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Dinuba would go to WYL, Reedley joins CSL teams
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
The Central Sec- tion California Inter- scholastic Federation was scheduled to vote on April 13 regard- ing realignment of the section's athletic leagues beginning in the 2022-2023 season.
Results of the vote weren't available by The Times' deadline, but if they were ap- proved as presented the vote means that Dinuba High School would be shifted to the six-school West Yosemite League from its longtime Central Sequoia League home. The Emperors would be paired with Han- ford High and Lem- oore High along with Tulare high schools Tulare, Tulare West- ern and Mission Oak.
The proposed re- alignment also moves Reedley High from the North Yosemite League to the new 10-member Tri County Athletic Conference. The Pirates would join former CSL schools Central Valley Chris- tian, Exeter, Hanford West, Immanuel, Kingsburg and Selma along with Kerman, Sierra Pacific and Washington Union.
Sanger High would remain in an expanded County Metro Athletic Conference/NYL. The Apaches join CMAC members Bullard, Ed- ison, Madera, Madera South and San Joa- quin Memorial along with five NYL schools and new school Justin Garza High.
The Times will re- port more on the vote in the April 29 issue.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Prep Football: Sunnyside at Reedley, Sanger at SJ Memorial, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Title games for Pirates, Apaches
Reedley 4-0 after rout of McLane
MVT Staff Report
For a second straight season, an outright North Yosemite League football championship is at stake when the Reedley High Pirates take on Sunny- side High of Fresno.
If Reedley (4-0, 4-0 NYL) can defeat the Wildcats (3-1, 3-1) in the 7:30 p.m. contest Friday, April 23, at Sal Gonza- lez Field, it will win the school's first outright league title since 1972. The Pirates had to settle for a co-title in 2019 after dropping a 38-6 decision.
In this pandemic- induced spring season, Reedley has dominat- ed by outscoring four league opponents by a combined 165-28 score. The latest victory was a 49-15 drubbing of McLane High in Fresno on April 16.
Senior Mike Rios scored four touchdowns in the rout, racking up a school-record 238 re- ceiving yards. Running back Ryan Warkentin added 93 yards rushing and two TDs.
ABOVE: Sanger High play- ers celebrated after a touchdown in the second half of a 35-12 victory over Madera High on April 16. Sanger plays at San Joa- quin Memorial on Friday, April 23, for the outright CMAC championship.
George Armenta / Photo Contributed
RIGHT: Reedley High's Mike Rios (1) sprints away from a McLane High defender for a second half touchdown on April 16. The senior set a school record with 238 receiving yards, scoring four touchdowns in the PIrates' 49-15 victory over the Highlanders.
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
Sanger rolls past Madera
MVT Staff Report
The Sanger High football team plays for the County Metro Ath- letic Conference Cham- pionship on Friday, April 23, traveling to Fresno to take on the San Joaquin Memorial Panthers in a 7:30 p.m. matchup.
The Apaches (3-1, 3-0 CMAC) closed out the home season on April 16 with a convincing 35-12 victory over the Madera High Coyotes at Tom Flores Stadium/Chuck Shidan Field. Morgan Privett rushed for two touchdowns while Isaiah Becerril had 101 rushing yards and a 35-yard TD reception. Quarterback John Pena threw for one touchdown and ran for another score.
Sanger overcame a school-record 20 penal- ties for 184 yards; fin- ishing with 357 total yards. The Apaches de- fense limited Madera to 163 yards, just 11 on the ground. Gabriel Olmos had 2.5 sacks and Ja- cob Pena two sacks and an interception while Becerril added an inter- ception.
Immanuel shakes off penalties, outscores Yosemite
Kirk Kawagoe / Photo Contributed
Immanuel High quarterback Hector Davila squeezes inside the pylon to score in the second half, one of his three rushing touchdowns for the Eagles in a 50-20 victory over Yosemite on April 16.
MVT Staff Report
Immanuel High kicked off its two-game football sched- ule on April 16, breaking open a tight first half plagued by penalties with a 30-point out- burst the final 24 minutes to defeat Yosemite High, 50-30, at County Line Stadium.
Quarterback Hector Davila completed 15 of 16 passes for 200 yards and two touchdowns while running for 105 yards and three scores for the Ea- gles, who have added a second game this Friday, April 23, at home against Dos Palos in a 6 p.m. varsity start.
The Eagles' offense also re- ceived big production from re- ceiver Winston Williams – who also was named as the School's Homecoming King during
halftime ceremonies — and running back Jacob Cabrera. Both found the end zone dur- ing the second half eruption, and Davila hooked up with re- ceiver Vincent Vargas and a long scoring pass in the second quwarter.
Immanuel seniors honored before the game were receiver Hayden Collin, receiver-DB Anthony Ashoori, receiver-DB Tyler Thomas, Williams, line- backer-lineman Michael Kawa- goe, lineman Luke Wilkins and lineman Adrian Herrera.
A large crowd attended the game at County Line Stadi- um, which included pre game
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PREP FOOTBALL
Reedley College baseball splits twinbill with COS
By Will Goldbeck
Contributed
A split of an April 16 dou- bleheader has left the Reedley College Tigers in second place in the Central Valley Confer- ence baseball race.
After the split, Reedley is 5-1 overall and 3-1 in confer- ence play going into a series that started April 20 with Taft College (0-3, 0-5) hosting the Tigers before playing in Reed- ley on Thursday, April 22.
The Tigers opened last week with a 21-12 noncon- ference win over Cerro Coso
College before defeating the Coyotes 16-2 the next day. In conference action, Reedley
met College of the Sequoias in a match of undefeated teams. Reedley won the first
game 14-3 before dropping the nightcap 13-8.
With 76 runs on the season,
the Tigers are the highest scor- ing team in the state. Cabrillo trails the Tigers by 18 runs.
In the first game against Cerro Coso, DJ Vela belted two home runs and finished with eight RBI. Leo Arrequin also had two hits and scored four times. The next day, the Tigers used 22 of their 44 players in the 16-2 win. State statistics have room for 40 players on a stats sheet. Reedley had 13 hits while being issued 13 walks.
“We have swung the bat well,” said Tiger head coach
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RC softball picks up first victory of season
By Will Goldbeck
Contributed
Reedley College’s eight- game road trip to start the 2021 season finally ends Tues- day, April 27, with a Central Valley Conference double- header at Merced College.
Before that, Reedley
played at winless Fresno City College in an April 20 double- header. Results were unavail- able by deadline.
Reedley broke into the win column on April 12 in Bakersfield with a 7-6 win over the Renegades. Bakers- field won the nightcap 7-5 for their first win of the season.
In the opener, Reedley scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back.
Cynthia Montalvo had three hits while Precious Hawkins had two hits and drove in a pair of runs. Win- ning pitcher Annabelle Bu- chanan struck out six.