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High School Boys Basketball
Bears claw by Eagles
Azusa Pacific University Athletics / Photo Contributed
Zoe March, former Immanuel High basketball star, had 10 points and six rebounds to help lead Azusa Pacific University to a 84-50 win over Fresno Pacific University on Jan. 15 in Fresno.
No sophomore slump for March at Azusa Pacific
By Chris Aguirre
Chris@midvaleypublishing.com
It was a tense, down-to- the-wire battle between the two top teams in the Cen- tral Sequoia League when the Immanuel High Eagles and Selma High Bears met on Jan. 12 at Immanuel High School.
Selma High High beat the Eagles 73-67.
“I thought we played well. We just had a few pos- sessions that hurt us,” said Chris Woods, Immanuel High head coach. “We are going in the right direction and getting better.”
On Jan. 13, The Eagles lost to Edison High School 79-76 in the Edison Show- case at Edison High in Fresno.
As of Jan. 16, the Ea- gles are 8-9 overall and 0-1 in the CSL.
In the Jan. 12 game, Nate Kendricks led Immanuel with 23 points.
Immanuel trailed 19-11 after the first quarter of play.
The Eagles battled back to take a 33-28 lead midway through the sec- ond quarter, before Selma responded with a 7-0 run to take a 35-33 halftime lead.
The teams battled back and forth in the third and fourth quarters, before the Bears pulled away late in the game to earn the win in front of a nearly sold-out Immanuel High gym..
“The atmosphere was great. It was loud and had a lot of energy and excitement,”
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By Chris Aguirre
Chris@midvalleypublishing.com
Zoe March, former Im- manuel High basketball star, dribbled the ball up the court for the Azusa Pacific Univer- sity Cougars on Jan. 15 against Fresno Pacific University.
Just past midcourt, March threw a pass to her teammate, who was under the rim and scored.
It was March's second as- sist of the game for the Cou- gars, who defeated Fresno Pacific 84-50 on Jan. 15 at the Special Events Center at Fres- no Pacific University.
March ended the game with five assists to go along
with 10 points and six re- bounds.
March is proving that her freshman season – in which she averaged seven points, five rebounds and four assists – was no fluke.
March is in her sopho- more year at APU and currently leads the nation in assists-to-turnover ratio with a 4.7 average and ranks seventh nationally in assists averaging 5.2 assist per game.
The Assist–to–turnover ratio (AST) is a basketball statistic used to put a player’s number of assists in context
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Jordan Rodriguez, Immanuel High Eagles basketball player (right) and Will Pallesi, Selma High player, battle for a loose ball during a game on Jan. 12 at Immanuel High School.
Reedley High girls soccer begins NYL title defense
Felycia Rosas, Reedley High Pirates girls soccer player No. 7, battles a Roosevelt High player for the ball during a game on Jan. 12 at Sal Gonzalez Field.
The Pirates defeated the Rough Riders 3-0.
As of Jan. 16, the Pirates were 2-0 in the North Yosemite League.
Chris Aguirre / The Exponent
Staff Report
The Reedley High Pirates girls soccer team started de- fense of their 2017 North Yo- semite League Championship in dominant fashion.
The Pirates defeated Sun- nyside High and Roosevelt High School by a combined score of 7-1.
Reedley High opened NYL play on Jan. 10 with a 4-1 vic- tory over the Sunnyside High Wildcats on Jan. 10. They then defeated the Roosevelt High Rough Riders 3-0 on Jan. 12. Both games were played at Sal Gonzalez Field.
As of Jan. 16, the Pirates were 10-6-3 overall and 2-0 in the NYL.
No stats were available for the game on Jan. 10.
On Jan. 12, Katelyn Peters, Emma Mulligan and Amanda Lopez each scored goals.
The Pirates played McLane High School on Jan. 17 in Fresno.
No score was available at presstime.
They then will play Fresno High School on Friday, Jan. 19, at Sal Gonzalez Field.
They will play Hoover High School on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Hoover High in Fresno.
RHS Boys Soccer
The Reedley High boys soccer team opened NYL play by splitting their first two games.
The Pirates lost to Sunny- side High School 1-0 on Jan. 9 at Sal Gonzalez Field, then defeated Roosevelt High School 1-0 on Jan. 11 in
Fresno.
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RHS names Athletes of the Month for December
File Photo / The Exponent
Emma Mulligan, Reedley High Pirates girls soccer player (left) was named Reedley High Female Athlete of the Month for December.
Contributed
Reedley High School recently announced that Florian Stasch and Emma Mulligan are the Male and Fe- male Athletes of the Month for December.
Florian Stasch
Florian Stasch, Reedley High boys basketball player, averaged 13 points and 11 re- bounds per game in Decem- ber for the Pirates.
He had a high of 21 points and 17 rebounds against Orange Cove High School in the Pirates' 57-36 win on
Dec. 15.
Last season Reedley
High was 2-25 and Stasch has helped lead Reedley High to seven wins already during the 2017-18 season.
Emma Mulligan
Emma Mulligan, Reedley High School girls soccer player, is the return- ing North Yosemite League Offensive Player of the Year.
Mulligan scored 13 goals and had five assists in December.
As of Jan. 16, the Pirates are 10-6-2 overall and 2-0 in the NYL.
File Photo / The Exponent
Florian Stasch, Reedley High Pirates boys basketball player, was named Reedley High Male Athlete of the Month for December.
Florian Stasch and Emma Mulligan earn honors