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Thursday, February 24, 2022 | A16 | semifinal qualifier. The
Eagles (11-19) — seeded 14 out of 16 schools in Di- vision V – stunned No. 3 Reedley by a 52-49 score at RHS on Feb. 16, then knocked off No. 6 seed Rosamond 40-38 on Feb. 18 in the high desert.
Immanuel continued its road trek on Feb 23 at No. 7 seed South Ba- kersfield, with the win- ner earning a finals shot against either No. 1 seed Highland or No. 12 Wash- ington Union on Friday, Feb. 25.
The Eagles led much of the way against the crosstown future Cen- tral Sequoia rivals, lead- ing 24-22 at half before the Pirates grabbed a 35-33 lead entering the final quarter. But with
match. They would host the winner of the Feb. 23 Bullard-San Luis Obispo semifinals on Saturday, Feb.26,atatimetobe determined.
Dinuba (11-11-5) fell in the Division V semi- finals by a 1-0 score against top-seeded Mam- moth on Feb. 22. Senior Krysta Casas scored both Lady Emp goals in a 2-0 quarterfinal shut- out at Arvin on Feb. 17.
Immanuel (12-17- 1) split its two playoff games last week; blank- ing Orosi 1-0 on Feb. 15 on sophomore Allison Wood's goal before drop- ping a shootout decision at No. 4 seed Minarets.
Reedley (7-16-4) dropped its Division IV first round matchup by a 6-0 score at top-seeded Kerman High.
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 ROUNDUP Continued from page A9
had to impact the Val- ley," Karle said. "We just want to get a [champi- onship] ring for the first time ever."
Christian Contreras led Dinuba with 13 points while Javier Torres had 10 points, Senior stand- outs Jesus Lara and Ke- ine Prendez were limited to five points each while Isaiah Martinez was held to four points. Martinez and Lara had five and four steals while Prenez dished off four assists.
••• Underdog Immanuel
High carried the Mid Valley Times region's girls basketball banner by becoming the lone
SOCCER Continued from page A9
Sanger had goals from Vlllalobos and San- tana Mercado to match two second half scores from Clovis West after a scoreless first half.
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Sanger High's girls soccer team — the top seed in Division II — improved to 22-5-1 on the season with a 2-0 quarterfinal shutout of St. Joseph on
Feb. 21. Seniors Kar- ina Gonzalez and Diana Garcia tallied second half goals to break open a scoreless deadlock.
Sanger hosted No. 5 seed Centennial on Feb. 23, and a victory would advance the Apaches girls to their second consecutive DII title
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Dinuba High's Julissa Espirito went up for layup during the Lady Emps' 47-37 win over Kerman on Feb. 16.
but was blanketed by Carpenter and was un- able to get off a shot be- fore losing the ball. The Eagles then successfully ran out the clock.
Junior guard Alli Fri- esen led Immanuel with a game-high 26 points, 22 over the final three quarters including sev- en in the fourth. Presley Galpin added 12 points before fouling out, one of four IHS players lost to fouls. Paz and Raquel Cortez paced the Pirates (10-16) with 13 points apiece.
Dinuba (19-9) reached the Division III quarter- finals (beating Kerman 47-37 on Feb. 16) before dropping a 48-32 deci- sion at No. 2 seed Or- cutt Academy on Feb 18.
Sanger (18-10 in Division II), Orange Cove (12-8 in Division IV) and Orosi (10-18 in Division V) all suffered first round de- feats last week. WRESTLING
Sanger girls fifth at section meet
Sanger High's girls had seven wrestlers place in the top 8 of their weight classes, scoring 91 points to fin- ish fifth out of 64 teams at the Central Section tournament in Lemoore on Feb. 19.
The Apaches girls were led by senior Ashley Schletewitz, who placed third at 145 pounds with a 1-0 decision. Schlete- witz will compete at this week's CIF state meet in Bakersfield.
 the score tied at 49-49 in the final minute, Jade Laemmlen's free throw put the visitors ahead and then freshman Sa- die Carpenter's steal and score made it 52-49 with
21 seconds remaining. Reedley's Miah Paz, who finished as the team's all-time scoring leader with 1,610 points, tried to get free for a pos- sible tying 3-point basket
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