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feries, junior Hallie Brett, Hatch and Coats all stepped up their play in sets three and four to get the Eagles back in the match. But big plays down the stretch from Chowchilla's Vlot and Hanna Mancebo proved the differ- ence.
"They never ever quit until the final point was won," Linman said of her squad. "I'm extremely proud of these girls, and proud to be their coach."
Against Chowchilla, Coats finished with seven kills and a block while Hatch and Brett collected three kills each. Hatch had a per- fect kill percentage, con- necting on all three of her attempts.
The Eagles were active on the defensive end, with junior Claire Ramirez lead- ing the team with 17 digs. Coats and junior Olivia Bar- soom added 13 and 12 digs, respectively. Hatch and Bar- soom dished out 20 and 15 as- sists, respectively.
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The season came to a
stunning and early end on Oct. 30 for North Yosem- ite League champion Reed- ley High School. The No. 2 seeded Pirates stormed back from losses in the first two sets to No. 7 Madera South to force a decisive fifth set, but fell 15-11 to end a 32-5-1 season.
"It was a very pain- ful loss for the team," said coach Ken Tatami, whose squad rolled through league play with a perfect 10-0 re- cord. "We battled to the end, but unfortunately, we did not have enough time to get it done."
It was the final match representing RHS for se-
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RC women's golf set for state tournament
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Immanuel High School senior Danielle Jefferies (2) delivers one of her 21 kills in the Central Section Divi- sion 4 championship match against Chowchilla on Nov. 3.
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After a third place fin- ish at the Northern Califor- nia Regional women’s golf tournament in Davis on Oct. 28-29, the Central Val- ley Conference champion Reedley College squad will compete in the state tourna- ment at the Morro Bay Golf Course on Sunday, Nov. 11 and Monday, Nov 12.
The Lady Tigers, coached by Scott Stark and John Perkins, will be one of eight teams competing in the state tournament. Reed- ley has played in the Nor Cal tournament four out of the last five years and has won the conference title three out of the last four years.
Reedley finished with a team score of 663 at the Wildhorse Golf and Country Club, was 23 strokes behind Regional champion Sierra College. Defending state champion Modesto Junior College finished in second, 12 strokes ahead of the Ti- gers. Fresno City College, the second place team in CVC, will advance to state with a Regional score of 706.
Leading the way for Reedley was Serena Di- Mauro, a freshman from Fresno’s Central High School, finished fifth at the Regional with a 81-79-160. The team’s only competing sophomore, Carley Lind- haur of Sanger, was next at 79-84-163. Maddie Caesar, a freshman from Lindsay, was next 79-86-165 while
Reedley High graduate Lauren Costa followed with an 88-87-165. Last spring, Costa was a member of RC’s conference champion softball team.
Recording non-scoring totals at the Regional were Eliza Hernandez, a fresh- man from Sanger at 181 and Serena Garcia, a freshman from Dinuba at 189.
Stark reported that Reedley finished 23-1 in CVC play. “That was the third best regular season in the history of the Tiger program,” said the coach.
MEN'S SOCCER Sunbirds host Cal Poly in Division II opener The Fresno Pacific Sun-
birds will begin play in the NCAA men's Division II soccer tournament with a 7 p.m. home match Thurs- day, Nov. 8, against Cal Poly Pomona at Ramirez Field. A win would advance FPU (14-2-1, 10-2 PacWest conference) to a Saturday, Nov. 10, match against West subbracket top seed Simon Fraser.
Fresno Pacific enclosed out its regular season on Nov. 3 with a 5-0 home shutout of Hawai'i Hilo at Ramirez Field. The Sun- birds Anthony Velarde, a senior from Reedley, dished out three assists to go with his 10 goals on the season. Jose Segura, a senior from Orange Cove, also collected an assist in the win.
The national semifinals and final will be Thursday, Nov. 29, and Saturday, Dec. 1, in Pittsburgh, Pa.
nior standouts Nikole Ro- driguez, Julie Scott, Reese Kubo, Maddy Gates, Alexa Gonzalez, Leila Wright and Liz Valdez. The team had won 54 consecutive sets in league play before dropping the first set to second place Hoover.
The upset victory spurred a postseason run to the section finals for Madera South, which followed the Reedley match with a 3-0 sweep on the road against No. 6 seed San Joaquin Me- morial. The Stallions then came within one set of a section title of its own, tak- ing top seed Yosemite High to five sets. Surprisingly, Madera South had dropped a set in its opening round play- off win over No. 10 Highland before knocking off the Pi- rates.
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Reedley High School senior Nikole Rodriguez leaps high to deliver a kill against Madera South in the PIrate girls five-set upset loss to the Stallions on Oct. 30.
Immanuel's Michael Kawagoe (52) brings down Arvin ballcarrier Arnie Pantoja (7) with the assistance of teammates Trace Pires (2) and Ryan Friesen (1) during the Eagles' 35-18 Division 4 playoff loss to the Bears on Nov. 2 in Arvin. Kawagoe and Pires paced the Immanuel defensive effort with 17 and 11 tackles, respectively, and each player intercepted a pass.
Reedley High junior Jamian Villareal prepared to fire off a shot on goal in a15-8 quarterfinal playoff win over Exeter on Nov. 3. The PIrates (18-12) played at top-seeded Edison on Nov. 7, and with a win would advance to the Saturday, Nov. 10, section finals.
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score in the closing minute on a 2-yard run.
Sophomore Michael Kawagoe and ju- nior Trace Pires led Immanuel's defense with 17 and 11 tackles, respectively, and
each player collected an interception. Arvin rushed for 277 yards on the night led by senior running back Manu- el Chavez who gained 102 yards on nine carries with two touchdowns. Senior Juan Paredes also rushed for two scores while senior Arnie Pantoja added another score. Arvin, seeded No. 6 in the Division 5 bracket, now travels to No. 3 Kennedy
High of Delano in a 7 p.m. matchup on Friday, Nov. 9. The Thunderbirds (10-1) rolled to a 57-15 rout of McLane in its playoff opener on Nov. 2.
Top-seeded Shafter (10-0) had a first- round bye and will host No. 9 seed Dos Palos (6-5). Second seed Caruthers (11-0) hosts No. 7 Firebaugh (8-3) in the other semifinal.
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Aug. 21 in Selma and a 6-5 score against the Bears in the Madera Tournament on Oct. 19.
In addition to sweeping all NYL opposition in 2018, the Pirates captured the championship of the Sunny- side Tournament in Fresno on Oct. 5. The team had an impressive 9-1 home record at the RHS Swim Complex.
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RHS SWIMMING POOL PARKING LOT $65.00
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ceivers were teammates at Sacramento High School although the QB missed his senior season with an injury.
“It feels amazing to know that we are very close to accomplishing our ultimate goal,” Marty said af- ter the win over Monterey. “At the end of the day, we guarantee ourselves a share of the conference title and guarantee that we will play in a bowl game. There’s a lot of nerves going into a game like this be- cause we understand how good a program Monterey is and how good they’ve been. We worked really, re- ally hard to get ourselves to a point where we are a championship caliber ball club and our kids stepped up in a big way.
“Everyone is working together as a team,” said freshman running back Jamon Chambers, “doing everything thing we do on and off the field. Every- thing is good.”
Reedley is a Northern California American Divi- sion team and is not eligible for a state champion- ship. The last postseason game that Reedley played was a Northern California playoff game at College of San Mateo in 2009. Eleven of the state’s 15 post- season games are games are scheduled for Nov. 17, according to the California Community College Ath- letic Association website. There are Northern Divi- sion championship games scheduled in both North- ern and Southern California on Saturday, Nov. 17. There is also the State Center Bowl, which has been played in Reedley in the past.
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Tigers running back Jamon Chambers (15) eluded the tackle attempt of Monterey Peninsula's Dalton Lykins (32).
An official announcement on who and where Reedley will play is expected on Sunday, Nov. 11.
Going into the Monterey Peninsula game, Reed- ley was ranked 14th in the State in the latest rank- ings and first in the Northern Cal American Division
poll. If the Tigers get past Hartnell, they will have defeated the second through the eighth place teams in the National Division rankings.
The combined record of Reedley’s 10 opponents is 50-46.
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