Page 11 - Mid Valley Times 11-4-21 E-edition

By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Reedley High's hopes at a second straight North Yosemite League football championship and a possible unbeaten season were dashed in a 42-35 shootout loss loss to Sunnyside High in Fresno on Oct. 28. The Pirates' reward? A first- round road matchup against a small schools state power in a tough Division III bracket.
Reedley (8-1, 4-2 NYL) will East Sequoia League champion Strath- more High (10-0) at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5. Both schools have moved up to D-III in the new Cen- tral Section playoff seed- ing format. The Spartans have moved up three divisions since winning the state Division VI state crown in 2019.
Two Mid Valley Times region schools will have home games in first round matchups on Friday. Immanuel High (5-3) drew the top seed in Division V, and will host No. 16 while Di- nuba High (6-4, 3-2 Cen- tral Sequoia) is the No. 3 seed in D-III and will host No. 14 Edison High (2-6). Both games are re- matches, as the Eagles downed the Lions 40-13 on Oct. 15 while the Em- perors lost 40-20 to the Tigers on Sept. 17.
Sanger High (5-5, 2-2 County Metro) is seeded No. 11 in Divi- sion II, and will travel
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ABOVE: Reedley High's Ryan Warkentin (16) rushed for some of his 284 yards in the Pirates' 42-35 loss to Sunnyside on Oct. 28.
Danny Jimenez / Contributed
LEFT: Dinuba High linebacker Devin Nunez (45) was chased by Hanford West's Luis Perez during fumble return on Oct. 29.
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RIGHT: Sanger High quarterback Josaiah Duarte picked up some of his 52 rush yards on Oct. 29.
George Armenta / Contributed
Tigers football blasts West Hills
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Pirates football edged at Sunnyside
Sanger blanked by SJM, Dinuba and Immanuel host home playoff games
A prep roundup with volleyball and water polo infornation can be found on Page A6
SECTION PLAYOFFS — FIRST ROUND
Division II
No. 11 Sanger at No. 6 Frontier, Friday, 7 p.m. Division III
No. 14 Edison at No. 3 Dinuba, Friday, 7 p.m. Division III
No. 15 Reedley at No. 2 Strathmore, Friday, 7 p.m. Division V
No. 16 Kerman at No. 1 Immanuel, Friday, 7 p.m. Division V
No. 13 Orosi at No. 4 Boron, Friday, 7 p.m. Division VI
No. 10 Orange Cove at No. 7 East, Thursday, 6 p.m.
Immanuel golfer
Haltom qualifies
for CIF regional
By Will Goldbeck
Contributed
Seven different Tigers found the end zone on Oct. 30, as the Reedley College Tiger football team broke a two-game losing streak with a come-from-behind 49-17 victory over the West Hills College Falcons in Coalinga.
The Tigers now take a 5-3 season recorded and conference mark of 1-2 into a 1 p.m. battle Saturday, Nov. 5, against College of the Sequoias on the Giants' campus field in Visalia.
Sequoias, after falling to Fres- no City by one point on Oct. 23, improved to 3-3 this season with a 16-0 victory over Sacramento City College in Sacramento on Oct. 30. The COS defense held the Panthers to just 208 yards and mi- nus-5 rushing yards in the win.
After West Hills took the open- ing kickoff 63 yards but settled for a 20-yard field goal, Reedley Col- lege answered with a 58-yard drive capped by Josh Magana's 26-yard scoring pass to Jalen Jackson. It was one of Jackson's five receptions in the game for a total of 79 yards.
On the first play of the sec- ond quarter, T'KY Posey scored
RC basketball tips off this week
By WIll Goldbeck
Contributed
When last on the court pri- or to COVID-19, the Reedley College men's basketball team posted 16 wins in a season.
Coach TJ Jennings and his 2021-22 squad begins the new season on Thursday, Nov. 4, in the Chabot College Classic tour- nament against Feather River College at 6 p.m.
Four sophomores and sev- eral talented freshmen make up this season's Tigers roster.
Guard Anthony Martinez (Clo- vis) leads the squad after aver- aging 11.9 points per game as a freshman. Other returning players include 6-foot-5 Carlos Fuentes(ClovisEast), 6-9Jona- than Marks (Buchanan), and 6-5 Dwayne Howell (Hoover).
Among the talented fresh- men on the roster include 6-6 Jamar Bowers (Hoover), 6-2 Ty Penberthy, 6-2 Makai Turner (Stockton), 6-5, Juelz Fox (Lem- oore), and 6-2 Josiah James
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MVT Staff Report
Immanuel High junior Karis Haltom qualified for the South- ern California Regional Golf Championships with a seventh place finish at the CIF Cen- tral Tournament on Nov. 1 in Bakersfield.
Haltom fired a 7-over-par 79 at the Kern River Golf Course, tying with two others to finish eight shots back of medalist Maddie Reed of Cliovis North High.
Haltom will join 10 other individuals golf- ers along with team champion Clovis West and runner-up Buchan- an to compete at the SoCal Regionals Thurs- day, Nov. 11, at Brook- side Golf Course in
Pasadena. Last month, Haltom partici- pated in the PURE Insurance Impact the First
Karis Haltom
Tee junior tournament in Pebble Beach.
Sanger High had one qualifier for the section tournament in Simone Kilby, who fired 88 to finish in a tie for 31st place.
Sanger fourth at section DII team Sanger High School
placed fourth out of 11 competing schools at the Central Section Division II team tour- nament at Tulare Golf Course on Oct. 26.
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from 5 yards out. West Hills cut the lead to 14-10 before the Tigers scored 28 unanswered points to put the game out of reach.
Tamicus Napier started the on- slaught from by scoring from 5 yards out before Jordan Solomon threw touchdown passes to Cam- den Williams, Shemar Kirk, and Josh Higgins. Dinuba High prod- uct Magana added a short scoring pass to Marquez Anderson.
The two quarterbacks com- bined to complete 23 and 26 pass-
es and were only sacked once. The Tigers finished with 396 yards, 213 in the air and went 11 of 13 on third down.
Reedley had 10 players carry the ball and 10 more with recep- tions
Jaden Pearson, Rolph Michel and Lazavier Moore were each in on four tackles to lead the Tigers'defensive effort while Pearson also had an interception. West Hills, held to 198 net yards, is now 0-5 on the season.
THURSDAY, NOV. 4 FOOTBALL
Central Section Division VI first round, Orange Cove vs. East Bakersfield, EHS Bakersfield, 7 p.m.
(V)
Central Section team semifinals (6 divisons, Sanger hosts/Reedley and Immanuel travel if win Nov. 2), matchups/sites/times TBD (V) WATER POLO
Central Section Division 3 boys quarterfinal, Reedley (if wins Nov. 2) vs. Sierra-Edison winner, Reedley High Aquatics Complex, 6 p.m. (V) Central Section Division 1 boys quarterfinal, Sanger vs. Garces, Garces HS Bakersfield, 6 p.m. (V)
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR NOV. 4 TO NOV. 10
GIRLS TENNIS
FRIDAY, NOV. 5 FOOTBALL
Central Section Division III first round, Dinuba vs. Edison, Claud
Hebert Field DHS, 7 p.m. (V) Central Section Division V first round, Immanuel vs. Kerman, County Line Stadium, 7 p.m. (V)
Central Section Division V first round, Orosi vs. Boron, Boron HS, 7 p.m. (V)
Central Section Division III first round, Reedley vs. Strathmore, Strathmore HS, 7 p.m. (V)
Central Section Division II first round, Sanger vs. Frontier, Frontier HS Bakersfield, 7 p.m. (V)
GIRLS TENNIS
Central Section Individual
Championships, Garces HS Bakersfield, times TBA (V)
SATURDAY, NOV. 6 GIRLS TENNIS Central Section Individual Championships, Garces HS
Central Section Division 1 girls quarterfinal, Sanger vs. Clovis West, CW Olympic Swim Complex Fresno, 11 a.m. (V)
MONDAY, NOV. 8
No events scheduled
TUESDAY, NOV. 9 GIRLS TENNIS
Central Section team championships,
TBD, site TBD, 6 p.m. (V)
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10 CROSS COUNTRY Reedley at North Yosemite League championships, Woodward Park
Fresno times TBD (All)
Sanger at County Metro Athletic Conference championships, Woodward Park Fresno times TBD (All)
Central Section Division II girls semifinal, Reedley (if wins Nov. 6) vs. Righetti-Liberty Bakersfield winner, Reedley Aquatics Complex, 6 p.m. (V) Central Section Division I girls semifinal, Sanger (if wins Nov. 6) vs. Garces-Buchanan winner, Reedley High Aquatics Complex, 6 p.m. (V)
Bakersfield, times TBA (V)
VOLLEYBALL
Reedley (if wins Nov. 2) vs. TBA at Central Section Div. V Championships, West Hills College Golden Eagles Arena Lemoore, time TBD
Central Section Division 2 girls quarterfinal, Reedley vs. Paso Robles, Reedley High Aquatics Complex, 11 a.m. (V)
matchups/sites/times TBD
WATER POLO
WATER POLO
Central Section Division III boys semifinal, Reedley (if wins Nov. 4) vs. TBA, Reedley High Aquatics Complex, 6 p.m. (V)
Central Section Division 1 boys semifinal, Sanger (if wins Nov. 4) vs.
WATER POLO