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Red-hot RHS volleyball draws No. 2 seed in Div. 3
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Reedley High's girls volleyball team is seeded second in the Central Section Div. 3 playoffs.
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The North Yosemite League champion Reedley Pirates open their bid for a Central Section Di- vision 3 championship on Thurs- day, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. against the No. 15 seed Sierra Chieftains at RHS gym.
The Pirates (31-4-1) are seed- ed second in the division bracket behind Yosemite High. They would be in line for three home matches before the finals on Sat- urday, Nov. 3.
High School Football
Reedley completed another perfect 10-0 run through NYL play with victories last week over Hoover and at Sunnyside. The Oct. 16 win over the Patriots took four sets, snapping a streak of 54 con- secutive sets won in league dat- ing back to 2016. But the Pirates rolled to three straight wins after dropping the opener by a 25-23 count.
Honored at the Senior Night match were Reese Kubo, Maddy Gates, Leila Wright, Nikole Rodri- guez, Liz Valdez, Kayla Rocha, Al-
exa Gonzalez, Clare McGahan and Julie Scott. All seniors spent four years in the program.
Rodriguez (18 kills, 24 digs) and Scott (17 kills) paced the of- fense while Gates added 10 kills and 22 digs. Setter Rocha dished out 45 assists.
"We continue to play at a level that allows us to dominate the league, but continue to make strides in maintaining a high lev- el of play in order to prepare for the post-season," RHS coach Ken Tatami said.
After the sweep of Sunnyside, Tatami credited the team with its consistent play for a balanced ef- fort.
"They are beginning to come together and get more focused on the things that are needed to take into the post-season," he said.
A win over Sierra would ad- vance Reedley against the winner between No. 7 Madera South and No. 10 Highland of Bakersfield on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The semifinal round is Thursday, Nov. 1.
Mistakes haunt Pirates
Fumbles, flags costly in 31-7 loss to Hoover
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The Reedley High School varsity football team was hop- ing to get a shot at salvaging a .500 season by taking a road win Oct. 18 in Fresno against the Hoover Patriots.
But turnovers and penal- ties bogged down the Pirates' offense all night, and Hoover made enough big plays to pull away for a 31-7 victory at Sunnyside High Stadium. The loss dropped Reedley to 3-6 overall, 1-3 in North Yo- semite League games.
The Pirates will try to close the season on a win on Friday, Oct. 26, against Sunnyside at Sal Gonzalez Field. It's Senior Night, and the team will honor all the senior players on the roster. Varsity kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Hoover (2-7, 2-2 NYL)
Immanuel High School / Photo Contributed
Immanuel High's Central Sequoia League champion girls golf team. From left, Tiffany Bamford, individual champion Nikki McArron, Ashleigh Sorenson, Molly Klassen, Julia Scarborough and Drew Vogt.
Immanuel golfers capture CSL title
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Reedley High defenders Josh Cisneros (84), Devin Decker (80) and Javier Perez (5) celebrate teammate Jairo Aguilar's diving interception in the second quarter of a 31-7 loss to Hoover on Oct. 18.
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The immanuel High Eagles captured the Central Sequoia League girls golf championship in the league tournament on Oct. 16 at Lemoore Golf Course.
Immanuel's Nikki McAr- ron posted the low score among league golfers while teammates Drew Vogt and Tiffany Bamford finished second and fourth, respec- tively.
Immanuel qualified for the Division 3 section tour- nament on Oct. 22 at Lem- oore Golf Course. The team compiled a score of 437, led by McArron with a score of 93. Bamford shot 103, fol- lowed by Ashleigh Sorenson (104), Julia Scarborough (118), Molly Klassen (119) and Kacey Wilker (151).
McArron's score quali- fied her for the Division 3 section individual tourna- ment on Monday, Oct. 28, at Valley Oaks Golf Course in Visalia.
Reedley High places sixth in Division 3 Reedley High School
placed sixth out of 13 teams competing in Division 3 at the Oct. 22 section tourna-
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ment in Lemoore.
Camryn Tavlan shot the
low score for the Pirates with 96, followed by Meghan Hansen with 99. Other RHS scorers were Audrey Loredo (100), Kyndall Murray (108) and Hayley Preheim (117).
San Joaquin Memorial won the Division 3 team championship with a com- bined score of 435, easily beating out runnerup Golden West's 463 score. Redwood won the Division 2 team ti- tle with a 459 score, 21 shots ahead of second place Lem- oore.
VOLLEYBALL Immanuel seeded fourth in Division 5 The Immanuel High
girls are seeded fourth for the Central Section Division 5 playoffs. The Eagles will host No. 13 seed Fresno in a 7 p.m. start on Thursday, Oct. 25 at IHS gym.
Immanuel knocked off Central Valley Christian in four sets on Oct. 17. Scores
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jumped to the early lead and never looked back. The Pa- triots took the opening kick-
off and drove downfield to paydirt, capped by a 7-yard pass from Jordan Daniels to
tight end Jalen Loran. The
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Fast Viewpoint start sinks Immanuel
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Immanuel High School quarterback Matt Tiger (7) hurdled a View- point High tackle attempt during the Eagles' 30-6 loss on Oct. 19.
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The Immanuel High Ea- gles will learn their postsea- son football future this week- end when the Central Section Division 5 football playoff brackets are released.
Immanuel (4-5) has a bye this week, after dropping a 30-6 decision to Viewpoint High School from Calabasas on Oct. 19 at Agoura High School in Southern California. The Eagles' lone score came on a 4-yard run by quarter- back Matt Tiger in the second quarter, and the host Patriots (2-7) scored the game's final 16 points to win going away.
Viewpoint jumped to the lead on its first possession, taking the opening kickoff and rushing for a touchdown.
The hosts doubled the lead after recovering an Imman- uel fumble, scoring another TD on the ground with five minutes left in the quarter.
After the Eagles drove for a touchdown — converting a minute into the second quar- ter and then missing a 2-point try, Viewpoint countered with a scoring drive to go up 20-6.
After intercepting a Ti- ger pass, the Patriots scored two minutes before halftime on a 45-yard pass hookup from quarterback Niko Can- dido to receiver Luke Boehm. The only scoring from either team in the second half came on a Viewpoint field goal in the final minute of play.
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Tigers football overpowers San Jose CC, moves to 7-0
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It was probably closer than the actual fi- nal score.
But on Homecoming afternoon at Reedley High School’s Sal Gonzalez Field on Oct. 20, the Reedley College Tiger football team im- proved to 7-0 in 2018 with a 31-7 victory over the 1-6 San Jose City College Jaguars.
Three tough contests remain on the RC schedule. On Saturday, Oct. 27, Reedley heads up Highway 99 for a 6 p.m. matchup in Sta- dium 76 with the Merced College Blue Devils. The Tigers’ final regular season home game is set for Nov. 3 in a 1 p.m. matchup with the slumping Monterey Peninsula College Lobos. On Saturday, Nov. 10, Reedley heads to Rabo- bank Stadium in Salinas for a 6 p.m. contest with the undefeated Hartnell College Pan- thers.
Hartnell improved to 7-0 last week with a 34-27 win over Merced while Monterey Peninsula lost its third straight after falling to DeAnza 48-35. DeAnza now has won six straight after a season opening 57-47 loss to the Tigers.
Reedley is expected to remain the top-
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ranked American Division team in Northern California when the new rankings were re- leased after press time.
Against San Jose, the Tigers survived three turnovers (two lost fumbles and an in- terception. In the second half, the Tiger de- fense came up big with a pair of stops inside the 10-yard line.
All but seven of the game’s points came in the first half. Reedley opened the scoring on their first possession by marching 68 yards in seven plays capped by a 9-yard scoring pass from Randall Johnson to Andy Pierre-Antoine.
“Our defense got the big turnover to spark us,” said Reedley head coach Eric Marty. “We either start fast on offense or turn the ball over.” The Tigers were able to cash in on the turnover. “That got us going again.”
Marty was pleased with the Tigers’ perfor- mance on third down on both sides of the ball.
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Reedley College safety Raul Montalvo (32) holds the ball after recovering a second quarter fumble against San Jose City College in the Tigers' 31-7 victory. Teammates celebrating with Montalvo are safety Jaylin Talbott (24) and lineman James Caradine (59).