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Memorial’s Jordan Horn- break.
With the lead down to one score, the biggest shot to the Apaches came on their ensuing possession when Collazo stayed down after being tackled on a quarterback-keeper. He was walked off the field favoring his right shoulder and was unable to return to the game.
With Sanger’s reserve quarterback, John Pena, out while recovering from knee surgery, the Apaches turned to junior Nick Wise, who is listed as a wide re- ceiver and defensive back.
The transition didn’t go too well for the Apaches, as Wise fumbled his first two snaps, both of which were recovered by the Panthers.
“It’s really tough for anyone to come in and jump in – in that kind of environment, in that in- tense of a game,” said Pena.
Memorial was able to capitalize on the first turnover, recovered in- side Sanger territory, af- ter Panther’s quarterback Finn Collins connected
with wide receiver TJ Hall for a 20-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 14 a piece.
Fortunately for the Apaches, after Wise fumbled his second snap, Sanger was able to get the ball right back on an in- terception to end the first quarter.
After an exchange of possessions, Sanger was able to recapture the lead on another breakaway run by Agina, this time taking it to the house on a 58-yard scamper.
The Panthers then tied the game on their ensu- ing possession on another goal line rush by Horn- break with just less than two minutes remaining in the half. Then, after getting the ball back with just seconds left in the half, the Panthers were able to beat the Apache’s prevent defense on a long ball caught deep in Sanger territory by Jalen McMil- lan, who finished the night with 201 receiving yards on 11 catches.
A facemask penalty on the Apaches moved the ball to the Sanger 10-yard line, setting up a last sec- ond 27-yard field goal by Panther’s kicker Carlo Bravo to give Memorial a
24-21 lead at the half. “We expected to face what we saw,” Pena said of facing San Joaquin Me- morial. “They’re very tal-
ented on the perimeter.” The field goal may have been the difference in the game as both teams managed to score one touchdown each in the second half. San Joaquin Memorial scored late in the third on Hornbreak’s third rushing touchdown,
another goal line carry. But Sanger’s offen- sive struggles continued in the second half as they went most of the sec- ond half without a score. They managed to get into the end zone late in the fourth quarter with a 4-yard pass connection from Wise to senior wide receiver Dolce Calandra in the back of the end zone. The score brought the Apaches to within a field goal but didn’t leave much time on the clock,
just 43 seconds. Sanger’s onside kick
was then recovered by Panther’s Jayden Jones to seal the game, and title for San Joaquin Memorial.
“We just kept battling,” added Pena. “For us to lose by only three points, it says a lot about our kids.”
up on the losing end on Friday night, Agina, the Apache’s lead running back had another stellar performance. The senior running back became the 11th Apache to run for over 2000 yards after rushing for 178 yards on 19 carries, giving him 2060 yards over 19 games.
His two touchdowns also make him sixth in all- time touchdowns scored by an Apache. With 34 ca- reer touchdowns, Agina sits just behind Sanger’s Andrew Azua (13-16) and Jalen Cropper (16-17), both of whom finished with 36 career touchdowns.
Despite the loss, and finishing third in the CMAC standings after Bullard defeated Edison on Nov. 1, the Apaches received a No. 4 seed- ing in the CIF Division II playoffs. Hanford, who the Apaches lost to in Sep- tember, received the No. 1 seed after running the table this season while San Joaquin Memorial (9- 1, 5-0) received the No. 2 seed.
Redwood (9-1, 4-1), coached by former Dinuba High head football coach Kevin Scharton, received the No. 3 seed. His former
Rick Curiel / Mid Valley Times
Sanger High quarterback Noel Collazo played his last game as an Apache on Friday night after seperating his right shoulder in the first half the team's 31-28 loss to San Joaquin Memorial.
Lady Tigers take big lead into final round of CCCAA women's golf tournament
MVT Staff Report
Reedley College will take an 11-shot lead into Tuesday’s final round of the California Community College Athletic Association women’s golf tournament at the Ridge Creek Golf and Country Club in Dinuba.
The Tigers finished with an 18-hole team score of 326 while Modesto fol- lowed with a 337.
Reedley College freshman Monica
Yu and Sierra College freshman Jordan Rooker are tied for individual medalist honors with rounds of 76. The only other round under 80 was shot by Sierra Col- lege sophomore Melanie Anderson, with a 78.
But Reedley’s team depth came through as Sierra’s fourth best scorer, freshmen Alexis Walter and Elisa Isen- berg both shot 99. Other scores for the Tigers included Mya Chao in fifth place
with an 81, Alyssa Bendure with an 84, Serena DiMauro with an 85, McKenzie Quinn with a non-scoring 90 and Serena Garcia with a non-scoring 91.
Team scores after the first round: Reedley 326, Modesto 337, Sierra 340, Sacramento City 364 and San Joaquin Delta 364.
Individual leaders: 1. Monica Yu, Reedley and Jordan Rooker, Sierra 76; 3. Melanie Anderson, Sierra, 78; 4.
Ariana Custodio, Sacramento City, 80; 5. Mya Chao, Reedley, 81; 6. Saman- tha Smedslammer, Modesto and Nata- lie Cowan, Modesto, 82; 8. Alyssa Irey, Taft, 83; 9. Alyssa Bendure, Reedley, 84 and 10. Serena DiMauro, Reedley, 85. The field includes six teams and nine in- dividuals for a total of 38 golfers.\
The CCCAA State Women’s Golf Championships will be held on Nov. 17- 18 at the Morro Bay Golf Course.
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Reedley Tigers to
face Monterey for
conference lead Both teams enter 4-0 in conference play
team, the Dinuba Emper- ors, will be traveling to Sanger tomorrow night to take on the Apaches in the first round of Division II playoffs.
Dinuba enters as the No. 13 seed and have racked up over 100 points in their last two games, against Exeter and Han- ford West.
Reedley College
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By Will Goldbeck
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Twoundefeatedteamsinconference play will meet in Monterey Saturday night for first place in the American -- Golden Coast Conference when the 7-1 Reedley College Tigers face the 8-0 Monterey Peninsula College Lobos.
Both Reedley and Monterey are 4-0 in conference play.
The 6 p.m. contest will also probably decide which team will face unbeaten Foothill College for the Northern Cali- fornia American Division championship. Yes, that’s the same game that Reedley lost last season to end a shot at a perfect season.
Last Saturday afternoon in Reedley, the Tigers erased a 14-7 deficit to record a 49-14 victory over the Merced College Blue Devils. Later that night, MPC went on the road to Salinas and came home with a 38-28 victory over the Hartnell College Panthers. The win improved MPC to 8-0 in 2019. Foothill and Mon- terey are two of six remaining unde- feated teams in the state.
In Monterey, the Tiger defense will need to stop quarterback Hunter Ra- quet, who was with Fresno State before returning to the coast last March. Ra- quet threw for 258 yards and four touch- downs in the win over Hartnell.
Saturday was a day for big plays for head coach Eric Marty’s squad. The Tigers broke a 14-14 tie by scoring the game’s last 35 points and shutting out the Blue Devils over the last three quarters.
After taking a lead for good on a 69-yard interception return for a touch- down by Jesus Garcia (Washington
Union) early in the second quarter, the Tigers broke the contest open by scoring 14 points in just 14 seconds.
First, Jamon Chambers (Tacoma, WA) broke free for an 80-yard touch- down run to make it 28-14 Reedley with just under eight minutes left in the first half. On the blue devil second play from scrimmage on the next drive, Keenan Fyles (Compton) scooped up a Merced fumble and sped 27 yards front for an- other Tiger touchdown.
Elijah Hawkins (Los Angeles) ran for two scores in the first 30 minutes on runs of 31 and 22 yards. also finding the end zone in the first half was Andy Pierre-Antoine (North Miami, FA), who caught an 84 yard touchdown pass from Drew Zaubi (Crestwood, KY).
The Tigers outgained the Blue Dev- ils 464-318 (Reedley had 266 net passing yards) even though Merced ran 24 more plays than the Tigers.
“Offensively, it was one of the few games that we had to get it rolling a little bit,while our defense sorted things out,” said Coach Marty after the game. “Obvi- ously, once they did, they played lights out. I thought we had a great week of preparation. We knew that Merced was better than their record and they were. We showed up ready to play to get the opportunity to go to Monterey to play for first place in the conference.”
Going into the Merced game, the Tigers were ranked third in the Nor Cal American Division poll, 20th in the state (three spots ahead of MPC) in the California Community College Sports In- formation Association poll and in 25th in the JC Athletic Bureau poll, one spot behind the Lobos.
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