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the order can be found on the city's website at www.sanger/ca.us.
COVID case num- bers throughout the Central Valley and state continued to skyrocket heading into this week, reaching their highest levels since early in the pandemic. For the seven-day period end- ing Tuesday, Jan. 25, the positivity rate had jumped by three more percent in Fresno Coun- ty, up to 34.2 percent of nearly 2,300,000 tests.
The daily new case rate per 100,000 soared from 175.6 to 223.9 by Jan. 25, and hospitaliza- tions jumped from 447 to 554. However, deaths increased by only five, to 2,430.
The death count jump was more drastic
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week in Madera against Madera South (Jan. 26) and Madera High (Fri- day, Jan. 28).
On the girls side, the Lady Apaches dropped their lone CMAC game on the court last week, getting drubbed 66-15 by first place San Joa- quin Memorial in Fresno on Jan. 18. On Jan. 21, Sanger (14-7, 3-1) was scheduled to host Edison but the Tigers had to for- feit the contest because of COVID issue. Sanger hosted Madera South and Madera in games this week before playing at Bullard on Tuesday, Feb. 1.
Pirates girls capture first NYL win
Reedley High's girls finally broke through for their first North Yo- semite League basket- ball win of the season on Jan. 21, blanking visit- ing McLane High 7-0 in
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in the final 10 minutes. The win was the 17th straight for the Rams, while the Tigers (4-12) suffered their eighth straight loss.
Softball season opens with new coach
With a new head coach, Reedley College begins a new season of softball at home on Tuesday, Feb. 1 against Cuesta College in a noon doubleheader at RC soft- ball diamond.
Amy Bailey has taken over the head coach po- sition from the retired Kathy Kuball. A team preview will run in the Feb. 3 issue.
in Tulare County, as an additional 31 COVID- related deaths brought the number to 1,223 since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Hospitalizations continue to climb for the week, jumping by 42 to 158. The positivity rate climbed from 28.4 to 32.3 percent, after testing had surpassed the one million mark entering last week.
Individual communi- ties in Tulare County saw huge case jumps for the week. Dinuba reported an increase of more than 600 new cases, with the total case number growing to 7,138. Orosi jumped by nearly 230 cases (to 2,408) while Cutler added nearly 110 new cases. Even the ru- ral Tulare County areas near Reedley and Orange Cove increased at higher- than-normal levels.
the opening quarter on their way to a 10-point halftime lead and 48-33 victory at Reedley High.
Senior Miah Paz, the Pirates' career scoring leader, scored 14 of her game-high 25 points in the second quarter, and had five of the team's points in the opening stan- za. Raquel Cortez added nine points and Katelyn Medina eight points.
Reedley (7-11, 1-2) earlier lost by a 54-36 score at Roosevelt on Jan. 19. This week, the Pirates visited first place Sunnyside on Jan. 26 and then host Hoover in a 7 p.m. start on Fri- day, Jan. 28.
Reedley High's boys (6-16, 1-3) lost 78-56 at home to Roosevelt on Jan. 18 before dropping a 64-52 decision at McLane High on Jan. 21 in Fres- no. The Pirates had home games this week with Sunnyside (Jan. 25)
Diana Rico
Dinuba High Soccer
Dinuba High's Diana Rico scored four goals for the week, three in a 6-3 victory over Hanford West on Jan. 20. The senior forward- midfielder has 11 goals and seven assists for the season, topped by a four-goal outburst in a non-league victory over Fresno Christian on Jan. 12.
School districts in the region continued to enact the California Depart- ment of Public Health and their county's COVID pro-
tocols regarding vaccina- tion status, isolation and quarantine. The protocols included staying at home and away from others for
at least five days mini- mum. Home quarantine is not required for those vaccinated if they don't display symptoms.
then went to Fresno in a battle for sole posses- sion of first place and blanked Edison High by a 5-0 score on Jan. 21.
Isaiah Villalovos scored three goals against the Panthers and then scored once against the Tigers. Julio Her- nandez had two goals against SJM while Aar- on Carrillo scored twice against Edison and three times on the week.
Sanger's girls (14-4-1) were equally dominant, moving to 3-0 in CMAC play with routs of SJ Me- morial (6-0 on Jan. 18) and Edison (8-0 on Jan. 21). The Apache girls scored four goals in the second half against the Panhthers and six goals
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Continued from page A1 the 509-student Class of 2022 at the school.
Off campus, Yarits- sa's community ser- vice activities include serving food at church, donating clothes and helping others. She plans to compete in the upcoming Cinco De Mayo Queen and Miss Dinuba pageants.
"I have done things out of my comfort zone, because the teachers here at DHS push us to do things so that we can be the best version of ourselves," she said.
Other school honors Yaritssa has earned include California Scholarship Federa- tion (CSF), FFA Award and Emperor/Student of Month.
the final 40 minutes against the Tigers.
Pirates boys still perfect in NYL
Heading into a Jan. 25 showdown against sec- ond place Edison (results were unavailable at press time), Reedley's boys team held a perfect 4-0 North Yosemite League record. The Pirates (11- 5-3 overall) blanked visit- ing Roosevelt 3-0 on Jan. 18 and then prevailed 3-1 in Fresno against McLane on Jan. 20.
The Reedley girls (3-12-4, 2-1-1) battled to a scoreless tie against McLane High on Jan. 21, after having previous matches against Hoover and Roosevelt postponed by COVID issues.
As of the Tuesday, Jan. 25 update, there were 196,092 total cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) out of 2,297,594 tests in Fresno County, with 2,430 deaths and 554 people hospitalized (83 in ICU).
Del Rey was at an updated 449 cases (1,287 in region) while the Fowler region had 1,726 cases (1,500 in the city) and an updated 32 deaths through Jan. 25. Squaw Valley (an updated 231 cases), Dunlap and Miramonte had a total case number of 590.
Among Mid Valley Times cities in the county through Jan. 25, the Reedley region continued with the most total overall positive cases with 9,744 (an updated 5,200 in the city proper), and 91 deaths in data on the Fresno County Department of Public Health website.
In Tulare County, there was a total of 88,563 confirmed cases (14,032 active, an increase of 5,974 for the week) of COVID-19 with 1,223 deaths and 158 people hospitalized (13 in ICU) as of Tuesday, Jan. 25. Breakdowns by cities/regions show 7,138 total cases in Dinuba, 2,408 in Orosi, 1,210 in Cutler, 458 in Traver, 172 in the rural area south of Reedley and 48 in the area southeast of Orange Cove.
Through Jan. 25 with no recent updates, Sanger (including immediate surrounding rural areas) continued to show 9,556 cases (an updated 6,900 in the city) and 87 deaths; Parlier was at 3,600 cases (3,815 region) with 49 deaths and Orange Cove had 2,200 (3,694 regional) cases and 20 deaths.
A total of 73,308 people (82.8 percent) in Tulare County were listed as recovered as of Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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Miah Paz, Reedley High's career scoring leader, fired up a shot for two of her game-high 25 points in the Pirates' 48-33 win over McLane High on Jan. 21.
and first place Hoover (Thursday, Jan. 27).
SOCCER Sanger boys continue domination
It was another domi- nating week for Sanger High's boys soccer team, who outscored their two CMAC opponents by a combined 15-0. The
Apaches (13-2-1, 4-0) trounced visiting San Joaquin Memorial by a 10-0 score on Jan. 19,
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