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Thursday, March 10, 2022
Pirates' boys soccer run ends in NorCal semis
Sanger boys fall
in OT session at
De La Salle in
quarterfinals
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
The Reedley High Pirates and Sanger High Apaches' quest for a Northern Cali- fornia Division I boys soccer championship ended in the semifinal and quarterfinal rounds, respectively, in last week's playoffs.
The Central Section cham- pion Pirates (20-7-3) jumped out to a 2-0 lead on top-seeded (and eventual champion) Whit- ney High of Rocklin on March 3, but the Wildcats (21-2-2) ral- lied to tie the match by half- time and went on to a 4-2 semi- final victory. Whitney then clinched the NorCal champion- ship with a 3-1 home win over No. 2 seed Watsonville.
Sanger, edged out by the Pirates for the section title
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
Reedley High's Jose Magallon (9) dribbled between a pair of Branham High defenders during the Pirates' 2-0 NorCal quarterfinal victory on March 1. Division I section champion Reedley (20-7-3) reached the Nor- Cal semifinals before losing 4-2 in the semifinals at eventual champion Whitney High of Rocklin.
Against Whitney, Reedley's strong start was powered by goals from Adam Sanchez and Alex Perez. But the hosts took charge in the second half and were led by two goals from senior Robbie Mora-Arias.
Sanger and De La Salle (which finished 20-7-1) battled to a 3-3 deadlock after regula- tion time in their quarterfinal battle. The Apaches held 2-0 and 3-1 leads but had to play a player down the rest of the way after a red card penalty.
In the 15-minute "golden goal" (sudden death) overtime, Tony Torres scored his second goal on a header shot to end the Apaches' season.
The game was marred by alleged racial and ethnic taunts by De La Salle parents and students, specifically tar- geting Latino players for the Apaches.
The incident was being in- vestigated by both schools and the California Interscholastic Federation. Another incident occurred at Buchanan High's giorls soccer playoff at Oak Ridge High in El Dorado Hills.
MVT Staff Report
Central Sequoia League cham- pion Dinuba High placed two players — including Defensive Player of the Year Jesus Lara – on the all-league boys basketball first team while Immanuel High had one first team selection in re- cent voting by league coaches.
In addition, Dinuba's Jeff Schofield was voted as Coach of the Year after guiding the Emper- ors to a 26-4 season and outright CSL crown.
Joining Lara for DHS on the first team was fellow senior Ke- ine Prendez, who led the Emps in scoring with 12 points per game while averaging two steals and two assists. Lara averaged 6.6 as- sists and six rebounds per game while helping anchor the team's pressure defense down low.
Dinuba also had two second team selections in senior Isaiah Martinez (10.8 ppt, 7.1 rebounds,
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Keine Prendez, pictured in action this season against Mt. Whitney, led Dinuba High in scoring while earning first team all-league honors.
3.1 assists) and junior Anthony Harp (9 ppg, 2.5 assists).
The Emperors set a school re- cord for victories in 2021-22, cap-
turing their own Dinuba Tourna- ment championship and reaching the finals of the prestigious Polly Wilhelmsen Invitational in Visalia before dropping a tight decision to eventual Division II section champion Mt. Whitney.
Immanuel High senior Ryan Chavez also was voted to the first team, averaging about 20 points (including a career high 39 points in a Jan. 18 win over Central Val- ley Christian) and 5.5 rebounds per game while helping lead the team to a 15-13 record. Sopho- more Mikah Tolpezninkas (12.7 ppg) earned second team honors.
The Eagles finished in a fourth place tie in league, with the high- light a home win over second place Kingsburg in the second round of league play.
Kingsburg's Matthew Rueg- ge was voted CSL Most Valu- able Player, averaging 21 points
See ALL-CSL on page A15
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The Immanuel High girls' unexpected bas- ketball postseason run finally ended in the Northern California Di- vision V regional quar- terfinals last week.
The Eagles — who won three straight games to reach the Central Section title game and earn an at- large bid — lost by a 56-29 score to Mt. Dia- blo High of Concord on March 1 to finish a 12- 21 season. Immanuel entered the postseason at 19-9, but then got hot with three road wins starting with an upset
of No. 3 seed Reedley. "It was a great ex- perience, it all started with playing Reed- ley High and we just rolled on it," coach Joe
Vasquez said.
Junior Alli Friesen
scored all 12 of her points against Mt. Dia- blo over the final three quarters, including five in the third quar- ter. Junior guard Sadie Carpenter added eight points, four in the final quarter.
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on Feb. 25, lost by a 4-3 score in overtime to No. 3 seed De La Salle Concord on March 1. The No. 6 seed Apaches — NorCal Division II champs in 2020 — finished the campaign at 21-4-1.
Reedley entered the Nor-
Cal playoffs as the No. 4 seed, and reached the semifinal round with a 2-0 shutout of No. 5 seed Branham High from San Jose on March 1. A capacity crowd packed the home side of the new Reedley High Soccer Complex, and
the home fans were treated to goals from Levy Alcantar and Cruz Ledesma.
Both players also added assists, while goalie Angel Le- mus and RHS teammate put the clamps defensively to the visitors.
Emps place two on all-CSL first team
Immanuel girls
basketball loses in
NorCal first round
PREPS ROUNDUP
THURSDAY, MARCH 10 BOYS GOLF
Dinuba vs. Tulare Union (18 holes), Ridge
SOFTBALL
courts, 3 p.m. (JV/V)
3:30/5:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger vs. Clovis North, Clovis North HS Fresno, 3:30/5:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Creek Golf Course Dinuba, Noon (V)
TRACK AND FIELD
Dinuba vs. Mt. Whitney, Dinuba HS Pool, 4 p.m. (JV/V)
SWIM AND DIVE
BOYS TENNIS
Sanger at Clovis East Carnival, Clovis East HS 1 p.m. (All)
SATURDAY, MARCH 12 BASEBALL
Dinuba vs. TBA, Central Valley Diamond
Classic, opponent/site/time TBD (V)
Reedley vs. TBA, Central Valley Diamond Classic, opponent/site/time TBD (V)
Sanger vs. TBA, Central Valley Diamond Classic, opponent/site/time TBD (V)
TUESDAY, MARCH 15 BASEBALL
Immanuel vs. Minarets, Minarets HS diamond
O'Neals, 3 p.m. (V)
Reedley vs. Dos Palos, Reedley HS diamonds, 3:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Dinuba vs. Kerman, Ridge Creek Golf Course, 2 p.m. (V)
Reedley vs. Hoover, Sherwood Golf Course, 2 p.m. (V)
Dinuba JV vs. Garza HS, Dinuba HS, 4 p.m. (JV)
Orange Cove vs. Orosi, Orosi HS, 4 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger vs. Madera, Madera HS courts, 3 p.m.
(JV/V)
Reedley vs. Central, Central HS pool Fresno, 3:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Dinuba vs. Kingsburg, Dinuba HS, 4 p.m. (V) Orange Cove vs. Riverdale, Riverdale HS, 4 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley vs. Fresno (NYL #1) Fresno HS, 3 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger vs. Edison, Sanger HS courts, 3 p.m.
(V)
Reedley vs. Hoover, Hoover HS Fresno, 3:30/4:30/5:30 p.m. (All)
Sanger vs. Buchanan, Buchanan HS Clovis, 4/5/6 p.m. (All)
Orange Cove vs. McLane, Orange Cove HS, 4 p.m. (JV/V)
Parlier vs. Farmersville, Parlier HS, 3:30 p.m. (V)
Reedley vs. Tulare Western, Tulare Western HS, 4:30 p.m. (JV/V)
FRIDAY, MARCH 11 BASEBALL
Orange Cove vs. Granite Hills, Granite Hills
HS Porterville, 3:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Parlier vs. Roosevelt, Roosevelt HS Fresno, 3:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley, Sanger at Visalia Tennis Tournament, Redwood HS Visalia, 10 a.m. (V)
BOYS GOLF
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 BADMINTON
Reedley vs. Fresno (NYL #1), Fresno HS, 3
p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger vs. Sunnyside, Sunnyside HS Fresno, 3 p.m. (JV/V) BASEBALL
Dinuba vs. Tulare Union, Washington Intermediate School diamond Dinuba, 4/7 p.m. (JV/V)
Orange Cove vs. Mendota, Orange Cove HS diamonds, 3:30/6 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger vs. Clovis East. Sanger HS diamonds, 3:30/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley vs. Selma, Reedley HS courts, 3:30 p.m. (JV/V) SOFTBALL
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
SOFTBALL
Reedley, Sanger at Visalia Tennis Tournament, Redwood HS Visalia, 10 a.m. (V)
SWIM AND DIVE
Reedley vs.Central, Reedley HS, 10/11:30
a.m. (JV/V)
TRACK AND FIELD
Reedley at Central Valley Christian Invitational, CVC Visalia,10 a.m. (F-S/V)
MONDAY, MARCH 14 BADMINTON
Reedley vs. Sanger, Reedley HS, 3 p.m.
(JV/V)
Dinuba at Central Sequoia League #1 meet, Kings Country Club Hanford, 2 p.m. (V)
Reedley vs. Roosevelt (NYL #1), Reedley HS
BOYS TENNIS
BOYS TENNIS
BOYS TENNIS
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR MARCH 10 TO MARCH 16
Dinuba/Reedley at Reedley Varsity Tournament, Reedley HS fields, times TBA (V)
SWIM AND DIVE
BOYS TENNIS
BOYS TENNIS
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
BOYS GOLF
Dinuba vs. Exeter/CV Christian, Exeter HS, 4
p.m. (JV/V)
TRACK AND FIELD
Sanger at CMAC Meet #1, Dodson Field Sanger, 3 p.m. (F-S/V)
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Reedley vs. Roosevelt, Reedley HS, 3:30/4:30/5:30 p.m. (All)
Sanger vs. Clovis, Sanger HS, 4/5/6 p.m. (All)
Dinuba vs. Fowler, Dinuba HS, 4/6 p.m. (JV/V) Orange Cove vs. El Diamante, El Diamante HS Visalia, 4:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Orosi vs. Wonderful Prep Academy, Orosi HS, 6 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley vs. Dos Palos, Reedley HS fields,
Reedley vs. Tulare Union, Tulare Union HS fields, 4 p.m. (All)
SOFTBALL
SWIM AND DIVE