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Reedley College football hangs on to edge COS, 42-35
By Will Goldbeck
Contributed
It was worth the wait.
Except for scrimmages, Reedley College hadn’t met the College of the Sequoias on the football field since 2013.
On the afternoon of Nov. 6 in Visalia, the Tigers won a thriller over the Giants 42-35 on the COS campus field. The victory clinches a bowl berth for the Tigers — although a game is not certain since two conference foes (Modesto and Fresno City) are ahead of the Tigers in the standings.
The regular season finale is a big one — the Battle for the Pump, the State Central Community College District matchup between the Tigers and the Fresno City College Rams. The matchup is set for
3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, in the Reedley High School Stadium. Fresno City, ranked fifth in the state by the JC Athletic Bureau, is closing in on clinch- ing a berth in the Nor Cal Re- gionals, probably against City
College of San Francisco. Last week, the 6-3 Tigers
held off Sequoias twice in or near the end zone in the final six minutes.
“It was a great game,” said Reedley Tiger head coach Rob Hartenfels.
The Tigers build a 14-point lead in the third quarter. Quar- terbacks Josh Magana and
Jordan Solomon combined for four touchdown passes and 304 passing yards. Reedley’s final touchdown came on a 22-yard run by Tamicus Napi- er. On the game's second play, Magana found Shamir Kirk for a 90-yard score. Jaylin Jackson caught a pair of scor-
ing passes, one from Magana and one from Solomon, from 4 and 30 yards out.
Sequoias stayed in the game after Brendan Feeney recov- ered a blocked punt for a touch- down in the third quarter. The loss dropped COS to 1-2 in con- ference play and 3-4 overall.
Tigers women's golf captures NorCal Championship on Nov. 8
By Will Goldbeck
Contributed
Led by three of the top six golf- ers, Reedley College has won the 2021 Northern California Community Col- lege Athletic Association women’s golf championship.
The Lady Tigers captured the title Nov. 8 at the Yolo Fliers Golf Club in Woodland. Reedley finished 28 shots
ahead of Big 8 Conference champion Modesto.
Taking medalist honors was fresh- man Avery Foster (Clovis) with rounds of 74 and 72 (146 total). Finishing sec- ond was sophomore Mya Chou (Visalia) with 78-83–161. Also winning all-Nor Cal honors was sophomore Cynthia Reyes (Visalia) 89-81–170, good for sixth place.
Other Reedley scores included Av- ery Cordero (Madera) 90-87–177, Nata-
lie Van Pelt (Merced) 90-93–183 and Mi- chela Tamez (Clovis) 117-107-224.
‘The kids played great, said Coach Scott Stark. ‘’We had three of the top six in the region and two of our best scores of the season. We’re peaking at the right time.”
The state women’s golf champion- ships are scheduled for the Cypress Ridge Golf Course on Sunday and Mon- day, and Nov. 14-15.
FOOTBALL Continued from page A9
Barragan threw for 152 yards and touchdowns to Mikey Olvera and EJ So- telo, and Dinuba scored double figures in each quarter to avenge a 40- 20 home loss to the Ti- gers on Sept. 17. Immanuel 16,
Kerman 12
At Reedley, the Ea- gles managed just 153 yards of total offense, but built a 16-0 lead after three quarters and held on down the stretch.
Alema Slade (31 yards in the first quar- ter) and Jacob Cabrera (11 yards in the third) had rushing TDs while Lucas Cords kicked a 31-yard field goal.
Three weeks earlier on Oct. 15, Immanuel had drubbed Kerman by a 40-13 score. But the
PREPS
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each scored three goals. Reedley's girls, mean- while, improved to 23-6 on the season with a 10-7 Division II quarterfinal win over Paso Robles on Nov. 6. That advanced the second-seeded Pi- rates to a Nov. 10 home semifinal against No. 3
Righetti.
A win in that game
would send RHS into the section finals for D-II, against either top seed Tulare Western or No. 4 Morro Bay. If seeds hold, the game would be in Tu- lare at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13.
Sanger's water polo teams were eliminated from tough Division I brackets in the quarter- final rounds last week. The No. 5 seed
Apaches boys (27-2) dropped a 16-8 decision at No. 4 seed Garces on Nov. 4, while the No. 8 seed girls (21-7) were thumped 21-3 by top-seeded Clovis West on Nov. 7.
CROSS COUNTRY Central Section meet set for Nov. 18
Regional cross coun- try runners attempted to qualify for Central Section competition with league meets earlier this week. The North Yosem- ite League and County Metro Athletic Confer- ence championships took place on Nov. 10 at Wood- ward Park in Fresno.
Qualifiers will com- pete at the Central Sec- tion Championships on Thursday, Nov. 18, also at Woodward Park.
Lions (2-9) kept this one close, pushing across both its scores in the fourth and then reaching the Eagles 22 yard line before the game ended. Strathmore 21,
Reedley 14
At Strathmore, the Spartans (11-0) erupted for all their points in the second quarter and held off the Pirates in a hard- hitting battle.
Ryan Warkentin rushed 163 yards and a touchdown, giving the senior a school-record 1,879 yards for the sea- son. Andrew Medina had the Pirates' other touch- down.
Carlos Moreno rushed for 123 yards and two TDs while junior Cael Alkire had three catches for 69 yards in- cluding a 40-yard score. But the Reedley defense held the Spartans score-
Kirk Kawagoe / Photo Contributed
Immanuel High's Alema Slade sprinted toward the end zone on a 31-yard touchdown run in the first quarter of the Eagles' 16-12 playoff victory over Kerman on Nov. 5.
and 24 in the third, and never were able to catch up. Ashton Rodriguez had the Apaches' lone score of the night on a 4-yard run in the third quarter.
Frontier (5-2) fin- ished with 379 total yards, with quarterback Vincent Igoa throwing for a pair of touchdowns to Devin Cockren.
The game marked the first meeting between the two programs, and was the 66th different school the Apaches have played in their 121 sea- sons of football.
Boron 32, Orosi 17
At Boron, the fourth- seeded Bobcats (5-4) broke open a tight game with 18 points in the third quarter against the No. 13 Cardinals (7-
4). Running back Mykel McCLenden rushed for 252 yards and four touchdowns.
Orosi running back Andrew Camarillo col- lected 122 yards on 27 carries and scored once. The sophomore finished the season with 1,580 yards and 31 touch- downs.
Angelo Apodaca had Orosi's other TD on a reception while Kev- in Guerrero kicked a 27-yard field goal.
East Bakersfield 36, Orange Cove 21
At Bakersfield on Nov. 4, the Titans (4- 8) hung tough through three-plus quarters be- fore the Blades (5-7) put the game away with a late touchdown and two- point conversion.
less for the second half, giving the Pirates a shot at a comeback.
"This program has come along way, and the next steps is to limit mistakes in close games and win in the playoffs,"
said RHS coach Tony Gates.
Frontier 24, Sanger 7
At Bakersfield, the Apaches fell behind by 17 points in the first half
AJ Moraido
Dinuba High football
AJ Moraido rushed for three touchdowns in Dinuba High's 51-27 victory over Edison High in the opening round of the Central Section Division III playoffs on Nov. 5. For the season, the junior running back has rushed for 289 yards and five touchdowns, with 119 of those yards coming in two games against Edison.
Photo courtesy of Andy Gonzalez
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