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injury. I fractured my skull in (a game in) Kerman. I played with my heart.”
He patted his chest, and he praised Torres. “He came out, showed up, played like he wanted to play and the results were good,” Padilla said. “As soon as he put it to my foot, I had to finish it.”
Then Saul Sanchez fired a shot at the goal, but the Stallions’ goalie made a save. Another few minutes passed, and Juan Garcia charged in and scored with an assist from Torres.
Garcia was still feeling good about the win as the team headed to the
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Madera, Madera South and San Joaquin Memorial. As of early this week, Edison was first in the CMAC at 8-1. Sanger was 3-6.
Guardado said her team was tired. Others mentioned that they weren’t as prepared for an early afternoon game, preferring a couple hours later.
“We weren’t into the game,” Guardado said. “In
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She said Pennington told her what to expect and “how it was going to be” so she’s hardly mentally unprepared.
locker room. “I’m freaking excited,” he said. “I’m happy.”
Garcia said the first half his Apaches just didn’t get anything done. “We needed to wake up,” he said. And they did, he said. “We saw this game as a championship.Ithinkevery single one of us contributed in the second half.”
Andrew Andrade scored the fourth goal and Torres the fifth.
“This is the team they should be,” Gutierrez said as the last players left for the night. “It took them a half to get started.” And he said Madera South was no slouch. The team had an 18-3 record coming into that match. The Stallions remain a game
the beginning of the first half, we were all playing slow. We were in la la land. The second half, we came out with a better pace. We were making a lot of passes, but we weren’t defending and executing enough.”
Midfielder Gianna McLain turned up the heat in the second half, taking a shot on the Tigers goal. She said she appreciates her teammates. “Very much,” she said. “I’m very glad to have them this year. I made some very good friends.”
Frankie Lee fired across
And she’s looking forward to the Hawaii trip. “I’ve never traveled,” Little Nessa said. “Now we get to play the No. 1 team in the nation. We’re playing to win, of course. Nothing’s easy.”
And Big Nessa is determined to build a
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ahead of the Apaches in the County Metro Athletic Conference for Division II. The Apaches are third and Bullard leads.
Gutierrez said his Apaches needed to be tougher on the Stallions’ Garcia. And they were. “Being more physical, more aggressive,” he said. “If we’re going to be a championship team, we have to have the rhythm. We have to come out and control the game.
“It’s not how you start. It’s how you end. And that’s what we’re trying to do.”
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the Tigers goal and Rachel Pimentel headed the ball at the goal. She missed but by very little. Reyna also fired a cross past the goal in the closing minutes. Diana Garcia on a corner kick created a similar opportunity. But in neither case did the Apaches find the back of the net.
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legacy. “I definitely want that third ring,” she said.
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Sanger Community News & Calendar
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The 6th Annual Apache Baseball Valentine’s Fundraiser, a silent auction, dinner and dance, is scheduled for 5 p.m. Feb. 9 at Grace Barn, 429 S. Highland Ave. in Del Rey. Cost is $30 per person and limited to those 21 and older. There will be a live band. Details, David Cuellar david_cuellar@ sanger.k12.ca.us or Stacy Cardenas 559-978-5981.
Blessing of the Bikes starts at 10 a.m. Feb. 16 at the Screamin Demons MC clubhouse, 181 Academy Ave. This year’s ride is dedicated to Matthew Spray, a big part of the club and a big fundraiser for charitable causes. The bikes head to Sanger Cemetery and then to Sanger High.
The 52nd World Ag Expo Love story
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tell you about returning bottles for the deposit so he could take his siblings to the movies? Did he tell you about shining shoes?”
Albert said, “I’m used to working.”
“He learned how to work when he was little,” Hazel said. “His mom died when he was 3 years old. She died of TB (tuberculosis, which was a killer in those days). She had four kids.”
Albert was the youngest. They went to live with her mother, Eufrica Martinez, who must have been 65 at the time, Albert said.
takes place in Tulare on Feb. 12-14. Billed as the largest annual agricultural exposition of its kind, the event boasts more than 1,450 exhibitors displaying cutting-edge agricultural technology and equipment on 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space. In 2018, 106,700 people attended from 49 states and 63 countries. The event offers a whole host of seminars, products and exhibits. Details, worldagexpo.org. (If anybody from Sanger’s going the afternoon of Feb. 13 and has time to be interviewed about the experience, email me at nemethfeatures@gmail. com.)
The Blossom Bus, sponsored by the Sanger Chamber of Commerce, returns this year at 9 a.m. Feb. 23 and 24, starting at chamber offices, 1789 Jensen Ave. Suite B. Cost is $75 and includes mimosa breakfast, guided tour of the colorful Fresno County
She died at age 86 but not before she got to meet Hazel and Craig, their first born.
“She was a nice lady,” Hazel said.
“She didn’t speak English,” Albert said. “We used to speak Spanish at home and English when we’d go out.”
Recently, Albert fell in the field behind their home. Sharon said he likes to walk the perimeter of his acreage every day. He recovered quickly, but Hazel blamed it on his big Bunny Boots, a pair of Army issue cold weather boots that are famous amongst many Alaskans (myself included) for being
Blossom Trail, wine and beer tasting and gourmet lunch. Details, 559-875-4575 or sangerchamber@gmail. com.
Nashville-based Christian artists New Legacy Project plantoperformat10:45a.m. Feb. 17 at First Southern Baptist Church, 1116 O St. in Sanger. Daywind Records just released the band’s latest single, “I’ll Stand,” on radio. It was inspired by the growing number of veterans and their families who aren’t able to find support as they struggle through mental health issues as a result of their service.
The Sanger Blossom Trail Run launches at 7 a.m. March 2 in downtown Sanger. Registration is open. Ken Takeuchi of Pro Race Group is again race director. There is a 10k run, a10kwalk,a2milerun and walk and various kids races. Register online or pick up a packet at city hall.
the best winter footwear ever created.
But she didn’t throw them out. Albert said they’re perfect. Waterproof.
Hazel remembered one more detail that led her to believe that Albert was the one. Early on in their relationship when she’d get gas in the family car, “he’d come back with my change and he’d (she demonstrated) brush my hand with his fingers.”
His touch lingered.
He’d passed another test.
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