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completed a Rodriguez to tie the game at 21.
“The fumble return for a touchdown caused by Juan Flores and pick up by Aidan really sparked us and got us back in the game,” White said.
Ward noted he talked to his team at halftime about the turnovers.
“They got 14 points off of our turnovers and I told my kids you can’t turn the ball over,” he said. “That gave them the short field.”
In the second half, Caruthers running back Bobby Staley scored his third TD of the game on a 14 yard run to regain the lead, 27-21. Orosi re- sponded with a quick strike as Lara connected on a 53-yard pass play to Rodriguez as the Cardi- nals took their only lead of the game, 28-27.
Ward said Orosi’s pass- ing game caught the Blue Raiders off-guard as their defense was keyed on stopping running back Dominic Martinez, who entered the game as one of the section leaders in touchdowns.
running the ball,” said coach. “But they did a really good job throwing the ball. That’s a potent offense.”
Caruthers bounced back and pieced together a 10-play, 60 yard scor- ing that chewed up six minutes off the clock as Babb scored on a short 2-yard run. The Blue Raiders converted a two- point play for a 35-28 lead. After a quick three and out by Orosi, Caruthers continued to rely on their rushing attack as they ex- tended their lead to 41-27 on a 3-yard run by Gus- tavo Arciga.
Behind the arm of Lara, who finished the game completing 16 of 24 passes for 190 yards and three touchdowns, the Cardinals would drive to Caruthers’ 27 yard line. Facing a 4th and 15 with less than 5 minutes re- maining, Lara found wide receiver Bryan Chavez, who broke free from the Blue Raiders coverage to haul in a pass to pull the Cardinals within a touch- down, 41-35.
Orosi’s defense needed a stop to give the offense a shot to knock off Ca- ruthers. The Blue Raid- ers held on to the ball converting a key 4th and
George M. Villagrana / Mid Valley Times
Orosi High's Dominic Martinez breaks free for a big run during the first half of the Cardinal's matchup with Caruthers on Sept. 27. The junior tailback, normally a big offensive threat, was held to just 73 yards on 11 carries and was kept out of the end zone for the first time this season as Orosi fell to the Blue Raiders in their opening league game, 42-35.
“Their strong suit is
2 from the 16-yard line with less than 2 minutes remaining eventually run- ning the clock out.
“Their size and strength wore us down in the 4th quarter,” White said. “They have the #1 team in Div. 5 for a rea- son. They have the best offensive line we have seen all year. They were
able to run behind them at will for most of the game. We threw everything at them, but it still wasn’t enough.”
Martinez was held without a TD for the first time this season as the junior finished with 73 yards on 11 carries.
Caruthers opened the game with a 70-yard TD
run by Jake Prudek and later tacked on a scor- ing run by Staley before Orosi got on the board on a scoring run by Arciga. The Blue Raiders did all their damage on the ground as they racked up 360 yards.
Leading the way de- fensively for the Car- dinals was Arciga who
led the team with seven tackles and assisted on three others. Meraz added seven tackles while Ed- gar Dominguez finished with six. Rodriguez was perfect converting all his PAT’s as the Cardinals will now travel to face River- dale tomorrow night. The Cowboys are 5-1 overall and 2-0 in ESL play.
Sanger Apache
Thursday, October 3, 2019
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Mid Valley TiMes
runners continue
to lead the pack
Apaches once again capture first place victories at recent events
By Coach Sean Marzolf
Special to the Times
The JV team start- ed the weekend with a strong showing at the 52 team Golden Eagle Invitational at Woodward Park. The JV girls stormed out the gates with a convinc- ing win placing 5 runners in the top 10 overall in the 200-girl race.
The apaches were led by senior Karisma Rodriguez running a
season best 22:06 for 5000 meters. She was closely followed by Mel- ody, Victoria, Leslie and Nereyda to round off the top 5. The team finished with 31 points beating out the 2nd place team Clovis High by 63 points.
The JV Boys ran next with a solid 4th place fin- ish led by Anthony Ro- driguez running a season best 19:11. He was fol- lowed in by Jared, Jona- thon, Gavin and Miguel to wrap up the top 5.
Saturday the Varsity team competed on the road at Santa Margarita Lake at the Brug Invi- tational, hosted by Atas- cadero High School.
The Varsity girls ran the lights out running 7 girls in the top 8 overall, each taking home a top 10 medal. The female apaches won with a solid 18 points ahead of clos- est competitor Sunnyside (45 points).
The team was led by Nia Lamas running a 19:33 for a hilly 5000 meters, taking 1st place overall. She was fol- lowed in by Rebeca, Jennifer, Jessica, Sien- na, Ani and Jahari. The girls team time is also a School Record and a Course Record making them the fastest team to ever run on that course by any team, averag- ing 20:26 per runner. The Boys followed in just as impressive fash- ion running a perfect 1st through 7th place over- all. The perfect score of 15 points was led by Emanuel Salas, a rock solid 10th grader running a blazing 17:04 for 5000 meters. He was followed in by Jaden, David, Ben, Myles, Juan and JT.
The boys team time (17:19 AVG) is a school record time for Sanger High on this course and one of the fastest times ever ran by any school on that course. The Running Apaches go into a bye week to get in some training in prepara- tion for the Clovis Invita- tional on Oct. 12.
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
Reedley High’s Madison Haney (10) delivered a hit against Selma High’s block during a four-set non- league victory over the Bears on Sept. 25. Scores were 25-19, 25-21, 21-25, 25-11.
Reedley volleyball opens big in league play
MVT Staff Report
Reedley’s varsity girls volleyball teams had strong performances last week, with Reedley High rolling to victory in its first two North Yosemite League matches while Immanuel High captured the champi- onship of the Granite Hills tournament in Porterville and also collected to Cen- tral Sequoia League victo- ries.
The defending league champion Pirates (15-13 overall, 2-0 NYL) collected three match victories on the week, sweeping Fres- no by scores of 25-10, 25- 18 and 25-12 on the road Sept. 24. They then defeat- ed Selma in four sets in a non-league home match on Sept. 25, before downing Roosevelt in four sets on Sept. 26 at RHS gym.
In addition, Reedley High posted a 3-1 record at the Sunnyside Varsity Tournament in Fresno on Sept. 28. The Pirates swept Bakersfield (25-12, 25-14) and lost to Kerman (25-20, 25-22) in the morning, then defeated Edison (25-18, 25- 15) and Sierra (25-21, 25-18) in the afternoon.
Immanuel, meanwhile, rolled to the finals of the Granite Hills tourney with two-set wins over South, Strathmore and the hosts. The Eagles then bounced back from a 26-24 opening loss in the finals to defeat Tulare Western by scored of 25-17 and 15-11.
Senior Carissa Hall posted 18 kills and 15 digs in the tournament while Halle Brett had 19 kills. Setter Brooke Hatch dished off 30 assists and added seven ace serves and 21 digs while Claire Ramirez and MacKenzie Coats added 15 and 15 digs, respectively.
Earlier in the week, Immanuel (13-5 3-2 CSL) downed Selma in four sets on Sept. 24 and then swept Hanford West three straight on Sept. 25. The Ealges hosted Central Val- ley Christian on Oct. 1l re- sults were unavailable at
press time.
Immanuel hosts Kings-
burg on Thursday, Oct. 3, in a key CSL contest, then plays at Exeter on Monday, Oct. 7 before hosting Di- nuba on Wednesday, Oct. 8. All matches are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
Reedley, meanwhile, had an NYL road match at McLane on Oct. 1 and then play at Sunnyside at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3. The Pirates have a non-league home match against Gold- en West of Visalia on Mon- day, Oct. 7, before hosting Hoover in a Tuesday, Oct. 8, NYL home match.
Photo by Sean Marzolf / Special to the Times
Sanger High's David DeLoera, only a 10th grader, took 1st place overall in 15:48 for the 3 mile course, becoming the first Sanger In- vitational champion for Sanger High school since 1993. The event was held Sept. 20.
Aidan Rodriguez
OROSI HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Orosi High’s Aidan Rodriguez is this week’s Athlete of the Week as the junior
wide receiver had nine catches for 128 and
two touchdowns in a 41-35 loss to Caruthers. Rodriguez also returned a fumble 46-yards for another TD.
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