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Thursday, January 6, 2022
Cropper says he'll return to Bulldogs team in 2022
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MVT Staff Report
The good news continued for the Fresno State football program on Jan. 2, when star wide receiver Jalen Cropper announced on social media that he's planning to return to the team for the 2022 season.
Buzz surrounded the Parlier na- tive and former Sanger High and Buchanan High standout, who earlier had said he was leaving the door open to declaring for the National Football League Draft after denying any plans to enter the transfer portal.
He put any speculation to rest over the weekend, declaring on his Twitter account that he would be back at Fresno State this fall to play for newly-returning head coach Jeff Tedford.
Cropper's message:
"Dear Red wave friends and fam- ily. These past 3 years have been life changing and the memories I have made with my teammates and this staff are ones that I will church forever. I'm grateful of everyone in the organization believing in me and helping me here as a man and as an athlete.
"With that be- ing said, I'd like to announce that I will be returning to Fresno State to continue my aca- demic and athlet- ic career [to] get back to work with Coach Teddy, the team and the staff he has put togeth- er. Go Dogs"
Jalen Cropper
Cropper led Fresno State receiv- ers with 85 receptions for 899 yards and 11 touchdowns, and set a new school single-game record with four TD catches in a win over UNLV. At Sanger High, he was one of the Apach- es' main offensive weapons during a 2016 section championship season.
Cropper's announced return was followed by the return for a "super se- nior" season by running back Jordan Mims. Also, quarterback Jake Haener will be back in 2022 after returning to the Bulldogs for a New Mexico Bowl victory. Haener briefly entered the transfer portal following the depar- ture of head coach Kalen DeBoer to the University of Washington.
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Dinuba High's Nicholas Coen Quintana stood atop the podium as 145-pound cham- pion, flanked by runnerup Edgar Batres of Monache (right) and third place finisher Sam Chacon of Clovis. Quintana was selected Outstanding Middle Weights Wrestler.
Youth soccer camp in Sanger on Jan. 22
BASH
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Friday and Saturday, Jan. 7-8.
Reedley will be one of the teams competing in the invitational, but first the Pirates travel to face Liberty-Madera Ranchos in a dual meet. Reedley then opens the North Yosemite League season on Tuesday, Jan. 11, with a tri-meet against Roo- sevelt and Sunnyside High in Fresno in a 5:30 p.m. start.
The next tournament action Dinuba after this week will be the Temec-
ula Valley Tournament in Southern California on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 14-15. The Emperors will hosts a Central Se- quoia League dual meet on Wednesday Jan. 26, at DHS gym.
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Sanger High will be
competing at the two- day Doc Buchanan In- vitational tournament at Clovis High School on Friday and Satur- day, Jan, 7-8. The an- nual event perennially attracts many of the top teams from around California and the west.
The Apaches open
their County Metro Athletic Conference season on Wednesday, Jan. 12, against Madera High School at Sanger High South Gym. The girls will compete at 5:30 p.m., followed by varsity boys matches at 6:30.
Sanger's sched- uled tournaments for early 2022 include the California Invitational Tournament (CIT) In- vitational at Morro Bay High School on Jan. 21-22, and the Over- felt Wrestling Classic on Saturday, Jan. 29, at Overfelt High School in San Jose.
MVT Staff Report
Sanger Youth Soc- cer League and High Performance Academy is putting on a one-day winter soccer camp for the general public on
Saturday, Jan. 22, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Rea- gan Elementary School in Sanger.
The camp is open to boys and girls players from Under-6 to U-12 age groups, and instruc-
tion will come from HPA coaches and staff. Spots are limited.
For information, go on- line to hpnation.com/ camps, or to register text "SANGERCAMP" to (559) 239-1241.
PREPS
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able at press time) and at Kings- burg (Thursday, Jan. 6) before that matchup.
The Reedley-Dinuba game is a boys-girls doubleheader, with the varsity girls contest at 5 p.m. The Pirates girls first host Washington Union at 6 p.m. Jan. 6, while the Lady Emps are home to Kingsburg that night at 7 p.m.
The Reedley-Dinuba game is a boys-girls doubleheader, with the varsity girls contest at 5 p.m. The Pirates girls first host Washington Union at 6 p.m. Jan. 6, while the Lady Emps are home to Kingsburg that night at 7 p.m.
Sanger's girls, meanwhile, lost 47-25 on Dec. 28 at the Arvin Hol- iday Tournament. The Apaches (9-6) opened CMAC play Jan. 4 at Roosevelt and then play at Made- ra at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11.
SOCCER Reedley boys debut new complex on Jan. 6
Reedley High (7-4-2) will play its second non-league boys contest against a Clovis Unified school on Thursday, Jan. 6, with a 5 p.m. home contest against the Clovis West Golden Eagles (10- 4).It's the first match at the new Reedley Soccer Complex, and
FINAL 2021
PREP FOOTBALL STANDINGS NORTH YOSEMITE LEAGUE
Sunnyside Reedley Roosevelt
Fresno
McLane
Hoover
Season concluded
League Season WL PFPA WLPFPA 50 232 69 8 2 372226
Kingsburg
Dinuba
Exeter
CV Christian Selma
Hanford West Season concluded
WLPFPA WLPFPA
Fowler
Orosi
Caruthers Riverdale
Orange Cove Minarets
Parlier
Season concluded
W L PF PA W L PF PA
4 1 178 69 2 2 94 98 2 2 59 126 1 4 65 123 0 5 56 199
8 2 6 5 3 4 5 6 0 9
343 148 251 261 86 243 212 251 85 368
COUNTY METRO ATHLETIC CONFERENCE League Season
SJ Memorial Bullard
Sanger
Madera
Edison
Madera South Season concluded
Immanuel
Season concluded
WL PFPAWLPFPA
4 0 148 27 9 1 353 91 311496995492362 22849756199222 2310116647226323 12696227232297 043016046173257
INDEPENDENT W L PF PA
7 4 224 136
CENTRAL SEQUOIA LEAGUE League Season
5 0172 62 10 3 416236 322209985501326 329312465251245 2 29573115412261 137113925116208 055721119142235
WEST SEQUOIA LEAGUE League Season
6 0 261 76 8 3 323 178 4220813774386230 4219912657283290 321587243228115 2415512948246319 149518517135314 0663570914461
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
Reedley High goalkeeper Jose Segovia made a sprawling save of a shot against Clovis High during the Pirates' 2-2 non-league draw against the Cou- gars on Dec. 28 at Sal Gonzalez Field.
comes nine days after a 2-2 tie on Dec. 28 against Clovis High.
Apache boys prep
for CMAC opener
Sanger High's 8-1-1 boys soc- cer team closed out a rugged pre- league schedule on Jan. 4 with a road match in Fresno against Cen- tral High. Results were unavail- able at press time.
The Apaches state-ranked squad will kick off County Met- ro Athletic Conference play on Wednesday, Jan. 12, at 5 p.m. against the Madera High Coyotes
in Tom Flores Stadium.
Sanger girls edged by Clovis North
At Fresno, the Apache girls (9-3-1) dropped a 4-3 decision to Clovis North on Dec. 30. Gianna Mclain, Karina Gonzalez and Di- ana Garcia all scored in the sec- ond half for Sanger, but the Bron- cos match the three scores and held on for the victory thanks to a first half goal.
Sanger hosted Kingsburg on Jan. 4, then plays at Central High at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6.
Oscar Herrera
Reedley High Football
Oscar Herrera (74, left) of Reedley High recently was honored along with
teammate Ryan Warkentin (co-Medium Schools Player of the Year) as one of the Fresno Bee’s Top 100 football players for the 2021 season. Junior guard- defensive end Herrera was voted as the North Yosemite League’s Lineman of the Year by league coaches.
Photo courtesy of Danny Jimenez
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Javier Martinez
Dinuba High Wrestling
Javier Martinez, Dinuba High wrestling, went 3-0 and captured the 285-pound championship at The Bash tournament at Dinuba High on Dec. 29-30. The senior, who finished fourth in the state as a junior and is ranked No. 2
at 285 lbs. through Dec. 26, has won Chukchansi Invitational and Reedley Classic titles and has a 21-3 record for the season.
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