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Thursday, January 9, 2020
Reedley girls capture
second straight
Parlier tourney title
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Mid Valley TiMes
MVT Staff Report
For the second straight season, the Reedley High Pirates were the class of the field at the Parlier girls Basketball Tournament.
The Pirates (12-4) capped a dominating three-day tourney run with a 52-17 dismantling of the Tranquillity High Tigers on Jan. 4. That fol- lowed a 46-25 semifinal win over Fowler High on Jan. 3 and an opening 59- 7 rout of Minarets High on Jan. 2
Senior Abby Delport scored 11 points in the finals win over Tranquil- lity and adeptly ran the point guard position in place of injured Precious Hawkins on her way to capturing tournament Most Valuable Player honors. That included 10
points and a number of assists against Fowler; a rematch of the 2018 Parlier tourney finals and the Pirates’ closest game in the tournament.
“I thought Abby played really well for us at the point guard position,” Pirates coach Matthew Wilkinson said. “She was able to create opportunities for her teammates on the offen- sive end, while being a spark on the defensive side. We are excited and confident to see Abby continue to embrace her role in the position as we approach the toughest part of our season.”
Joining Delport on the all-tourney team were RHS teammates Madi- son Haney and Miah Paz. Sophomore Paz scored a game-high 15 points in the win over Fowler
and added a game-high 23 points in the rout of Minarets before leading the way with 19 points against Tranquillity. Se- nior center Haney added 17 points against Mina- rets, nine versus Fowler and 11 against Tranquil- lity while demonstrating a strong inside presence.
The Parlier tour- nament was a strong bounce-back for Reedley, which dropped its final three games at the Di- nuba-Orosi Tournament before Christmas. It also gave the Pirates momen- tum heading into a Jan. 7 non-league home game against Tulare Western (results were unavailable at press time).
Reedley’s final tuneup before North Yosemite League play is Saturday, Jan. 11, at Dinuba High in a scheduled 3:30 p.m.
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
Reedley High’s Abby Delport fired a pass to teammate Maria Martinez, left, during the Pirates’ 52-17 rout of Tranquillity High in the finals of the Parlier Tournament on Jan. 4. Senior guard Delport was named tourney MVP for her strong play running the point in place of the injured Precious Hawkins.
Lady Emps jockeying for top spot in league
Lady Apaches split Clovis tournament games
tipoff. The Emperors (9-8, 2-1 Central Sequoia League) are coming off a tight 35-34 victory over Immanuel on Jan. 3.
Reedley’s NYL open-
er is Wednesday, Jan. 15, against Fresno High at RHS gym in a scheduled 6:30 p.m. tipoff. Three of the Pirates’ first four league contests will be
at home; the others are Wednesday, Jan. 22, against McLane and Fri- day, Jan. 24, against Sun- nyside.
MVT Staff Report
Prior to Tuesday night’s home game against Kingsburg, the Dinuba High varsity girls’ basketball team was 2-1 in league, earn- ing a winning record af- ter a close victory over Immanuel on Jan. 3.
Dinuba beat the Lady Eagles by just a one-point margin, 35-34, to win their third Central Sequoia League game.
Going in to Tuesday
night’s matchup, the La- dy Emps were chasing Selma (3-0 in league and 12-4-1 overall) and Kings- burg (2-0 and 4-9). Scores for Tuesday night’s games were not available at press time.
Dinuba will host Reed- ley on Saturday in a non- conference game at 3:30 p.m. before traveling to Visalia on Wednesday to play Central Valley Chris- tian in a league game. Tipoff for that game is scheduled for 7 p.m.
MVT Staff Report
The Lady Apaches varsity basketball team began the Old Town Clo- vis New Year’s Tourna- ment at Buchanan High last week with a domi- nant performance over Garces Memorial High of Bakersfield on Jan. 2. Sanger was able to out- score the Rams in each quarter to run away with a 66-35 victory.
Leading the way for the Lady Apaches were juniors Taylor Roth and Andrea Chapa. Roth fin- ished with 19 points and eight rebounds. She also had four steals. Chapa had 10 points in Sanger’s win and also had four
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Righetti with 215, Fron- tier with 151 and Muri- etta with 144.5.
At 113, DHS fresh- man Coen Quintanilla picked up his 16th win of the season with a pin against Phillip Diaz of Kingsburg for third place. Javier Castro (11- 4) placed fourth at 120 for the Emperors after a 3-0 setback to Tyson Escobedo of Righetti. Dinuba’s Jasias Carrasco improved to 10-4 after
steals.
In Sanger’s second
round game of the tourna- ment, the Lady Apaches faced a tough Div. 2 team in Yosemite High. The Lady Badgers, who en- tered the Jan. 3 matchup with a 10-4 overall record, scored 10 points in the first three minutes of the game to take early con- trol of the game.
Combined with a seven-minute scoring drought for the Lady Apaches to start the sec- ond quarter, Yosemite took a 38-20 lead into the break and never looked back as they went on to win the game, 69-37.
Yosemite was lead by 6’1” Courtney Hart, who
registering a 13-3 deci- sion against Francisco Alcantar of Nipomo for 5th at 106.
Matt Rivera also placed sixth at 113 for DHS after falling to Josh Tartaglia of Kingsburg in his final match of the day.
Angel Del Torro went 2-2 at 132 for Dinuba.
This weekend several wrestlers will be partici- pating in the 12th annual Battle for the Belt and the Redwood Invitation- al while members of the girls team will be in a tournament in Sanger.
finished with 24 points on 12 of 14 shooting from the field. She also pulled down seven rebounds. Teammate Jenna Kkurz added 22 points and had seven assists.
Sanger was led by Chapa, who finished with 11 points and five steals.
With the victory and loss, Sanger’s overall re- cord goes to 12-4, their best start since coach Da- vid Campbell took over the program in 2017.
The Lady Apaches re- turn to the court tonight with an away game at Sunnyside. Sanger will then host Edison High on Wednesday in a league opener. Tipoff for both varsity games is 6:30 p.m.
MVT File Photo
Lady Apaches' Andrea Cha- pa scored in double digits both games of the Clovis New Year's Tournament, scoring 10 points on Jan. 2 and 11 points on Jan. 3.
Noah Cortez
dinuba HIGH SCHOOL wrestling
Dinuba High wrestler Noah Cortez is named Athlete of the Week
after becoming a 3-time Dinuba Invitational champion. Cortez won the 147-pound title with a quick pin against James Juarez of Bakers eld.
George M. Villagrana / Mid Valley Times
Dinuba High's Javier Martinez (left) needed a last second take down against Hanford’s Travone Houston to win the heavyweight crown.
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