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Huge game for Cropper as Bulldogs improve to 4-1
MVT Staff Report
A huge second half by quarterback Jake Haener and receiver Jalen Cropper helped Fresno State's national- ly-ranked football team avoid a deflating upset against the UNLV Rebels on Sept. 24.
Haener and Cropper, Parli- er native and former prep star at Sanger and Buchanan, hooked up for three second-
half touchdowns – four overall — to power the 18th-ranked Bulldogs back from a two- score deficit to pull out a 38- 30 victory. Cropper's four-TD performance tied the school record held by three others, and earned the junior Moun- tain West Player of the Week honors.
Trailing 21-9 early in the third quarter, Cropper and Haener began their onslaught
Jalen Cropper
with scoring pass plays cov- ering 4 and 23 yards. Cropper, who caught the game-winning score in an up- set of UCLA the week previous, then caught a 25-yard TD pass
field goal with less than seven minutes remaining, Cropped had a 26-yard TD reception with just under five minutes left for the winning points.
Cropper finished with 10 receptions for 108 yards. For the season, he has 39 catches for 455 yards and eight TDs, with a long play of 86 yards.
Senior Arron Mosby had another big night for the Bull- dogs, making two tackles for
losses. The Sanger High prod- uct has 8.5 tackles for losses on the season, 22 total tackles, three sacks, three forced fum- blers and a 31-yard fumble re- turn for a score.
The Bulldogs (4-1) go back on the road this weekend. trav- eling to Hawaii for an 8 p.m. game against the Rainbows on Saturday, Oct. 2. The game will be televised nationally on the CBS Sports Network.
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lareal (11th in 21:34.50). In varsity boys, Sanger High senior David De Loeera fin- ished ninth in 16:37.11 while sophomore Dan- iel Galvez was 13th in 16:46.05. The Apaches finished sixth in the
team standings.
VOLLEYBALL CVC sweeps Dinuba
At Dinuba, the La- dy Emps (11-11, 3-2 Central Sequoia) are getting back near full strength, but still didn't have enough firepower to overcome first place Central Valley Chris- tian on Sept. 22.
Bethany Moreno and Leah Mosqueda collected 8 and 7 kills, respectively, while Lil- iana Acosta delivered four ace serves in the three-set loss.
Apaches split in CMAC play
Sanger High (20-8- 1 overall) split its two opening matches in County Metro Athletic Conference play.
On Sept. 21, the Apaches lost at Bullard but bounced back to de- feat Edison on Sept. 22.
early in the fourth for a 29-21 lead. After UNLV kicked a
PREP FOOTBALL STANDINGS
Reedley McLane Sunnyside Roosevelt Fresno Hoover
Dos Palos 38, McLane 14 Selma 35, Hoover 7 Roosevelt 34, Chowchilla 16 Sunnyside 31, Mt. Whitney 28
Reedley at Hoover, McLane Stadium Fresno, 7:30 p.m. McLane at Fresno
Roosevelt vs. Sunnyside
COUNTY METRO ATHLETIC CONFERENCE League Season
SJMemorial MaderaSouth Sanger Bullard Madera Edison
WL PFPA WLPFPA
NORTH YOSEMITE LEAGUE League Season
Sanger 14, Clovis East 10
WL PFPA WLPFPA
00 00 4015158
00 00 4 00 00 3 00 00 3 00 00 1 0000 0
1 126 99 1 116 115 2 102 101 2 27 117 4 29 134
Friday, Sept. 24
Friday, Oct. 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0 0 0
Thursday, Sept. 23
Friday, Sept. 24
Buchanan 45, Edison 14
El Diamante 26, Madera 14 Madera South 45, Kerman 6
Edison at Sanger (Elementary Night), 7:30 p.m. Bullard at Madera South
Madera at San Joaquin Memorial
Friday, Oct. 1
0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0
4 0 150 17 4 1 143 69 329380 2 3 109 137 2 3 104 108 1 4 136 184
INDEPENDENT
Season
Immanuel Friday, Sept. 24 1 3 53 77 Immanuel 41, Yosemite 0
Immanuel at Torres-Madera, 7:30 p.m.
Selma 35, Hoover 7 Friday, Sept. 24 Redwood 20, Kingsburg 18
Golden West 27, Hanford West 6
Friday, Oct. 1
CENTRAL SEQUOIA LEAGUE League Season
WL PFPA WLPFPA
CV Christian Kingsburg Dinuba Exeter Hanford West Selma
Thursday, Sept. 30 Kingsburg at Exeter Friday, Oct. 1
CV Christian at Dinuba (Homecoming), 7:30 p.m. Selma at Hanford West
Riverdale Fowler
Orosi Orange Cove Caruthers Minarets Parlier
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00 00 3 2 00 00 3 2 00 00 3 2 00 00 1 4
127 86 165 107 150 96
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1 2
85 124 45 69
WEST SEQUOIA LEAGUE League Season
WL PFPA WLPFPA
2 0 89 12 3 0 131 20 106063 211567
1031294 1 1147212 3 1189311 5 02121010 4 0261340 4 Friday, Sept. 24
192 90 68 112 151 174 52 183
Orosi 31, Caruthers 29 (game moved to Caruthers) Orange Cove 41, Minarets 6
Riverdale 74, Parlier 6Friday, Oct. 1
Orange Cove at Fowler, 7:30 p.m. Orosi at Riverdale, 7:30 p.m. Parlier at Minarets, 7:30 p.m.
W L PF PA
6 192
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final threat, hitting on a 45-yard completion to move from near its own goal line to the SHS 48. But on a pass to the right side, Almaguer read the play and jumped the pattern to make the de- cisive interception in the final minute.
"We were on our heels, definitely. It was a tough ballgame," SHS coach Jorge Pena said. "This definitely gives us momentum going into league."
Immanuel 41, Yosemite 0
At County Line Sta- dium, the Eagles (1-3) picked up their first win under new coach Josh Henderson by dominat- ing the visiting Badgers.
Senior running back Alema Slade rushed for 162 yards and two touchdowns, while run- ning back Will Hender- son and quarterback Hector Davila III added rushing touchdowns. Davila also completed 5 of 9 for 94 yards and a TD, to senior receiver Tristin Hauser. Junior Jason Romo also had a touchdown.
Jennifer Isom Schmidtke / Photo Contributed
Sanger High's Branden Valle (5) and Samuel Gomez (23) team up to bring down Clovis East quarterback Ty Miller (6) during the Apaches' 14-10 victory on Sept. 23.
Immanuel compiled 344 total yards, and de- fensively collected five interceptions (two by Davila and one each for Luke Harder, Romo and Jason Poole).
Orosi 31, Caruthers 29
The Cardinals (4-1) got another big rushing effort from sophomore Andrew Camarillo to hold off the Blue Raid- ers in their West Sequoia League opener. The game was moved from Orosi to Caruthers because of the excessive bad air qual- ity in the east end of the Central Valley.
Camarillo picked up 216 yards on 356 carries and scored four touch- downs. The Cardinals also had a 41-yard field goal from Kevin Guer- rero that proved to be the difference in the game.
Orange Cove 41 Minarets 9
At Orange Cove, the Titans (2-3) evened their WSL record at 1-1 by rolling to a 29-0 halftime lead and 35-0 cushion af- ter three quarters. The win snapped a three- game slide for Orange Cove, which travels to Fowler on Friday, Oct. 1.
Third straight shutout for RC soccer
By Will Goldbeck
For The Times
The Reedley College wom- en’s soccer team is ready for Central Valley Conference ac- tion after recording a third straight shutout victory in San Luis Obispo against Cuesta Col- lege on Sept. 24.
Denise Elias-Martinez scored at the 28-minute mark in the first half to back the defense of goalie Julianna Moreno. The goal was the seventh for Martinez and the 4-1-1 Tigers. Martinez is the con- ference leader in goals scored.
After opening conference ac- tion in Visalia on Sept. 28 against the College of the Sequoias (1-3) Reedley returns home Friday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m. for their first of at least two scheduled matchups
this season with the 4-2-1 Fresno City College Rams. FCC entered the week with four straight wins while the Tigers have three.
In volleyball, Reedley College faced the state’s number one team in Fresno City College on Sept. 21 and were swept in three games. The scores were 25-6, 25-11, 25- 11. On Friday night, the 1-5 Tigers dropped a five-set match with
Merced College, falling by scores of 22-25, 25-16, 25-22, 22-25 and 15-8. No statistics were available.
Columbia and West Hills Coal- inga join the Tigers with no wins in conference play.
On Sept. 29. Reedley is sched- uled to travel to Visalia to face College of Sequoias before a 6 p.m. home match with West Hills Coalinga on Friday.
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two being returned for Laney fourth quarter scores.
Laxavier Moore was credit- ed with 14 tackles (10 solo) and also had Reedley’s only quar- terback sack to lead the Tiger defense.
“Laney is a good team,” said Tigers head coach Rob Harten- fels. He added that the Eagles were the quickest team Reed- ley has faced all season.
Hartenfels said that both quarterbacks support each other. "They both root for the other one more than you would think," he said.
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Slade
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Immanuel High senior Alema Slade, rushed for 162 yards and
two touchdowns on Sept. 24 as the Eagles picked up their first victory of the season in a 41-0 shutout of Yosemite High. Slade averaged 18 yards on his 9 rush attempts and on defense added two tackles including a tackle for loss.
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Sophomore running back Andrew Camarillo (pictured with Coach Ben White) rushed 35 times for 216 yards and four touchdowns Orosi High's 31-29 West Sequoia League victory over Caruthers on Sept. 24. Camarillo has 832 yards rushing and 15 touchdowns in four games, averaging 8.1 yards per carry for the Cardinals (4-1).
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