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slide with win over Golden West
Immanuel girls fall to Selma, Golden West
MVT Staff Report
A day after a heart- breaking loss to Selma High dropped them to 1-3 in Central Sequoia League basketball play, the Immanuel High boys snapped a three-game los- ing streak at the expense of the Golden West Trail- blazers.
Winston Williams scored 23 points, nine in the third quarter, and the Eagles (9-8) dominated the first and fourth quarters during 74-55 victory over the visitors from Visalia in a Jan. 10 non-league contest at Immanuel High. The Eagles bounced back from a deflating 76- 75 setback to Selma, after the Bears roared back from a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter to stun the hosts on a last-second basket by Aaron Blancas.
Immanuel outscored visiting Golden West by an 18-5 count in the open- ing quarter — getting 3-point baskets from Jo- nah Tolpezninkas and Ry- an Chavez to jump ahead. The Trailblazers crept within seven points af- ter three quarters before the Eagles iced the vic- tory with a 17-5 run over the final eight minutes. Williams had six points
while Shawn Rodgers (13 points) added four points and Amren Purewal (12 points) scored five points in the period. Max Perez scored all eight of his points for Immanuel in the second quarter.
Against Selma, the Eagles had a 72-59 lead with a little more than three minutes to play, but Blancas scored the next seven points to cut the deficit to 10, 74-64 with two minutes left. Joey Ramirez sank a 3-pointer, and after Selma got the ball back Blancas scored on a traditional three-point play to make it 74-70 with a little over a minute remaining. After the Eagles were unable to score, Blancas sand- wiched four made free throws around a foul shot by Purewal, cutting the IHS lead to 75-74.
Immanuel then missed a free throw in the wan- ing seconds, and Blan- cas capped off a sizzling 16-point quarter (he fin- ished the night with 33 points) with a basket to beat the buzzer and drop the Eagles three games back in the league race. Williams finished with 29 points, 10 in the fourth quarter, while Rodgers added 16 points and Tolpe-
zninkas scored 11 points. The Eagles began the week with a 68-60 home loss to the Roosevelt Rough Riders on Jan. 7. Rodgers scored eight of his 16 points in the third quarter as Immanuel tried to rally from an 11-point halftime deficit before the visitors pulled away in the fourth. Tolpe- zninkas and Williams each scored 15 points while Rough Riders guard Nico Thomas had a game-high
22 points.
Immanuel began a
four-game CSL road trip with a Jan. 15 game at first place Hanford West. The Eagles then play at Central Valley Christian on Friday, Jan. 17; visit Kingsburg Tuesday, Jan. 21; and then play at Ex- eter on Thursday, Jan. 23. All varsity games have scheduled 7:30 p.m. starts.
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Immanuel High’s girls fell to 0-4 in CLS play with a 49-37 loss at Selma on Jan. 9. The Eagles (5-13 overall) then battled vis- iting Golden West before dropping a 50-45 decision on Jan. 10.
Alegria Pena scored 14 points for the IHS girls against Selma — 11 points in the first quarter while hitting three of her
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Eagles boys' basketball ends
Immanuel High’s Shawn Rodgers soared in for a layup during the first quarter against Selma High on Jan. 9. Looking on is the Bears’ D.J. Rodriguez (22). Rodgers scored 16 points in the Eagles’ 76-75 loss.
four 3-point baskets — but the Bears outscored the Eagles 16-6 in the second and received a game-high 32 points from Audrey Gonzales. Brooke Hatch added nine points for IHS.
In the loss to Golden West, Immanuel never led the game but rallied
to make the score close on numerous occasions. Sammie Greene scored eight of her team-high 15 points in the third quar- ter while Pena added 11 points – eight in the open- ing period.
The Eagles resumed CSL play with a Jan. 15
home game against Han- ford West, then play at Central Valley Christian in a 6 p.m. start Friday, Jan. 17. Immanuel then travels to Fresno Chris- tian School for a 1 p.m. girls basketball showcase game on Saturday, Jan. 18.
Reedley girls' hoops improve to 14-4
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Earlier last week, Reedley ran its win streak to four straight by wiping out an early 13-1 defi- cit to gain the lead by halftime before pulling away in the fourth quarter to down Tulare Western High, 50-35, at RHS gym on Jan. 7. Paz scored 15 of the Pirates’ 22 points in the fourth quarter, hitting a trio of 3-point baskets to finish the night with a game- high 30 points.
Emma Woodward scored six points and Maddie Aguilar added five points as the Mus- tangs (7-11) jumped to a 12-point advantage midway through the first. Brianna Green (who finished with five points) had Reedley’s only point on a free throw before Haney hit a pair of baskets and Paz sank two free throws to cut the deficit to 13-7 after one quarter.
Reedley continued the 15-0 run with nine points to open the second quarter. Paz had three free throws and a basket while Haney and Delport also added
DINUBA HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER
Dinuba High soccer player, Krista Casas, is named Athlete of the Week as the sophomore scored ve goals and
two assists over the last three matches. Dinuba is currently 5-7-2 overall and 2-3 in Central Sequoia League play.
2-pointers. Paz scored six points and Green four in the third quar- ter as Reedley closed out the third quarter with a 28-22 lead. Paz then erupted in the fourth while Daniela Gomez added three points, Haney a basket to finish with six points and Jas- mine Narvaez a 2-point basket.
Aguilar led Tulare Western with 18 points, sinking a trio of 3-pointers in the second half.
Reedley High’s girls im- proved to 14-4 on the season, jumping to a 14-point halftime lead and cruising to a 52-39 vic- tory over Dinuba (11-9) on Jan. 11. Miah Paz scored 22 points, collected six rebounds and six steals and dished off two assists.
Madison Haney added 12 points and three rebounds, Abby Delport had eight points and three assists while Brianna Green added six points and a team-high nine rebounds. Reed- ley shot 46 percent from the field and limited the Emperors to just eight points in the first half.
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Reedley High's Miah Paz scored a game- high 30 points in a victory over Tulare Union on Jan. 7
Krista Casas
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all record, the Patriots were able to take control of the game behind the shooting of junior shoot- ing guard A.J. George, who finished with 25 points while shooting 82 percent from the field. Hoover’s Jamar Bowers shot just about as well, shooting 67 percent from the field for 19 points.
Sanger entered Tues- day night’s league opener at Edison High with a 10- 7 overall record. Edison came into league play with a 9-5 overall record. Tuesday night’s results
were not available at press time.
The Apaches will be on the road again tomorrow night when they travel to Madera to take on Made- ra South. Varsity tipoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Sanger is then sched- uled to participate in the Martin Luther King Showcase at College of the Sequoias in Visalia on Monday, where they have an 8 p.m. game.
They return home on Tuesday night for a league game against Madera at Dean’s Gym at Sanger High School. Tipoff of for Tuesday night’s home game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
In a victory over Fresno High on Jan. 8, Apache's Alen- jandro Mendibles finished with 11 points and four steals.
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