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Sports Thursday, October 18, 2018 | B7 DHS Athletes of the Year
DHS Boys Water Polo
the stretch
By George M. Villagrana
Sports@thedinubasentinel.com
In a season in which the Dinuba High boys water polo team has found wins to be far and few between, the Emperors continue to put their best foot forward.
“We are taking the right steps and the program is improving,” said coach Eric Guzman.
For example, in their first encounter against Hanford West on September 24, the Emperors were routed 18-4. This time around, DHS put up a fight at home before falling, 13-11.
The same turnaround took place two days prior when the Emperors lost to Exeter, 13-9. Back on September 21, the Monarchs cruised to a 16-3 win.
“We are turning heads and showing them we can compete with these schools once again,” said.
In their match against Hanford West, Cole Shott and Nick Rodriguez scored four goals apiece, while Nick Garza, Jacob Marroquin and Mateo Plascencia also scored a goal.
Against Exeter, Garza had a big night scoring five goals. Michael Vassylenko, Plasencia, Rodriguez and Shott rounded out the scoring. On October 2 in a match at Kingsburg, the host Vikings posted a 20-7 win. Garza recorded three goals and Plascenica added two
more. Diaz and Shott finished the night with a goal apiece.
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During the first half of Friday night’s football game, Dinuba High School named its 2017-18 Athletes of the Year. Elijah Mayberry was named Male Athlete of the Year as he is pictured surrounded by family members along with DHS athletic director John C. Freitas, left, and DHS principal, Dr. Michael Roberts, far right.
The Dinuba High boys water polo team has been playing better as of late as the Emperors finished out their season with a match against Kingsburg.
Female athlete of the year honors went to Samantha Mendoza. She is pictured with her mother as well as DHS principal Dr, Michael Roberts and AD, John C. Freitas.
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for the eventual game winning TD.
The Cardinals started their rally taking the opening possession of the second half for an eight play, 51 yard drive capped off by a 33-yard run by quarterback Evan Lara on a 4th and four. Ismael Perez’s two- point conversion run made the score 23-15.
Minarets did not go away when quarterback Martin Urroz connected on a 21-yard touchdown strike to Jordan Rodkey but the PAT was blocked.
After each team traded punts, Orosi scored on a 56-yard pass play from Lara to Chris Huerta with 27 seconds left in the quarter, 29-21.
The Cardinals defense forced another Mustangs punt with 10 minutes and the offense wasted no time scoring as Lara and Huerta hooked up again on a play covering 81 yards, closing the deficit to, 29-27.
With momentum on Orosi’s side, the Mustangs scored with 8:09 on a short TD run by Zack Redman, pushing the lead back
to nine points, 36-27.
OHS marched down to the
23-yard line but on a 4th and 11, running back Jerry Huerta was dropped for a loss turning the ball over. The Cardinals held their ground forcing a three and out and caught a break when the Mustangs punted the ball 11 yards. Orosi needed two plays to score a TD on a 24-yard run by Huerta, but a failed two-point conversion made the score, 36-33 with 5:20.
In the first half, Minarets scored the game’s first TD with 2 minutes in the first quarter on a 24-yard pass play. The Cardinals ran two plays when they found the end zone on a 27-yard run by J. Huerta. Orosi was blanked in the second quarter before their second half rally.
Lara finished the game with 219 yards on 9 of 15 attempts and two touchdowns. His favorite target was C. Huerta, who had a career night with five catches for 191 yards and a pair of TD’s. J. Huerta led all rushers with 182 yards on 22 carries and three TD’s.
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The overall team title went to Granada with an impressive score of 21 points. They had five runners in the top nine led by a 1-2 finish by Colleen Mcandless (18:09.1) and Savannah Maseli (18:20.7). Rounding out the top five teams were Dougherty Valley (118), Whitney (133), Monache (178) and Madera South (185).
Jonathan Padilla led the boys to a 26th place finish with 726 points as the senior was 41st in 16:42.4. Diego Estrada clocked
in at 17:39.7 for 110th and Danny Araujo was 185th overall in 18:36.6.
Jaime Soto had a time of 19:04.8 for 227th and Javen Hernandez was 258th in a time of 19:45.4.
Monache High’s Ivan Mendez won the race in a time of 15:23.3, just ahead of Nevada Union’s Garret Gough, 15:25.8.
Laguna Beach won the overall team title with 65 points ahead of Granada (95), Ridgeview (162), Liberty-Bakersfield (173) and Whitney (174).
There were over 300 athletes in that race, by far the largest of the season.
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Allyson Garcia
DINUBA High SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
Dinuba High junior Allyson Garcia has been named Athlete of the Week after recording a team-high 16 kills in a 22-25, 22-25, 25- 23, 20-25 setback to host Central Valley Christian in a Central Sequoia volleyball match on September 20th. Garcia has averaged 13 kills over the last four matches for the Emperors.
Sophomore quarterback Evan Lara threw for a season-high 219 yards and two touchdowns as the Cardinals rallied to stun Minarets, 39-36.
Jacob Huerta
DINUBA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Jacob Huerta is named Athlete of the Week after a big night as Dinuba defeated Kingsburg, 47-35, in a key Central Sequoia League football game. Huerta, a senior wide receiver, torched the Vikings secondary catching eight passes
for 244 yards and two touchdowns including a 68- yard scoring reception.
The Dinuba High boys cross country team placed 26th overall at the Rough Rider Invitational last week.
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