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Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed Reedley High's Grace Tademy fired a shot on goal during the Pirates' 13-5 non-league loss to Tulare Western on Sept.
8 at RHS.
League
season
nears for
water polo
teams
MVT Staff Report
League openers loom on the horizon next week for the Reedley High and Sanger High water polo teams.
The Pirates' teams had two more non- league games this week. The boys (9-4) and girls (6-2) traveled to Kingsburg for eve- ning contests on Sept. 14, then hosted Golden West on Sept. 15.
Reedley hosts Fres- no in the North Yosem- ite League opener on Tuesday, Sept. 21. with the boys match at 5:30 p.m. and the girls at 6:30. The Pirate boys went 2-2 at the Sunny- side Tournament last weekend, dropping a 17-9 decision on Sept. 11 to Sanger High, while the girls had a four-match win streak snapped in a 13-5 loss at home against Tulare Western on Sept. 9.
The Apache boys (9-1) went a perfect 4-0 in the Sunnyside Tourney including a 15-3 rout of the host
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Sanger High running back Ashton Rodriguez claws for yardage during the Apaches'14-13 overtime loss at Lemoore High on Sept. 10. Rodriguez scored Sanger's touchdown in overtime.
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
The Sanger High Apach- es and Lemoore High Tigers football teams engaged in an old-fashioned defensive struggle on Sept. 10 at LHS Tigers Stadium. And in a game that needed a few ex- tra plays to be decided, the Apaches came up a yard short from pulling out a non- league road victory.
After yielding an open- ing touchdown in overtime, Sanger answered back with a rushing touchdown by Ashton Rodriguez. But on the game-deciding two-point attempt, Lemoore stopped the senior running back just short of the goalline and es- caped with a 14-13 comeback victory. It was Sanger's sev- enth overtime football game
in school history, the last coming at the same location in a 40-38 victory over Lem- oore in 2017.
Returning to action after a week off because of some positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing, the Apaches needed just two possessions
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Apaches edged in OT heartbreaker
p.m. kickoff at Staley Stadium. The Bears are 0-1 on the season, losing to Madera 35-0 on Aug. 27.
Dinuba 28, El Diamante 20
At Visalia, the Emper-
ors collected their third straight victory after an opening loss by taking the lead for good in the second quarter and de- feating the Miners.
Trailing 6-0 entering the second, Dinuba coun-
tered with touchdown runs from back Julian Ramirez and quarter- back Casimiro Barragan. Sebastian Olivera, who rushed for 171 yards on
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Two-point try comes up short in 14-13 loss at Lemoore High
Sanger High hosts Centennial High on Friday, Sept. 17, for Hall of Fame Night at Tom Flores Stadium. The Apaches' Class of 2020 HOF inductees will be honored at 7 p.m, with the 2021 Class honored at halftime. In addition, Flores is scheduled to make an appearance.
Pirates strong, but weather forces no contest
Reedley builds 24-7 lead as lightning ends game at half, Dinuba wins at El Diamante
MVT Staff Report
The Reedley High football team was well on its way to a 4-0 start to the 2021 fall season, but Mother Nature had other ideas.
Flashes of lightning and thunder that swept through eastern Fresno and Tulare counties mid- evening on Sept. 9 closed in on the Reedley area, causing the non-league contest to be suspended at halftime with the Pi- rates leading Mendota High by a 24-7 score. The game ultimately was canceled and de- clared a no-contest.
Up to the suspension, Pirates senior running back Ryan Warkentin was turning in a phenom-
enal performance. He closed the first quarter with an 87-yard touch- down dash, and after adding a 4-yard scoring run early in the second quarter he closed out the half with a 37-yard TD reception.
Warkentin's first-half stats were 184 rushing and 245 total yards. The other Reedley points came on a field goal by Fernando Garcia.
Since Mendota has a game scheduled for Reedley's bye week Sept. 24, the game will not be completed or made up.
The Pirates return to action Friday, Sept. 17, at Selma High in a 7:30
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
Reedley High's Ryan Warkentin raced for a long touchdown to end the first quarter, one of two touchdowns he scored on the final play of the quarter. The senior had an 87-yard touchdown run, a 4-yard TD run and 37-yard scoring reception to end the first half and give Reedley a 24-7 lead. The game was suspended at halftime because of lightning, and ultimately was ruled a no-contest.
PREP FOOTBALL
THURSDAY, SEPT. 16 FOOTBALL
Dinuba freshmen vs. TBA, Claud
Hebert Field DHS, 5 p.m. (F) Sanger freshmen vs. Clovis, Dodson Field Sanger, 5 p.m. (V)
Reedley freshmen vs. Justin Garza HS, Sal Gonzalez Field, 5 p.m. (F)
Dinuba/Immanuel at CSL Mini Meet #3, Exeter Golf Course, noon (V) Sanger vs. CMAC #1, Madera Country Club, 2 p.m. (V)
GIRLS TENNIS
Dinuba vs. Matilda Torres, MTHS courts Madera, 3:30 p.m. (JV/V) Immanuel vs. Selma, Immanuel Sports Complex, 4 p.m. (JV/V) Reedley vs. Fresno, Reedley HS courts, 3 p.m. (JV/V)
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR SEPT. 16 TO SEPT. 22
GIRLS GOLF
WATER POLO
Dinuba vs. Monache, Dinuba HS, JV boys 4 p.m./varsity girls 5 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 17 CROSS COUNTRY Reedley at Hanford Invitational,
Hickey Park Hanford, 3 p.m. (All) Dinuba/Sanger at Woodbridge XC Classic, Silverlakes Sports Complex Norco, times TBA. (All)
Dinuba vs. Edison (Elementary Night), Claud Hebert Field DHS, 5/7:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Immanuel vs. Central Valley Christian, CVC Visalia, 5/7:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Orange Cove vs. Riverdale, Riverdale HS, 5/7:30 p.m. (JV/V) Orosi vs. Avenal, Ed Coats Stadium OHS, 5/7:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley vs. Selma,, Staley Stadium Selma, 5/7:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger vs. Centennial-Bakersfield (HOF Night), Tom Flores Stadium Sanger, 5/7:30 p.m. (JV/V)
GIRLS TENNIS
Reedley at Redwood Varsity
Tournament, Visalia, time TBD (JV/V) Reedley JV vs Golden West, Reedley HS courts, 4 p.m. (JV) Sanger at Visalia Tournament, Visalia, time TBD (V)
VOLLEYBALL
Dinuba/Immanuel/Reedley/Sanger at Visalia Varsity Invitational, Redwood HS Visalia, times TBA (V)
Reedley boys at Clovis West Tournament, CWHS Fresno, time TBD Sanger hosts Sanger Boye Tournament, Sanger Aquatics Complex, times TBA (V)
Sanger girls at Buchanan Invitational, Buchanan HS Clovis, times TBA (V)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 18 CROSS COUNTRY Dinuba/Sanger at Woodbridge XC
Classic, Silverlakes Sports Complex Norco, times TBA. (All)
GIRLS TENNIS
Reedley at Redwood Varsity Tournament, Visalia, time TBD (JV/V) Sanger at Visalia Tournament, Visalia, time TBD (V)
VOLLEYBALL
Dinuba/Reedley/Sanger at Madera Classic, Madera South HS, times
TBA (V)
WATER POLO
Reedley boys at Clovis West Tournament, CWHS Fresno, time TBD Sanger hosts Sanger Boye Tournament, Sanger Aquatics Complex, times TBA (V)
Sanger girls at Buchanan Invitational, Buchanan HS Clovis, times TBA (V)
MONDAY, SEPT. 20 GIRLS GOLF
Reedley vs. Sunnyside, Sherwood
Forest Golf Course, 2 p.m. (V)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 21 GIRLS GOLF
Sanger vs. San Joaquin Memorial, Sherwood Forest Golf Course, 2 p.m.
(V)
3 p.m. (JV/V)
VOLLEYBALL
Dinuba vs. Kingsburg, Kingsburg HS, 4/5/6 p.m. (All)
Immanuel vs. Selma, Selma HS, 5/6 p.m. (JV/V)
Orange Cove vs. Fowler, OCHS, 5:30 p.m. (V)
Orosi vs. Caruthers, Caruthers HS, 5:30 p.m. (V)
Reedley vs. Fresno, Reedley HS courts, 3:30/4:30/5:30 p.m. (All) Sanger vs. Bullard, Bullard HS Fresno, 3:30/4:45/6 p.m. (All)
Dinuba vs. Golden West, Dinuba HS, JV boys 4 p.m./varsity girls 5 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley vs. Fresno, Reedley Aquatics Complex, JVB 3:30/JVG 4:30/VB 5:30/VG 6:30 p.m. (JV/V) Sanger vs. Bullard, Bullard HS Fresno, JVB 3:30/JVG 4:30/VB 5:30/ VG 6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22 VOLLEYBALL Immanuel vs. Hanford West, HWHS,
5/6 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger vs. Edison, Edison HS Fresno, 3 p.m. (JV/V)
VOLLEYBALL
GIRLS TENNIS
Immanuel vs. Exeter, Immanuel HS gym, 6 p.m. (V)
Reedley vs. Liberty-Madera Ranchos, Reedley HS, 5/6:15 p.m. (JV/V) Sanger vs. Tulare Union, Tulare Union HS, 4:30/5:30/6:30 p.m. (All)
Dinuba vs. Central Valley Christian, Dinuba HS, 4 p.m. (JV/V)
Immanuel vs. Hanford West, HWHS, 4 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger vs. Madera, Sanger HS courts,
FOOTBALL
WATER POLO
WATER POLO