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The Reedley Exponent B4 Thursday, November 1, 2018
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Jamian Villareal (shooting), shown in a game earlier this season, opened the Central Section Division 3 boys water polo playoffs on Oct. 31 at home against Sierra High.
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ace serves with her jump delivery.
Rodriguez also added four kills and 10 digs. Lead- ing the hitting attack was senior Julie Scott with eight kills while Maddie Gates added seven kills and 15 digs.
"The team continues to stay focused on defense, which is what we rely on to keep us in games and then the transition to a di- versified offense, which helps to keep teams from focusing on one player and hopefully will allow us to continue being successful, Tatami said.
"The seniors on this team have been there be- fore and are really taking a leadership role in keeping spirits high and the team focused on the task ahead."
DIVISION 4 Immanuel sweeps Fresno in first round The No. 4 seed Eagles
(15-20) received 10 kills, two aces and three digs from senior Danielle Jef- feries to sweep the visiting Warriors on Oct. 25. Scores were 25-6, 25-13 and 25-12.
Junior Halle Brett added four kills and three blocks, while sophomore Brooke Hatch dished off 11 assists.
Immanuel hosted No. 5 Porterville in an Oct. 30 quarterfinal match. Results were unavailable at press time.
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ship for freshmen and soph- omores Oct. 31 at Woodward Park in Fresno. The Pirates' frosh-soph and JV teams were scheduled to compete.
The RHS varsity will return to action Friday, Nov. 9, at the North Yosem- ite League Championships at Woodward Park, site of the Nov. 24 CIF State Meet. The NYL meet will begin at 9:30 a.m.
Immanuel's league meet will be the Central Sequoia League finals at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Qualifiers at league meets will advance to the Central Section Cham-
pionships on Thursday, Nov. 15 at Woodward Park.
FOOTBALL Orange Cove No. 2 seed in Division 6 The Orange Cove High
Titans begin their playoff run in Division 6 on Friday, Nov. 2, with a 7 p.m. game against sixth-seeded Mina- rets High at Titan Stadium. The Titans are seeded sec- ond out of eight schools in the Division 6. Defending state champion Strathmore is the top seed.
Orange Cove closed out the regular season on Oct. 26 with a 20-17 victory over Orosi. Senior Freddy Me- dina's two field goals were the difference in the game.
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Reedley High running back Danny Cortez (22) drags a pair of Sunnyside tacklers to pick up yardage in the second quarter of the Pirates' 43-7 loss to the Wildcats on Oct. 26.
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game — broke free around right end for a 13-yard touch- down. Johnny Gomez's extra point kick cut the deficit to 14- 7 with 2 minutes, 46 seconds left before halftime.
After a Sunnyside kick return for a touchdown was nullified by penalty, Reedley forced a third down at the Wildcat 27. But a face-mask penalty gave the visitors a first down and quarterback Marquay Williams followed
with a 21-yard pass comple- tion. Williams then gashed the Pirates defense on two big runs, a 19-yard gain and then a 23-yard touchdown dash just a minute before halftime.
Sunnyside broke it open in the second half with a 54-yard touchdown run by Gabriel Poblano, a 15-yard run by Williams and a 69-yard touchdown pass from Jimmy Gomez to Elias Soliz. The Wildcats finished with 552 total yards, 345 rushing.
Seniors playing their fi-
nal games for the Pirates were Aguilar, Javier Perez, Michael Samaniego, Alex- ander Rubi, Julio Montalvo, Justin Fonseca, James Vil- lasenor, Johnny Gomez, Jus- tin Stewart, Alex Echaniz, Pe- dro Reyes, Jeric Gomez and Joshua Cisneros.
The Reedley High junior varsity team closed out the season on a winning note, de- feating Sunnyside by a 35-14 score. The JVs finished with a 4-6 season record, with a win- ning record of 3-2 in North Yosemite League action.
Youth football advances
Reedley College roundup
Tigers football prevails at Merced to move to 8-0
The Reedley Titans junior and senior football teams advanced to the semifi- nals of the Central Valley Youth Football League playoffs with victories on Oct. 27. The Titans will play in the semifinals on Saturday, Nov. 3, in Visalia against Central Valley Christian. The juniors game will be at 4 p.m. followed by the seniors game at 7 p.m. The games will be at Central Valley High School. The Reedley Titans junior team is 8-2 while the seniors are 7-3.
ABOVE: The Reedley Titans seniors team gathered for a postgame prayer after their first round victory on Oct. 27.
LEFT: Some of the Reedley Titans cheer squad were at the games to provide sup- port.
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Thanks to a wild Saturday night, the 8-0 Reedley College Tiger football team is alone atop the Golden Coast Conference standings.
On Oct. 27 in Merced, Reedley used five touchdown passes from Randall Johnson to outscore the Merced College Blue Devils 44- 28. Meanwhile, in Monterey, the Monterey Peninsula College Lobos broke a three-game losing streak and handed the Hartnell College Panthers their first loss of the season with a 61-33 triumph.
Reedley joins Fullerton and College of the Canyons as the only undefeated teams in Cali- fornia Community College football.
On Saturday, Nov. 3, the Tigers will host Monterey in the final regular season home game at 1 p.m. at Reedley High’s Sal Gonzalez Field. In the Lobos’ win over Hartnell, quar- terback Christopher Lubinsky passed for four touchdowns and ran for three more.
On Saturday, Nov. 10, Reedley closes out the regular season in Salinas with a 6 p.m. con- test against Hartnell in Rabobank Stadium.
With two wins, Reedley could possibly face Chaffey College in the state’s American Divi- sion championship game.
Reedley is now 4-0 in conference play while Hartnell is 4-1 and Monterey is 3-1.
The Tigers took advantage of four Merced turnovers which included two lost fumbles and two pass interceptions. Reedley turned a Raul Montalvo fumble recovery into the game’s first score, a 4-yard touchdown run by Johnson. The Tigers increased the lead to 14-0 with one
second left in the opening quarter as Johnson connected with Mason Layton for a 19-yard touchdown pass.
The same pair combined for a 56-yard scor- ing pass midway in the second quarter. That combined with touchdown passes to Daniel Baca and Nicholas Clarke made it 35-0.
But Merced made it interesting by scoring the next 22 points. Within a span of just 57 sec- onds early in the fourth quarter, Reedley put the game away with another touchdown pass from Johnson to Baca and a safety.
Johnson completed 23 of 33 passes on the night for 267 yards and five touchdowns. The sophomore from Los Angeles also led the Ti- gers in rushing with 17 carries for 101 yards.
Defensively, Emylle Jones recorded four quarterback sacks and had five tackles.
By Will Goldbeck
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Tigers split CVC matches Reedley College (4-15, 4-10) splits two Cen-
tral Valley Conference matches last week. The Tigers prevailed in three tightly-battled sets at Porterville College by scores of 25-12, 29-27 and 27-25 on Oct. 24 before getting swept in three sets at first place Fresno City College on Oct. 26.
Against, Porterville, Kristen Berry and Madison Monis collected 13 and 12 kills, re- spectively, while Monis added a pair of blocks.
Reedley College concludes a four-match CVC road streak on Friday, Nov. 2, at West HIlls-Lemoore. On Wedensday, Nov. 7, the Ti- gers have their home finale against Columbia College in a 6 p.m. start at RC gym.
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who led last season’s (6-8, 11- 15) squad in scoring at 17.2 overall and 18.7 in conference play.
Jennings gave four-year schools a chance to get a clos- er look at Parks and Taber at fall showcases in both North- ern and Southern California. They both did well and so did the team.
The list of incoming fresh- men include two guards from Atlanta, Ga. in Khalid Wilkins (a 6’2” point guard who is
very athletic) and Chase How- ell. The coach said that How- ell followed his best friend in Wilkins to Reedley.
“He is quick, can cause some chaos and can finish around the basket,” said the coach. “Wilkins is a great pickup for us while Howell is more of a shooter. They are our one-two punch. Chase was in our starting lineup but suf- fered an injury and is work- ing his way back.”
Local talent includes Uriah Carter, a 5-11 guard from Edison in Fresno and another former Tiger in 6’6”
James Hannah. Both shined at the showcase games, said the coach. “James is your shot blocker and your traditional big,” said the coach.
Another freshman and former Edison player is 6-5 JJ Johnson.
“We have a lot of versatile guards so we will have to get up and down the floor,” said Jennings.
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Tigers roster include Chloe Welch (Exeter),Tonee Bland (Washington Union), Sam Mendoza (Dinuba),Aurelie Bevao (France) and Brittney Rogers (Edison).
“We have some good soph- omores back and some fresh- men that work very hard,” said Kilbert, who predicts last season’s co-champion College of the Sequoias, as the early conference favorite.
The Tigers don’t have much height. “But if you have the willingness to go after the basketball, you can make up for that height,” said the coach.
“We would like to get off to a decent start but we are more focused on when we get to league play.”
of the Week
Nikole Rodriguez - Reedley High Volleyball
Nikole Rodriguez,
Reedley High School senior volleyball player, collected18 kills and 24 digs against Hoover along with ve kills, four aces and 13 digs against Sunnyside as the Pirates completed
a perfect 10-0 North Yosemite League season. Reedley High is seeded second in the Central Section Division 3 playo s.
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