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finished with 12 points, six re- bounds and four assists.
The Eagles took com- mand with a 9-0 run in the third quarter, stretching a nine-point lead to 39-21. Soph- omore Winston Williams had seven of his game-high 15 points during the stanza, with Immanuel pushing the tempo off Dinuba misses. A 6-0 run on baskets by Amren Purew- al and Daglish along with two free throws from Rodriguez built the lead to a command- ing 50-27 after three.
The final eight minutes was basically a celebration as IHS continuing building the lead to beyond 30 points as the Eagles then cleared the bench. In addition to the three double figure scorers, IHS received eight points from Shawn Rodgers and Landon Yamada added eight and seven points. Josiah Barker led a 15-point contribution by Immanuel reserves with six points.
"These guys have such a high basketball IQ, and we were able to execute per- fectly," said IHS coach Chris Woods. "Tonight, we were able to put together a perfect ex- ecution of what we wanted to do."
Like Daglish, Woods said the experience in the section finals was an advantage to Immanuel.
"We knew what [Dinuba's] strengths were and we knew what we were capable of do- ing at Selland. It's just a dif- ferent atmosphere here. We were ready," he said.
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On Feb. 20, the Eagles
had to survive another nail- biting finish in the section semifinals. They nearly blew an 18-point lead with five minutes remaining — and
ABOVE: Immanuel High's Winston Williams (24) dribbled upcourt during a third-quarter scoring run that broke the game wide open. The sophomore forward finished with a game- high 15 points, three rebounds and three steals.
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LEFT: Immanuel High's Landon Yamada
(3) and Shawn Rodgers (11) team to trap Dinuba's Sebastian Garza in the second half. The Eagles' defense forced 19 turnovers and limited the Emperors to just 34 percent shoot- ing from the field.
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losses last week.
Reedley fell to West Hills
Coalinga 68-63 on Feb. 20 in Coalinga before closing the season with a 92-68 loss to Central Valley Conference champion Fresno City Col- lege on Feb. 23 in Fresno.
The Tigers finished in eighth place in the nine- team conference with a 3-13 record.
In the loss to West Hills, Reedley led 31-18 at halftime before being outscored 50-32 in the final 20 minutes. Cole Taber had a double double for Reedley with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Ruben Parks led Reedley with 25 while Tyre Hicks added 11.
Hicks netted a season high of 21 points against FCC while Parks netted 17.
Uriah Carter was named to the CVC all-freshman team on Feb. 24.
BASEBALL Escobar helps RC snap losing streak
Freshman Alex Escobar (Central Catholic, Modesto) pitched a complete game six- hitter to lead Reedley Col- lege baseball Tigers to a 5-1 victory over the Monterey Peninsula College Lobos Feb. 23 in Reedley.
The win broke a five- game losing streak for the Tigers, who took a season record of 2-10 into a Feb. 26 rematch at home with Gavilan College (results were unavailable at press time). Gavilan recorded a 10-4 win over the Tigers on Feb. 18 in Gilroy.
Reedley remains at home on Thursday, Feb. 28, for a 2 p.m. matchup with Modesto Junior College be- fore going to Modesto for a 1 p.m. contest on Saturday, March 2, with the Pirates, weather permitting.
Central Valley Confer- ence action begins for Reed- ley on Tuesday, March 5, as the Tigers host Porterville College at 2 p.m.
Deagan Risnes and Hen- ry Degnan were the hitting stars for Reedley against a 7-7 Monterey squad. Risnes drove in three runs with two singles and a double while Degnan added a double, a single and two RBI. Catcher Danny Gamez contributed a pair of singles.
Reedley had dropped a wild 11-10 contest at Mon- terey on Feb. 21 despite two home runs and a single by Risnes, a freshman from Lake Arrowhead. Risnes led off the game with a home run before hitting a two-run shot in the ninth. Hans Brown’s two-run sin- gle gave Reedley a 3-0 lead in the second before MPC took control with a four-run sixth inning rally.
Feb. 22 in Reedley, a Ti- ger rally in the ninth inning fell short in a 10-9 loss to DeAnza. Reedley made five errors in the loss, result- ing in three unearned runs. Mitchell Crawford drove in three runs for the Tigers.
MEN'S GOLF Tigers remain unbeaten on season
The Reedley College men’s golf team improved to 8-0 on the season by dominat- ing the second Big 8 Confer-
Birmingham's Roque Ro- man by a 16-0 score and then pinned Bakersfield's Ashton Onsurez at 2 minutes, 57 sec- onds in consolation brackets. The season ended with a 4-0 decision loss to Kavika Ahol- elei of Yorba Linda.
"Martin Chavez has set the bar for future wrestlers," Saenz said. "He has shown that Orange Cove can reach to the highest levels of wrestling in the state. He will continue his career at Fresno City and looks to return to OC to help coach next year."
ence tournament in San Jose on Feb. 15.
On a cold and windy day, the Tigers shot a 387, 10 shots ahead of second place and host San Jose City Col- lege. Reedley also finished 20 shots ahead of Fresno City College, 21 ahead of Monterey Peninsula College and 53 ahead of Taft.
Leading the way for the Tigers was Dylan Otto (Kingsburg), who posted a tournament Medalist round of two-over-par 74. Otto made four birdies on the day and played solid golf throughout his round, according to Coach Scott Stark.
Bailey Flickinger (Paso Robles) fired a three-over- par round of 75, tying for the second best score of the day.
“Bailey made the most of his round as he did not hit the ball as solidly as he would have liked,” said Stark, “but made many pars and finished with only 28 putts on the day.”
Also finishing in the top eight were Tommy O’Rourke (Australia) and Xavier Core- no (Central, Fresno, who both posted rounds of 78. Only nine golfers out of 30 broke 80 on the day. Morgan Cooper (Las Vegas) capped the scoring for the Tigers with a round of 82.
Results of a Feb. 25 tour- nament at Riverside’s Vic- toria Club course were not available at press time.
SOFTBALL RC takes two of three on road
You know you are hav- ing a great season when you are held to one hit and your team batting average drops to .366.
That’s the story for the Reedley College softball team, who won two out of three road games last week to drop to 11-2 on the season.
The loss was a 7-1 defeat Feb. 23 at College of San Ma- teo, a team that came into the contest one spot behind the seventh-ranked Tigers (and third in Northern Cali- fornia) in the state rankings.
San Mateo’s Emily Mc- Adams held Reedley to one hit, a one-out seventh inning single by Patty Hernandez. The Tigers did score an un- earned run in the fourth in- ning.
San Mateo ripped 10 hits off Tiger ace Emily Grimbe- by and scored three times in the first and fourth innings.
The Tigers bounced back later on Feb. 23 with a 4-2 win over Shasta, highlighted by a home run off the bat of Sandra Vallejo.
On Feb. 22, Reedley ral- lied from a 2-0 first inning deficit to defeat Diablo Val- ley 6-2. Samantha Lizaola had four singles, two stolen bases and drove in two runs to lead the Lady Tigers’ 12- hit attack. Bobbie Falcon, Hunter Young and Patty Hernandez all added two hits for the winners.
Reedley opens Central Valley Conference action with a Tuesday, March 5, noon doubleheader with West Hills Coalinga. Results of a Feb. 26 non-conference twinbill with Ohlone College were not available at press
time. By Will Goldbeck Reedley High's lone
state qualifier, Odalis Ban- da, went 0-2 in the girls 150 pound class. Banda, a North Yosemite League champion for the Pirates who qualified fourth place for state, lost her opener by pin to James Logan High's Beyonce Garcia before dropping a 9-0 major decision in the consolation bracket to Martin Luther King's Mariyah Casados.
Buchanan High's boys won a fourth consecutive state title. San Fernando High won the girls crown.
Reedley High's Ryan Garza (8) is chased back toward first base by Sanger High's Steven Martinez (14) in a fourth inning rundown play as the Apaches' Ryan Esparza (1) awaited a throw on Feb. 20.
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10-point advantage with less than two minutes remaining — weathering two missed three-pointers in the final 20 seconds to hang on for a 69- 66 victory over the visiting North High Stars from Ba- kersfield.
Williams scored 20 points and pulled down 16 rebounds while Rodriguez added 17 points and 10 boards. Stars
senior Shannon Ferguson led a furious comeback with nine of his game-high 25 points dur- ing the fourth quarter rally.
In addition to Williams and Rodriguez, the Eagles received 14 points and six rebounds from Daglish while Yamada added 10 points and a steal. Rodgers finished with eight points, four steals and two assists.
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first-inning single to Franco and then shut down the pi- rates. Sanger's hitting attack, meanwhile, piled up multiple runs in four different innings against RHS pitchers Oscar Lemus and Nick Torres.
Reedley concludes play in the CVDC Wednesday, March 6, at Chowchilla High in a 3:30 p.m. start and then on Satur- day, March 9, faces an oppo- nent to be determined.
IHS will play in title game of own tourney
Immanuel High will play in the championship game of its own tournament on Friday, March 8, at 7 p.m. against Ker- man High after posting home tourney wins over Yosemite (11-3 on Feb. 19), Washington Union (6-2 on Feb. 21) and
Hoover (10-1 on Feb. 22). Roman Rosales pitched a four-hit complete game against Hoover while strik- ing out 14, while five pitch- ers combined to limit Yosem- ite to just one hit. Trace Pires picked up the pitching win in that game while J.T. Friesen worked five innings to get the
win against Washington. Ryan Friesen collected three hits against Washing- ton Union (including two dou- blers) and two more against Yosemite. J.T. Friesen, Derek
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going 39-10 with 18 pins at
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Immanuel dominated early, jumping to a 13-2 lead and 21-10 advantage after one quarter. The Eagles built the lead to as many as 18 points in the second before a 12-4 North run cut the lead to nine at halftime.
Immanuel still led by 13 points after three quarters and seemed in command be- fore the wild finish.
Wood and Chris Gurrola each had two hits against Hoover.
Immanuel (3-1) played a non-league game at Fire- baugh on Feb. 26. The Eagles host Independence High from Bakersfield in a 4 p.m. start at Immanuel Sports Complex on Friday, March 1.
SOFTBALL
Pirates improve to 2-2 Reedley High evened its
season record at 2-2 with a pair of wins last week; win- ning 17-8 at Kerman on Feb. 19 and then blanking Golden West 12-0 in five innings at RHS field on Feb. 21.
Aryanna Gonzalez hit for the cycle against Kerman, go- ing 4-for-5 while Emma Mul- ligan also went 4-for-5 with three doubles. Alexa Gonza- lez and Alexa Valdez collected three hits each as Reedley fin- ished with 21 hits.
Alexa Gonzalez pitched a two-hitter with six strikeouts against Golden West, and at the plate went 1-for-3 with a triple.
Reedley hosts Tulare Union Thursday, Feb. 28, in a 4 p.m. start.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL RHS swept by Sanger Reedley High dropped its
season opener against visiting Sanger on Feb. 19 by scores of 25-8, 25-14 and 25-9. The Pirates' next home match is 5 p.m. Monday, March 4, against Buhach Colony.
115 pounds. At state, he went 2-2 with victories by pin and technical fall. After losing his opener by pin, he defeated
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