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Butte blanks RC football in Gridiron Classic Bowl
By Will Goldbeck
Contributed
For the first time in five years — or 35 games — the Reedley College Tiger football team lost a game by shutout last weekend.
The Tigers were blanked for the first time since a 52- 0 loss to Merced in 2016, as Butte College blanked the Ti- gers 34-0 in the Gridiron Clas- sic Bowl at Cowan Stadium in Oroville on Dec. 4.
Reedley drove down into the red zone on two of its first three possessions before los- ing the ball on interceptions.
“It was one of those types of games,” said Tiger head coach Rob Hartenfels. “But the team got the experience of traveling and staying in a hotel.”
Reedley had its chances. After trailing 13-0 at half- time, the Tigers drove inside the Butte 5-yard line before losing possession. The coach said one of the interceptions came on a running play.
“But the kids still fought until the last series,” said the
first-year head coach.
Five different Roadrun-
ners scored touchdowns in the contest. Reedley had 34 more passing yards (235 to 201) but lost the rushing battle by a 342-67 margin. Butte av- eraged 8.1 yards per rushing play compared to 2.4 for the
Tigers. In the game, the Road- runners held an 8.5 to 4.7 yard per play average, Both teams ran 64 offensive plays.
The Tigers converted only 2 of 14 third down situations and were 0 of 3 on fourth down, compared to 4 of 10 and 2 of 3, respectively. Butte fin-
ished the afternoon with six quarterback sacks.
Butte outgained Reedley 543-302.
Both Butte and Reedley finished with records of 7-4. A banquet and awards night will be held in January for the Tiger squad.
Valley Conference teams went 2-2 in the postseason as College of the Sequoias edged Merced in overtime on Dec. 2 while Modesto defeated Diab- lo Valley on Dec. 4. Last week, Fresno City lost to College of San Mateo in the Northern California semifinals.
Tigers men's basketball takes 2 of 3 at Sacramento area tourney
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With four games remain- ing before the start of confer- ence play, the Reedley Col- lege Tiger men’s basketball team may have turned things around last weekend in Sac- ramento.
Coach T.J. Jennings took his team to his hometown; winning two of three games at the James Clark Classic in the Sacramento suburb of Elk Grove and Cosumnes River College as the Tigers improved to 4-6 on the sea- son.
Two of those four non-
conference games will be played this week as the Col- lege of the Redwoods (6-2, the best record in the Golden Valley Conference) came to Reedley Dec. 8 before the Ti- gers head to Ridgecrest Sat- urday, Dec. 11, to face Cerro Coso Community College. Cerro Coso is 7-2, the best record in the Inland Empire Athletic Conference.
Last week, the Tigers were boosted by the return of guard Anthony Martinez. All Marti- nez did was score 65 points in the three games, which in- cluded a 25-point performance against the tournament host
Cosumnes River Chiefs. Reedley opened the tour- nament on Dec. 2 with a 64-60 win on over Sacramento City before being edged by a 9-1 Las Positas squad on Dec 3. The team followed their 76- 73 victory over Cosumnes River on Dec. 4 with a visit to Golden 1 Center to watch the Sacramento Kings defeat
the Los Angeles Clippers. “It was a good weekend for us,” said the coach. Makhi Turner and Dwayne Howell each had 15 points in the Sat-
urday win.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The Reedley College Ti-
gers have lost three straight non-conference contests af- ter suffering defeats at Foot- hill College and at College of San Mateo last week.
Head Coach Dan Kilbert’s squad fell to 4-6 overall after a 78-72 loss at Foothill Col- lege in Los Altos on Dec. 2, before a 64-60 loss at College of San Mateo the following night.
Reedley is now idle until Tuesday, Dec. 14, when they travel to Cupertino to face the DeAnza College Dons. Conference action begins on Wednesday, Jan. 5, at West Hills Lemoore.
Sanger High Volleyball / Photo Contributed
Sanger High School's 18's boys volleyball team posed to- gether with their plaque and first place medals for the 17- 18 division in club play at the Fresno Heat Holiday Classic on Dec. 4 in Fresno.
BASKETBALL Continued from page A8
44 points, respectively, in a vic- torious bracket.
In the final win, a 73-57 deci- sion over Camarillo, four players cracked double figures led by Cole with 19 points, five steals and five rebounds and guard Andrew Lopez with 16 points and four assists. Chidera Agina had 15 points and five board while Karle added 10 points.
After opening with a 65-52 loss to Bishop Diego on Dec. 1, Sanger followed with victories over Cate High from Cupertino (47-44 on Dec. 2) and Rio Mesa- Oxnard (71-66 on Dec. 3). Guard Jaydis Beltran scored 10 points — including 3-for-3 from 3-point range, and Karle added eight points and three assists against Cupertino after scoring 13 in the opening loss to Bishop Diego.
On Nov. 7, the Apaches hosted Modesto in the opening round of the Clovis West Nike Invitation- al. Sanger has three more games this week at the tourney.
Immanuel goes 3-1
The Eagles opened the season with their own Immanuel Tour- nament of Champions, and won three of four games to take third place. Ryan Chavez made the all- tournament team with 66 points, including 25 in a 76-51 loss on Dec. 2 to eventual tournament champi- on Mt. Whitney. He added 17 in a a 64-36 win over Stone Christian (Dec. 3) and 12 points against both Riverdale (64-36 win Dec. 1) and Redwood (56-44 win Dec. 4).
Guard Mikah Tolpezninkas scored 21 points against River- dale and 17 against Redwood.
Immanuel opened play in the
Isaiah Martinez
Dinuba High basketball
Senior guard Isaiah Martinez scored a team-high 18 points, 10 in the final quarter, as the Emperors defeated Stockdale, 53-51 in
the championship game of the Kingsburg Tournament on Dec. 4. Martinez also played wide receiver on Dinuba High's football team which reached the Central Section Division III semifinals.
PREPS
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tled the final week for league supremacy. And for the second time in three seasons, the Wild- cats were victorious af- ter dethroning the reign- ing league champion Pi- rates by a 42-35 score.
Wilson was a huge reason, as the fresh- man quarterback threw for 3,260 yards and 31 touchdowns to just 1 in- terceptions.
BOYS SOCCER Apaches improve to 4-0 with two wins
Sanger High's reign- ing Division Ii section champions improved to a perfect 4-0 this season with two wins last week. The Apaches blanked McLane 6-0 on Nov. 29, then edged Fowler 4-3 on Dec. 3 at Tom Flores Stadium.
Sanger traveled to Clovis North for a non- league match on Dec. 8, then host Clovis East at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10. The Apaches then will host multiple opponents at the Central Valley Showcase on Dec. 16-18
in Sanger and Clovis.
Reedley hosts
Dinuba Dec. 9
The Reedley High Pi- rates (2-2-1) and Dinuba High Emperors (1-3-2) will meet in a non-league contest at 6 p.m. Thurs- day, Dec. 9, at RHS. Reedley is coming off a pair of 1-0 decisions, win- ning 1-0 at Madera South on Nov. 30 and then los- ing by that score at Clo- vis North on Dec. 3.
Dinuba, meanwhile, went 0-2-1 at the Harold Young Classic in Fresno last week. The Emps tied Hoover (1-1 on Dec. 3), but lost to San Luis Obiscpo (4-0 on Dec. 3) and Monache (2-1 on Dec. 4).
WRESTLING Reedley boys host Classic
Reedley High's boys host Dinuba and other teams the California Classic Tournament at RHS on Saturday, Dec. 11, with matches starting at 9 a.m. The Pirates girls along with Sanger boys and girls will compete at the Rodeo Invite at Clovis East High at 9 a.m.
Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
Immanuel High's Ryan Chavez, right, fired up a jump shot against eventual champion Mt. Whitney during the Eagles' 76-51 loss on day two of the Im- manuel Tournament of Champions on Dec. 2. Host Immanuel finished in third place with a 3-1 record.
Reedley High's Shane Ball powered to the basket for two of his team-high 17 points in the Pirates' 65-47 victory over Orange Cove High on Nov. 30 at RHS gym.
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
Bedoya Holiday Classic on Dec. 8 against Frontier.
Reedley tops Orange Cove
At Reedley on Nov. 30, the Pirates (2-3) received 17 points from Shane Ball and 16 points from Bladimir Pizano to down visiting Orange Cove by a 65-47 score. Diego Sanchez led the Ti-
tans (4-4) with 22 points. Reedley played Sierra Pacific
in Hanford on Dec. 7, and open play in the Morro Bay Tourna- ment on Friday, Dec. 10, in a 4 p.m. game against Santa Maria High. The Pirates then play Cen- tennial-Bakersfield at noon on Saturday, Dec. 11.
of the Week Reedley High Girls Basketball
Miah Paz
Senior Miah Paz became the Pirates’ career scoring leader on Dec. 2, scoring 20 points in a 40-33 win over Washington Union at the Selma Shootout tournament. Through this past weekend, Paz has 1,314 career points to surpass the previous record of 1,255 points set by Tracy Ainger (1989-1992).
Photo courtesy of Danny Jimenez
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