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Pirate girls repeat at NYL swimming
Colleges
RC opens
NorCal
softball
on road
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Even though the Reed- ley College softball team finished the 2019 season ranked seventh in North- ern California, the team received a number nine seed in the Northern Cali- fornia Regionals.
That seeding sends head coach Kathy Kub- all's Tigers (17-4, 31-9) to Aptos on Friday, May 3, to face eighth-seeded Ca- brillo College (9-6, 24-13) at 2 p.m. The best-of-three series continues on Satur- day, May 4, at noon at Ca- brillo with a third game if needed at 2 p.m.
Reedley has split with Cabrillo this season, winning the first game of a makeup doubleheader on April 5 by a 4-2 score before dropping the nightcap, 6-5.
The series winner will probably face top-seeded College of San Mateo (14-0, 37-2 and the winners of 30 straight games) on the road the following weekend.
Reedley did receive the best seed out of the four Central Valley Con- ference teams that quali- fied for the regionals. Conference champion Col- lege of the Sequoias (19- 2, 26-13) was seeded 10th. Third place Fresno City (14-7, 22-17) received a 12 seed while fourth place Porterville (12-9,24-15) was seeded 14th.
Tiger first baseman Sandra Vallejo was named the co-conference player of the year and to the all- CVC first team.
Pitcher Emily Grim- beby and second baseman Aunika Castellanos were first team all-CVC selec- tions while catcher Saman- tha Lizaola, third baseman Amanda Beltran and out- fielders Karlie Fien and Bobbie Falcon were named to the second team.
GOLF Reedley College preps for NorCal tourney
After three matches or tournaments in a week's span, the undefeated and conference champion Reedley College men's group golf team is now
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Pair of relay teams qualify for Central Section meet on May 3-4
Staff Report
Reedley High's girls rolled to a sec- ond consecutive North Yosemite League swim championship, compiling 616.5 points to roll past second place Sun- nyside in competition at Fresno High School on April 27.
The Pirates had first place fin- ishes in all 12 events, highlighted by the Central Section qualifying relay teams. The 200 medley relay team of senior Elise Thiesen, sophomore Alina Hodges, freshman Morgan Gates and junior Abby Delpot. The group quali- fied with a winning time of 2 minutes, 4.88 seconds and will compete at the section meet starting Friday, May 3, at the Clovis West Swim Complex.
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Reedley High School athletics / Photos Contributed
ABOVE LEFT: From left, freshman Morgan Gates, sophomore Alina Hodges, senior Elise Thiesen and junior Abby Delport com- bined to win the league girls 200 medley relay race and qualify for the upcoming Central Section meet.
ABOVE: Reedley High School's two-time NYL championship squad posed for a celebration shot.
Selma edges IHS in baseball showdown
RHS boys golfers capture NYL title
Staff Reports
The Immanuel High Eagles were three outs away from seizing control of the Central Sequoia League base- ball race on April 26, but Selma High rallied for two runs in the seventh to pull out a 2-1 victory at The Yard.
The late comeback allowed the Bears (20-4, 9-2) to move a half-game in front of the Eagles (20-6, 8-2), who played at Hanford West on April 30 and then close the regular season at home with a 7 p.m. game Thursday, May 2, against Central Valley Chris- tian. Wins would give Immanuel a share of the league title, although Selma swept the season series.
The Eagles grabbed a 1-0 lead in the sixth on Matt Tiger's RBI single, and it appeared that they would clinch at least a tie for the title with the win. But Selma rallied against IHS pitchers Roman Rosales and Trace Pires in the seventh.
Rosales struck out eight and walked three while allowing three hits
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A relay throw bounced free from Immanuel High infielder Trevin Paulson as Selma High's Leo Arreguin slid safely into second base on April 26. The Bears rallied for two runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Eagles, 2-1.
Preps
Yosemite League baseball season with a Senior Night home contest against the Hoover Patriots beginning at 3:30 p.m. at RHS varsity diamond. The Pi- rates (15-8, 6-2) are attempting to se- cure second place in league and build momentum for the upcoming Central Section playoffs.
Reedley swept the Sunnyside Wildcats last week, first winning by an 11-0 score at RHS on April 24 and then rolling to a 21-6 victory in Fresno on April 26. Reedley played at Hoover on April 30; results were unavailable at press time.
Oscar Lemus struck out 12 in a complete game pitching performance in the first win over Sunnyside. Felipe Ranallo paced a strong offensive out- put by going 2-for-3 with three runs batted in and a stolen base. Ryan Garza and Justin Rackley knocked in two runs each while Roger Ortiz went 2-for-2 and Matt Vargas was 2-for-2. In addition, Chris Hinojosa and Jacob Franco hit doubles.
In the road rout at Sunnyside, Tristan Garza went 4-for-4 with a
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in 6 2/3 innings of work, and also paced theoffensebygoing2-for-4witharun scored.
Second place Pirates to host HooveronSeniorNight
Reedley High closes out the North
Eagles' Jefferies to play volleyball at CS Fullerton
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On April 25, Immanuel High's Danielle Jefferies put pen to ink on her national letter of intent to play volleyball at Cal State Fullerton. Looking on with a smile is her mother, Shannon Jefferies, and younger brother, Nate Jefferies.
and the opportunity to play in state for a Division 1 school.
Jefferies was a contrib- uting member of the Eagles' 2016 squad which reached the California Division 5 state fi- nals, then a premier player for IHS the past two seasons. Her dominating play at the net helped Immanuel surge to the section finals before a five-set loss to Chowchilla. She also has been a Central Sequoia League Defensive
Player of the Year.
Jefferies was joined at the
table by her parents, Shannon and Edmund Jefferies, and younger brother Nate. Also present was Franc Chavez of the Dinuba-based Dinamite Volleyball Club, where Jef- feries played for an Under-18 travel team.
Jefferies plans to major in business at Fullerton with hopes of becoming an entre- preneur.
Staff Report
Danielle Jefferies and her family "waited on the Lord," and it paid off as the Immanuel High School vol- leyball standout has signed a national letter of intent to play for Division 1 school Cal State Fullerton.
Jefferies, a four-year var- sity player and two-time all- Central Sequoia League first team member who led the Eagles to the Central Section Division 4 finals last fall, offi- cially put pen to paper during an April 25 ceremony in the high school gym.
"I was hoping to knowing where I was going before I was a senior," she said dur- ing the ceremony. "But God gave me the opportunity and opened the door for me."
Jefferies had received an early offer from Stoney Brook University in New York, and later drew inter- est from Howard University in Washington D.C. But there
were reservations about the distance from home.
Then came the interest from CS Fullerton and coach Ashley Preston. The result was a full scholarship offer
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The Jefferies family. From left, father Edmund Jefferies, Danielle Jef- feries, mother Shannon Jefferies and younger brother Nate Jefferies.