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EAGLES
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would send Immanuel to Fresno''s Selland Arena at 4 p.m. Satur- day, Feb. 23, against the winner of the Feb. 20 semifinal between No. 8 Chavez and No. 4 Dinuba. "My shots weren't falling, but deep down inside we know what we could do," said Rodriguez, who hit consecutive three-point baskets to cut the deficit to 62-61 with less than two minutes to play. "So our shots started falling, and we knew we could come back."
After a miss by Tulare Western, guard Landon Yamada drained a three-pointer from the wing 1:30 to play to give Immanuel its first lead since the opening quarter. Rodri- guez drained two free throws – on a night when the Eagles struggled to hit half of their foul shots — to build the lead to three.
The Mustangs cut the deficit to 65-64 on a runner in the lane by sophomore guard Mikev Ficher, who led all scorers with 30 points. After Winston Williams missed two free throws, the visitors had a chance to win with 6.5 seconds left. But Rodriguez and Yamada trapped Ficher near the sideline and forced him to step out of bounds with just more than four seconds left. Wil- liams sank one of two foul shots with 2.9 seconds left, and a despera- tion heave was off target.
Rodriguez and Yamada finished with 18 and 14 points, respectively, while Williams had 11 points and Kaleb Daglish 10 points.
"I'm really proud of our guys, and have realized with them this year they are never out of a game," said Chris Woods, IHS coach.
PREPS
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The CIF state meet be- gins Friday, Feb. 22, and runs through Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Rabobank Arena.
BASEBALL Reedley 7, Kingsburg 0
On an overcast and wet afternoon on Feb. 14, the Pi- rates received two RBI from Jacob Franco and a strong pitching performance from Nick Torres to blank the Vikings at RHS varsity dia- mond.
Tristin Garza went 2 for 3 with a pair of stolen bases for Reedley, which collected seven hits off Kingsburg pitching.
The Pirates played at Sanger in the Central Valley Diamond Classic on Feb. 20 before hosting Mission Oak from Tulare in a 1 p.m. non- league contest on Saturday, Feb. 23.
Reedley then hosts Sierra Pacific at 3:30 p.m. Wednes- day, Feb. 27.
Lemoore 4, Immanuel 3
At the Immanuel Sports Complex on Feb. 12, the vis- iting Tigers rallied for two
COLLEGES
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6 p.m. home game with the Porterville College Pirates. Reedley (5-5, 13-12) traveled to Fresno City College on Feb.
Danny Jimenez / Photos Contributed
TOP: A first half direct kick by Reedley High's Phillip Rico soared toward the lower corner of the goal as Edison goal- keeper Anthony Avila unsuccessfully tried to block the kick on Feb. 15. Edison upset the second-seeded Pirates, 3-2.
ABOVE: Reedley High's Liliana Mondragon (14) battled for possession with a Yosemite High player during the Pirates' first round section Division 3 matchup on Feb. 13. Mon- dragon scored a goal in the Pirates' 4-0 victory.
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the next 15 minutes.
Edison received a corner
kick at the 23 minute mark and converted on a header to take the lead, but in the 34th min- ute, Rico drilled a slicing direct kick past the Edison defensive wall and into the corner of the net for the equalizer.
At about 38 minutes, the Tigers pounced on a rebound in front of the RHS goal to take the lead for the final time. Neither team scored in the second half as both de- fenses clamped down.
Reedley's girls season end- ed against Mission Oak when Hawks sophomore Gissel Mo- ra's goal was enough to hold up. In the win over Yosemite, junior Ashlee Becerra scored twice while senior Emma Mul- ligan and junior Liliana Mon- dragon added goals.
Photos Contributed
Kingsburg Selma Dinuba
League Season
BOYS BASKETBALL North Yosemite
Exeter
Hanford West
CV Christian
Immanuel 1-11 6-20
League Season
6-6 13-16 4-8 6-21 2-10 9-17
Fresno 8-2 17-12 Sunnyside 7-3 10-17 Roosevelt 5-5 16-14 Hoover 5-5 12-17 McLane 3-7 12-15 Reedley 2-8 9-17
BOYS SOCCER North Yosemite
Central Sequoia League Season
Reedley 9-1 17-8-2 Sunnyside 6-3-1 15-7-1 Fresno 6-3-1 8-8-4 Roosevelt 4-5-1 13-10-4 McLane 3-6-1 8-15-1
Hoover
Immanuel 10-2 Hanford West 9-3 CV Christian 8-4 Dinuba 7-5 Kingsburg 6-6 Exeter 2-10 Selma 0-12
20-8 21-10 19-7
0-10 2-21-1
GIRLS BASKETBALL North Yosemite
Reedley 9-1 16-8-4 Hoover 9-1 14-7-3 McLane 6-4 14-10-2 Roosevelt 3-6-1 11-12-2 Fresno 2-7-1 6-13-2 Sunnyside 0-10 2-20-2
Kingsburg 12-0 20-4-1 Exeter 9-2-1 11-6-2 Selma 5-6-1 10-8-2 CV Christian 5-6-1 7-12-1 Dinuba 4-7-1 9-11-1 Hanford West 4-8 9-12-4 Immanuel 1-11 9-14-4 Overall records through Feb. 15
League Season
Fresno
Roosevelt
Hoover
Sunnyside 5-5 11-12 Reedley 3-7 14-15 McLane 0-10 2-22
Central Sequoia
10-0 21-8 7-3 18-8 5-5 18-13
Central Sequoia League Season
11-1 21-7 11-1 26-3 7-5 16-13
23-7 14-14 8-18 6-22
GIRLS SOCCER North Yosemite
League Season
League Season
From left, Orange Cove High's Martin Chavez (120 pounds) and Clarissa Alvarez (162) along with Reedley High's Odalis Banda (150) qualified for the Feb. 22-23 CIF State Meet in Bakersfield. Alvarez placed third, Banda fourth and Chavez fifth in their respective weight classes.
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10 points while collecting four rebounds and four steals in the playoff loss to Sierra Pacific — led the team in scoring for the season with a 16 points per game average, increasing to 19.4 in NYL play.
Coach Matthew Wilkin- son said Paz, a 5-foot-10 for- ward, likely broke school freshman class varsity re- cords in single game scoring (32 points, total points and average.
Junior center Madison Haney scored seven points and pulled down five re- bounds against Sierra Pacif- ic, and with a 10 ppg average will form a one-two punch with Paz next season. The team also will be bolstered by the return of guard Pre- cious Hawkins, who missed the season with a torn ante-
Reedley with 23 points, mak- ing four of his five 3-pointers in a second half comeback. Freshman James Hannah net- ted eight points in each half to finish with 16 while Taber net- ted 11 points.
Reedley built a 57-24 half- time lead before recording an 88-66 win at winless West Hills Lemoore on Feb. 13. Six Tigers scored in double fig- ures, led by 16 points by both Hicks and Taber. The latter contributed 10 rebounds and six assists.
Kendricks contributes off bench for FPU
Immanuel High product Nate Kendricks scored eight points and three points, re-
spectively, off the bench as Fresno Pacific University posted PacWest Conference victories over Biola (61-57 on Feb. 14) and Dominican (84-78 on Feb. 16). The Sunbirds are 11-13, 8-11 entering a Thurs- day, Feb. 21, conference game at Concordia.
Freshman guard Kend- ricks hit 3 of 6 shots from the field, including a three-point- er, while adding three steals and an assist against Biola.
rior cruciate ligament in her knee after earning first-team all-NYL honors in 2017-18.
The Pirates will lose three-year varsity players in guard Reese Kubo and forward Clare McGahan, who had six points and eight rebounds in the playoff loss. Other graduating seniors are Destiny Renteria, Clara Ramirez and Emily Takasaki.
"Our five seniors were vi- tal in setting an example for the younger players on our team," Wilkinson said.
The coach said the pro- gram has experienced what he called tremendous growth in the lower-level teams with the help of hard work from each level's coaches.
"We are tremendously excited about the progress that was made this season throughout our program, and the direction we are headed," he said.
He made 3 of 4 free throws and collected three assists and two steals against Dominican. BASEBALL
Tigers at home Friday
A three-week absence from Tiger Field will end Fri- day, Feb. 22, for Reedley Col- lege.
Before hosting DeAnza College of Cupertino in the 2 p.m. contest, Reedley (1-8) was scheduled to travel to Monterey Peninsula College (weather permitting) for a 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, game.
Reedley also is scheduled to host Monterey at 2 p.m. Sat- urday, Feb. 23.
Reedley will get a rematch with Gavilan on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. in Reedley. The 4-6 Rams erased a 4-3 Tiger lead on Feb. 18 with a seven- run seventh inning rally to win, 10-4. The big blow was a three-run homer off the bat of Benjamin Prentiss.
The 1-8 Tigers had taken a2-0leadinthetopofthe first inning after RBI hits by Trestan Bumatay and Mitchell Silvas. Reedley added single runs in the fourth and fifth in- nings on wild pitches.
runs in the top of the seventh to down the Eagles.
Immanuel starting pitch- er JT Friesen scattered three hits and allowed two runs, one earned, in five innings of work while striking out eight and walking two. Friesen also had two of the team's six hit and an RBI.
Derek Wood scored two runs and Roman Rosales had an RBI for Immanuel, which hosted Yosemite in a makeup
20.
Both the College of the Se-
quoias and Merced went into the final week of the season with one loss in conference play. Reedley dropped a 72-37 decision to COS on Feb. 13 in
game of the Immanuel Invi- tational Tournament on Feb. 19. The Eagles then host 7 p.m. tourney games against Washington Union on Thurs- day, Feb. 21, and Hoover on Friday, Feb. 22.
GIRLS SOCCER Eagles win, lose in playoff matches
Immanuel High ended a rough season on a strong note in the Division 6 section playoffs, defeating Mendota
Visalia before an 88-55 loss at Merced on Feb. 16
Against COS, I'man Conley led Reedley with 17 points. The Lady Tigers missed all 10 of their 3-point shot attempts.
In the loss to Merced, Con- ley led the way with 15 points and six rebounds.
Sophomores Zavia Bar- low, Jelani Williford, Stepha- nie Cervantes, Kristy Berry and Conley will play their fi- nal regular season game as a Tiger on Feb. 23.
MEN'S BASKETBALL Tigers close out season on road
A pair of road games in Coalinga and Fresno will wrap up the season for the
High 3-2 in overtime on Feb. 12 before dropping a 4-0 de- cision to the Rosamond High Roadrunners in Kern County on Feb. 15.
Junior Carissa Hall scored all three goals for the Eagles, converting in each half and then the decisive score in overtime. Immanuel (9-14-4) played a number of matches with a shorthanded team, particularly in Central Sequoia League play.
Reedley College men’s bas- ketball Tigers this week.
Head Coach T.J. Jennings’ squad took a Central Valley Conference record of 3-11 and an overall mark of 9-17 into a Feb. 20 contest at West Hills Coalinga before facing unde- feated conference champion Fresno City College at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in Fresno.
The Tigers honored soph- omores Ruben Parks, Cole Taber and Tyre Hicks before last Saturday’s 82-71 home loss to second place Colum- bia. The Claim Jumpers had five players score in double figures, led by Maurice Woods with 31 points.
Parks took 24 shots and led
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Reedley High guard Augie Villarreal (11) tried to work around Cen- tral Valley Christian High defender Marshall Moons (3) as Pirates teammate Justin Fonseca (12) tried to set a screen on Feb. 13.
REEDLEY YOUTH FOOTBALL(RYF)
MIGHTY MIGHT, PEE WEE AND JUNIOR TACKLE DIVISIONS
2019 SIGN-UPS AND TRYOUTS
ALL divisions:
Early Sign-up dates at Pioneer Park on ‘G’ Street in Reedley (near the covered patio)
Fri, Feb. 15th – 5pm to 7pm
Sat, Feb. 16th – 10am to Noon
Fri, Feb. 22nd – 5pm to 7pm Sat, Feb 23rd – 10am to Noon
Player Fee: $120 due at sign-ups.
Tryouts: July 8th – Aug 2nd (July 8th is approximate start date)
(location and start time to be announced)
Junior Division: 5th and 6th Grade. Maximum age is 12 years. Player cannot exceed 190 pounds.
Pee Wee Division: 3rd and 4th Grade. Maximum age is 10. Player cannot exceed 155 pounds.
Mighty Might Division: K thru 2nd Grade. Ages six to eight. Player cannot exceed 115 pounds.
ALL divisions: A participant’s age on December 1, 2019 determines the playing age.
All individuals must provide a copy of their 2018-2019 FINAL report card, a copy of a primary health insurance card, and a CURRENT wallet size photo. Scheduled JUNE dates will be announced to collect the copy of the FINAL report card.
The League requires an Original Certi ed birth certi cate at the time of contract certi cation. The original birth certi cate will be requested at a speci ed time in July. The original birth certi cate will be returned after the contract is certi ed.
A sports physical is required for all divisions. If you cannot get a timely appointment from your doctor, suggested quali ed locations will be listed on the information sheet that will be attached to the player contract.
Player contracts and the doctor’s physical exam form will be available at the following Reedley locations: Foster Freeze on 11th Street, and Reedley Pro-Script Pharmacy / Image at 1045 ‘G’ Street
RYF, President, Mike Padilla, 559-307-4745
RYF, Secretary, Mary Lou Ramirez, 559-391-8674 Facebook: ‘Like’ us at Reedley Youth Football
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Phillip Arroyo - Reedley High School Wrestling
Phillip Arroyo, Reedley High freshman 120-pounder, went
3-1 with a pair of pins
to take third place in
his weight class at the Central Section Division 4 tournament. A week earlier, he placed third in his weight class at the North Yosemite League tournament. Arroyo carried a 22-8 season record into the Central Section Masters meet.
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Reedley Youth Cheerleading Sign-Ups!
Lead don’t follow, come try-out for 2019 Reedley Youth Cheer Squad!!
Upcoming 3rd-6th graders welcome!
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When: Fri., Feb. 15th - 5pm to 7pm Sat., Feb. 16th - 10am to Noon Fri., Feb. 22nd - 5pm to 7pm Sat., Feb. 23rd - 10am to Noon
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