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RC football places seven players on All-Valley League team
By Will Goldbeck
For The Times
Reedley College will be led into the Saturday, Dec. 4 Grid- iron Classic Bowl in Oroville by seven all-Valley League selections.
Honored by league coaches on offense were running back Tamicus Napier (Blackman HS, Tenn.), and wide receiv- ers Jaylin Jackson (Cambridge Christian HS, Fla.) and Shemar Kirk (McGarock HS, Tenn.).
On the defensive side, hon- ored players included line- backer Lazavier Moore (Uson- Lee HS, Ga.), defensive back Jadon Pearson (Williams Field
Fresno City College game.” Reedley College is one of three conference teams still playing this season. On Thurs- day, Dec. 2, College of the Se- quoias travels to Merced for the Valley Center Bowl at 6 p.m. while Modesto hosts Dia- blo Valley in the Grizzly Bowl. Reedley will prepare for Saturday’s 1 p.m. kickoff in Oroville by leaving Reedley
on Friday, Dec. 3.
BASKETBALL Tigers women drop to 4-4
In their final home game until 2022, the Reedley Col- lege Lady Tiger basketball Tigers suffered a blowout 73- 47 loss to the Allan Hancock
College Bulldogs on Nov. 23. The loss dropped Reedley’s season record to 4-4 going into a Nov. 30 contest at Foothill College and a Dec. 1 game at
the College of San Mateo. Coach Dan Kilbert’s Tigers missed all eight of their 3-point shot attempts. Annie Lopez led Reedley with 14 points, mak- ing six of eight free throws in the second quarter. Amandeep Kaur followed with 11 points and a team high eight rebounds.
RC men lose at Foothill
The Reedley College men’s basketball team dropped to 2-5 on the young season after a 97-76 loss at Foothill College in Los Altos on Nov. 22.
The contest was tied at 41-all at halftime before the Owls out- scored the Tigers 56-35 in the final 20 minutes. Josiah James led RC with 17 points but had eight of the Tigers’ 20 turnovers in the loss. Makhi Turner netted 16 points while Dwayne Howell followed with 12.
The Tigers return to the court facing Sacramento City College on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 5 p.m. in the James Clark tournament at Cosumnes Riv- er College in Elk Grove. In the round robin event, Reed- ley faces Los Positas College on Friday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. before a 4 p.m. matchup with Cosumnes River on Dec. 4.
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getting 23 points from senior guard Miah Paz. Katelyn Medina added 5 points,.
Back on Nov. 18, Paz scored 25 points while Raquel Cortez had 14 points and Estacia Vala- dez 13 points in Reedley's 67-34 rout at Firebaugh.
Sanger 46, Sunnyside 33
At Sanger on Nov. 23, the Apaches girls im- proved to 2-1 with a non-
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HS, Ariz.), and defensive line- men Michael Jordan (Monro- via) and Sanger High product Gabriel Olmos.
Honorable mention selec- tions included quarterback Josh Magana (Dinuba), tight end Kandon Williams (Oklaho- ma) and defensive back Corey Scott (Bullard, Fresno).
Reedley College President Dr. Jerry Buckley had this comment in an email. “Great outcome this year, both indi- vidually and for their first year playing at this level in a while. I noticed how the team matured through the season, as well as the effort preparing for and executing during the
Reedley High guard Raquel Cortez drove to the basket dur- ing the Pirates' 44-33 loss to Tulare Union on Nov. 23. The Pi- rates split their two opening games.
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league win over the Wild- cats. The team opened the Selma Shootout on Dec. 1 against Reedley, then have a game with Washington Union at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2. Dinuba has road game at Hanford West
The Lady Emps (3-1) hosted El Diamante on Dec. 1 in a non-league game before traveling to Hanford to a Tues- day, Dec. 7, contest with Hanford West. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m.
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