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Thursday, March 19, 2020
Reedley College
Tigers drop nal game before Reedley College suspensions
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Mid Valley TiMes
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In its final game before the suspen- sion of the season due to the Corona- virus outbreak, the Reedley College Baseball Tigers were held to three hits in a 4-1 loss at Merced College on March 10.
In the latest rankings, Reedley is 14th in the state. The Tigers are in
third place in the Central Valley Con- ference standings at 7-3 and 15-6 over-
all.
In the March 10 game, Merced
jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a first inning home run and never looked back.
Alex Ortiz scored the Tigers’ only run after an eighth inning double and a sacrifice fly by Tresten Bumutay.
Reedley College softball drops to third
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
Reedley High’s Trinity Toews, (5, right) ran to victory in her heat of the 100 meters during a North Yosemite League Meet #1 at Sal Gonzalez Field on March 11. Toews won both the 100 and 200 meter sprints, and ran the anchor leg of the Pirates’ 4x400 relay team.
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A Thursday afternoon loss at home to Porterville College dropped the Reedley College Tiger softball team from first place to third place in the Central Valley Conference standings.
Coach Kathy Kuball’s Tigers dropped to 5-2 in the CVC and 12-13 overall after the 8-5 loss in nine in- nings. Reedley used a two-out rally to tie the game in the bottom of the sev- enth inning to force extra innings be- fore Porterville used three singles, a walk and a lead off triple to score three runs in the top half of the ninth.
Ellie Montalvo started the seventh inning rally with a single before scor- ing on a double by Alyssa Acosta.
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impact it could possibly have on not only us but our loved ones as well.”
Athletes may practice with outside clubs and travel teams, but cannot play any games. Central Section penalties will be imposed on those who violate the rule, according to the email.
Orosi High School AD, Ken Sawatz- ky, said the school has canceled all
Reedley intentionality walked Porterville’s Kuea Angilau, the con- ference leader in home runs with 10, four times. But the strategy backfired twice, as Annisa Garcia hit a two-run homer in the first and winning pitcher Ally Boyd, who hit a two-out, two-run shot in the seventh.
On March 10, Reedley swept a home doubleheader from Taft Col- lege by scores of 13-2 and 9-1. The Ti- gers took advantage of seven Cougar errors and stole 10 bases in the first game. Karlie Fien drove in four runs with three bunt singles while Bobbie Falcon also had three hits.
Pitcher Amanda Beltran allowed eight hits in 10 innings in the two games.
practices and sports through April 14. “Everything is shutdown,” said Sawatzky. “There’s too many un-
knowns right now.”
Dinuba High baseball coach Brent
Morrelli said he told players Thurs- day’s game against Hanford West could be their last of the year.
“It’s a unique year for us because we have 12 seniors,” he said. “They might not play organized baseball. That’s 12 guys missing out on a season. It’s heart-wrenching.”
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team of Lauren Weyant, Sonali Ball, An- nie Ramirez and Sienna Bianchi clock- ing a winning time of 52.53 seconds. Junior Ball also won the high jump at 4 feet, 4 inches while other Apache girls winners were senior Jasmine Guardado (PR of 1:05.60 in the 400), junior Rebeca Coronado (2:31.42 in the 800), sophomore Jennifer Esparza (85-3 in the discus) and junior Mckaley Yost (15-1/2 in the long jump).
Reedley High badminton hands Edison lopsided defeat
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
Reedley High’s Rylee Kubo stretched for a shot during the Pirates’ 20-4 badminton victory over Edison High on March 11. Kubo won her singles match.
Apache senior Kosi Agina and his younger brother, sophomore Chidera Agina, both collected individual wins. Kosi took the long jump in 20-5 1/2 while Chidera captured the triple jump at 41- 1. The pair also tied for third place be- hind teammate Jose Porras in the 100 meters, clocking season bests of 24.39. Porras also had a 2020 best of 23.54 to edge Reedley’s Devin Decker (23.58).
Juan Zamora clocked 2:06.81 in the 800 to lead a top-four finish for the Apaches while Emanuel Salas won the 1600 in 4:48.37. Junior Noe Navarro had a winning throw of 129-5 in the discus.
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Medina shines at Dinuba High's St. Patrick's Day Classic
MVT Staff Report
The Annual St. Pat- rick’s Day Classic was held on March 11 at Dinu- ba High School as Chow- chilla High’s boys team and the Liberty High girls team emerged as team champions.
Nathaniel Medina of Dinuba won the 110 hurdles in a time of 18.64 while Samuel Angulo of Orange Cove was second in 19.26. Medina made it a sweep in the hurdles win-
ning the 300 in 43.99. Evyn Rueles of Di- nuba won the triple jump with a mark of 38-feet-4 1⁄2 inches and teammate Alan Gallo was fourth, 35- 5. Thrower Esteven Diaz took 2nd in the shot put
with a mark of 46-1 1⁄2. The Emperors re- lay team of Noah Garza, Francisco Aburto, Gallo and Devon Mendoza had a time of 46.67, for 2nd place. Dinuba had two other relay teams that were fourth and fifth
place.
Aidan Rodriguez of
Orosi was third in the 200 meters in a time of 24.50, just ahead of Abur- to (24.74) and Michael Flores of OC (24.91).
In the girls shot put, freshman Caprise Mo- rales won with a throw of 33-7 and Shadia Franco of Orange Cove was 2nd at 32-9. In the discus event, Aimee Quevedo of Orosi was 1st with a mark of 85-6.
Natalie Crisosto was 2nd in the 1600 in a time of 6:17.03 ahead of Orosi’s Karina Chavez (6:19.52).
Dinuba’s Kassandra Carbajal placed 3rd in the 200 in a time of 28.79 and also took 4th in the 100 (1385)aheadoffreshman teammate, Apolonia Mar- tinez (14.19).
Alexandra Ontive- ros was 4th in the 800 in 2:49.21 for Dinuba and Luzmi Ramirez was 5th in 2:53.37. Ramirez also took 4th in the 1600 in 6:24.77 and Yaque- lin Avilez placed 5th in 6:38.05.
In the hurdles events, Citalli Garcia had a time of 56.23 for 3rd in the 300 and was 4th in the 100 in 21.51 for 4th overall.
Kaylee Villasenor (26- 0) and Maria Miranda (25- 11) were 4th and 5th in the triple jump for DHS.
Nathanlel Medina
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Dinuba High track and eld member, Nathanlel Medina, is named Athlete of the Week after the senior captured the 100 and 300 hurdles race at the St. Patrick's Day meet held on March.
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