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Sanger High defensive end Gabriel Olmos was lights out for the Apaches during their homecoming game against Madera South. The junior finished the game with eight tackles, two sacks and even a blocked punt to help Sanger shut out the Stallions 42-0.
Rick Curiel / Mid Valley Times
Back in action and back in full form, Sanger High's Kosi Agina made the best of his extended playing time for the Apaches. The senior running back ran for 119 yards on nine carries. He also scored two touchdowns, including a 60-yard break away run that put the Apaches up 21-0 in the second quarter.
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ried the ball nine times for 119 yards and the two score.
His first score came on a break- away run along the visitor’s sideline in the second quarter, taking it 60 yards to the house. His number was called up again on a goal line play three minutes into the third quarter as he punched it in from 1-yard out to help give his team a 28-0 lead.
Also getting in on the act was sopho- more running back Ashton Rodriguez, scoring on a 3-yard run in the third quarter. Rodriguez was one of seven
backs to run the ball for the Apaches. He finished with eight carries for 62 yards and the one score.
Also carrying the ball eight times was senior running back Pierce Jones. He finished with 64 yards on the night.
Junior running back Morgan Privett had four carries during the game for 56 yards. He also had one catch in the fourth quarter that he turned into a 14-yard touchdown re- ception to put the Apaches up 42-0.
It was a dominant victory for Sanger. They finished with a total of 416 yards on offense, 314 yards rush- ing and 102 yards passing - with Col- lazo going 7 of 9 with three touch- downs.
Meanwhile, on defense, the Apach- es held the Stallions to just 58 yards of total offense and only allowed five first downs during the game.
Senior defensive end Gabriel Ol- mos turned in a solid performance against the Stallions. He finished the night with eight tackles, two sacks and one blocked punt.
Sanger’s big victory comes as the Apaches prepare to take on two tough opponents at home to finish the regu- lar season. Tomorrow night the team will host the Edison Tigers in a must win to keep Sanger’s league champion- ship hopes alive.
The Tigers, though 3-5 on the sea- son, were on a three-game winning
streak before running into league leader San Joaquin Memorial on Fri- day night. The Panthers defeated Edi- son 49-7.
San Joaquin Memorial, currently the No. 2 ranked team in Division 2, takes on Madera tomorrow night. Bar- ring an unlikely upset by the Coyotes, if Sanger were to beat Edison tomor- row night, they would need to defeat the Panthers at home on Nov. 1 for a shared league championship.
Sanger is currently the No. 4 ranked team in Division 2.
Tomorow night's game against Edi- son is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be played at Tom Flores Sta- dium.
Sanger girl's tennis lock up league for third straight year
MVT Staff Report
On Tuesday, Oct. 22, the Sanger High varsity girl’s tennis team looked to go 10-0 in league play as they host- ed Bullard High. The results for the match were not available by press time, but if they were able to pull off the victory, it would have marked the second year in a row that the Apach- es finished the season undefeated in league play.
But regardless of Tuesday’s results, the Apache girl’s tennis team has al- ready locked up a CMAC title after go- ing 19-4 on the season and at least nine victories in league matches.
The Apaches tennis team, under the direction of coach Jeremy Warken- tin, opened up going 4-0 before drop- ping two matches, one to Liberty High of Bakersfield and the other to Gre- goriHighofModesto.Theythenwent on to win 15 of their next 17 matches, winning their last 10 straight matches.
Last year the team went 21-6 and won two Division II playoff matches before losing to Redwood High in the Championship match.
Division II playoffs will begin this year on Oct. 30.
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Pirates try to stay perfect in league, Eagles snap losing streak
MVT Staff Report
The Reedley High Pirates volleyball team was just two wins away — both major tests — from another perfect run through the North Yosemite League schedule.
The Pirates (23-13 overall) carried an 8-0 record into an Oct. 22 road match against third place Hoover on Oct. 22; results were unavailable at press time. Reedley prevailed in a five-set battle on Oct. 8, rally-
ing from a 2-1 deficit to take the decisive set by a 15-5 score.
The regular season closes out on Thurs- day. Oct. 24, with a 5:30 p.m. showdown against second-place Sunnyside (7-1). The Wildcats also took Reedley to five sets in the first round on Oct. 3, holding a 2-1 lead be- fore the Pirates came back and then won the decisive set, 15-6.
The Pirates posted home match sweeps of McLane (25-17, 25- 12, 25-9) on Oct. 15 and Fresno (25-9. 26-24, 25- 19) on Oct. 17. That ran Reedley’s NYL match win streak to 28 straight dating to the start of the 2017 season.
Junior outside hit- ter Lexie Canales led thePiratesinkillswith nine against McLane and 11 against Fresno. She added five digs and two ace serves against the Warriors, and the Pirates rallied from four points down and one set point in the second set to prevail.
Junior setter Rylee Kybo registered 24 as- sists, delivered three ace serves and col- lected 17 digs against Fresno. Lauryn King had five kills and three digs, Lauren Be- tancourt had four ace serves and eight digs, Sophia Lampa had nine digs, Vanessa Ro- driguez collected three aces and eight digs while Lillian Martinez collected four kills and three blocks.
Against McLane, Kubo registered three aces and 25 assists. King complemented Canales with seven kills while Martinez and Madison Haney each added five kills. Lampa had a strong night serving with five aces.
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snapped its four- match Central Sequoia League losing streak on Oct. 17, bouncing back after a 25-22 loss in set one to sweep host Selma High 25-18, 25-21 and 25-20.
Senior outside hit-
ter-opposite Carissa Hall led the way with 13 kills, and the Eagles were able to overcome double digit kill totals from Marissa Cerda and Danielle Leon.
The Eagles’ final regular season home match was against winless Hanford West on Oct. 22 (results were unavailable at press time). The team was to honor its nine seniors before the match.
Immanuel (19-9, 4-6) then closed out the regular season on Oct. 23 at first place Cen- tral Valley Christian. The Cavaliers were attempting to close out a perfect 10-0 CSL season.
The Eagles will learn their postsea- son bracketing this weekend,andthefirst round of the Central Section Division 3 playoffs will begin on Thursday, Oct. 31. Last year, the Eagles ad- vanced to the Division 3 section finals before losing in five sets to Chowchilla High.
Reedley High junior setter Rylee Kubo lifted a pass during the second set of the Pirates 3-0 volleyball sweep of Fresno High on Oct. 17. Reedley won twice last week to improve to a perfect 8-0 in North Yosemite League play.
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