys.
RIGHT PHOTO: Sanger High's Taylor Roth held up a basketball to commemorate her reaching 1,000 career points for the girls program earlier this season.
MVT Staff Report
Two players left their marks on Sanger High School's career scoring lists in basketball this past spring: Luke Dillon for the Apache boys and Taylor Roth for the SHS girls.
Both lettered four years for the SHS varsity, and were senior
leaders on teams that reached the postseason. Dillon finished as the SHS boys' all-time leader in assists and was number two on the career scoring list, while Roth led the girls in scoring the past two seasons and surpassed 1,000 career points during the 2021 spring season.
Luke Dillon earned team
MVP honors and was first team all-County Metro Athletic Con- ference while leading Sanger to a 10-9 record and a berth in the Central Section Division II semi- finals. Roth also earned all-CMAC honors and was the top scorer for an Apaches team that went 10-12 and reached the Division III sec- tion playoffs.
DINUBA ATHLETIC PROFILE
Benjamin Prado
Dinuba High
girls
basketball
Benjamin Prado retired this spring as DHS girls basketball coach after six seasons, including a 1-1 abbreviated season in 2021. Prado posted a 71-76 mark, 24-30 in Central Sequoia League play, and guided the Lady Emps to three consecutive winning seasons, topped by an 18-12 record in 2017-2018.
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