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Thursday, October 24, 2019 | C10 | Mid Valley TiMes Reedley College
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Reedley College linebacker Paul G. Moreno (Selma) forces a fumble during the Tiger's Golden Coast Con- ference game against Gavilan College. The Tiger's defense held the Rams to just 3 points 160 net yards.
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Reedley College quarterback Bubba Hickson finds an opening on a keeper during Saturday's home game against Gavilan College. Hickson completed 15 of 21 passes for 191 yards and three touchdowns.
Tigers rout Gavilan College, improve to 5-1
By Will Goldbeck
Special to the Times
Reedley College improved to 2-0 in the Golden Coast Conference football standings and 5-1 overall Saturday af- ternoon in Reedley with a 47-3 victory over the 1-6 Gavilan College Rams.
Four different tigers found the end- zone in the first half as Reedley, ranked 21st in the state in the California Com- munity College Sports Information As- sociation poll, jumped out to a 31-3 half- time lead.
The first 30 minutes featured a 99-yard touchdown drive, capped by an amazing leaping catch by Derek Mays (Orlando, FA) on a 30-yard scoring pass from quarterback Bubba Hickson (Su- wanee, GA) with 36.8 seconds left in the second quarter.
Kicker Jorge Rosales (Arvin) opened the scoring midway in the opening quar- ter with a 36 yard field goal. The Tigers got the ball back 79 seconds later as Gavilan lost the ball on downs on their own 34. Four plays later, Hickson found River Walker (Jacksonville, FA) for a 9 yard touchdown pass.
The Tigers had possession for four and a half minutes more than the Rams in the first quarter.
Drew Zaubi (Crestwood, KY) took over at quarterback in the second half and threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to tight end John Calderon (Dinuba) late in the third quarter. Rosales added three more field goals to get him four on the afternoon.
Cameron Lockridge (Miami, FA) had an interception in the end zone on the
first play of the fourth quarter. Ben Lu- na (Lone Pine) had a quarterback sack at the Tiger 5 on the game’s final play.
Offensively, the Tigers averaged 6.8 yards per offensive play as they finished with 503 net yards, compared to 160 for the Rams. Jamon Chambers finished with 102 yards on 14 carries while Jona- than Perryman added 72 yards on just seven carries. Hickson completed 15 of 21 for 191 yards and three touchdowns.
“Defensively, we’ve been lights out all year,” said Tiger head coach Eric Marty after the win.
On the offensive side, the Tigers have started slowly in most of the six games but they are still second in the state in scoring.
“Its a different team than last year was,” said Marty of the 10-1 Tigers of
2018. “Last year, we were very offensive driven. Even when our defense started slow, our offense was usually going. This year, it is the other way around.”
The coach is really proud of the de- fense and the Tiger defensive coaching staff. “It’s also just a testament of where we are at as a program now. We are much more of a complete team. We can win games with our special teams and our defense. We can win games with our offense. That’s a really good place to be.”
Marty knows that Gavilan has been struggling lately. “But it was good to come off the bye and get going again.”
Reedley is scheduled to travel to San Jose City College for a 1 p.m. Saturday contest. The Jaguars, one of seven win- less teams in the state, are coming off a 42-0 road loss to Hartnell College.
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Lady Tigers golf remain undefeated
Reedley College team wins seventh
Big 8 Conference tournament
MVT Staff Report
On a tough course, the Reedley Col- lege women’s golf team remained unde- feated in 2019 by winning the seventh Big 8 Conference tournament by a 334- 389 margin over Taft College on Thurs- day in Taft.
Monica Yu (San Diego) took medalist honors with a 41-36–77. Alyssa Bendure (Clovis North) followed with a 46-38–84 while Mya Chao (Visalia) was right be- hind at 46-39–85. Serena DiMauro (Cen- tral, Fresno) was at 42-46—88.
Non-scoring rounds for Reedley in- cluded Serena Garcia (Dinuba) with
a 44-45–89, McKenzie Quinn (Clovis East) with a 45-44–89, Eliza Hernandez (Sanger) with a 47-42–89, Kayla Hernan- dez (Paso Robles) with a 47-47–94 and Nikki McArron (Immanuel) with a 50- 47–97.
“The course was tough today,” said Tiger head coach Scott Stark. “Greens were firm and scoring was tough.”
Three of the five Taft players shot under 100, led by Alyssa Irey with a 41- 43–84.
The Tigers return to the course on Tuesday, Oct. 22 in Fresno for the eighth Big 8 Tournament before going to Stock- ton on Oct. 24.
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Slow start for Reedley women's soccer team
MVT Staff Report
It was a tough week and a tough start in the Central Valley Conference for the 2019 Reedley College women’s soccer team.
Head Coach Onesta Francis’ squad dropped the conference opener at Taft on Oct. 15 by a 2-1 score before com- ing out on the short end of a 3-0 score at home Friday night against the state’s second ranked team, the 13-0-1 Fresno City College Rams. The losses dropped Reedley to 6-4-1 on the season.
“A tough week is right,” said Coach Francis. “At Taft and come home to Fresno is probably the toughest possi- ble league schedule. Those are two very
athletic and well coached teams. For the most part, we held our own. But details make the difference. I think we will learn from these challenges and hope- fully come back stronger next week.”
Both of Reedley’s next opponents are also 0-2 in CVC action. West Hills Lem- oore comes to Reedley on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The Golden Eagles dropped 2-0 deci- sions to both Clovis and Taft.
The Tigers are also at home on Fri- day night, entertaining College of the Sequoias at 6 pm. The Giants opened conference play with an 8-0 loss to Fresno City and a 4-0 loss to Clovis. Sabrina Cabrera had the only Reedley goal in the loss to Taft.
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