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Thursday, December 12, 2019
Reedley High’s Madison Haney shot over a pair of Hanford West High de- fenders during the Pirates’ 43-20 victory on Dec. 5. The senior made the all- tournament team after scoring 42 points in three games, including 19 points in a 55-44 loss to Washington Union on Dec. 7.
Reedley High girls finish second at own tournament
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Emperors win Kingsburg
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Fast starts each half, an effective three-quarters/full-court trap and time- ly scoring from three sources gave the Washington Union High Panthers the Reedley Girls Basketball Tournament championship on Dec. 7. The 55-44 de- cision at Reedley High also handed the Pirates their first loss of the season after six victories.
All-tournament selections Tiana Hol- land (game-high 20 points) and Shayla Cuddy (19 points) scored a number of points in transition, and tournament Most Valuable Player Cierra Dean chipped in with 10 points on her way to 45 in the tournament.
“They’re a pretty tough team,” RHS coach Matt Wilkinson said of Washington Union (5-0). “We knew coming in they were going to press pretty aggressively. Unfortunately, it took us about five min- utes to figure it out. Credit to them for doing that.”
Reedley fell behind 14-0 in the first quarter, but began to battle back behind senior center Madison Haney. Playing at times against 6-foot-3 sophomore Madi- son Moles, Haney scored 10 points of her team-high 19 points in the first half as the Pirates rallied to tie the game and then trail by just two points (22-20 at halftime.
“She’s really been coming up big for us,” WIlkinson said of Haney. “She’s a
four-year senior on the varsity team, and we’re proud that she’s taken it upon her- self to be a leader.”
Sophomore Miah Paz scored eight of her 17 points in the half, and helped keep Reedley closed midway through the fourth quarter before the Panthers pulled away in the closing minutes.
“She’s a sophomore coming off a pretty fantastic season as a freshman,” Wilkinson said. “We’ve struggled at times to get her the ball, but she’s the kind of kid where she’s got a lot of fight in her and she doesn’t give up.”
Reedley played the final game with- out senior point guard Precious Hawkins, who injured her right knee during a 52- 16 win over Parlier on Dec. 6. It was the same knee Hawkins had ACL surgery on as a sophomore, causing her to miss the 2018-19 season. Wilkinson said Hawkins will undergo an MRI sometime this week, and is expected to miss at least three or four weeks.
Paz scored 16 points and Haney 12 in a 43-20 win over Hanford West on Dec. 5. Paz had 11 of her 18 points and Haney seven of her 11 points in the first half against Parlier as the Pirates cruised to a 31-8 lead at the break.
Reedley returned to action Dec. 10 at Golden West in Visalia, then has a 7:30 p.m. non-league home game against Woodlake on Friday, Dec. 13. The Pirates open play against Orosi High in the Dec. 18-21 Dinuba/Orosi Tournament.
court for us.”
The Emperors
reached the title game with a 82-41 win over McFarland on Friday. Di- nuba had also posted an impressive win over Ker- man, 60-38, on Thursday as Magaña led all scorers with 22 points and Bryan R added 14.
In their tournament opener against Hanford 66-44, guard Elias Flores poured in a game-high 25.
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Championship marks the second year inarow
that Dinuba has won the annual Kingsburg tournament
By George M. Villagrana
Mid Valley Times
For the second straight year, the Dinu- ba High boys basketball team won the Kingsburg Lions Tournament title, defeating Porterville, 65-54 Saturday in Kings- burg.
The win improved the Emperors record to 5-0 as they host the 5th Annual Andrew Bedoya Holiday Classic this week.
Dinuba’s Josh Maga- ña was named the tourna- ment Most Valuable Play- er as the senior sharp- shooter scored 84 points in four games. Teammate Isaak Flores was named to the all-tournament team.
“The guys did a nice job all tournament play- ing tough defense and sharing the ball on of- fense,” said coach Jeff Schofield. “The team seems to be getting along well with one another and that is showing on the
Lions Tournament
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Dinuba High senior Isaak Flores, pictured here in a quar- terfinals win over Kerman, made the all-tournament team.
This week's Andrew Bedoya Classic will last until Saturday. The Em- perors will then be on the road on Monday, Dec. 16, when they take on ri- val Selma. That game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
Dinuba will return home on Tuesday,, Dec. 17, when they host Lib- erty High. Tip-off for that game is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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Tigers take second at Jim Clark Classic
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Reedley College brought a second place plaque home from the 41st annual Jim Clark Classic over the weekend.
The Tigers defeated Napa Valley 78-68 and host Cosumnes River 76-66 before los- ing to Las Positas 79-74 to leave Coach T.J. Jennings’ squad with a season record of 8-3.
In the win over Napa, Hassan Bolden scored 31 points and pulled down 11 re- bounds. The sophomore from Madera South went 19 of 21 from the foul line. Anthony
Vallin came off the bench to score 14 points while Uriah Carter added 11 points and 9 re- bounds.
Reedley rallied from a seven-point deficit in the win over Cosumnes River, outscoring the Hawks 16-2 to take a 61-54 lead.
No statistics were available for the Co- sumnes River or Los Positas games.
This week, Reedley travels to the Foothill College Tournament in Los Altos Hills, facing DeAnza (2-9) Friday at 4 p.m., San Jose City (3-7) Saturday at 4 p.m. and the host Owls (7- 3) Sunday at 3 p.m.
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Reedley College women drop three in Visalia tournament
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With three losses at the Gilcrest tourna- ment in Visalia last week, the Reedley College women’s basketball team saw it’s record drop to 2-7.
The Tigers will take a five-game losing streak into three games in the Los Angeles Harbor Showcase this week. They will face three teams with a combined record of 1-11. On Thursday at 8 pm, Reedley faces Golden West (0-3) before facing another 0-3 team, Palo Verde, on Friday at noon. The road trip concludes with a noon game on Sunday against Orange Coast College. The Pirates are 1-5.
Reedley opened the tournament with a 68-
42 loss to Mount San Antonio College. Aman- preet Kaur led the Tigers with 12 points. Tristan Randall added 11 points off the bench while Chasity Martinez contributed 10.
Reedley was held to a season low of 31 points in a 49-31 loss to LA Valley on Friday. The Tigers trailed by only two points through the first quarter before managing only a free throw by Annie Lopez in the second period. LA Valley scored the last 10 points of the first half. Randle had 10 points to lead the Tiger attack.
On Saturday, Reedley dropped an 83- 62 decision to College of the Canyons. Sam Mendoza led the Tigers with 20 points while Breanna Jones added 12, making 7 of 10 free throws.
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