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Thursday, October 10, 2019 Reedley College Tigers bounce back with big win over undefeated Cabrillo College Photo contributed Sanger High's Noel Collazo had a remarkable game in the Apache's league opener in Madera on Oct. 4. The senior quarterback racked up 138 yards on 8 carries and ran it in for two touchdowns. Of the three passes he attempted on Friday night, he completed two of them. Both resulted in Apache touchdowns. Sanger rolls in league opener By Will Goldbeck Special to the Times On paper, it appears that Saturday’s Coast conference football game in Aptos between a Reed- ley College Tigers and the Cabrillo College Se- ahawks would be a close game. Well, the Tigers had other ideas. Reedley jumped out to a 42–9 lead, after falling behind 9-7, andheldonfora42to23 victory in the conference opener for the Tigers. Not bad, considering Cabrillo went into the contest undefeated and as a state leader in scor- ing defense at 5.2 points per game. The two teams were tied for third in the state's Northern Califor- nia American division rankings. “It was a great team win,” said Tiger head coach Eric Marty. “A great response to the tough lessons of last week. I am really proud of the way we prepared and competed. We are 1-0 in conference heading into our bye with a chance to get healthy!” Jamon Chambers (Ta- coma, WA) found the end zone three times for Reed- ley. He opened the scor- ing with a 71-yard touch- down run and later caught touchdown passes from quarterbacks Drew Zaubi (Crestwood, KY) and Ar- mon Hickson (Covington, GA), who added two short touchdown runs. After giving up a safety 22 seconds into the second quarter, Reed- ley rolled up 35 unan- swered points in the sec- ond and third quarters. First, Chambers capped a 55-yard drive by catch- ing a 37-yard scoring pass from Zaubi. Hickson added touchdown runs of 2 and 1 yards, the latter coming with 35 seconds left in the first half. Midway in the third quarter, Chambers caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Hickson. Jonathan Perryman (Mobile, AL) closed out the Tiger scor- ing with a 22-yard touch- down run. Reedley finished with 359 yards of total offense (212 passing and 147 pass- ing) compared to 267 for Cabrillo. The Seahawks were slowed by 23 penal- ties for 179 yards while Reedley was flagged nine times for 77 yards. Five of Reedley’s 17 first downs came by penalty. Chambers finished with 16 carries for 130 yards, an average of 8.1 SeeTIGERSonpage B2 By Rick Curiel Mid Valley Times “Keeping the ball on the tee was Sanger’s most difficult job,” said TV commentator Vince Wesson about the Apache’s league-opener at Madera High on Oct. 4, a game that was televised on KFRE’s Fri- day Night Rivals. Ten times. That’s how many times Sanger kicked from the tee on Friday night. Nine of those kicks came after Apache scores in a 59-21 win. The Sanger Apaches carried momentum from a big home vic- tory last week to steamroll into league play, exploiting Madera’s front line to pile up 365 total yard rushing and making a big statement to open County/Metro League play. “You never know when you’re going to make that kind of state- ment,” said Apache’s head coach Jorge Pena. “But we definitely wanted to come out in league look- ing sharp.” Sanger raced out the gates to begin their league opener. If there’s such a thing as ‘hitting for the cycle’ in football, the Apaches may have accomplished that feat in the very first quarter as they scored on a 2-yard run, a 30-yard field goal, a 4-yard quarterback keeper and a 20-yard touchdown pass to jump out to an early 24-0 lead. And, once again, the team saw contributions from all sides of the ball, with scores made by offense, defense and special teams. The Apache’s first score, a goal line punch by Sanger fullback Pierce Jones, was set up in large part by a long dash down the field by quarterback Noel Collazo. On the games second play, Collazo found a gap to his right and used all 6’4” of him to stride down to the See APACHES on page B11 Emperors suffer one-point loss to CVC at home Dinuba's go-ahead field goal attempt blocked in final minutes By George M. Villagrana Mid Valley Times In front of a large homecoming crowd, Dinuba High’s football team suffered a tough 35- 34 loss to visiting Central Valley Christian Friday night in a Central Sequoia League game. With less than 3 min- utes in the game, the Em- perors lined up for a field goal attempt. A bad snap doomed Dinuba as the kick was smothered by the Cavaliers, who then ran out the clock for a stunning win. In the early moments of the third quarter, the Emperors missed an ex- tra point that could’ve tied the game at 28. Instead Dinuba falls to 2-4 overall and 0-1 in the CSL while CVC moved to 4-2 and 1-0. “It was a heartbreak- er,” said coach Carlos Barajas. “We knew that kid \[Jaalen Rening\] was pretty good, and we gave up 3 or 4 big plays.” commit, finished the game with 152 yards on 25 carries with two catches for 72 yards and 46 yards on punt returns. With the game tied at 20 entering the 3rd quar- ter, Dinuba scored on its first play as running back Angel Lopez bolted for a 65-yard touchdown run for a 27-20 lead. CVC would need three plays to get on the board as quarterback Tyce Griswold would score on a 50-yard run and went ahead 28-27. A 17-yard TD pass play from quarterback Josh Magaña to Cristobal Ramos put DHS back in front 34-27 with 4 min- utes, 36 seconds. The defense came up with a big play on CVC’s next possession as the Cavaliers marched deep inside Emperors territory. A holding call on the Cav- aliers moved the ball to the 16 yard line and on the ensuing play, star running back Rening was tackled See EMPERORS on page B2 Jorge Lozoya / Special to the Times Emperor's senior running back Devon Mendoza turned in a solid performance on Friday night against the Cavaliers of Central Valley Chris- tian. The lead back ran for 123 yards on 23 carries, his longest run being 44 yards. Yet, despite his efforts and the Emperors jumping out to an early 21-6 lead, Dinuba ended up losing to CVC 35-34 for the Emperor's fourth loss of the season. Each of Dinuba's losses this season have been within one score, losing to Porterville by 7, Redwood by 3, Edison by 8 and CVC by 1. The games don't get any easier for Dinuba as they host league rival Selma tomorrow night. The Bears come into tomorrow's matchup with a 5-1 overall record. Rening, a UC Davis