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Reedley College baseball off to 6-0 start to season
By WIll Goldbeck
For The Times
Through Sunday, Feb. 6 action, name the only 6–0 community college baseball team in California.
It’s the Reedley College Tigers.
The Tigers won four games last week and returned to action Feb. 8 at Cuesta College. Reedley will be host- ing Cerro Coso on Thursday, Feb. 10, at 3 p.m. and then home to Cuesta on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 2 p.m.
Reedley started last week's action with a 10-5 win at Hartnell on Feb. 1, a 7-0 home win over Hartnell on Feb. 3 and a doubleheader sweep over Bar- stow by scores of 14-0 and 9-4 on Feb. 5.
In the first win over Hartnell, the Tigers trailed 2-0 early before scoring eight unanswered runs. A bases load- ed three-run double by Roman Rosales put Reedley ahead to stay before Leo Arreguin added a two-run homer in the eighth inning.
In the Thursday win over Hart- nell, Alex Trukki allowed two hits and struck out 10 over seven innings. Orin Hirschkorn and Arreguin each collect- ed three hits to lead the Tigers 12-hit attack.
During the wins over Barstow on Saturday, Jaden Jones gave up three hits over seven innings while Arre- guin drove in four runs on a grand slam home run in the second inning to open the scoring. Jordan Smith added three hits.
Rosales drove in four runs in the second game, highlighted by a bases- loaded double in the third inning.
Through six games, Reedley has a team batting average of .330, with Arreguin hitting .550. The Tigers have outscored the opposition by a 55-19 margin.
Softball team hits road this week
After recording their first two wins of the season on Feb. 5, the 2-2 Reed- ley College Tiger softball team will hit the road this weekend.
Fresh from 8-1 and 6-4 wins over Hartnell in Reedley, Coach Amy Bai- ley's Tigers will face Sacramento City College (4-3-1) this Saturday, Feb. 12, at 10 a.m. before facing College of the Siskiyous (0-3) at noon.
Reedley jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the opener with Hartnell, thanks to Makayiah Johnson's three-run homer
in the first inning.
Ellie Montalvo had four hits to
lead Reedley’s 14-hit attack. Montal- vo finished with two doubles, and two singles, driving in two runs. Winning pitcher Annabelle Buchanan, Sienna Esquivel, Precious Hawkins and Ana Trevino all added two hits with Tre- vino stealing three bases.
Buchanan went the distance on the mound, scattering eight hits and striking out seven, allowing only an unearned run.
In the second game, the Tigers jumped out to a 6-0 lead scoring four times in the first inning. Esquivel’s two-run double was the big blow.
Strong start for men's golf
By a margin of 11 strokes, the Reedley College men's golf team won the first Big 8 Conference tournament
in Taft on Feb. 7.
Coach Scott Stark's Tigers finished
with a team score of 375, finishing ahead of Fresno City College (386) and Monterey Peninsula (387). Taft did not post a team score.
Cole Obrigewitsch (Regina, Cana- da), Patrick Sperling (Clovis North), and Jacob Moller (Sweden) each shot 73 to lead the Tigers. Miguel Villa (Australia) followed with a 77 while Emil Ericsson (Sweden) had a 79. Zach Ruskofsky’s (Clovis) round of 80 was thrown out.
The Tigers were to play in the Ea- gle Golf Classic in San Jacinto on JAn. 9 before competing in the second Big 8 tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 15.
They opened the season with a fifth place finish at the Point Conception Tournament in Lompoc on Jan. 30-31.
Tigers men's basketball battles in pair of losses to Columbia
By Will Goldbeck
For The Times
The Reedley College Ti- ger men’s basketball team stayed with the state’s fourth-ranked squad in the first half twice in three days but fell short in the second half.
Coach TJ Jennings’s Tigers fell to 0-9 in confer- ence play and 4-19 overall following a 65-53 loss to Columbia College on Feb. 7. at RC gym; after an 81-
58 loss to the Claim Jump- ers on Feb. 5 in Sonora.
In Monday's loss, Juelz Fox, Dwayne Howell and Makhi Turner all had 10 points to lead Reedley.
On Feb. 2, the Tigers nearly came back from an eight point halftime deficit before falling to West Hills Coalinga 83-79 at home. Howell had 26 points in while Fox hit five threes and finished with 21.
The Tigers are at Mer- ced on Saturday, Feb. 12,
before hosting College of the Sequoias on Monday, Feb. 14.
Tiger women run win streak to three games
Thanks to a pair of for- feit wins over Taft last week, the Reedley College women’s basketball team made it three straight wins on Feb. 7 with a 69-50 win over Porterville in Porter- ville.
Coach Dan Kilbert’s La- dy Tigers improved to 3-3 in the Central Valley Con-
ference and 7-13 overall with the wire-to-wire win, which broke an on-court 10-game losing streak. Amanpreet Kaur had sev- en blocked shots in the win. Makaiyah Randle led the winners with 16 points and eight rebounds.
The Lady Tigers re- turned to the court on Feb. 9 with a road game at Col- lege of the Sequoias before going to Merced on Satur- day, Feb. 12, for a 5 p.m. contest.
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locked with Madera for second place heading into this week's regu- lar season finales. The Apaches are projected for a lower half seed in the Division II bracket.
Reedley's girls (8-14, 20-5 NYL) hosted Sunny- side on Feb. 9 and trav- els to last-place McLane on Feb. 11.
SOCCER Sanger boys continue CMAC perfection
Sanger High's boys continued on the path to a perfect 10-0 season in CMAC play, racking up high-scoring wins over Bullard (6-4 on Feb. 2) and at San Joaquin Me- morial (6-2 on Feb. 4). The Apaches (17-2-1, 8-0) close the regular season this week with home matches against Edison and Madera South.
Reigning Division II champion Sanger has been projected for a number three seed in
Sanger High's soccer team, cel- ebrating during a December match, remained perfect in league with two more wins last week.
Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
ors host Exeter in their regular season finale at 6 p.m. Feb. 10.
Apache girls rack up two more wins
Sanger High's CMAC champion closes out the
regular season this week with matches at Edison (Feb. 8) and at Madera South (Feb. 10). The Apaches (18-5-1, 7-1) last week won 6-0 at Bullard (two goals from junior Madelyn Wolf) and then blanked SJ Memorial 3-0 on Feb. 4.
Sanger is project- edasalowseedinthe eight-team Division I bracket, after finishing as Division II section runners-up this past spring.
Dinuba's girls (9-9-5, 6-4-1 CSL) prevailed by a 2-1 score over CV Chris- tian on Feb. 7, getting goals from Krysta Casas and Zoey Avila. The La- dy Emps close the regu-
Jesus Lara
Dinuba High
Boys Basketball
Dinuba High's Jesus Lara scored 17 points — 12 in the second half – while adding nine rebounds and two assists in the Emperors' 65-60 victory over Kingsburg on Feb. 1. The senior forward also had a key three-point basket during a third period outburst in a 51-38 victory Feb. 4 over Central Valley Christian; clinching the Central Sequoia League championship for DHS.
lar season on Thursday, Feb. 10, at Exeter.
Reedley (6-14-4, 4-3-1) got goals from Kristen Lopez and Valerie Lopez in a 2-1 overtime win over Roosevelt on Feb. 2.
Division I by the Cen- tral Section, but official brackets will be released on Saturday, Feb. 12.
Reedley High also is perfect in league, improving to 8-0 in the NYL with road wins at Roosevelt (4-1 on Feb. 1) and Fresno (1-0 on Feb. 3). Goals in the first win came from Gustavo Ledesma, Jesus Barajas, Kevin Garcia and Se- bastian Preheim. Angel Lopez had the lone goal against Fresno off an as- sist from Preheim.
Dinuba (10-10-2, 6-2 CSL) won three of four this past week; the lat- est win coming by a 4-0 score at CV Christian on Feb. 7. The Emper-
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