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Lady Cardinals atop the WSL
ursday, January 30, 2020
By George M. Villagrana
Mid Valley Times
The winning ways continued for the Orosi High girls soccer team as the Lady Cardinal picked up their ninth straight win improving to 15-1-6 and 8-0-1 in West Sequoia League play after defeat- ing Riverdale, 2-0.
Orosi received goals from Amber Apodaca and Melanie Davila.
On Friday night with first place on the line, Orosi knocked off Fowl- er in a 2-0 win. The loss dropped the Lady Red- cats to 16-5-2 and 7-1-1.
“We played really well,” said coach Jesse Camarena. “That was the best first half we’ve played this year.”
Orosi jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead when Apo- daca scored five minutes into the match. The Lady Cardinals would score
again, but the goal was taken away after an of- ficial called goalie inter- ference. Orosi kept the pressure on outshooting Fowler, 8-2, in the first half.
The Lady Redcats did have a few opportu- nities to break the shut- out missing on a few free kicks and Orosi goalie Mireya Lua preserved the shutout with several saves.
The Lady Cardinals tacked on another goal with 12 minutes left in the match when Melanie Da- vila scored off a rebound.
Camarana said he was pleased with the effort.
“Our defense was re- ally good,” he added.
Davila, Apodaca, Tudy Venegas, Kayla Moreno and Yesenia Hernandez, each scored agoalforOHSina5-0 win over Minarets on Jan. 26
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Reedley High’s Esther Villa held the upper hand on her opponent at the Central Valley Showdown in Visalia on Jan. 24. Villa placed third in the 160-pound weight class, improving her season record to 27-8.
George M. Villagrana / Mid Valley Times
Fowler’s Gabriela Garcia and Orosi’s Kimberly Caballero go for a ball during the second half of a key WSL match. The Cardinals prevailed in a 2-0 win over the Lady Redcats to secure first place in league with two matches remaining.
Apaches win four in a row
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
It’s time again for the “Manning Melee” clash between the Reedley High and Orange Cove High wrestling programs.
The Pirate boys will be looking to avenge their first loss in the 11-year history of the series, when the Titans posted a 36-20 triumph at OCHS gym in 2019. Reedley’s girls will try to continue their per- fect record against Or- ange Cove; last year the Pirates prevailed by a 42- 18 score.
Reedley’s boys are 2-2 against North Yosemite League competition after splitting a pair of double dual matches. The Pirates have scored wins over Roosevelt and Fresno
while losing to Hoover and Sunnyside.
“We’re doing good. We were feeling losses at the beginning of the season, but we’ve come a long way,” said coach A.J. Ro- sas. “We went to Morro Bay last weekend [for the California Invitational Tournament] and Phillip [Arroyo] came in eighth [at 132 pounds]. We had some of our older guys do pretty well as well, they made it to later on in the tournament and almost came close to placing.”
Sophomore Arroyo, who qualified for the sec- tion masters meet and went 23-10 in his first year of high school wres- tling, has a 20-8 mark this year after moving up from the 120 class.
Senior Gabriel Badilla
has posted a 19-12 record in the 162 class. At his most recent competition, he went 2-2 with two pins in the Central Valley In- vitational at Golden West High School on Jan. 25. Other Pirates to post wins at the tourney – although none placed — were Na- thaniel Galaviz (2-2 at 128 pounds), Ethan Anderson (3-2, three pins at 134) and David Nava (2-2, two pins at 184).
“At the beginning of the season we started out a little rough,” Rosas said. “We had about five or six guys who played football and started a little late.”
For Reedley’s girls, the team comes off competi- tion at the Central Valley Showdown in Visalia on Jan. 24. Esther Villa (27- 8 on the season) finished
third at 160 pounds while Mia Garcia (4-7) placed fourth at 235. The team also has competed at the Lady Chukchansi Invita- tional in Madera on Jan. 17 and the Morro Bay Tournament in December as well as tournaments in Lemoore and Santa Paula.
The Pirates will close out the league dual sea- son with Senior Night on Wednesday, Feb. 5, against McLane. Varsity matches for both boys and girls start at 5:30 p.m.
Reedley High will host this year’s North Yosem- ite League champion- ships on Friday, Feb. 7, at RHS gym. Weigh-ins are at 8 a.m., with first matches beginning at 10 a.m. Championship finals should start sometime af- ter 2 p.m.
'Manning Melee' begins today
Reedley and Orange Cove will face off in 11th annual event
MVT Staff Report
The Sanger Apaches varsity boys’ basketball team received a spark two weeks ago when junior Luke Dillon unleashed for 86 points over two games. Before Tuesday’s match- up with CMAC leader San Joaquin Memorial, the Apaches (who were a game behind the Panthers in league standings prior to the Jan. 28 matchup) were on a four-game win- ning streak.
After dismantling Madera South on Jan. 17, beating the Stallions by 50 points, Sanger went on to win all three of their scheduled games last week. On Monday, Jan. 20, the Apaches participated in the Martin Luther King tournament, held at Col- lege of the Sequoias in Visalia, and was able to stave off a fourth quarter rally by Redwood to beat the Rangers 64-56.
Three Apaches scored in double-figures in Sanger’s win over Red-
wood, including sopho- more Jon Dillon (16 points) and brother Luke (10 points). Senior Ale- jandro Mendibles fin- ished with 13 points while shooting 100 percent from the field, including three 3-pointers.
Mendibles followed his shooting performance by hitting five 3-pointers in the Apaches’ 68-48 win over Madera on Jan. 21. He finished with 15 points and three steals to lead his team in scoring for the team’s second league victory.
Freshman Kaleb Cole and L. Dillon each pitched in 13 points in the Sanger’s victory over the Coyotes, while J. Dillon finished with 12 points. Cole also finished with a double- double as he was able to pull down 16 rebounds.
The Apaches then scored their third league victory of the season by defeating Bullard at home
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Emperors
finish third
at CSL duals
Cortez, Martinez capture titles
George Armenta / Photo Contributed
Sanger High freshman Kaleb Cole collected back-to-back double-doubles last week as the Apaches' varsity basket- ball team went on a four-game winning streak.
MVT Staff Report
With two more weeks to prepare for the Division 1 wres- tling championships in Lemoore on Feb. 14-15, members of the Dinuba High wrestling team wrapped up their regu- lar season at the Central Sequoia League duals on Jan. 22 in Selma.
Dinuba placed third overall as they opened with a 52-30 win over Exeter before defeat- ing Hanford West, 54-24. The Emps were defeat- ed by, Selma, 60-21.
At the Sam Boyd CIT Invitational held on Jan. 17-18, the Em- perors, who finished seventh out of 61 teams with 136.5, were paced by Noah Cortez and Ja- vier Martinez. Cortez pinned Sanger’s Vin-
cent Stafford to capture the 152-pound title and Martinez wrapped up his heavyweight title with a 2-0 win over Pit- man’s Emilio Gutierrez.
Freshman Coen Quintana took 4th at 113 and Jasias Carrasco was 5th at 106 pounds. Javier Castro finished 8th at 120.
In the True Wrestler tournament also held that weekend at Mis- sion Oak High in Tulare, Dinuba had three wres- tlers place led by Atzel Moreno, who was 6th at 134. Teammates Jo- se Arduengo (108) and Matt Adams (HWT), were 7th in their respec- tive weight class. On Jan. 17, the girls were in action at the tourney and Dinuba’s Leslie Es- quivel took 5th at 123.