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B6 | Thursday, January 10, 2019
Sports The Dinuba Sentinel DHS Girls Basketball
Emperors down Eagles, 46-32
game recording a double-double leading the team with 16 points and 13 rebounds.
“She is playing her best basketball right now,” Prado said.
Dinuba picked up a big win on Jan. 2, as the Emperors knocked off visiting Tulare, 45-41. The two teams had met on Dec. 13, as the Tribe posted a 48-32 victory.
“We really wanted to play Tulare a second time,” said Prado. “We felt like the first game was one of our worst of the season. We had a very good game plan and the girls executed it perfectly.”
The Emperors had trailed by seven points entering the 4th and came to life behind a 3-pointer by freshman Krysta Casas and classmate Kaylee Lopez also nailed a 3 and sealed the game with clutch free throw shooting.
“It was a big win for us,” Prado said.
Villareal-Harris finished the game with 10 points and Lopez had nine, while Villalobos chipped in seven.
Kaylee Villasenor came off the bent to score seven points in the fourh quarter in a Central Sequoia League win on Friday.
Yasmine Villareal-Harris recorded a double-double to pace the Emperors in a win over Immanuel.
Matchups
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The Dinuba girls basketball team got off to a great start to 2019, as they pulled away from host Immanuel Friday night, 46-32.
The Emperors improved to 11-7 overall and 2-1 in Central Sequoia League play while the Eagles dip to 5-10 and winless in league.
“Anytime we play at Immanuel we know it’s gonna be a tough game,” said coach Benny Prado. “We played a very poor first half but in the third quarter we started to heat up.”
Dinuba had a slim halftime lead, 15-11, before coming to life in the third quarter as Yasmine Villareal-Harris and Azlynn Villalobos hit consecutive 3-pointers to push the lead to 23-11. The Emperors outscored the Eagles in the 3rd, 17-5, and seized control of the game. In the fourth quarter, Kaylee Villasenor came off the bench to score seven points, according to Prado.
Villareal-Harris had a huge
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Championships in late December where he went 4-2 posting wins over two seeded wrestlers. On Dec. 20-23, Wright again wrestled unattached and finished third at the Reno Tournament of Champions.
“He’s made a lot of adjustments and doing a lot better,” Steiner said. “He’s moved up to 165 when we needed him. Now he’s down to 157 and had a decent performance at Reno and Midlands.”
In a recent match against Cal Baptist University at the Save Mart Center, Wright was victorious after recording his third pin of the season much to the delight of those in attendance.
Wright said that having matches in the Save Mart Center is quite an experience. Last season, the Bulldogs ranked in the top-five nationally for attendance.
“It’s electric,” said Wright. “The way they set it up is amazing. It’s crazy to wrestle in
Emps
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Wasco before losing a close match to Roman Garcia of El Diamante, 3-2.
Adrian Garcia came close to placing in the top eight at 138. Garcia pinned Alejandro Lopez of Garces and David Vasquez of Independence. He then picked up a 5-2 win over Jasun Bautista of Righetti and then pinned Trace Silvia of Kerman before losing to Xsavier Jimenez of Kingsburg. Christian Esquivel also wrestled at 138 and he too made a run in the consolation bracket before a loss to Anthony Estrada of Monache. Esquivel defeated Jacob Luzanilla of Firebaugh, 7-1, and edged Diego Combs of Yosemite, 2-1. He then pinned his next opponent, Ty Lewis of Tulare Western, before facing Estrada.
David Hinojosa dropped his first match at 145 before winning his next two against Angel Castillo of South and Logan Mount of Yosemite. Hinojosa then faced Connor Pugh of Morro Bay, who advanced after a pin.
At 182, Chris Maldonado posted a win over Jordan Soto of North, pinned Colton Cunningham of Sierra and a 3-0 win against Brandon Renteria of Woodlake and lost to Erik Ruiz of Hoover.
El Capitan wins team title: In a very close race for the team championship as El Capitan
• Registration for the 2019 Youth Baseball & Softball season begins Jan. 19 through Feb. 9. Non-competitive divisions are coed tee-ball for ages 5-6 and boys rookie baseball and girls rookie softball for ages 7-9. Competitive divisions are boys major baseball for ages 10-12 and girls major softball for ages
front of 5,000 people.”
One of the unique settings
Wright has been able to experience was the dual meet with Stanford in the Battle on the Midway in San Diego. The ‘Dogs and Cardinals faced off on the famed carrier USS Midway.
“It’s a pretty cool environment but it’s a little slippery on the matt,” Wright said.
As the season moves forward, coach Steiner expects Wright to continue to have wrestle-offs with Isaiah Hokit at 157.
“He along with Hokit will continue to have wrestle-offs until one starts to separate from the other,” Steiner said.
Steiner went on to add, “We expect a lot of good things from Jacob. He’s definitely one of the leaders of our program.”
The ‘Dogs will be at home on Jan. 20 as they face South Dakota State. They are scheduled to host Pac-12 member Oregon State on Jan. 31 and then take on Big 12 opponent Wyoming on Feb. 3.
Friday, Jan. 11
Orosi Boys Soccer at Caruthers, 5 p.m.
Orosi Boys Basketball at Caruthers, 8 p.m.
Dinuba Boys Soccer vs. Edison, 3 p.m. (Frosh only).
Saturday, Jan. 12
Dinuba Boys Basketball at Reedley, 1/4/7:30 p.m.
Dinuba Girls Basketball at Reedley, 11:30/2:30/5:30 p.m.
Dinuba Wrestling at Battle for the Belt in Temecula Valley.
Dinuba Wrestling at Redwood Invitational.
Dinuba Girls Wrestling at Sanger Tournament.
Dinuba Girls Soccer at Kingsburg Tournament.
Monday, Jan. 14
Dinuba Girls Basketball vs. Central Valley Christian, 6/7:30 p.m.
Dinuba Girls Soccer vs. Central Valley Christian, 4:30/6 p.m.
Orosi Boys Soccer vs. Minarets, 5 p.m.
Orosi Boys Basketball vs. Minarets, 7:45 p.m.
Dinuba Boys Basketball at Central Valley Christian, 4:30/6/7:30 p.m.
Dinuba Boys Soccer at Central Valley Christian, 4:30/6 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 15
Dinuba Girls Soccer at Madera, 3 p.m. (Frosh only).
Wednesday, Jan. 16
Dinuba Boys Basketball vs. Exeter, 4:30/6/7:30 p.m.
Dinuba Boys Soccer vs. Exeter, 4:30/6 p.m.
Dinuba Girls Basketball at Exeter, 4:30/6/7:30 p.m.
Dinuba Girls Soccer at Exeter, 4:30/6 p.m.
Orosi Boys Basketball at Fowler, 7:30 p.m.
Dinuba Boys Soccer vs. Madera, 3 p.m. (Frosh).
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Jacob Wright improved to 15-7 overall after Thursday’s win at home.
Noah Cortez
DINUBA HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Dinuba High School junior wrestler Noah Cortez is named Athlete of the Week after winning the 152-pound weight class at the Dinuba Invitational. Cortez, a Cal Poly commit, beat Angel Perez of Firebaugh, 12-4, for the title.
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Daniel Long battles Nicholas Zavala of Mission Oak in the championship match at 170. Long prevailed with a 7-3 win on Saturday.
edged runner-up Central, 203- 198.5.
Rounding out the remaining top-10 teams were Frontier (159), Clovis North (158.5), Bakersfield (156.5), Kingsburg (136.5), Hanford (128), Dinuba (127), Murrieta Valley (114) and Morro Bay with 108.
Other individual champions were 106: Joseph Pio, El Capitan. 113: James Murphy, Central. 120: Jay T. Appleton, Frontier. 126: James Juarez, Bakersfield. 132: Jonathon Viveros, Kingsburg. 138: Milton Reta, Clovis North. 145: Abehedlor Sekhon, Central. 160:
Evan Myrtle, El Capitan. 182: Joshua Nesom, Monache. 195: Bo Jackson, Kingsburg. 220: Bear Nunley, Tulare Union. 285: Josh Cortez, Dos Palos.
Reta was named Most Outstanding Wrestler for the lower weight class. Reta won all his matches by pin.
School. Teams will consist of female athletes from the following counties: San Luis Obispo, Tulare, Kern, Kings, Fresno, and Santa Barbara. For more information, please visit www.calstormbasketball.com and follow us on social media: Instagram; @calstormcentral Facebook; @calstormcentral.
Announcements
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For additional information
and questions, please contact the City of Dinuba Parks and Community Services at 559-591- 5940.
• California Storm, an elite Nike sponsored club girls basketball program, is coming to the central region.
Cal Storm will be holding team specific tryouts starting in February of 2019, at various gymnasiums throughout San Luis Obispo and Fresno County. All athletes are invited to tryout. Thereafter, weekly practices and skills clinics will be held in the following age divisions: 10U, 11U, 13U, 14U, and High
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