Page 9 - Mid Valley Times 2-18-21 E-edition

Conditioning for a shot to play
Reedley College football players work out, prepare for return to action in 2021
Reedley College hasn't played a competitive football game since the end of the 2019 season, but the Tigers are preparing for an eventual return to game action. Head coach Eric Marty said the team hopes to continue distanced workouts through the spring, with weekly testing, and hope to have 15 padded practices starting in April. It marks the first time California has allowed junior college padded practices in the spring. Marty said the plan is to return to a normal trajectory for summerworkouts and the Fall 2021 season.
TOP: Maky White makes a cut during linebacker drills. in the background from left are freshmen linebackers Xavier Rodriguez and Leroy Campbell.
ABOVE LEFT: Players dressed in shirts, shorts and sweats conducted a variety of conditioning and agility drills. ABOVE RIGHT: Head coach Marty was masked up as he watched players work out.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Some prep sports
making a return
with limited
outdoor schedules
Danny Jimenez / Photos Contributed
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
California's COV- ID-19 restrictions are gradually relaxing when it comes to athletics, enabling the California Interscholastic Federa- tion to bring back high school sports on a lim- ited basis. And schools in the region are begin- ning to take advantage by scheduling some competitions involving eligible sports.
In Reedley, Im- manuel High School has scheduled girls and boys tennis matches against Fresno High this week. The matches willbeat1and3p.m., respectively. at the Im- manuel Sports Complex tennis courts.
Also this week, Reedley High School participated in a cross country meet at Fresno High School on Feb. 16. Then on Friday, Feb. 19, the Pirates travel to Sanger High as the Apaches host a swim and dive meet at 3:30 p.m. at the SHS pool.
Next week, Reedley High has scheduled road tennis matches against Fresno High (Tuesday, Feb. 23) and Hoover High (Thursday, Feb. 25). Pirates swimmers and divers will travel to Visalia for a 3:30 p.m.
meet on Wednesday, Feb. 24, and the school will host its first ath- letic event when the Pi- rates and Hoover have a dual cross country meet Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 3:30 p.m. in Citizen's Park.
Darren Minami, RHS athletic director, said the school's first on-campus athletic event will be the first week of March as they continue to work through COVID-19 pro- tocols.
Immanuel High has established scheduled for boys and girls var- sity golf along with var- sity softball. The Eagles' softball team is sched- uled to open a 22-date schedule on Saturday, March 27, at the three- day Fowler Easter Clas- sic softball tournament. Their first home game is scheduled for Monday, April 12 against Mendo- ta High in a 4 p.m. start at the Immanuel Sports Complex.
JohnC Freitas, Di- nuba High athletic di- rector, said the school's spring sports teams are setting up to begin play the first week of March,and will have schedules formalized by the end of this week.
The Times will pub- lish scheduled games and matches as they become available.
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