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Ty Perry, Immanuel High Eagles girls basketball player, drives to the basket during a game against Central Valley Christian on Feb. 13 at Immanuel High School. The Eagles defeated the Cavaliers 74-32.
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happier to be peaking at the right time.”
The Eagles, who finished the regular season 19-9 overall and 7-3 in the Central Sequoia League, earned the No. 4 seed in the Division III playoffs.
Immanuel hosted the No. 12 seed Chavez High from Delano on Feb. 21 in Reedley.
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and we knew with him in goal we were going to be a factor.” The Pirates advanced to the semifinals where they hosted No. 8 seed Tulare Western High School on Feb.
20 at Sal Gonzalez Field.
No score was available at
presstime.
Reedley High, the No. 5
seed, and the No. 4 seed Di- nuba High kicked off their playoff game on Feb. 15.
After the Pirates took a 1-0 lead into halftime, the Emperors scored in the sec- ond half to tie the game at 1-1.
In overtime, the teams played two 10 minute periods. Neither team scored.
That is when controversy started.
No score was available at presstime.
With a win over Chavez, the Eagles would host the winner of the game between No. 5 seed Exeter High and No. 12 seed North High of Ba- kersfield.
The quarterfinals would be played on Friday, Feb. 23.
Coach Todd said he is happy with how the team is playing heading into postsea-
The CIF rules state that if the game is still tied after overtime, a five-minute period would be played under the golden goal rule.
The first team to score wins. If still tied, another five minute golden period would be played.
If it is still tied, then the game would be decided by penalty kicks.
On Feb. 15, after nei- ther team scored in the two 10-minute overtime periods, the teams were preparing for the Golden Goal time when the referees determined the game would go straight to penalty kicks.
While coaches, adminis- trators and athletic directors from both sides tried to tell the referees of the discrep- ancy, the referees' decision stood and the game went to
son play.
“I told the team to con-
centrate fully, keep fighting until the final buzzer sounds, don't take any plays off and continue to play like champi- ons,” Todd said. “I love how the team is clicking. If they continue to go in this posi- tive direction, any team fac- ing Immanuel will be in deep trouble.”
penalty kicks.
Dinuba High won the pen-
alty kicks 5-3.
“We were preparing for
sudden death and the referee decides we are going straight to penalty kicks,” Velarde said. “We told them this is supposed to go to sudden death. But at end, we just had to go along with what happened.”
On Feb. 16, after a call by Reedley High to the CIF Central Section office, it was determined that the two fiveminute golden goal peri- ods would have to be played. If game was still tied penalty kicks would be replayed.
Both teams returned to Dinuba High's football sta- dium to play the remainder of overtime.
The game went into pen- alty kicks once again.
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JessicaPerez,ReedleyHighPiratesgirlssoccerplayer(No.3), goesaftertheballagainstSelmaHighon Feb. 14 at Sal Gonzalez Field. The Pirates beat the Bears 4-1.
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Reedley High was com- ing off a 4-1 overtime win over Selma High School in the first round of the Divi-
Reedley High defeated Dinuba High 11-10 to ad- vance to the semifinals.
“I had a meeting at break in my classroom. We were excited but when we restart- ed the game we had to calm ourselves down and use the excitement and energy to go out and win the game,” Ve- larde said. “We told the team to just pick their shot and go for it.”
Heading into the semi- final match against Tulare Western, Coach Velarde said he believes the team is good enough to win.
“We have been in this po- sition six years in a row,” Ve- larde said. “We have to flip the switch. This team is good enough to win the Valley Championship.”
The Reedley High Pirates boys soccer team defeated the Dinuba High Emperors 11-10 on penalty kicks Feb. 16 at Dinuba High.
The teams met in the quar- terfinals of the Division II playoffs.
Reedley High advanced to play Tulare Western High School on Feb. 20 in the semifinals.
No score was available at presstime.
A full report of the game will be published in the March 1 edition of The Exponent.
Rick Curiel / Photo Contributed The Dinuba Sentinel
sion III playoffs on Feb. 14. It took the Pirates 20 extra minutes to defeat the
Bears.
After the game ended
regulation tied 1-1, Reedley High took control in the over- time periods.
The Pirates scored one goal in the first 10 minute overtime period and two goals in the second overtime period to drop Selma High.
Mulligan had two goals, while Jennifer Gordillo and Jessica Perez each had one.
Evan Sagariballa, Reedley College Tigers baseball player, pitches against De Anza College on Feb. 16 at Reedley College.
RC baseball splits games with De Anza College
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Clarissa Hall competes at state championships
Clarissa Hall, Immanuel High Eagles track and field athlete (right), competed at the California Winter Track and Field Championships on Feb. 17 in Arcadia.
Hall finished in fifth place in the triple jump event. Hall had a personal best triple jump of 36 feet, nine inches.
Hall is a sophomore at Immanuel High School.
The Immanuel High Eagles track and field team will participate in the Sanger Spring Classic on Saturday, March 3, in Sanger.
Immanuel High Track and Field / Photo Contributed
Staff Report
The Reedley College Ti- gers baseball team improved to 7-5 overall as of Feb. 20, after a win over Sacramento City College and a two-game split against De Anza College.
The Tigers beat Sacra- mento City College 4-2 on Feb. 15 at Reedley College.
Reedley College then lost to De Anza College 11-9 on Feb. 16 but then defeated De Anza College 10-8 on Feb. 17.
On Feb. 15, Brady Bar- cellos earned the win on the mound, pitching eight innings, allowing two runs and striking out nine batters. Cooper Mor- rison had two RBIs, while Josh Mares and Gabe Grijalva each had one.
On Feb. 16, the Tigers lost to De Anza College 11-9 in 11 innings. The Tigers held a 6-2 lead after seven innings be- fore De Anza College scored three runs in the top of the eighth and ninth innings.
They then scored three runs in the 11th inning to win. Evan Sagariballa pitched seven innings, allowing just two runs and striking out four
batters.
Schyler Sicoli had a home
run and four RBIs.
On Feb. 17, Reedley Col-
lege defeated De Anza College 10-8.
Down 8-6 in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Tigers scored four runs to take the lead.
Brandon Steele got the win on the mound, pitching one inning in relief.
Damien Holmes and Gri- jalva each had two RBIs.
The Tigers played Mon- terey Peninsula on Feb. 20 at
Reedley College.
No score was available at
presstime. They then will play Monterey Peninsula on Thurs- day, Feb. 22, in Monterey.
Reedley College will play a double header against Gavilan College on Saturday, Feb. 24, at Reedley College.
RC Men’s Basketball
The Reedley College Tigers men’s basketball team ended their season with an 87-71 vic- tory over Porterville College on Feb. 17 in Porterville.
The Tigers finished the season 10-16 overall and 6-8 in the Central Valley Confer- ence.
On Feb. 17, Hassan Bolden led the Tigers with 26 points, nine rebounds and four as- sists. Elijah Jefferies had 24 points, while Ruben Parks scored 19 points.
Alfredo Jimenez had 13 points and 13 rebounds.
RC Women’s Basketball
Led by 21 points and eight rebounds from I'man Conley, the Reedley College Tigers women’s basketball team closed the season with a win over Porterville College.
The Tigers defeated Por- terville College 70-63 on Feb. 17 in Porterville.
Reedley College was 13-13 overall and 4-8 in the CVC.
Nyla Curtis scored 12 points and had 10 rebounds, while Gerniah Martin and Jelani Williford each had 10 points and nine rebounds.
Stephanie Cervantes also had eight points.