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Thursday, April 29, 2021
Pirates, Apaches capture league titles
Reedley dominates second half to collect its first outright NYL championship
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
For two-plus quarters, it looked like the Reedley High Pirates' dreams of an outright North Yosemite League football championship were going to be shattered for a second straight sea- son by the Sunnyside High Wildcats.
Trailing 15-0 and plagued by five turnovers, the Pirates were clearly up against it. But led by a spirited de- fense they inexplicably clawed back to tie the game, then got a late touch- down pass from Jacob Rocha with just under three minutes to play. Two more takeaways later, the Pirates savored a 22-15 triumph that gave the program its first outright league championship since 1973.
"We played as bad a first half of- fensively as you could play," said RHS coach Tony Gates. "That's what I told the kids [at halftime], that you couldn't play worse and we're only down two [touchdowns]."
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ABOVE: The Sanger High Apach- es celebrated with a group shot after defeating San Joaquin Me- morial, 28-21, on April 23 to win the County Metro Athletic Con- ference football championship.
Sanger High School / Photo Contributed
LEFT: Reedley High's Mike Rios began to celebrate in the end zone after scoring the winning touchdown in a 22-15 victory over Sunnyside High on April 23. The win clinched the out- right North Yosemite League championship for the Pirates.
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Sanger knocks off defending champs on road to claim CMAC
MVT Staff Report
The Sanger High Apach- es combined a stellar defen- sive effort with a rallying offense last week to de- throne the San Joaquin Me- morial Panthers as County Metro Athletic Conference football champions.
The Apaches (4-1 over- all) scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, the second in the final minute of play while limiting the two- time champion Panthers to nearly 14 points below their average in a 28-21 triumph in Fresno on April 23. The victory netted Sanger High its 29th league football championship – seventh in CMAC play — and 564th victory in 1,000 games in the program's history dat- ing back 121 years.
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Section CIF passes realigment beginning in 2022-23
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
The Central Section Cali- fornia Interscholastic Fed- eration board of managers on April 13 unanimously ap- proved the realignment of the section's athletic leagues for four years, beginning in the 2022-2023 season.
By a 43-0 vote, the section's proposed realignment was ap- proved. In the realignment, Dinuba High School is mov-
ing to a six-school West Yo- semite League from its long- time Central Sequoia League affiliation. The Emperors will be paired with Hanford High and Lemoore High along with Tulare high schools Tulare, Tu- lare Western and Mission Oak.
The approved realignment also moves Reedley High from the North Yosemite League to the new 10-mem- ber Tri County Athletic Con- ference. The Pirates will join former CSL schools Central
Valley Christian, Exeter, Han- ford West, Immanuel, Kings- burg and Selma along with Kerman, Sierra Pacific and Washington Union.
Sanger High remains in an expanded County Metro Ath- letic Conference/NYL. The Apaches join CMAC mem- bers Bullard, Edison, Made- ra, Madera South and San Joaquin Memorial along with NYL schools Fresno, Hoover, McLane, Roosevelt and Sun- nyside and new school Justin
Garza High.
Parlier High and Fowl-
er High move into the new Northwest Sequoia League with Caruthers, Chowchilla, Fresno Christian, Liberty- Madera, Minarets, Riverdale, Sierra and Yosemite. Orosi High and Orange Cove high will be in the revamped East Sequoia League with Corco- ran, Farmersville, Granite Hills, Lindsay, Strathmore, Summit Charter, Wonderful College Prep (Delano) and
Woodlake.
The league realignments
officially take begin in August 2022 with that school year and will run for four years through the 2025-2026 athletic year.
In other CIF business, former Sanger High athletic director and current Clovis High AD Jesse Hardwick was selected by the CIF managers as President-elect through 2023. Hardwick beat out two other candidates in the selec- tion process.
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 29-MAY 5
Events and matchups are subject to change. Attendance at football games and most prep sports is limited to immediate family members
THURSDAY, APRIL 29 BASEBALL
Reedley vs. McLane (Reedley home team), Immanuel Sports Complex The Yard, 3 p.m.
(JV/V)
Dinuba boys/girls vs. Hanford West, Ridge Creek Golf Course, 4 p.m.
Immanuel boys/girls vs. Exeter, River Island Country Club Porterville, 4 p.m.
Dinuba girls vs. Immanuel, Immanuel Sports County Line Stadium, 5:15 p.m. (Varsity only) Parlier vs. Fowler, Fowler HS, JV girls and varsity boys at 3:45 p.m./JV boys and varsity girls at 5:30 p.m.
Reedley JV girls vs. Fowler, Reedley HS, 6 p.m. (JV)
Sanger girls vs. Bullard, Tom Flores Stadium, 5 p.m. (V)
Sanger boys vs. Bullard, Bullard HS Fresno,
5 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove vs. Mendota, OCHS noon (V) Parlier vs. Riverdale, Parlier HS, 4 p.m. (JV/V) Reedley vs. Golden West, Reedley HS, 4 p.m. (V)
Dinuba boys vs. Kingsburg, Kingsburg HS, 4 p.m. (Varsity only)
Dinuba girls vs. Kingsburg, Dinuba HS, 4 p.m. (V) Sanger vs. San Joaqiuin Memorial, Sanger HS, boys 1:30 p.m./girls 3 p.m. (Varsity only)
Reedley vs. Hoover, Reedley HS, boys 5:30 p.m./girls 7:30 p.m. (Varsity)
FRIDAY, APRIL 30 BADMINTON
Reedley vs. Fresno, Fresno HS, 2:30 p.m.
(Varsity only)
BASEBALL
Dinuba vs. Kingsburg, Dinuba HS, 4/7 p.m. (JV/V)
Orange Cove vs. Strathmore (DH), Strathmore HS, 10 a.m./Noon (Varsity only)
Parlier vs. Caruthers, Caruthers HS, noon (JV/V)
Reedley vs. Sunnyside, Sunnyside HS Fresno, 3:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley JV vs. Kingsburg, Kingsburg HS, 4
p.m. (JV)
Dinuba boys vs. Lemoore, Dinuba HS, 5:30/7 p.m. (JV/V)
Dinuba JV girls vs. Lemoore, Dinuba HS, 4 p.m. (JV)
Reedley vs. Fresno, Fresno HS, girls at 5:30 p.m./boys at 7:30 p.m. (Varsity only)
Sanger boys vs. Bullard, Bullard HS Fresno, 6:30 p.m. (Varsity only)
MONDAY, MAY 3 BASEBALL
Parlier vs. McLane, McLane HS Fresno, 3:30
time TBA
TENNIS
Sanger vs. Madera South, Sanger HS, boys 1:30 p.m./girls 3 p.m. (Varsity only)
Immanuel boys vs. Selma, Immanuel Sports Complex courts, 4 p.m. (V)
Immanuel girls vs. Selma, Selma HS, 4 p.m. (V)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5 BASEBALL
Immanuel vs. Selma, Selma HS, 4 p.m. (V) Sanger vs. Madera, Madera HS (3:30/6:30
p.m. (JV/V) BASKETBALL
Dinuba JV girls vs. Madera, Madera HS, time TBA
Reedley vs. Hoover, Hoover HS Fresno, girls at 5:30 p.m./boys at 7:30 p.m. (Varsity only) Sanger boys vs. San Joaquin Memorial, Sanger HS, 6:30 p.m. (V)
Sanger girls vs. San Joaquin Memorial, SJM Fresno, 6:30 p.m. (V)
SOCCER
Reedley boys vs. Fresno, Sal Gonzalez Field 3:30/5:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley girls vs. Fresno, Fresno HS, 3:30 p.m. (JV/V)
SOFTBALL
Immanuel vs. Selma, ISC The Nest, 4 p.m. (V)
SWIMMING
Dinuba vs. Coalinga, Coalinga HS, 4 p.m. (V)
TRACK AND FIELD
Parlier vs. Orosi at WSL Dual 5, Orosi HS, 3:30 p.m. (Varsity)
Dinuba vs. Central Valley Christian/Immanuel/ Exeter, Dinuba HS, 4 p.m. (V)
WRESTLING
GOLF
BASKETBALL SOCCER
SOCCER
BASKETBALL
Parlier vs. Riverdale, Riverdale HS, JV teams 3 p.m./girls 4:30 p.m./ boys 6:30 p.m. (JV/V) Reedley boys vs. Roosevelt, Sal Gonzalez Field, 3:30/5:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Reedley girls vs. Roosevelt, Roosevelt HS Fresno, 3:30 p.m. (JV/V)
TUESDAY, MAY 4 BASEBALL
Dinuba vs. Immanuel, ISC - The Yard, 4/7 p.m.
(JV/Varsity)
Orange Cove vs. Orosi, Orange Cove HS, 4 p.m. (Varsity only)
Parlier vs. Fowler, Fowler HS, 4 p.m. (JV/V) Reedley vs. Fresno, Fresno HS, 3:30 p.m. (JV/V)
SOCCER
Immanuel girls vs. Selma, Selma HS, 5:15 p.m. (V) Sanger boys vs. San Joaquin Memorial, Tom Flores Stadium, 3/5 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger girls vs. Madera, SJM Fresno, 5 p.m. (Varsity only)
Orange Cove vs. Caruthers, Orange Cove HS, 4 p.m. (Varsity only)
Parlier vs. Fowler, Fowler HS, 4 p.m. (JV/V) Reedley vs. Fresno, Reedley HS, 3:30/5:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger vs.. Madera, Madera HS, 3:30 p.m.
(Varsity only)
SWIMMING
Dinuba vs. Exeter/Central Valley Christian, Dinuba HS, 4 p.m.
SOFTBALL
FOOTBALL
TENNIS
SOFTBALL
VOLLEYBALL
Sanger girls vs. Bullard, Sanger HS, 6:30 p.m. (V)
Orosi vs. Bishop Union, Orosi HS, 6 p.m. (Varsity only)
Reedley vs. Madera South, Madera HS stadium, 5/7:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Dinuba vs. Kingsburg, Kingsburg HS, 4/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Immanuel vs. Exeter, ISC-The Nest, 4 p.m. (V) Sanger vs. Roosevelt, Roosevelt HS Fresno, 4 p.m. (Varsity only)
SATURDAY, MAY 1 BASEBALL
Orange Cove vs. Caruthers, Orange Cove HS,
noon (Varsity only)
SOCCER
Dinuba vs. Kingsburg, Hanford West HS, girls at 10 a.m. /boys at noon (Varsity only)
p.m. (JV/V)
Dinuba JV girls vs. Caruthers, Caruthers HS,
SOFTBALL
Dinuba vs. Central, Dinuba HS, 4 p.m. (V)