Page 12 - Mid Valley Times 1-13-22 E-Edition

Thursday, January 13, 2022
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Reedley High's David Arroyo controlled his opponent from Righetti High during a 5-1 overtime victory in a semifinal match at 140 pounds on Jan. 7. The sophomore (20-7) went on to take first place in the weight class on Jan. 8.
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City honors Sanger's Cantu
for bodybuilding exploits
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Sanger High School senior Nate Cantu, right, posed with Mayor Eli Ontiveros while receiving a certificate of recognition from the city on Jan. 6 in honor of him capturing four bodybuilding competitions from August to November 2021.
SHS senior won teen titles at 4 events
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5-2 decision in the finals while Phillip Arroyo won in a second period fall to move his season record to 19-4.
The Pirates' other medalists in Dinuba were Guzman, Francisco Ramos (7th at 115) and Demetrius Vargas (5th at 147).
Reedley opened its North Yosemite League season with a double du- als match against Roos- evelt and Sunnyside in Fresno on Jan. 11.
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Sanger High hosts
the Lady Apache Invita- tional girls tournament on Saturday, Jan. 15 at the SHS south gym. Matches start at 9 a.m. In addition, the Sanger High JV Boys Invita- tional will take place at
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Reedley High's Cesar Guzman looked to the referee dur- ing his semifinal victory at 134 pounds. Guzman went on to finish in second place.
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The city of Sanger paid tribute Nate Cantu, a 17-year-old senior at Sanger High School, for his body- building accomplishments that included championship wins at four events between August and November 2021.
Cantu, who has played football for the Apaches, has participated in bodybuild- ing for four years but began serious preparation in July 2021 when Sal Rivas became his personal trainer. Rivas, owner of "Ripped by Rivas" in Visalia, trains a number of top bodybuilders in the area.
Nate then underwent in- tense training; five days a week for six weeks. At that
the gyms.
The Apache boys
competed at the re- nowned Doc Buchanan in Clovis over the week- end, and hosted Madera High in its first County Metro Athletic Confer- ence dual match of the
season on Jan. 12. Sanger then will
host Bullard in an- other CMAC match on Wednesday. Jan. 19, be- fore competing at the Mission Oak Invitation- al in Tulare on Saturday, Jan. 22.
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led the scoring with 16 points including a pair of three-pointers, Bryan Huerta scored 12 points while Andrew Lopez and Luke Karle added 11 points each.
Sanger's boys hosted Madera on Jan. 12 in its County Metro Athletic Conference opener, then travels to Fresno to take on Bullard on Friday, Jan. 14. A scheduled non- league contest with Cen- tral High on Jan. 8 was canceled because of CO- VID-19 in the Grizzlies program.
The Apaches girls (10-6) were idle last week, as a scheduled non-league game with
See CANTU on page
Roosevelt wasn't played. Sanger traveled to Madera High on Jan. 11 for its CMAC opener (re- sults were unavailable at oress time), and will host Bullard at 6:30 p.m. Non-league wins
for Immanuel boys
A pair of non-league boys games did wonders for the Immanuel High's boys, as the Eagles (9-7) trounced Stone Ridge Christian of Merced 89- 50 on Jan. 6 and then cruised past Fowler 77- 50onJan.8atIHSgym.
The boys team fell to 1-2 in Central Sequoia League action with the 57-54 home loss on Jan. 4 to Dinuba, despite getting 16 points from sophomore Tad Tibbett and 14 points from se-
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Photo courtesy of Nate Cantu Twitter page
Sanger High student Nate Cantu won teen men's bodybuilding and teen men's physique contests during competition in Las Vegas on August 2021.
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
Reedley High's Areal Galvan shook a Tulare Western de- fender to dribble upfield during the Pirates' 1-1 overtime tie against the Mustangs at Sal Gonzalez Field on Jan. 6.
nior Ryan Chavez. Immanuel hosted Sel-
ma on Jan. 12 and visit Hanford West on Friday, Jan. 14. The Eagles girls (3-12, 1-2) were at Selma on Jan. 12 and host Han- ford West on Friday, Jan. 14 in a 7 p.m. start. SOCCER
Sanger boys, girls open CMAC play
Sanger High's reign- ing league champion soc- cer teams begin County Metro play this week, with the reigning section champion Apache boys home against Madera (Jan. 12) and then at Bul- lard on Friday, Jan. 14.
The boys (9-2-1) tuned up for CMAC play with a 6-0 trouncing of Porterville on Jan. 6 at Tom Flores Stadium. Isaiah Villalobos had three goals while Jaden Velez, Allesandro Minzo- ni and Santana Mercado all found the net once. Sanger bounced back strong from a 4-3 loss at Central on Jan. 4.
The Apaches girls (11-4-1) went 2-1 last week, downing Kings-
burg 5-1 on Jan. 4 and blanking Central 5-0 on Jan. 6 before falling 7-1 at Buchanan High on Jan. 8 in the CMAC- TRAC Challenge.
In the win over Kings- burg, Karina Gonzalez led the scoring with three goals while Gianna Mclain and Diana Gar- cia had one goal each. Against Central, two first half goals in a minute's span fueled the win.
Reedley boys drop opener on new field
The opening match at Reedley High's new soccer complex on Jan. 6 was a tough loss for the Pirates (7-5-3), who dropped a 1-0 decision to the 11-3-1 Clovis West Golden Eagles. That came on the heels of a 1-1 overtime deadlock at Tulare Western on Jan. 4. The Pirates got their goal in the first half.
Reedley's girls (2-11- 3) played their match on Jan. 6 at Sal Gonza- lez Field, and tied Tu- lare Western as America Chavez scored the RHS goal in the second half.
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