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Eagles fall to Rough Riders in opener
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Justin Paboojian, Immanuel High Eagles defensive lineman, tackles a Roosevelt High Rough Riders player during a game on Aug. 17 in Fresno. The Rough Riders defeated the Eagles 21-6. The Eagles will play Farmersville High School on FrIday, Aug. 24, at the Immanuel Sports Complex.
Staff Report
After taking a 6-0 lead late in the second quarter, the Im- manuel High Eagles football team was unable to get its offense going against the Roo- sevelt Rough Riders.
The Eagles were out- scored 21-0 in the finals 25 minutes of the game and lost to the Rough Riders 21-6 on Aug. 17 at Sunnyside Stadium in Fresno.
Immanuel is 0-1 and will play Farmersville High School on Friday, Aug. 24, at the Im- manuel Sports Complex.
A full report of the game against Farmersville will be
published in the Aug. 30 edi- tion of The Exponent.
On Aug. 17, after both the Eagles and Rough Riders of- fenses struggled most of the first half, the Eagles were in position to take the lead late in the second quarter.
Immanuel took a 6-0 lead with 1:24 left in the first half when Kaleb Daglish, Eagles quarterback, connected with Eagles tight end Winston Wil- liams on a 5-yard touchdown pass.
Daglish is in his first year as the starting quarterback for the Eagles.
Roosevelt answered right back and scored a touchdown
late in the second quarter to take a 7-6 half-time lead.
Derek Wood, Immanuel High's senior cornerback, had two interceptions in the first half.
The Eagles ended with three interceptions in the game.
The Rough Riders scored a touchdown on their first pos- session of the third quarter to extend their lead to 14-6.
They added another touch- down late in the third quarter to take a 21-6 lead.
Immanuel was unable to score the rest of the game.
Chris Gurrola, Immanuel High Eagles senior receiver, catches a ball during a game against Roosevelt High on Aug. 17 at Sunnyside High in Fresno.
The Eagles host Farmersville High on Friday, Aug. 24, at the Immanuel Sports Complex.
Kirk Kawagoe / Photo Contributed
Pirates football fall to Apaches
Chris Aguirre / The Exponent
The Reedley High Pirates girls volleyball team celebrate after scoring a point during a game against Yosemite High School on Aug. 14 at Reedley High School. The Pirates won the match 3-0.
RHS volleyball wins opener over Badgers
Staff Report
The Reedley High Pirates football team opened their season with a 45-0 loss to the Sanger High Apaches.
The game played on Aug. 17 at Tom Flores Stadium in Sanger was the 105th meeting between the two programs.
The Apaches raced out to a 14-0 lead after the first
quarter of play and a 35-0 halftime lead.
Reedley High is 0-1 on the season and will play the Sier- ra Pacific Golden Bears from Hanford on Friday, Aug. 24, at Sal Gonzalez Field.
It will be the first of two straight home games for Reedley High.
A full report of the Pirates' home opener will be published in the Aug. 30 edition of The Reedley Exponent.
RHS Water Polo
The Reedley High Pirates boys and girls water polo teams opened their 2018 sea- son on Aug. 21 against Selma High.
No score was available at presstime.
The Pirates host Dinuba High School on Thursday, Aug. 23, at the Reedley High
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Jon Earnest / The Exponent
The Reedley High Pirates football team took the field for their first game of the seaosn on Aug. 17. The Pirates lost to the Sanger High Apaches 45-0 at Tom Flores Satdium in Sanger. Reedley High will play Sierra Pacific High School from Hanford on Friday, Aug. 24, at Sal Gonzalez Field.
By Chris Aguirre
Chris@midvalleypublishing.com
The Reedley High Pi- rates girls volleyball team opened their 2018 season with a statement.
The Pirates defeated the Yosemite High Badgers 3-0 on Aug. 14 at Reedley High School. Set scores were 25- 17, 25-22 and 25-21.
Reedley High then de- feated El Diamante High from Visalia 3-2 on Aug. 16 in Visalia.
Set scores were 25-14, 21-25, 16-25, 25-23 and 15-11. As of Aug. 21, the Pirates
were 2-0.
Yosemite High has
played in two straight Cen- tral Section Finals and the importance of the season opening victory over the Yosemite program was not lost on Reedley High.
“We played well and the team looked good offensive- ly and defensively,” said Ken Tatami, Reedley High Pirates head coach. “We met our expectations.”
Julie Scott led the Pi- rates with 12 kills, while Maddy Gates had 11. Nikole Rodriguez had 10 kills.
Kayla Rocha and Rodri-
guez each had three serving aces.
Reese Kubo had 45 digs to lead the Pirates, while Ro- cha ended with 34 assists.
Coach Tatami hopes the win gives the team confi- dence.
“You can't put a price on what just happened. You beat a team like Yosemite and you want to use the momentum to springboard into the rest of the season,” Tatami said. “Our preseason is going to test us and that is what we want.”
On Aug. 16 against El Diamante, Scott and Gates each had 10 kills. Rodriguez ended with seven. Reese Kubo had 14 digs and Rocha ended the match with 30 as- sists.
The Pirates have eight seniors on the team in 2018 and that experience helped the team.
“We continued to play at a high level throughout the match. We didn't fold but i think when you have a team full of seniors on the court that leadership kicks in,” Tatami said. “They know what it takes.”
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Immanuel volleyball wins first two games
The Immanuel High Eagles girls volleyball team is off to a 2-0 start to the 2018 season. The Eagles defeated Minarets High on Aug. 14 and Liberty High of Madera on Aug. 16.
File Photo / The Exponent
Staff Report
The Immanuel High Ea- gles volleyball team is off to a 2-0 start after victories over Minarets High and Liberty High Schools.
The Eagles defeated Mina- rets High School 3-2 on Aug. 14 at Minarets High School.
They then defeated Liberty High of Madera 3-1 on Aug. 15. Immanuel High hosted Hanford High on Aug. 21. No score was available at press-
time.
A full report of the game
will be published in the Aug. 30 edition of The Exponent.
They then will play at Si- erra High School on Thurs- day, Aug. 23, before playing Yosemite High School on Tuesday, Aug. 28, in Yosemite.
IHS Tennis
The Immanuel High Ea-
gles girls tennis team opened the season on Aug. 16, with a 9-0 loss to San Joaquin Memo- rial.
The Eagles hosted Sierra High School on Aug. 21.
No score was available at presstime.
Immanuel then will host Kingsburg High School on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at the Im- manuel Sports Complex.
It will be the Central Se- quoia League opener for both schools.
IHS Cross Country
The Immanuel High Ea- gles cross country team will compete in the Dinuba Invita- tional on Saturday, Aug. 25, in Dinuba.
A full report of the race will be published in the Aug. 30 edition of The Exponent.