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Cutler-Orosi Unified School District / Photo Contributed
The COVID-19 Test Bus Express came to the Cutler-Orosi Family Education Center on May 17 to administer free COVID-19 testing to the public.
Among Mid Valley Times cities in the county through May 18 (Fresno County's new dashboard surveillance is providing more pinpoint updates for regions rather than cities), the Sanger region remains with the most total overall positive cases with 6,102 (4,500 in the city proper) and 63 deaths with no recent updates from the FCDPH
there were 49,908 total confirmed cases (290 active, up 22 for the week) of COVID- 19 with 841 deaths and 15 hospitalized as of Tuesday, May 18. Breakdowns by cities/ regions through May 18 show 4,257 cases (15 in the past three weeks) in Dinuba, 1,483 in Orosi, 754 in Cutler, 274 in Traver, 63 in the rural area south of Reedley and 23 in the rural area southeast of Orange Cove.
County saw 12 fewer hospitalizations than the week previous; Tulare County had a slight in- crease to 15.
Workers were laying out rolls of new grass at the newly remod- eled Reedley High varsity baseball dia- mond and complex. The school is aiming to play a home game at the facility before the end of the season in early June.
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
TENNIS Apache boys ousted from section playoffs
Visiting Clovis West High, seeded 11th in Di- vision I, bounced the No. 5 seed Sanger Apaches from the Central Section boys Division I playoffs with a 5-4 upset at SHS courts on May 17. The Golden Eagles advanced to play at No. 3 Buchan- an High on May 19.
Immanuel High's boys drew the top seed in Division II, and were to host No. 9 Central High on May 19. The Grizzlies won at No. 8 Yosemite by a 5-1 score.
Reedley, meanwhile, had a first round bye and hosted No. 5 Han- ford West in the Division III quarterfinals on May 19.
The top seed Sanger High's girls, meanwhile, will host the winner of No. 4 Bakersfield and No. 5 Central in the Di- vision II quarterfinals on Thursday, May 20.
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The county's depart- ment of health has urged all residents to get vac- cinated to ensure that infection and hospital- ization rates remain low,and that the region eventually can get to the yellow (minimum) tier of positive cases. As of May 17, 750,474 people had received at least one dose and nearly 305,000 people had been fully vaccinated.
In Tulare County,
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10 seed in Division III and a road matchup May 19 at No. 7 Templeton. If the Pirates could pull off the upset, they would play at No. 2 Golden West on Friday, May 21.
Other high seeds among region schools include Orosi High's West Sequoia League champion girls (12-1, 11-0), who are seeded fourth in Division IV and hosted Fresno High on May 19. A win would advance the Cardinals to a Friday, May 21, home match against either No. 5 Bakersfield Christian or No. 12 South.
Orange Cove High's boys (10-5-1, 7-3 West Sequoia) drew the third seed in Division V and a first round bye. They'll host the winner of River- dale-Hanford West on Thursday, May 20.
nearly 80 percent of the population had re- ceived at least one CO- VID shot, and 161,924 people had been fully vaccinated as of May 16. Those have been factors in helping both counties drop to the orange (moderate) tier level and hold steady at that level.
On May 17, the Cut- ler-Orosi Family Educa- tion Center again was the site of the COVID-19 Test Bus Express. The site provided free CO- VID-19 tests to be ad-
BASEBALL Pirates remain on Fresno High's heels
Reedley High re- mained one game back of NYL-leading Fresno High by posting a pair of victories over Hoover High last week.
First, the Pirates (13- 6-1, 7-2) romped past the Patriots by a 21-0 score in Fresno on May 13. Then on May 18 at Im- manuel Sports Complex, RHS had to rally for a 6-5 victory. Sammy Es- tala finished 2-for-3 with a double and three runs batted in while David Pimentel added two hits and Mike Rios picked up the pitching victory.
Immanuel High, meanwhile, fell into a tie for second place with Kingsburg High in the CSL, dropping an 11-7 road decision on May 14. Sam Swearengin went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI while Grant
A total of 48,777 people (97.7 percent) in Tulare County were listed as recovered as of May 18.
RC men's golf remains undefeated
By Will Goldbeck
For The Times
By a margin of 37 strokes, the Reedley College men’s golf team remained undefeated in regular season in Central Valley Confer- ence play by winning a tournament at the Kings River golf and country club in Kingsburg on May 17.
Coach Scott Stark's Tigers squad finished with the team score of 373, seven strokes ahead of second place Fresno City College. Modesto JC placed third with 414.
Noah Kozack (Sas- katchewan) took medal- ist honors with a round of 70. Jared Hernandez (El Diamanté, Visalia) and Cole Obridgewi-
esch (Canada) next with rounds of 72. Other scores for Reedley were Beau Willet (Australia) with a 76, Patrick Sper- ling with an 80 and Matt Frith (Sydney, Australia) with a non-scoring 84.
Tigers are now 12–0 on the season and 10 points ahead in the con- ference standings.
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pated in live ceremo- nies on May 19. The remaining schedule for RC honorees is:
Thursday, May 20 — Social Science at 4:30 p.m., Art Music & English at 7:45 p.m.
Friday, May 21 —
STEM at 4 p.m., Early Childhood & Education at 6:15 p.m.; Business at 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, May 22 — Open ceremony, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
All ceremonies will be live-streamed on the Reedley College You- Tube channel and also can be viewed live on the Reedley College Facebook page.
High school gradu- ation ceremonies in Reedley, Sanger, Dinu- ba, Parlier, Orange Cove and Orosi will take place later this month and in early June. Date details will be in future issues of The Times.
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a 15-0 run, featuring a breakaway dunk by junior wing player Jon Dillon. The Apaches led by six points at halftime, then amped up the defensive pres- sure to go on a 34-13 run in the third quarter to win going away.
Sanger hosted Bul- lard High in a May 19 evening game, then travels to first place San Joaquin Memorial for a 6:30 p.m. contest May 21 in Fresno. The Apaches close out the regular season with home games against Edison (May 25) and Madera South (May 27).
Sanger High's girls (7-9, 4-2) also swept Madera South (58-20) and Madera (49-28) last week, and host first place San Joaquin Memorial at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 21 at SHS gym.
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Dinuba High hosts a
varsity basketball dou- bleheader Friday, May 21 against Orosi. The Emperor girls play at 5:30 p.m. followed by the boys (1-3) at 7 p.m.
Reedley hosts McLane on Friday, May 21, with girls (0-3) at 5:30 and boys (4-3) at 7:30 p.m.
As of the most recent update on Tuesday, May 18, there had been 102,013 confirmed cases (1.7 percent positive rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) out of 1,234,980 tests in Fresno County, with 1,690 deaths and 78 hospitalizations.
website. Through the May 18 update, Reedley (including immediate surrounding rural areas) still showed 4,454 cases (3,500 in the city proper) and 72 deaths; Parlier was at 2,970 (2,500 in city) cases with 37 deaths and Orange Cove had 1,500 (2,820 regional) cases and 13 deaths. Del Rey was at 307 cases (900 in region) while Fowler had 1,256 cases (1,000 in the city) and 21 deaths through May 18. The region that includes Squaw Valley, Dunlap and Miramonte had 316 total cases on the new data surveillance website through May 18. The county no longer is listing recoveries in its
tered since the start of the pandemic.
Another promising sign has been reduced hospitalizations. Fresno
13 before the Panthers came to Sanger on May 15 and rolled to a 13-1 victory.
SOFTBALL Dinuba shares CSL lead with Kingsburg
The Emperors (11-5, 5-1) continued to keep pace with Kingsburg in the Central Sequoia League title chase, de- feating Exeter by a 10-0 score on May 11 before edging Hanford West, 4-3, on May 14.
Dinuba will play at Immanuel High this Sat- urday, May 22, before hosting Kingsburg in a rematch showdown on Tuesday, May 25. The Vi- kings posted a 10-0 vic- tory over the Lady Emps in Kingsburg on April 30.
Reedley remained unbeaten in NYL play with a pair of wins over Hoover (10-2 on May 11 and 15-1 on May 13). The Pirates (7-4, 4-0) played winless Roosevelt on- May 18 and Thursday, May 20.
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ministered to anyone in the public wishing one. In Fresno County, more than 1.2 million COVID tests had been adminis-
Hansen was 3-for-4 with an RBI.
The Eagles (9-7, 5-2) hosted Exeter on May 18, play at Dinuba High on May 21, then travel to Fresno to take on San Joaquin Memorial in a non-league contest on Monday, May 24.
Dinuba (3-15, 2-5 CSL) shut out Hanford West on May 14, and played at Selma on May 19. In the CMAC, Sanger (10-9, 1-5) pulled out at 2-1 victory at San Joa- quin Memorial on May
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