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Titles at stake for Pirates, Apaches
PREPS ROUNDUP
Sanger
volleyball
rules in
CMAC
Playoffs under way this week in all divisions
MVT Staff Report
The Sanger High girls volleyball team be- gan action this week in the CIF Central Section Division II playoffs as County Metro Athletic Conference champions after finishing off a 9-1 run through conference play last week.
The Apaches (28-8- 1 overall) wrapped up the outright champion- ship with road wins at San Joaquin Memorial (15-7 in the fifth set on Oct. 19) and Madera South (a four-set victory Oct. 21). The team then learned on Oct. 22 that it was seeded sixth out of 16 teams in Division
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Thursday, October 28, 2021
Reedley visits Sunnyside
Oct. 28 with outright NYL
crown the prize, Sanger
bids for share of CMAC
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Championship week has arrived for the Reedley High and Sanger High football teams, both of which are shoot- ing for a second consecutive league ti- tle in the 2021 calendar year this week.
The unbeaten Pirates (8-0, 4-0 North Yosemite League) have a Thursday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m. showdown against Sun- nyside High (7-1, 4-0) at Sunnyside Stadium in Fresno. It's the third con- secutive season the teams have met for NYL supremacy; Sunnyside winning in 2019 and the Pirates prevailing back in April (2020-2021 spring season).
Sanger, meanwhile, still has a shot at a share of the County Metro Athletic Conference title as it hosts San Joaquin Memorial Friday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Tom Flores Stadium. With a victory, the Apaches (5-4, 3-1 CMAC) can force a three-way tie with the Panthers (7-0, 3-0) and Bullard (5-4, 3-1). The Knights' CMAC finale with Edison this week was canceled, setting the stage for a possi- ble tie as all three teams will only have played four league contests.
Reedley 21, McLane 0
On Senior Night at Sal Gonzalez Field, the Pirates kept the game plan
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ABOVE: Reedley High defensive tackle Daniel Nava (8) hauled down McLane High quarterback Adrian Salinas on Oct. 22. The undefeated Pirates limited the Highlanders to 187 total yards in a 21-0 victory, the team's second shutout of the season.
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
LEFT: Sanger High's Nikko Ortega (20) turned the corner on a first quarter punt return against Washington Union on Oct. 22. The Apaches dropped a 21-14 decision to the Panthers, in a quickly-scheduled non-conference game after the Madera South contest was canceled because of COVID issues with the Stallions.
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Reedley College football drops 2nd straight at home
By Will Goldbeck
Contributed
After a second straight home confer- ence loss, the Reedley College Tiger football team is scheduled to play two conference games on the road the next two weekends.
The scheduled 1 p.m. opponent on Saturday, Oct. 30, will be the 0-3 West Hills College Fal- cons at Memorial Bowl in Coalinga. West Hills Coalinga had its third game this season post- poned last week due to health and safety pro- tocols. The latest post- ponement was a confer- ence contest against Col- lege of the Sequoias.
The Falcons were short handed the week before in a 65-14 road
loss to the Modesto Ju- nior College Pirates, the same team that rolled to 369 rushing yards in a 35-20 win over Reedley
College at Sal Gonzalez Field on Oct. 23.
The loss dropped the Tigers to 0-2 in con- ference action and 4-3
overall while Modesto improved to 5-2 overall and 2-0 in conference. Modesto hosts Fresno City for the conference
lead this week.
After meeting West
Hills, the Tigers travel to COS for their first matchup on the Giants'
campus field in Visalia on Saturday, Nov. 6.
Last week, Modesto jumped out to a 13-0 lead as quarterback Gi- no Campiotti scored on a 27-yard run and then threw a short touch- down pass to Landen Lucas late in the second quarter.
Reedley got on the scoreboard with 3 min- utes, 9 seconds left in the first half on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Josh Magana to Jalen Jackson.
Before the first half was over, both teams scored. Modesto's An- thony Frias scored from a yard out before the Pirates added the two- point conversion kick.
Reedley answered
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Tigers' women's soccer posts pair of shutout wins
Contributed
With two shutout victories at home last week, the Reedley College women's soccer team moved into fourth place in the Central Valley conference.
On Oct. 19, the Tigers blanked West Hills Lemoore 2-0 before recording a 1-0 win over College of the Sequoias on Oct. 22. The wins improved coach Onesta Francis's RC squad to 3-4 in con- ference play and 7-5-1 overall.
The Lady Tigers traveled to Fresno City College on Oct. 26 to face the Rams before hosting Taft on Friday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m.
In the win over West Hills, Reedley recorded second half goals by Evelyn Martinez and Destiny Gonzalez. A first half goal by Charizma Sunamoto held up in the win over COS.
Goalie Lucy Chavez recorded seven saves combined in both
shutouts.
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Reedley College's women’s golf team won a Big 8 Confer- ence tournament by 71 strokes at the Buena Vista GC in Taft on Oct. 21.
The team score of 330 was the second best by the Tigers this season, according to head
coach Scott Stark.
Avery Foster took medalist
honors with a 78. Mya Chao shot 81, followed by Natalie Van Pelt (83) and Avery Cordero (87).
Reedley shot a 355 in winning a Big 8 Conference tournament at the Kings River GC on Oct. 19. Foster again took home medal- ist honors with a round of 79, fol- lowed by Chao (87), Cordero (91) and Cynthia Reyes (98).
The Tigers are scheduled to play their final conference tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 2, in Turlock before the NorCal Championships in Woodland on Sunday, Nov. 7.
THURSDAY, OCT. 28 FOOTBALL
Orange Cove vs. Orosi, Orosi HS,
5/7:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley vs. Sunnyside, Sunnyside HS Fresno, 4:30/7 p.m. (JV/V) Sanger freshmen vs. Justin Garza High, Koligian Stadium Fresno, 4 p.m. (F)
Central Section Division II quarterfinals, Sanger (if wins 10-26) vs. Kerman-Hoover winner, site TBD, 6 p.m.
Central Section Division IV quarterfinals, Dinuba (if wins 10-26) vs. Golden West-Orosi winner, site TBD, 6 p.m.
Central Section Division IV quarterfinals, Orosi (if wins 10-26) vs. Dinuba-Madera South winner, site TBD, 6 p.m.
Central Section Division V
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR OCT. 28 TO NOV. 2
VOLLEYBALL
WATER POLO
WATER POLO
quarterfinals, Reedley (if wins 10-26) vs. Arvin-Farmersville winner, site TBD, 6 p.m.
Central Section Division V quarterfinals, Immanuel (if wins 10-26) vs. Mission Oak-Chowchilla winner, site TBD, 6 p.m.
Sanger vs. Madera South, SJM Pool Fresno, JVB 3:30/JVG 4:30/ VB 5:30/VG 6:30 p.m. (All)
FRIDAY, OCT. 29 CROSS COUNTRY Sanger at Clovis East Twilight lnvitational, Clovis East HS, time
TBA (All)
FOOTBALL
Dinuba vs. Hanford West (Senior Night), Hebert Field DHS, 5/7:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Parlier vs. Farmersville, Farmersville HS, 5/7:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger vs. San Joaquin Memorial (Senior Night), Tom Flores Stadium Sanger, 5/7:30 p.m. (JV/V)
GIRLS TENNIS
North Area Individual Championships, Clovis East High School (V) Central Area Individual Championships, Redwood HS Visalia, times TBA (V)
Reedley JV at Sunnyside JV Tournament, Sunnyside HS Fresno, times TBD (JVB)
SATURDAY, OCT. 30 CROSS COUNTRY Immanuel/Reedley at John Seaman lnvitational, Kingsburg Gun Club, 8
a.m. (All)
GIRLS TENNIS
North Area Individual Tournament, Clovis East High School (V)
Central Area Individual Tournament,
Redwood HS Visalia, times TBA (V)
quarterfinals, Immanuel (if wins 10-27) vs. Bakersfield, Bakersfield HS, 4 p.m. (V)
Central Section Division V team quarterfinals, Dinuba (if wins 10-27) vs. Fowler, Fowler HS, 4 p.m. (V)
WATER POLO
Reedley JV at Sunnyside JV Tournament, Sunnyside HS Fresno, times TBD (JVB)
MONDAY, NOV. 1 GIRLS GOLF
Central Section championships, Kern River Golf Course Bakersfield, time
TBA (V)
TUESDAY, NOV. 2 GIRLS TENNIS
Central Section Division II team quarterfinals, Sanger vs. Bullard- Central Valley Christian winner, Sanger High tennis courts, 4 p.m. (V) Central Section Division III team quarterfinals, Reedley (if wins 10-27) vs. Central, Central HS Fresno, 4
p.m. (V)
Central Section Division III team
VOLLEYBALL
WATER POLO
Central Section semifinals, matchups/ site/time TBD
Central Section boys playoffs first round, matchups TBA (VB)
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3 CROSS COUNTRY Central Section junior varsity championships, Woodward Park
Fresno 2:30 9.m. (All)
WATER POLO
Central Section girls playoffs first round, matchups TBA (VG)