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Tigers wrap up perfect regular season
Reedley outlasts Hartnell in 46-34 shootout, hosts DeAnza College in Nov. 17 bowl
By Will Goldbeck
For The Exponent
It took a come from behind victory over the Hartnell College Panthers on Nov. 10 to complete a perfect 10-0 season for the 2018 Reedley College football team.
Quarterback Randall Johnson and a bend-but-not-break defense led Reedley to a 46-34 victory over the 8-2 Hartnell College Panthers at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas.
Now a Saturday, Nov. 17, bowl game awaits the Golden Coast Con- ference champion Tigers. The Cali- fornia Community College Athletic Association announced on Sunday that Reedley will host the DeAnza College Dons in a 2 p.m. kickoff at Reedley High School’s Sal Gonza- lez Field in the Northern California Football Association American Di- vision championship game.
Since Reedley outscored DeAn- za 57-47 back in the season opener in Cupertino, the Dons have put to- gether nine straight wins. The lat- est was a wild 58-52 overtime vic- tory over the Yuba College 49ers in Cupertino on Nov. 10.
Reedley joined College of the
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Reedley College football players and coaches gathered for a group celebration photo on Nov. 10 after closing out a perfect regular season with a 46-34 victory over Hartnell College in Salinas. The Tigers (10-0) will host DeAnza College on Saturday, Nov/ 17, at 2 p.m. in the Northern California Football Association American Division championship game.
Central Section Water Polo playoffs
Johnson voted GCC top offensive player, Marty selected as coach of the year
By Will Goldbeck
For The Exponent
With 10 all-Golden Coast Confer- ence players, the Reedley College Tiger football team is ready for its first postseason game since 2009 this weekend in Reedley.
The Pacific-7 Conference cham- pion DeAnza College Dons (9-1) will face the 10-0 Tigers at 2 p.m. Nov. 17 at Reedley High's Sal Gonzalez Field.
"We are really excited to get to compete against DeAnza College again," said Golden Coast Confer- ence Coach of the year Eric Marty of the Tigers. "They have had a tre- mendous year, and we know first- hand how good they are."
The Tigers outlasted the Dons 57-47 in the season opener on Sept.
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DeAnza recorded a wild 58-52
overtime win over Yuba College in Cupertino on Nov. 10. The con- test featured 1,338 yards of total offense, 743 by DeAnza. Quarter- back Eduardo Andrade, who was the backup against RC, threw for 572 yards and four touchdowns in the win.
Reedley is used to facing great passers, as they went up against the state leader in Isaiah Arriola-Ran- dalle at Hartnell on Nov. 10. They
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Orange
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D-6 semis
Staff Report
Orange Cove High School's dream of a Central Section Division 6 football championship came up two games short, as visiting Sier- ra Pacific High rallied from a 14-0 deficit to knock off the Titans 25-20 in a semifinal matchup Nov. 9 at Titan Sta- dium.
Orange Cove (10-2) led 20-19 heading into the fourth quarter but the Golden Bears (7-5) pushed across the deci- sive touchdown to advance to the Friday, Nov. 16, finals at defending state champion Strathmore High. The Titans' only other loss came against West Sequoia League cham- pion Caruthers.
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Pirate boys lose in D-3 semifinals
By Jon Earnest
jon@midvalleypublishing.com
The Reedley High boys water polo team reached the semifinal round of the Central Section Division 3 with strong defensive play and timely scoring.
But the top-seeded Edison High Tigers had too much firepower on Nov. 7, scoring the games first three goals and then erupting for 10 sec- ond half scores in a 17-12 vic- tory in Fresno. The loss ended an 18-13 season for the Pi- rates, who posted playoff vic- tories over Sierra and Exeter.
"I think it was more a lit- tle bit of inexperience on our side," RHS head coach Darrin Hammond said of his squad, which only has one senior. "You've got to take out that three spot they put on us real
quick. It's tough to come back from that."
Junior Jamian Villareal – who paced the offense with seven goals — scored twice while Jacob Laine and Ethan MIlton added scores as Reed- ley crept back within a goal at 5-4 just two minutes before halftime. But Edison sopho- more Tyler Mrkaich answered with a pair of scores at half- time to give the Tigers (23- 6) a 7-4 lead. Senior Damian Young then scored six of his eight goals in the second half as the hosts pounced on RHS mistakes.
"We know what we're ca- pable of. And this is generally a young team we have," said Hammond. "We kept it pretty close for the most part but we couldn't manage to put the ball
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Jon Earnest / The Exponent
Reeedley High's Jamian Villareal looked for a shot while guarded by Edison High's Malcolm Wanless in the Pirates' 17-12 loss to the Tigers in the Central Section Division 3 semifinals on Nov. 7.
Reedley girls cross country wins NYL title, boys 2nd
Jon Earnest / The Exponent
Reedley High School junior Matthew Jarrett, middle in glasses, runs in the front pack with Sunnyside High's Aaron Rubio, left, and eventual varsity boys winner Adam Yang, right, from Hoover. Jarrett finished in third place on Nov. 9.
Central Section meet Nov. 15 at Woodward Park in Fresno
Staff Report
Reedley High School's cross country teams will try to qualify for state competition when they participate in the Central Section Meet on Thursday, Nov. 15, at Woodward Park in Fresno. First races begin at 11:30 a.m. at the three- mile course where the CIF State Championships will be run on Saturday, Nov. 24.
The Pirates turned in a strong performance at the North Yosemite League meet on Nov. 9, also at Woodward Park. The varsity girls won the team title with 45 points, four better than runner-up Sunnyside High of Fresno. The boys came up short in their bid to successfully defend their league title, but scored 50 points to finish second behind champion Roosevelt High of Fresno.
The Reedley girls had all five of its scoring runners place in the top 15, overcoming a Sunnyside squad led by individual winner Jessica Valles. Junior Ximena Ramos led RHS with a fourth place finish clocking 21 minutes, .7 seconds. Junior Natalie Reyes placed sixth at 21:38.6 fol- lowed by junior Jasmine Garcia (eighth in 21:44.2), fresh- man Paola Rangel (14th in 23:01.6) and junior Keila Robles (15th in 23:05.6). Junior Gloria Becerra (16th in 23:09.2) and junior Marissa Zuniga (19th in 23:30) both placed in the top 20 of 35 competing runners.
Sunnyside's Valles posted a winning time of 19:07.8, followed by Hoover's Yorkabel Gebrehiwot (20:09.8) and
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Reedley High School junior Natalie Reyes, right, tries to chase down Fresno High's Patricia Benetiz-Lopez on her way to a fourth place finish in the varsity girls race in Fresno on Nov. 9.
Sunnyside's Maria Guerra (20:31.3).
Junior Matthew Jarrett turned in a top three indi-
vidual finish for Reedley in the varsity boys race, clock- ing 17 minutes, 03.7 seconds to trail Hoover's Adam Yang (16:30.4) and Sunnyside's Aaron Rubio (16:34.0).
Also placing in the top 10 for the Pirates were junior Eric Aguilar (seventh in 17:44.0) and sophomore Evan Leal
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