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Reedley soccer opens with scrimmage win
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Former Reedley College standout Lili Bevao, right, celebrates with Idaho State team- mate Diaba Konate next to the Big Sky Conference tournament trophy on March 12 after the Bengals captured the tourney championship in Pocatello, Idaho.
Ex-RC star Bevao headed to NCAA tourney with Idaho St.
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called time out with one second remaining. After contact on a re- sulting inbounds pass and a resulting video review, officials ruled there was no foul and the Eagles held on to
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Junior guard Kend- ricks provided a solid scoring complement to Coleman, finishing 6-of-9 from the field including a 3-pointer and hitting 5-of-7 free throws to finished with 18 points. He added two
assists, a steal and one rebound in 31 minutes of play.
Kendrick finished his season averaging 11.5 points and 2.9 re- bounds in 15 games played, including a sea- son-high 22 points in a Feb. 6 win over Acad- emy of Art.
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Former Reedley Col- lege guard Lili Bevao is going dancing.
Bevao and her Idaho State Bengal teammates defeated the University of Idaho women 84-49 on March 12 to claim the 2021 Big Sky Confer- ence tournament cham- pionship and a berth in the NCAA tournament in San Antonio, Texas.
The tournament brackets were an- nounced March 15, with the Bengals drawing the No. 13 seed. They open
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Runners and walk- ers of all skill levels are invited to participate in this year's 38th annual Run for Relief event to benefit the Mennonite Central Committee.
Participants can run, walk or jog at your own pace in the time and place of your choosing. Entrants also can join runners at Fresno Pacif- ic University's parking lot off Willow Avenue (north of the Sunbirds' track) between 7 and 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 11. All entrants will re- ceive a classic shirt.
For more information on the event, contact Ste- phen Penner by email at stephenjamespenner@ gmail.com.
play at 11 a.m. Pacific time on Sunday, March 21, against No. 4 region seed University of Ken- tucky.
Bevao saw two min- utes of action in the championship game and did not post any statis- tics.
The Bengals finished at 15-2 in the Big Sky and were 22-3 overall.
Bevao played in 30 minutes in nine games this season, making 6 of 9fromthefield(3of4
on 3-pointers and 2 of 4 from the foul line. She averaged 1.9 points per game. The Bengals were 14-0 at home and had a 14-game winning streak ended on Feb. 13 in a 73- 56 loss at the University of Idaho.
Bevao was an all- conference selection for Reedley College before transferring to Idaho State. She played in only nine games this season, playing behind an all- conference player.
Reedley High School's boys soccer team opened their revised 2021 winter-spring sea- son with a 1-0 victory over Fowler High in a scrimmage at Sal Gonzalez Field on March 11. Cruz Ledesma (left photo) scored the lone goal of the match for the Pirates, who captured a second straight North Yosemite Leage cham- pionship last season.
Reedley High hosted Tulare Union in a non- league matchup on March 16 (results were un- available at press time), then travel to Fresno this week for 5 p.m. varsity matches at Bullard (Thursday, March 18) and defending section champion Central (Tuesday, March 23). The Pirates lost to the Grizzlies in the section quar- terfinals in February 2020.
Reedley's next home match is Thursday, March 25, at 5 p.m. against Madera South.
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Reedley's other home games are April 9 against Roosevelt and April 23 against Sunnyside. Scheduled road games are against Fresno (April 2) and McLane (April 16).
Dinuba High's scheduled Green- White scrimmage at 7 p.m. Friday, March 19, still appears to be a go. The Emperors are scheduled to open a limited four-game season at 7 p.m. Friday, March 26, against Tulare Western High at Claud Hebert Field. Also scheduled are home games with Kingsburg (April 2) and Bullard
(April 16) along with an April 9 road game at Selma High.
Immanuel High has just one game scheduled for spring 2021, an April 16 home game against Yosemite High that will serve as the Eagles' Homecoming game and Senior Night festivities. Kickoff that day will be at 6 p.m. in County Line Stadium at the Immanuel Sports Complex.
So far, the Central Section has had just one officially sanctioned football game played. That was on March 13, when Central Valley Christian de- feated Mission Oak of Tulare by a 35-12 score in Visalia.
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