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Northern California Football Association's American Championship Bowl
Late De Anza score stuns Tigers
Colleges
RC women's basketball goes 1-2 at tournament Contributed
While the Reedley Col- lege men’s basketball team had two games postponed due to poor air quality in Northern California, the Lady Tigers went 1-2 at a tournament at Saddleback College in Southern Cali- fornia last week.
The Reedley women took a 3-2 record into a Nov. 20 home game with a 2-0 Allan Hancock squad that was played after press time.
No reschedule date has been announced for the Ti- ger men’s game scheduled for Nov. 15. A Nov. 16 con- test at Merritt College in Oakland has been resched- uled for Tuesday, Dec. 4.
Coach Dan Kilbert’s women's squad opened up the Saddleback Tourna- ment on Nov. 15 with a 59- 55 win over the tournament host before falling to even- tual tournament champion Moorpark on Friday. Los Angeles Trade Tech took third place in the eight- team tournament with a 95-62 win over Reedley on Nov. 17.
Against Saddleback, I’man Conley led RC with 13 points and nine re- bounds. Freshman Sam Mendoza came off the bench to score 11 points while Chloe Welch had 12 rebounds.
Barbara Rangel led Moorpark with 21 points and six blocked shots as Reedley could not recover from a 30-18 first quarter deficit. Conley led the Ti-
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Preps
Winter sports amp up after holiday
Staff Report
Reedley High's winter sports teams headed into the Thanksgiving week break tuning up for sea- son openers.
Boys and girls basket- ball and girls soccer opened the season with games and matches on Nov. 20. On the court, the Pirate boys host- ed Orange Cove while the girls traveled to Kingsburg. Results were unavailable at press time.
Reedley's soccer had its Nov. 20 opener on the road at Madera South moved up to a morning start because of the poor air quality around the state from wildfires.
On Monday, Nov. 26, Reedley High's defending Division 2 section cham- pion boys soccer team will host Selma in a 6 p.m. start at Sal Gonzalez Field. That same night, the Pirate girls host Foothill in a 6:30 p.m. tipoff in non-league action at RHS gym. On Tuesday, Nov. 27, RHS hosts Bullard in a 6 p.m. varsity start in girls soccer while the girls basketball team tips off against Mendota in a 6:30 p.m. home game.
Also on Nov. 27, Reed- ley High's boys wrestling team travels to Parlier for a 5 p.m. dual meet. The Pi- rates girls' opener will be Friday, Nov. 30, in the Last Girl Standing tournament at Lemoore High School.
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Dons rally from 13-point deficit in 4th quarter, RC finishes 10-1
By Will Goldbeck
For The Exponent
A winning streak had to end for one of the teams in the Northern Cal- ifornia Football Conference Ameri- can Division championship game in Reedley on Nov. 17.
In a contest that featured seven lead changes, De Anza College used a 1-yard touchdown run by sopho- more quarterback Eduardo Andrade and the ensuing extra point kick by freshman kicker Ozzy Ortiz with 12 seconds remaining to edge Reedley College 42-41.
Andrade was named the game’s Most Valuable Player.
Both teams finished as confer- ence champions with 10-1 records. De Anza recorded 10 straight wins after a 10-point loss to the Tigers on Sept. 1 in the season opener. The loss ended a 10-game winning streak for Reedley.
The deciding touchdown drive started after the first of two lost Reedley fumbles in the final 15 minutes. Reedley had taken a 41-28 lead on a 31-yard touchdown run by Jamon Chambers.
The game also featured seven touchdowns of 30 yards or more.
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Reedley College receiver Mason Layton (8) juggles the ball before hauling in a pass from quarterback Randall Johnson on his way to a 49-yard touchdown late in the first quarter of the American Championship Bowl on Nov. 17. Looking on is De Anza College defensive back Taimane Ashby (31). The Tigers led 41-28 with 12 minutes left in the game, but the Dons rallied for a 42-41 victory.
Central Section Cross Country Championshhips
Reedley High girls place 4th in Division 3
RHS boys 10th in Division 2
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Reedley High School's boys team takes off at the start of the Central Section Division 2 race at Woodward Park in Fresno on Nov. 15. Paced by junior Matthew Jarrett (second from right), the Pirates placed 10th out of 16 schools in the division with 298 points. Jarrett turned in a time of 16 minutes, 46.61 seconds, good for 20th place.
ABOVE: Immanuel High and Orange Cove High runners ran along the creekside portion of the course during the Division 5 girls race at Wood- ward Park on Nov. 15.
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RIGHT: Reedley High School junior Ximena Ra- mos, right, tries to chase down Righetti High School's Maraitzel Moreno during the final stretch of the Division 3 girls race. Ramos was the top RHS girls finisher, placing 21st with a time of 21 minutes, 10.82 seconds.
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By Jon Earnest
jon@midvalleypublishing.com
Reedley High School's girls cross country team — coming off its first North Yo- semite League championship in 15 years – wrapped up the season with a strong fourth- place finish in the Central Sec- tion Division 3 championships at Woodward Park in Fresno on Nov. 15.
The future is bright for the Pirates girls varsity. All runners competing at the sec- tion meet — with the excep- tion of freshman Paola Rangel — are juniors and will form the nucleus of a team that will contend for section last year.
Monica Garcia filled in as head coach the final month of the season when regular coach Natalie Baumann went on maternity leave. Garcia said she was pleased with the team's performance down the stretch.
"Especially with such bad air quality," she said. "They didn't reach the times they wanted, but they did a great
job."
Reedley's score of 202 points was a solid 20 points in front of Dinuba. The only teams beating out the Pirates were champion Wasco (67), Morro Bay (87) and Kerman (148).
Ximena Ramos turned in the top time for the Pirate girls by clocking 21 minutes, 10.82 seconds on the 5,000-me- ter Woodward Park course where the state meet is run every year. Jasmine Gar- cia placed 33rd in a time of 21:35.15, Keila Robles clocked 22:03.1 — good for 49th place — while Natalie Reyes placed 59th in 22:18.34.
Coach Garcia praised freshman Rangel's 65th place finish in 22:34.59.
"It takes a lot for her to post that time in this field. I was super impressed," she said.
Rounding out Reedley's finishers were Gloria Becerra (92nd in 23:20.16) and Marissa Zuniga (103rd in 23:44.09. The Division 3 race drew 152 run- ners.
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Reedley High's David Robles, left, and Roosevelt's Jesus Hernandez sprint toward the finish line in the Division 2 boys race. Robles timed 17:33.07 to finish 58th out of 112 runners.
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