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hursday, August 19, 2021
Prep football regular season kicks off Friday
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Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
New Reedley College head football coach Rob Hartenfels, left, looked on as some of his Tiger players ran sprints during an Aug. 11 fall practice session at the college. The Tigers open the 2021 fall season on Saturday, Sept. 4, against San Joaquin Delta in Stockton.
DINUBA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES
ABOVE LEFT: Sanger High defender Alan Pelayo (19) upended a Central High ballcarrier as fellow linebacker Arturo Betancourt, left, closed in during the two teams' scrimmage on Aug. 13 at Chuck Shidan Field in Tom Flores Stadium. The Apaches kick off the season at home against Clovis High in a 7:30 p.m. start on Friday, Aug. 20.
George Armenta / Photo Contributed
ABOVE RIGHT: Reedley High receiver Danny Nava juggled a pass before making the grab during an Aug. 13 scrimmage at Kingsburg High School against the Vikings. The Pirates' season opener on Friday, Aug. 20, begins at 7:30 p.m. against Hanford West High.
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
LEFT: Dinuba High quarterback Casimiro Barragan avoided a Hanford High defender to complete a pass in the flat to Bryan Duran during a scrimmage at DHS' Claud Hebert Field on Aug. 13. The Emperors open the season Friday, Aug. 20, at 7:30 p.m. against Clovis East High at La- monica Stadium in Clovis.
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Home games for Sanger, Reedley and Immanuel, Dinuba opens on road in Clovis
MVT Staff Report
Less than four months after an abbre- viated spring season, prep football is back with games this Friday, Aug. 20.
Reigning County Met- ro Athletic Conference champion Sanger and North Yosemite League champion Reedley open with 7:30 p.m. home games. The Apaches (5-1 last spring) host the Clo- vis High Cougars at Tom Flores Stadium while the Pirates (5-1) take on the Hanford West High Huskies at Sal Gonzalez Field.
Also at home is Im- manuel High, which hosts Roosevelt of Fresno at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Coun- ty Line Stadium. It's the debut of new coach Josh Henderson, who built a state power during his 10-year stint at Breth-
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Tigers fall sports teams set to return in action
By Will Goldbeck
For The Times
Fall sports at Reedley College are back. Foot- ball, women’s volley- ball, women’s golf and women’s soccer have re- turned following a year off for the pandemic.
About 30 members of the Reedley Youth Foot- ball seventh and eighth grade teams attended the Aug. 14 scrimmage and barbecue to watch and learn from the Tiger football team.
Reedley, under new head coach Rob Harten- fels, is preparing for a scheduled scrimmage next week at Monterey Peninsula College, be-
Varsity, junior varsity and freshman athletes at Dinuba High School are officially starting the Fall Sports season this week. Game and match play begins in football, volleyball, water polo, girls golf, girls tennis and cross country. The Times wishes the success to all Emperor teams this fall!
fore opening the season at San Joaquin Delta Col- lege in Stockton on Sat- urday, Sept. 4, at 1 p.m.
The Tigers are sched- uled to face Delta twice this season, with the Mustangs coming to Reedley on Saturday, Oct. 2. Reedley’s home opener is set for Satur- day, Sept. 11 with a 1 p.m. matchup with Col- lege of the Siskiyous.
Reedley, with the cur- rent squad about 90 play- ers, is in the new Valley League featuring Sac-
ramento City, Modesto, West Hills Coalinga, Col- lege of the Sequoias, and Fresno City College.
A full preview of the 2021 Tigers is scheduled for the Aug. 26 edition.
The 2021 Reedley College women's volley- ball team is being led by assistant coach Madison Leighty, as head coach Mariah Roby recently gave birth to a child.
The Tigers are pre- paring for a Saturday,
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Reedley High fall sports athletes
Reedley High School begins its fall sports season with games and matches this week in football, volleyball, water polo, cross country and girls tennis and golf. The Times wishes success to all Pirates
sports teams this fall!
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