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Agriculture & Natural Resources and Indus- trial & Manufacturing programs began the fes- tivities on May 19, filing through the cafeteria while family members watchedtoreceivetheir special papers from RC President Jerry Buck- ley. Seating was de- signed to be physically distanced, but students were able to get their special personal mo- ment in person.
The commence- ments continued on May 20 (Social Sci- ence, Arts & Music and English) and May 21 (STEM, Early Child- hood & Education, Busi- ness). All graduates then had the opportu- nity to participate in an open ceremony on May 22 at the college.
Now, it's on to the younger graduates — high schoolers.
There are three commencement cer- emonies scheduled this week for region schools, beginning on Thursday, May 27. First comes Dinuba High School (Dinuba Uni- fied) and Orange Cove High School (Kings Canyon Unified). Di- nuba High's graduation will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. on Claud He- bert Field, with parents and family again in at- tendance in the stadium stands to cheer on their young man or woman.
At 8 p.m. that night, Orange Cove students will enter their football stadium and again ex-
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tra time with goals from sophomore forward Isaiah Villalobos.
The Apaches' other scores all came in the first half, from Villalobos, se- nior forward Cristian Torres and ju- nior midfielder Ezequial Chavez.
Sanger's girls fell behind early, but got the equalizer in the 21st min- ute when Diane Garcia converted on a long left-angle kick. Ten minutes into the second half, Alyssa Avalos gave the Apaches the lead, and three min- utes later Frankie Lee made it 3-1.
Madera South, a fellow County Met- ro Athletic Conference member, then amped up its offense and scored twice in a 10-minute span to even the match.
After the tie-breaking goal during the 85th minute of the first overtime,
Car plows into yard in Reedley
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RHS varsity field. The Pirates then host Sunny- side at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 1, while the Em- perors host Exeter in a 6 p.m. Senior Night con- test on Thursday, June 3.
Sanger (7-6, 4-2 CMAC) has won four straight in league and will try to strengthen its hold on third place with home games against Bullard (Thursday May 27) and Edison (Tuesday, June 1).
BASKETBALL Dinuba teams sweep
Dinuba High's varsity basketball team had its only home doublehead- er of the season on May 21, and posted a sweep of visiting Orosi High School. the girls pulled away in the second half to win by a 54-32 score while the boys rolled to a 75-52 decision.
Dinuba's boys bolted out to a 26-point halftime
lead (46-20) and never looked back.
The Emperor girls (1-1) held just a three- point lead at halftime,
then turned it up the fi- nal 16 minutes to send off retiring head coach Benjamin Prado with a victory.
perience a live gradu- ation. Citrus Middle School's promotion will begin an hour earlier in the stadium.
On Friday, May 28, Reedley High School returns to a live grad- uation ceremony at the football stadium. Students will enter Sal Gonzalez Field at about 8 p.m., signaling a return to the pre-2020 normal. Last year, stu- dents had to hold indi- vidual "virtual" gradu- ation ceremonies with family and top school officials.
KCUSD's high school graduations con- tinue next week, with the Dunlap Leader- ship Academy students graduating at 6 p.m. fol- lowed by the Education- al Options (Kings Can- yon High School, Adult School) ceremony at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, at RHS stadium.
On Wednesday, June 2, Reedley Middle Col- lege High SChool's Class of 2021 will have a 7 p.m. graduation cere- mony on their own cam- pus at Reedley College. KCUSD promotions, meanwhile, will take place Thursday, June 3 for all middle and K-8 schools in the district.
Orosi High School's 2021 graduation will take place Thursday, June 3, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Ed Coats Sta- dium on campus. The following week, Sanger High School will have its graduation over two days on Thursday and Friday, June 10 and 11, at the Save Mart Center in Fresno.
Reedley Police responded to a traffic accident on Reed Avenue near 10th Street on the morning
of May 19. When officers arrived they found a white sedan on the front lawn of a home as well
as an industrial truck hauling a tractor. A third vehicle parked along Reed Avenue was also dam- aged. The details of what happened are not known, no one was home at the time of the crash and no injuries were reported.
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up to the yellow (mini- mal) tier.
The rate of vaccina- tions has appeared to slow, but there's still no real spike with new case numbers. In Fresno County, more than 22,000 people received their second or final COVID shot last week to bring the total number of final doses to 327,383 (784,492 overall). For the week, total cases in the count increased by 276 (less than 40 per day, a 1.6% positivity rate).
Tulare County's ac- tive cases increased by eight for the week, to 298, but progress is be- ing made in Mid Valley Times cities. With ad- justments, Dinuba's total number of cases actual- ly dropped to 4,256, and there have been just 14 news cases the last three
COVID-19 update
As of the most recent update on Tuesday, May 25, there had been 102,289 confirmed cases (1.6 percent positive rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) out of 1,254,635 tests in Fresno County, with 1,698 deaths and 75 hospitalizations.
Sanger's steady offensive pressure and passing game protected the lead. Other regional teams had their sea-
sons end with playoff losses last week. Reedley's North Yosemite League cham- pion boys lost 3-1 in overtime to visit- ing Buchanan in a Division I first round matchup on May 18; Gustavo Ledesma had the lone score for the Pirates (12-5-5).
Dinuba's Central Seqquoia League champion boys 12-4-1, 9-0-1) defeated Pioneer Valley 5-1 on May 18 before losing at Tulare Western by a 3-0 score on May 20. Gio Romero and Angel Pineda both scored twice while Anto- nio Garcia had one goal against PV.
The Reedley High girls fell 9-2 in Templeton in Division III, while Di- nuba lost 3-1 at Fowler in Division VI. The Orosi High girls went 1-1 in Divi- sion IV, defeating Fresno High 4-2 and losing 3-2 to Bakersfield Christian.
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Among Mid Valley Times cities in the county through May 25 (Fresno County's new dashboard surveillance is providing updates for regions rather than cities; updates have been spotty), the Sanger region remains with the most total overall positive cases with 6,102 (4,500 in the city proper) and 63 deaths with no recent updates from the FCDPH website. Through the May 25 update, Reedley (including immediate surrounding rural areas) still showed 4,454 cases (3,500 in the city proper) and 72 deaths; Parlier was at 2,970 (2,500 in city) cases with 37 deaths and Orange Cove had 1,500 (2,820 regional) cases and 13 deaths.
Del Rey was at 307 cases (900 in region) while Fowler had 1,256 cases (1,000 in the city) and 21 deaths through May 25. The region that includes Squaw Valley, Dunlap and Miramonte had 316 total cases on the new data surveillance website through May 25. The county no longer is listing recoveries in its surveillance data.
weeks. Orosi, Cutler and Traver all remained sta- ble for the week.
Tulare County's num- ber of people fully vacci- nated climbed to 167,590
(295,808 partial vaccina- tions), an 80.9 percent rate through May 23.
In Tulare County, there were 50,106 total confirmed cases (298 active, up eight for the week) of COVID-19 with 842 deaths and just nine people hospitalized as of Tuesday, May 25. Breakdowns by cities/regions through May 25 show 4,256 cases (14 in the past three weeks) in Dinuba, 1,482 in Orosi, 752 in Cutler, 275 in Traver, 62 in the rural area south of Reedley and 23 in the rural area southeast of Orange Cove.
A total of 48,962 people (97.7 percent) in Tulare County were listed as recovered as of May 25.
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