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Thursday, November 25, 2021
Big plays turn back Dinuba D-III finals bid
Bakersfield Christian ends Emperors season, 49-27
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
An explosive Bakersfield Christian Eagles team used the big play to end Dinuba High's run at a possible Cen- tral Section Division III foot- ball championship.
Quarterback Brandon Wa- terhouse passed for 233 yards and three touchdowns; two to his brother Bryson Water- house, who also added a punt return TD while Nathan Perez rushed for two scores as BC (10-3) pulled away in the sec- ond half for a 49-27 victory before a near-packed house at Claud Hebert Field on Nov. 19.
The seventh-seeded Ea- gles take on top seed Central Valley Christian on Friday, Nov. 26, in Visalia. Dinuba, meanwhile, finished a strong bounceback season with an 8-5 record under first-year head coach C.J. Lester. Two of the losses were by three points to CVC and an overtime defeat against Central Sequoia League champion Kingsburg.
"Seeing these kids go 0-4, and then flipping it to get to the semifinals and get a chance to go to the Valley championship, I'm proud of these kids. I love the heck out of them," Lester said.
Senior running back Se-
LEFT: Dinuba's Sebastian Olivera swept around left end for a first quarter touch- down against Bakersfield Christian.
Andy Gonzalez / Photo Contributed
ABOVE: Emperors' coach C.J. Lester talked to his team after the 49-27 loss on Nov. 19.
Sanger cross country bags section titles
bastian Olivera rushed for
two touchdowns and had a
TD reception for Dinuba, Herrera. But three costly while quarterback Casimiro turnovers, two lost fumbles
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and an interception in the end zone, prevented the Emperors
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Bulldogs have
Turkey Day
clash with SJS
MVT Staff Report
Fresno State closes its foot- ball regular season on Thanks- giving Day with a 12:30 p.m. Mountain West road showdown at rival San Jose State. The game will be televised live on Fox Sports 1 (FS1).
The Bulldogs (8-3, 5-2 MWC) need a victory, coupled with a Boise State win against San Di- ego State on Friday, Nov. 26, to advance them to the Mountain West Conference champion- ship game on Saturday, Dec. 4. Based on rankings after this week, the title game could be played at Bulldog Stadium.
Barragan had a second scor- ing pass to tight end Matthew
Area basketball teams tip off 2021-22 seasons
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The Sanger High Apaches cross country teams last week captured Central Section Di- vision II team championships in contrasting methods.
The Apache girls placed four of its runners in the top six on its way to a dominat- ing 27 points score, while the SHS boys edged San Luis Obispo by a single point to claim the crown in three- mile races at Woodward Park in Fresno on Nov. 18. Both squads now will participate
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Sanger High's girls and boys cross country teams posed with pride on the awards stand after capturing the Division II team champion- ships at the CIF Section Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno on Nov. 18.
19:04.71). Anayacsi Diaz fin- ished 10th in 19:48.34.
For the boys, senior Emanuel Salas clocked 13:31.95 to beat out teammate David DeLoera (15:42.37) for the individual title. Dan- iel Galvez finished sixth in 15:55.33, giving SHS three top 10 finishers.
Reedley's girls were 9th in the Division III team stand- ings while the RHS boys finished fifth in Division II. Araceli Villarreal was the lone Top 10 Pirates individ- ual, finishing 8th in 20:23.91.
BOYS BASKETBALL Prates' finish 1-2 at own tournament
The Reedley High boys
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in the CIF State Meet on Sat- urday, Nov. 27, also at Wood- ward Park.
Senior Nia Lamas placed second in 18 minutes, 50.99
seconds and was followed by teammates Leah Mend- ibles (fourth, 18:55.60), Si- enna Bianchi (fifth, 18:59.61) and Nereyda Alvarez (sixth,
Reedley College to play Butte in Gridiron Classic Bowl
By Will Goldbeck
For The Times
Two evenly matched football teams will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, in Oroville in the Grid- iron Classic Bowl.
The Reedley College Tigers, ranked 11th in the state rankings by the JC Athletic Bureau, will face the 10th-ranked Butte College Roadrun- ners in one of the state’s 16 playoff games.
In the other state poll, the California Communi- ty College Sports Infor- mation Association poll, the Tigers are ranked 10th with the Roadrun-
ners at 11th.
Reedley finished 7-3
in 2021, finishing the regular season with an exciting 34-30 win over regional bound and Val- ley Conference co-cham- pion Fresno City College on Nov. 13. The Tigers
were 3-2 in the confer- ence.
Butte finished the regular season with a 6-4 mark and a two-game winning streak. The Roadrunners dropped a 17-10 decision to Nor Cal champion American Riv-
er, who also is regional bound.
The Tigers and Road- runners go into the bowl games with winning streaks. Reedley started the regular season with three straight wins and ended it with three wins.
Butte started with a pair of wins and finished with two more wins.
The teams have six common opponents. Reedley beat Sequoias 42-35 while the Roadrun- ners got past the Giants 24-20 in the season open- er. Both teams routed College of the Siskiyous. Reedley won 38-6 while Butte won by a 42-7 score. Reedley defeated Santa Rosa Junior Col- lege 34-17 while Butte needed two overtimes before winning 27-21. The Tigers fell to Laney 52-27 while Butte posted a 20-10 victory. Botha schools lost to Modesto,
Reedley by a 35-20 score while Butte fell 38-17. The Roadrunners fell to Fresno City 30-28 while the Tigers posted the 34- 30 win.
Three Tiger oppo- nents reach the post- season. Fresno City will travel to College of San Mateo Saturday for a first round game in the Northern Califor- nia Football Conference playoffs. Modesto will face Diablo Valley in the Saturday, Dec. 4 Grizzly Bowl while College of the Sequoias will travel to Merced at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2, for the Valley Center Bowl.
Tiger men's basketball rolls to home win
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Led by Makhi Turner’s 21 points, the Reedley College Tiger men’s basketball team improved to 2-4 on the young season with a 90-60 vic- tory over the 1-5 Canada College Crows on Nov. 20 in Reedley.
Next up for Coach into Monday
night’s road game (after the news- paper’s deadline) will be the Foothill College Owls after Saturday after- noon’s 90-60 victory over the 1-5 Canada College Crows in Reedley.
‘I think that’s the best half of bas- ketball that we’ve played collective-
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SATURDAY, NOV. 27 CROSS COUNTRY
CIF State Championships, Woodward Park Fresno, Races
begin at 9 a.m. (V)
WRESTLING
Dinuba hosts Dinuba JV Tournament, Dinuba HS wrestling gym, times TBA (JV)
MONDAY, NOV. 29 BASKETBALL
Orange Cove boys vs. Selma, Orange Cove HS, 5:30/7 p.m. (JV/V) Orange Cove girls vs. Firebaugh,
Firebaugh HS, 4 p.m. (V)
SOCCER
Orange Cove girls vs. Corcoran, Corcoran HS, 6 p.m. (V)
TUESDAY, NOV. 30 BASKETBALL Immanuel girls vs. San Joaquin Memorial, Immanuel HS, 5/6:30 p.m.
(JV/V)
Parlier boys vs. Farmersville, Parlier HS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley boys vs. Orange Cove, RHS gym, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V) Reedley girls vs. Foothill, Foothill HS Bakersfield, 3:30/5/6:30 p.m. (All) Sanger boys vs. Frontier, Nicholson
Gym SHS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
SOCCER
Dinuba boys vs. Orosi, Orosi HS, 4:30/6 p.m. (JV/V)
Dinuba girls vs. Orosi, Dinuba HS, 4:30/6 p.m. (JV/V)
Orange Cove boys vs. Selma, Titan Stadium OCHS, 6 p.m. (V)
Parler boys vs. Chowchilla, Chowchilla HS, 5:45 p.m. (V) Reedley boys vs. Madera South, MSHS, 4/6 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley girls vs. Fowler, RHS Soccer Complex, 4:30/6 p.m. (JV/V) Sanger girls vs. Roosevelt, Tom Flores Stadium, 3/5 p.m. (JV/V)
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1 BASKETBALL
Dinuba boys vs. Hanford at Kingsburg Tournament, Kingsburg
HS, 3:30 p.m. (V)
Dinuba JV boys at Sunnyside Tournament, Sunnyside HS Fresno, times TBA (JV)
Dinuba freshman boys at CVC Frosh Tournament, Central Valley Christian HS Visalia, times TBA (F)
Dinuba girls vs. El Diamante, Dinuba HS, 4/5:30/7 p.m. (All)
Immanuel boys vs. Riverdale at IHS Tournament of Champions, Immanuel HS gym, 7:30 p.m. (V)
Reedley girls vs. Sanger at Selma Shootout Tournament, Selma HS, 8 p.m. (V)
Sanger boys vs. Bishop Diego at Nordhoff Tournament, Nordhoff HS Ojai, 5 p.m. (V)
SOCCER
Immanuel girls at Fowler Tournament, Fowler HS, times TBA
(V)
Reedley vs. Tulare Western, RHS gym, 4/5 p.m. (JV/V boys/girls) Sanger girls/boys vs. Golden West, Sanger HS South Gym, 5:30/6:30 p.m. (V)
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR NOV. 25 TO DEC. 1
WRESTLING