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Sanger soccer falls to Bullard in déjá vu match
Dinuba High boys' hoops rout Selma
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With just three minutes left in regulation, it looked like the Sanger varsity boys soccer team would avenge a 4-3 overtime loss to Bullard on Jan. 7 when an Apache header from close range found the back of the net in their Friday, Jan. 28, match.
The goal seemingly gave Sanger a 2-1 lead as players and fans began to cheer. However, the score was waived off after the Apaches were called off- side and the game subse- quently went into over- time.
After Bullard scored in the first period, taking an early lead in the third min- ute, Sanger High junior
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Sanger High's Christian Torres, who scored the lone goal in the Apache's double- overtime loss to Bullard on Jan. 24, dribbles by a Knights' defender.
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The Dinuba High boys basketball team jumped out to a 30-8 first quarter lead and never looked back as the Emperors routed visiting Selma, 82-52, in a Central Se- quoia League game Fri- day night.
The Emperors (20- 4, 7-1) were led by Josh Magaña who had 18 points. Guards Isaak and Elias Flores scored 17 and 14 points apiece and Freddie Sanchez had 10.
Brian Campbell al- most reached double fig- ures with nine points and grabbed 14 rebounds.
In a hard fought 67- 64 win over Hanford West on Jan. 21, Magaña poured in 26 points and E.
Flores had 11.
Dinuba will face
Kingsburg at home to- morrow night at 7:30 p.m. Lady Emperors fall to
Selma
Selma bolted to a 32-
10 halftime lead as the Lady Bears handed Di- nuba a 59-28 loss Thurs- day night.
Alyssa Hernandez and Kailey Lopez led DHS (13-11, 5-3) with seven points apiece.
On Jan. 21 against Hanford West, the Lady Emperors suffered a 59- 51 loss. DHS led 37-34 before the Lady Huskies closed the game out with a 25-14 4th quarter.
Lopez had 18 points and Ebony Rodriguez added 10.
Christian Torres tied the game with the Apache’s lone goal, halfway through the second period.
With both teams draw- ing blanks in the first over- time period, the Knights managed to score on a
corner kick in the second overtime period to again beat the Apaches in over- time.
Reedley High girls remain in title hunt with big wins
Pirates snap ve-game losing streak with win over Sunnyside
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By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Reedley High’s one- two punch of sophomore guard Miah Paz and senior center Madison Haney came up big in the fourth quarter against the Sunnyside High Wildcats, enabling the Pirates to remain in the thick of the North Yosemite League girls championship chase.
Paz scored 10 points and Haney eight points as Reedley surged back from a six-point defi- cit early in the period to pull out a 67-64 victory at RHS gym on Jan. 24. The win kept Reedley (17-5 overall) with Hoover and Roosevelt atop the league entering a Jan. 28 home showdown with the Patri- ots (results were unavail- able at press time).
Paz drained a trio of 3-point shots in the deci- sive surge — the last as- sisted by Haney, who sat out more than a quarter of the game with four fouls — and finished with a game-high 30 points. Haney took over the game in the paint, pow- ering for a pair of inside baskets and sinking four free throws while fin- ishing the night with 18 points.
“She was great to- night,” said RHS coach Matt Wilkinson of Haney. “When we get the ball in to her, whether she scores or not it gives the oppor-
tunity to the other play- ers.”
Reedley trailed 49- 46 entering the fourth, and started the quarter without Haney after she picked up her fourth foul shortly before halftime. The deficit quickly grew to 52-46 when Zamiah Perry drained a 3-point- er from the left wing. Paz began the comeback with a free throw and then nailed a 3-pointer from the top of the key to make it 52-50. Haney then re-entered the game with about five-and-a-half min- utes left in the game.
The drove inside and drew a shooting foul; ty- ing the game at 52 with a pair of free throws. An- other 3-pointer and a free throw gave Sunnyside (8-10, 2-2) a four-point lead, but Paz scored on a 3-pointer from the right side to cut it to 56-55. Af- ter a steal by Bronagh McGahan, the Pirates re- gained the when Daniela Gomez scored on a layup.
With the score tied at 57, Haney took a feed in- side from Paz and scored to put RHS ahead to stay with under three minutes left. Haney then made two free throws with 2:21 re- maining, and later broke the press to feed Paz for an open 3-pointer to make it 64-59 with 1:40 left. An Abby Delport free throw and Haney basket off the glass made it 67-59 with just 55 seconds to play,
the the Pirates held on. “It was a super excit- ing game tonight,” Wilkin- son said. “It was great to have this environment for our fans. I’m really proud
of our team.”
On Jan. 22, Reedley
trounced McLane by a 59-17 score as Paz scored 22 points and collected four steals. Haney had 19 points and six rebounds while Delport had six points, seven rebounds, three assists and three
steals.
After taking on
Hoover, the Pirates host Roosevelt in a 6:30 p.m. showdown Friday, Jan. 31. They’ll try to avenge a 57- 31 loss to the Rough Rid- ers on Jan. 17 in Fresno.
“Roosevelt is a tough team,” Wilkinson said. “They’ve got a couple of pieces added that really makes them strong. We’re excited to get a chance to play them again at our place.”
Reedley High’s boys basketball team snapped a five-game losing streak on Jan. 23, picking up their first North Yosem- ite League victory of the season with a 57-51 tri- umph at Sunnyside High in Fresno.
Earlier in the week, the Pirates (13-7, 1-3) lost by a 69-60 score at McLane on Jan. 21, tem- porarily dropping the team into the league base- ment. Reedley, Sunnyside and McLane were tied at for fourth in league at
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on Friday, Jan. 24. Out- scoring the Knights in ev- ery quarter, the Apaches built off a 39-33 halftime lead to earn a 78-60 vic- tory.
The team once again received a balanced of- fensive attack as four Apaches scored in dou- ble-digits. Leading the way for Sanger was L. Dillon, who finished with 22 points, eight rebounds, three assists and one steal. K. Cole collected his second double-double in as many games, scor- ing13pointson7of8 shooting while hauling in 11 rebounds.
Coming close to a triple-double was J. Dil- lon, who finished with 14 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Freshman Fankie Piceno scored 12 points for the Apaches while
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The Pirates hosted Hoover on Jan. 28, then travel to Fresno to take on first place Roosevelt High in a 6:30 p.m. start on Thursday, Jan. 30.
Reedley hosts two games next week; playing McLane on Tuesday, Feb. 4, and Fresno on Thurs- day, Feb. 6 in 6:30 p.m. starts. The Pirates will attempt to avenge losses to both teams — they were drubbed 76-37 at Fresno on Jan. 14 before last week’s setback to the Highlanders.
shooting 75 percent from beyond the arc.
Tuesday’s matchup with San Joaquin Memo- rial was a crucial battle for the top spot in the CMAC as the Panthers entered with a 4-0 record in league play while the Apaches entered 3-1.
Tuesday night’s re- sults were not available at press time.
Sanger will enter the backend of league play to- morrow night when they host Edison in a rematch of their Jan. 14 overtime game, in which the Ti- gers stole the victory. The Apaches will then host Madera South on Feb. 4.
As of Jan. 28, max- preps.com had the Apach- es ranked No. 14 in the Central Section and No. 2 in the Central Section’s Division 3. Just behind Sanger was Dinuba, who was ranked No. 17 in the Central Section and No. 4 in Division 3.
Reedley High’s Madison Haney powered inside to put up a shot against McLane on Jan. 22. The senior battled foul trouble, but scored 18 points in the Pirates’ 67-64 come- back victory over Sunnyside High on Jan. 24.
of the Week
Robert Alcantar - ReedleyHighSchool Soccer
Robert Alcantar collected a goal and two assists in the Pirates’ two victories last week. The senior mid elder — a member of last year’s North Yosemite League championship squad — has provided an o ensive complement to leading scorer Phillip Rico, and has helped Reedley
to a 15-1-5 season record through Jan. 23.
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Dinuba High basketball player, Josh Magaña,
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