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Lady Emps earn third consecutive cross country league title
By George M. Villagrana
Sanger XC boys take league, girls place second
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After running the fastest team time in school history, the Apache varsity boys cross country team brought home the CMAC Championship, their first title in school history.
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The Dinuba High girls cross country team wrapped up their third consecutive league title as the Lady Emperors held off Hanford West, 34-51, on Nov. 12 at Woodward Park.
Dinuba will look to ex- tend its season at today’s Central Section Champi- onships at the same loca- tion.
“It is great to see them rise to the occasion and perform when the stakes are high,” said coach Lu- cas Lichtenwaldt. “We had some girls have the best race of their season and are looking for them to peak at Valley. They’ve been working hard all year and its time to see all of their hard work pay off.”
Senior Luz Diaz, soph- omore Natalie Crisosto and junior Luzmi Ramirez finished 4-5-6. Diaz was timed in 22 minutes, 20.20 seconds while Crisosto (22:21.60) and Ramirez (22:22.70), Dinuba also had a trio of runners place 10-11-12. Leading the way was senior Yaquelin Avilez (22:55.50), senior Jackie Delgado (23:13.40) and junior Amanda Soto (23:20.50).
Junior Ali Ontiveros was 16th overall in a time of 23:53.70 and senior Karyme Guerra was 22nd
in 25:05.40.
Hanford West’s Nata-
lie Gonzalez won the CSL individual crown with a time of 20:37.10.
Rounding out the rest of the team scores were Exeter with 72, Central Valley Christian with 91 points and Selma with 116.
The DHS boys team’s came up short in defend- ing their crown as Han- ford West cruised to the championship with 24 points followed by Selma (55), Dinuba (89), Kings- burg (115), Exeter (116) and Central Valley Chris- tian (126).
“The boys finished a respectable third and I’m proud of what the team was able to put up on the course,” Lichten- waldt said. “We had four freshman and two seniors out there and their abil- ity to battle to was very impressive. I’m looking forward to the season and years ahead with these athletes.”
Senior Oswaldo Perez finished 10th in a time of 19:29.70. Freshman Lo- renzo Mendoza was timed in 19:52.70 for 13th place and classmates Desmond Anguiano along with Ulis- es Garcia were 16th and 24th overall with times of 20:01.80 and 20:44.10, re- spectively.
Senior Alejanrdo Gal- legos (26th, 20:57.60) and sophomore Richard Men- dez (33rd, 21:20.70).
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Sanger High's Nia Lamas, right, was the top finisher for the Apache girls, finishing in second place in 18:45.
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The varsity Apache girls ran what was arguably their fastest CMAC race in league history. The girls ran a smart hard-fought race and placed 2nd behind Madera (36 to 39 points), although the Sanger girls ran a school record time averaging 19:37 for the 5k course. Most of the girls ran lifetime bests and truly ran a great race across the board. This was the most girls to ever break 20 min- utes in any CMAC Champi- onship in school history (9 total). The Apaches were led by Nia Lamas running 18:45. All League honors top 12 was earned by Nia (2nd), Rebeca (4th), Sienna (8th) and Jess (11th).
The varsity Apache boys finished the day with a race for the record books. Although the race was
tight through mile-one, the Apaches opened up a strong lead through mile-two and held it through to the end. The apaches finished three runners in the top four and landed six runners in the All League Top 12.
The boys first place fin- ish (26 points) over closest competitor Madera South (48 points) is the first CMAC title in school histo- ry and the first league title since 2003. The Apaches were led by 10th graders Emanuel Salas (1st) and Da- vid DeLoera (2nd). Eman- uel makes himself the first sophomore to ever win the CMAC Championship. The boys team time is the 2nd fastest team time in school history, averaging 16:34 per runner. All league hon- ors top 12 was earned by Emanuel (1st), David (2nd), Jayden (4th), Adrian (9th), Myles (10th), Ben (12th).
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Fowler High girls cross country wins WSL title
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The Fowler High girls cross country team won their respec- tive divisions as the Redcats dominated the West Sequoia League Championships on No- vember 12 at Woodward Park.
The Lady Redcats were led by freshman Demaris Lopez, who won the league individual title in a time of 21 minutes, 00.60 seconds. Fowler dominated the field placing five runners in the top-10. Sophomore Gabriela Gutierrez was third in 22:21.90 and freshman Nicole Crow as fifth in 23:43.20. Sophomore De- marie De La Riva was sixth in 24:46.0 while sophomore Hon- ey Brown was 10th in 25:19.10.
Freshman Hayley Lopez (11th, 25:27.20) and senior Jocelyn Pri- eto (12th, 25:36.10) closed out the impressive afternoon for FHS.
Orosi, who placed fourth with 87 points, was paced by junior Cintia Mondragon. Mondragon had a time of 25:02.70 for eighth overall. Senior Daniela Tejeda was 15th in 26:12.70 and sopho- more’s Tudy Venegas and Ale- jandra Lopez were 24th and 25th overall with times of 29:12.60 and 29:15. Sophomore Gerve Viloria was 30th in 31:22.60 while fresh- man Angelina Lopez came in 32nd in 34:22.10 and senior Milca Dimas was 34th in 36:09.60.
Orange Cove’s Alondra Ro- driguez cracked the top-20 in 18th place with a time of
26:42.20 to lead the Lady Titans. Other finishers for OCHS were junior Ivette Rocha-Sanchez (27th, 30:07.50), junior Christina Velasco (31st, 33:09.10), senior Jessica Monroy (33rd, 34:31.50), sophomore Lesly Garcia (35th, 37:01.80), junior Ana Gonzalez (36th, 37:01.90) and senior Ange- les Gomez (37th, 37:11.90).
Serrato runner-up for FHS:
Junior Jacob Serrato crossed the finish line of the 5,000 meter course in 18:39 for second over- all trailing Baltazar Lopez of Ca- ruthers (18:21.50).
The Redcats had five run- ners in the top 12 as they de- feated Riverdale, 35-54, for the title. Freshmen Ramon Garza
was 5th in 18:57.30 and two plac- es behind was Aydin Lopez in 19:19.80. Senor Daniel Morales was timed in 19:31.70 for ninth place and sophomore Dax Alcan- tar was 12th in 19:41.60. Fresh- men Sarath Chea (14th, 19:42.20), Eloi Hernandez (21st, 20:49.80), junior Christopher Garcia (25th, 21:11.30), seniors Jose Fernandez (27th, 21:31.00), Daniel Marquez (32nd, 22:45.90), Edmundo Her- nandez (42nd, 24:00.20), Antonio Estrada (25:36.50) and Jacob Al- maguer (52nd, 27:37.90) wrapped up the team’s performance.
Parlier High finished fifth with 134 points. Junior Alejandro Valdovinos led the way finishing in 13th place in 19:42. Senior Kev- in Mata had a time of 21:54.10 for
28th overall and senior Juan Car- los Lopez was timed in 22:27.20 for 31st place. Other placers were sophomore’s Sebastian Gal- legos (34th, 22:56.20) and Jared Herrera (43rd, 24:08.90).
Orange Cove sophomore Michael Flores was the Titans’ best performer finishing 23rd in 20:52.60. Senior Adrian Ar- riaga was 38th in 23:47.90 while classmate, Samuel Angulo, was tied for 39th in 23:52.80. Junior Gabriel Reynosa was 46th in 24:57.10 and three places behind was sophomore Leonel-Serna Sanchez in 25:53.40 and in 50th place was sophomore Allen An- derson, who was timed in 26:06.
Orosi’s Gerwin Quemquem was 53rd in 28:34.40.
Reedley High girls take NYL cross country title
Senior Matthew Jarrett wins boys varsity race
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Martinez ended the game with 153 yards on 21 carries and caught two passes for 39 yards. Orosi ended the night with 191 yards on the ground com- plimenting the passing game.
Defensively, sopho- more linebacker Jonathan Gonzalez led the team with five tackles and Juan Flores had 4 1⁄2 tackles.
Cardinals brace for Cal City: Orosi High head coach Ben White said the Ravens (10-2) are a very athletic team and have dy- namic playmakers at ev- ery skill position.
“Their QB is very fast and has a strong arm,” said White. “We will have our work cut out for us to keep him contained.”
White said that defen- sively Cal City is big and fast and noted the Ravens haven’t seen a run-first of-
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
It was a championship afternoon for the Reedley High girls and Pi- rates’ senior Matthew Jarrett at the North Yosemite League cross coun- try championships on Nov. 15.
Reedley’s girls — led by sopho- more Paola Rangel’s third place fin- ish — repeated as league champions with five top 10 finishers; compiling 35 points to easily top Fresno High’s 62 points. Jarrett, meanwhile, turned in a season best time of 16 minutes, 49.69 seconds to win the boys var- sity race over the 5,000 meter state meet course at Woodward Park. The Pirates finished second in the team standings, compiling 49 points to trail Roosevelt’s 29 point score.
Robby Jarrett, Reedley boys coach and Matthew’s father, said winning the league individual title was his goal.
“He had the mindset that this was the year he was winning league,” the coach said.
Matthew Jarrett charged from a third place position in the first mile or so to take the lead, and continued at an attacking pace the latter stage of the race to win by 10 seconds over Roosevelt senior Anthony Preciado. Jarrett tossed away his glasses that he normally runs in during the sec- ond mile as he made his charge, and after crossing the finish line col- lapsed in exhaustion for a few min- utes before rehydrating.
The Pirate girls’ depth was the difference in beating out Fresno High, although the Warriors had the second and third place finish- ers. But Rangel (who posted a time of 20:45.11) was complemented by top 10 teammates in senior Ximena Ramos (sixth in 21:02.06), senior Jas- mine Garcia (seventh in 21:18.70), freshman Ariceli Villareal (eighth in 21:29.93) and senior Natalie Reyes (10th in 21:56.33). Freshman Yasmin Sinchi Gutierrez also placed 13th (22:19.41) out of 39 runners in the field.
Jarrett was joined in the top
10 by fellow senior Eric Aguilar, who placed sixth in 17:23.44. Junior Evan Leal finished 12th (17:53.04), freshman Juan Carrillo was 14th (18:06.67), frosh Francisco Ramos placed 16th (18:08.65), senior Nicolas Rodriguez was 19th (18:17.8) while sophomore Jordan Barajas finished 22nd (18:28.13) out of 40 runners.
Roosevelt had four top 10 fin- ishers and all seven in the top 17. Varsity girls champion was Sunny- side High senior Jessica Valles, who clocked 19:01.19.
Reedley’s varsity teams will com- pete in Division 2 on Thursday, Nov. 21 at the Central Section champion- ships at Woodward Park. The girls will compete at 11 a.m. while the boys race is at noon.
On Nov. 15, the Pirates also cap- tured the league championship in frosh-soph boys and girls divisions along with junior varsity girls. Se- nior Rocio Andrade was the JV girls individual champ in 24:03.82 while sophomore Nadisela Cruz Morales won in frosh-soph girls (23:52.72).
George M. Villagrana / Mid Valley Times Orosi High's Aidan Rodriguez intercepts a pass in the fourth quarter. Rodriguez had two picks in the game as the Car- dinals rallied to beat the Roy-
als, 48-45.
fense like the Cardinals. “They’ll have to make some adjustments to stop us,” White said. “I would expect another tight game like last week. It could come down to who has the
ball last once again.”