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Thursday, December 2, 2021
DeLoera 10th, Sanger girls 9th in state D-II
Apache boys end
up 12th at Nov. 27
CIF cross country
championships
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Sanger High closed out the cross country season in style, posting a 9th place finish for the girls and 12th place fin- ish for boys — paced by 10th place individual finisher Da- vid DeLoera — in the Divi- sion II races at the CIF State Championships on Nov. 27 at Fresno's Woodward Park.
Throngs of people jammed the 5,000-meter course layout at the annual state meet, and the Central Section D-II cham- pion Apaches teams turned in solid efforts despite relative inexperience at the state level for the girls and a bout of ill- ness for the boys.
The Sanger girls scored
Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
Four Sanger High runners were bunched together at the 2.1 mile mark of the Division II race at the CIF State Championships at Fresno's Woodward Park on Nov. 27. Leah Mendibles (4475, right) was the Apaches' top finisher, placing 33rd in 18 minutes, 56.8 seconds.
Natalie Baumann / Contributed
Reedley High's Araceli Villarreal recorded a PR time of 20 minutes, 5.3 seconds at 5,000 meters to place 90th out of 157 runners in the state Division III girls race.
ond place finish to teammate Emanuel Salas at the section meet.
"My goal was to go top five today. It didn't really work out, but I'll take 10th," said DeLoera, who hopes to run for a Division 1 school with a preference of University of Colorado.
Other Apache boys fin-
ishers were Myles Nicacio (53rd in 16:14.9), Salas (63rd, 16:22.3), Daniel Galvez (114th, 16:52.7), Emmanuel Vaca (137th, 17:09.3), Jonathan Mar- cial (162nd, 17:48.8) and Jared Borders (172nd, 18:04.7).
For the Sanger girls, Leah Mendibles turned in the top team finish by placing 33rd in 18:56.8. Nia Lamas and Nerey- da Alvarez both cracked the top 50, placing 45th (19:07.3) and 46th (19:08.3), respective- ly, while Sienna Bianchi was 52nd in 19:12.2. Other SHS finishers were Anayacsi Diaz (119th, 20:16.5), Malaia Alva- rez (133rd, 20:31.8) and Alex Vaca (151st, 21:02.0).
Reedley High's Araceli Villarreal was her school's lone state qualifier, running in the Division III race. She followed her eighth place section showing with a per- sonal best time of 20:05.3 seconds to finish 90th out of 157 runners.
208 points (average time 19 minutes, 21 seconds), tied with Monte Vista from the North Coast for eighth place but losing a tiebreaker, while the boys scored compiled 301 points (average time 16:28) to miss a Top 10 finish by 33
team points.
Senior DeLoera clocked
15:38, missing ninth place by just a tenth of a second. It capped off his strong postsea- son which included a County Metro Athletic Conference in- dividual gold medal and a sec-
Basketball heats up with winter tournament action
MVT Staff Report
The winter vacation break has yet to ar- rive for regional high schools, but basketball teams are getting into the swing of holiday sea- son tournament action.
The Immanuel High boys are hosting their annual four-day Tour- nament of Champions through Saturday, Dec. 4, in Reedley, while the Dinuba and Sanger boys teams are participating in tournaments in Kings- burg and Ojai, respec- tively. both of those tour- naments run through Saturday, Dec. 4. Next Wednesday, Dec. 8, Di- nuba hosts Sanger and immanuel among other schools at the Andrew Bedoya Holiday Classic.
The Reedley (x-x) and Sanger (x-x) girls teams both are playing in the Selma Shootout tournament now through Saturday, Dec. 4.
BOYS BASKETBALL Emps 2-0 after rout of Mission Oak
At Dinuba, the Em-
perors won their second straight to open the sea- son as Kiene Prendez scored 15 points while Anthony Harp and Isa- iah Martinez added 13 points each in a 74-39 drubbing of Mission Oak on Nov. 23. Martinez added nine rebounds. Sanger 73, Fresno 29
Nov. 24 at Nicholson Gym, the Apaches (2- 0) blew open the game with a 26-9 second quar- ter run. Guard Andrew Lopez scored 22 points while forward Kaleb Cole scored 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting and pulled down six re- bounds.
Luke Karle collected six points, seven assists and six steals for the Apaches, who hosted Frontier High in a non- league game on Nov. 30.
Pirates travel to Sierra Pacific
Reedley (1-3) played its first game in 10 days on Nov. 30 when it host- ed Orange Cove (results
were unavailable at press time). The Pirates will play Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Hanford against Sierra Pacific, in their first game back at the gym where they won a tournament champion- ship in December 2019. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tulare Union 44, Reedley 33
At Reedley on Nov. 23, the Pirates fell to 1-1 on the season despite
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LEFT: Sanger High's Kaleb Cole went up for a shot in a 73-29 win over Fresno High on Nov. 24.
ABOVE: Dinuba's Javier Torres (4) and Kiene Pren- dez double teamed a Mission Oak player Nov. 23.
Photos by Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
PREPS ROUNDUP
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR DEC. 2 TO DEC. 8
THURSDAY, DEC. 2 BASKETBALL
DInuba boys vs. Chavez-Delano at Kingsburg Tournament, Kingsburg HS,
6:30 p.m. (V)
Dinuba girls at Madera South Tournament, Madera, times TBA (V) Immanuel girls at Parlier Tournament, Parlier HS, 5:15 p.m. (V)
Immanuel boys vs. Mt. Whitney at IHS Tournament of Champions, Immanuel HS gym, 7:30 p.m. (V)
Immanuel girls vs. Orange Cove, Orange Cove HS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V) Orange Cove boys vs. Granite Hills, GHHS Porterville, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V) Orosi boys vs. Farmersville, Farmersville HS, 8 p.m. (JV/V)
Parlier boys vs. LeGrand, LeGrand HS, 6:30 p.m. (V)
Reedley girls vs. Washington Union at Selma Shootout, Selma, HS, 5 p.m. (V) Sanger girls vs. Washington Union at Selma Shootout, Selma, HS, 8 p.m. (V) Sanger boys vs. Cate (Carpenteria) at Nordhoff Tournament, Nordhoff HS Ojai, 3:30 p.m. (V)
SOCCER
Dinuba girls vs. Morro Bay, Dinuba HS, 4:30/6 p.m. (JV/V)
Immanuel girls at Fowler Tournament, Fowler HS, 6 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove boys vs. Hoover, Hoover HS Fresno, 3 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove girls vs. Delano, Orange Cove HS, 5:30 p.m. (V)
Orosi girls vs. Woodlake, Woodlake HS, 6 p.m. (V)
Sanger boys vs. Yosemite, Tom Flores Stadium, 3/5 p.m. (JV/V)
FRIDAY, DEC. 3 BASKETBALL
DInuba boys vs. Nipomo at Kingsburg Tournament, Kingsburg HS, 6:30 p.m. (V) Dinuba JV boys at Sunnyside Tournament, Sunnyside HS Fresno,
times TBA (JV)
Immanuel boys vs. Stone Ridge Christian-Merced at IHS Tournament of Champions, Immanuel HS, 7:30 p.m. (V) Orange Cove girls at Aztec Invitational, Farmersville HS, times TBA (JV) Sanger boys vs. Rio Mesa (Oxnard) at Nordhoff Tourney, Nordhoff HS Ojai, 5 p.m. (V) SOCCER
Dinuba boys at Harold Young Classic, Buchanan HS Clovis, times TBA (V) Orange Cove girls at Kamansky Classic, Roosevelt HS Fresno, matches at 4 and 5:30 p.m. (V)
SATURDAY, DEC. 4 BASKETBALL
DInuba boys vs. TBD at Kingsburg Tournament, Kingsburg HS, time TBD (V) Immanuel boys vs. TBD at IHS Tournament of Champions, Immanuel
HS, times TBD (V)
Orange Cove girls at Aztec Invitational, Farmersville HS, times TBA (JV) Sanger boys vs. TBA at Nordhoff Tourney, Nordhoff HS Ojai, times TBA. (V)
SOCCER
Dinuba boys at Harold Young Classic, Buchanan HS Clovis, times TBA (V) Immanuel girls at Fowler Tournament, Fowler HS, 6 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove girls at Kamansky Classic, Roosevelt HS Fresno, matches at 4 and 5:30 p.m. (V)
WRESTLING
Dinuba boys at Old Dutch Tournament, Righetti HS Santa Maria, 11 a.m. (V) Dinuba girls at Monache Ladies Invitational, Monache HS Porterville, times TBA (V)
Sanger boys at Old Dutch Tournament, Righetti HS Santa Maria, 11 a.m. (V) Sanger girls at Lemoore Last Girl Standing, Lemoore HS, time TBA (V)
TUESDAY, DEC. 7 BASKETBALL
Dinuba boys vs. Hanford West, Dinuba
HS, 4/5:30/7 p.m. (All)
Dinuba girls vs. Hanford West, HWHS Hanford, 5:30/7 p.m. (JV/V)
Immanuel boys vs. Kingsburg, Kingsburg HS, 5:30/7 p.m. (JV/V)
Immanuel girls vs. Kingsburg, Immanuel HS, 5:30/7 p.m. (JV/V)
Orange Cove boys vs. Parlier, Parlier HS, 5:30/7 p.m. (JV/V)
Orange Cove girls vs. Parlier, Parlier HS, times TBA (V)
Orosi boys vs. Fowler, Fowler HS, 4/7 p.m. (JV/V)
Orosi girls vs. Fowler, Orosi HS, 2:30/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley boys vs. Sierra Pacific, SPHS Hanford, 5/7:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley girls vs. Kerman, Kerman HS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger boys vs. Modesto Christian at Clovis West Nike Tournament, CWHS, 3:30 p.m. (V)
SOCCER
Immanuel boys soccer vs. Kingsburg, Kingsburg HS, 6 p.m. (V)
Immanuel girls vs. Kingburg, County Line Stadium, 6 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove vs. Parlier, Parlier HS, girls 5/boys 6:45 p.m. (V)
Orosi vs. Fowler, Fowler HS, boys 3:45 p.m./girls 5:30 p.m. (V)
Sanger boys vs. McLane, Tom Flores Stadiium, 3 p.m. (JV/V)
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8 BASKETBALL
Dinuba boys vs. Kennedy-Delano at Andrew Bedoya Holiday Classic, Dinuba
HS, 7:30 p.m. (V)
Immanuel boys vs. TBA at Andrew Bedoya Holiday Classic, Dinuba HS, time TBD (V)
Sanger boys vs. Clovis North at Clovis West Nike tournament, CWHS, 8 p.m. (V) Sanger girls at Hoover Tournament, Hoover HS Fresno, times TBA (V)
WRESTLING
Reedley vs. Sanger, Sanger HS South Gym, 5 p.m. (V)
Kiene Prendez
Dinuba High basketball
Kiene Prendez scored 15 points and pulled down four rebounds in the Emperors' 74-39 rout of Mission Oak on Nov. 23. The junior guard is in his second season on varsity, and also scored 15 points in a season-opening win for Dinuba (2-0 entering the Kingsburg Tournament).
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