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EMPERORS Continued from B1 best of his two carries, taking one 27 yards to paydirt in the second quarter as he powered through defenders to give Dinuba a two-score lead. Despite being down eight of its starters due to injuries, including Di- nuba’s center, Magaña turned in a solid perfor- mance, going 15 of 20 for 204 yards. His one touch- down pass came with just over a minute left in the first half, when he con- nected from 3-yards out with Dinuba’s No. 3 Cam- eron Amador. Taking a 27-7 lead into the half, the Emperors looked like the team Di- nuba has grown to love. Their offense was mov- ing the ball, their defense was making plays. Play- ers were stepping up. By game’s end, the Emperors walked away with a 41-13 victory, 316 yards of total offense and perhaps a new-found confidence going into the thick of the season. Get- ting their running game going should pay divi- dends for Dinuba. With Mendoza’s 8-yard run touchdown run in the third quarter, helping to give his team a 34-7 lead, the Emperors were back in business as contenders in the Central Sequoia League. Throw in a 48-yard punt return by Dinuba High senior Brian Camp- Rick Curiel / Mid Valley Times Dinuba High's defense also held strong in the trenches, preventing the Pirates from sustaining any long drives in their matchup Sept. 6. Above, Emperor's senior Johnny Garcia begins to bring down Reedley running back Danny Cortez. Thursday, September 12, 2019 | B12 | Mid Valley TiMes PREP FOOTBALL STANDINGS McLane Hoover Reedley Sunnyside Fresno Roosevelt NORTH YOSEMITE LEAGUE League Season Thursday, Sept. 5 Firebaugh 7, Roosevelt F6riday, Sept. 6 Dinuba 41, Reedley 13 Hanford 65, Fresno 0 Hoover 30, Mt. Whitney 25 McLane 50, Hanford West 6 Selma 28, Sunnyside 8 WL PFPA WLPF PA 0 0 0 0 2 0 98 48 0000113660 0000124097 0000123845 000 00312170 0000033658 Thursday, Sept. 12 South (Bakersfield) at Fresno Monache at Hoover, Sunnyside HS Fresno Mendota at Reedley, 7:30 p.m. McLane at Exeter Granite Hills at Roosevelt Clovis East at Sunnyside Madera Sanger SJ Memorial Bullard Madera South Edison Thursday, Sept. 5 Sanger 21, Clovis East 14 Friday, Sept. 13 COUNTY METRO ATHLETIC CONFERENCE League Season WL PFPA WLPF PA 0 0 0 0 2 1 61 70 00002110158 00002114624 0000111428 0000114964 0000031989 Friday, Sept. 6 Bullard 19, Clovis 7 Buchanan 17, Edison 0 Madera 33, Kerman 21 Madera South 42, Wasco 21 San Joaquin Memorial 54, Notre Dame (Riverside) 7 Thursday, Sept. 12 Madera South at Golden West, Groppetti Stadium Visalia Friday, Sept. 13 Sanger at Lemoore, 7:30 p.m. Pitman (Turlock) at Bullard Clovis North at Edison, Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno Merced at Madera Garces at San Joaquin Memorial Kingsburg Selma Exeter Dinuba HanfordWest CVChristian WL PFPA WLPF PA 0 0 0 0 3 0 88 40 0 0 0 0 3 0 111 29 0 0 0 0 2 1 89 45 0 0 0 0 1 2 108 90 00001239149 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 71 Dinuba 41, Reedley 13 Friday, Sept. 6 Exeter 27, Lindsay 21 McLane 50, Hanford West 6 Kingsburg 52, Monache 13 Saturday, Sept. 14 CENTRAL SEQUOIA LEAGUE League Season Selma 28, Sunnyside 8Friday, Sept. 13 Dinuba at El Diamante, Groppetti Stadium Visalia, 7:30 p.m. McLane at Exeter Central Valley Christian at Chowchilla Sierra Pacific at Hanford West Kerman at Kingsburg Washington Union at Selma INDEPENDENT Season W L PF PA Immanuel Friday, Sept. 6 2 1 75 49 Chowchilla 17, Immanuel 14 Viewpoint at Immanuel, 6:30 p.m. Orosi Fowler OrangeCove Riverdale Minarets Caruthers Parlier Orange Cove 42, Farmersville 28 Strathmore 45, Parlier 6 Orosi 48, Granite Hills 21 Caruthers 35, Woodlake 8 Fowler 48, Sierra 7 Yosemite 41, Minarets 0 Riverdale 16, Sierra Pacific 13 Corcoran at Orange Cove, 7:30 p.m. Parlier at Farmersville, 7:30 p.m. Strathmore at Orosi, 7:30 p.m. Caruthers at Firebaugh Fowler at Minarets Avenal at Riverdale Friday, Sept. 13 WEST SEQUOIA LEAGUE League Season WL PFPA WLPF PA 0 0 0 0 2 0 79 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 80 27 2 1 100 65 2 1 65 51 1 1 41 66 1 2 53 70 1 2 48 81 Friday, Sept. 6 Friday, Sept. 13 bell and you have a team with weapons and on the rise. The Pirates added a second score late in the third quarter as they once again took advantage of a Dinuba special team’s mishap when Emperor’s punter Jorge Duran was sacked deep in Emper- or’s territory. Aside from the two red-zone oppor- tunities handed to them, Reedley struggled on of- fense. “I think we shot our- selves in the foot,” said Reedley High head coach Tony Gates. “We weren’t executing on offense or defense. It wasn’t so much what they were doing to us, but what we were do- ing to ourselves. “Having said that, I think Dinuba’s lineback- ers are the best we’ve seen all year. They flat out came up and they were going to sit in a certain defense, and until we did something to make them not, they were going to sit there and beat us up. We couldn’t execute well enough to get perimeter plays.” Dinuba’s first victory comes on the heels of two one-score losses to open the season, a 47-42 late minute loss in its home opener with Porterville followed by a 3-point loss (28-25) to Redwood and former Emperor’s head coach Kevin Scharton. The Emperors have two more non-league games before entering CSL play. They travel to Visalia tomorrow to take on El Diamante. The Min- ers come into the match- up with an 0-3 record, hav- ing lost to Tulare Western (40-14), Tulare Union (42- 25) and last week to Paso Robles (17-14). “Every time we play El D, it’s always one of those games where it’s close,” Barajas shared. “They seem to always have one or two guys that are very athletic... It’s going to be another tough matchup.” Dinuba travels to Fresno next week to take on Edison before open- ing league play when they host Central Valley Christian on Oct. 4. Reedley High will have two consecutive home games as they host Mendota High tomorrow night. After a bye week, the Pirates will host Washington Union on Sept. 27. They then open North Yosemite League play on Oct. 4 with an away game against Roo- sevelt High. Cardinals 2-0 after taking down Granite Hills, 48-21 First season kicks off for WIS Rick Curiel / Mid Valley Times The inaugural season of tackle football kicked off on Sept. 7 for Washington Intermediate School with a home game against Tenaya Middle School. Running the ball is WIS 8th grader Dominique Nunez. MVT Staff Report Behind the back of new star running back Dominic Martinez, Orosi High begins the season undefeated after beating Granite Hills 48-21 on Sept. 6. Martinez ran for 191 yards on 16 carries and scored six touchdowns. Orosi will face their biggest challenge of the season tomorrow night when they host Strath- more. Leadership Northern Tulare County announces openings for our 2019-20 class. 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