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Thursday, December 9, 2021
Dinuba, Sanger boys bag tourney titles
Immanuel takes
third at its own
TOC event
Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
The Dinuba High and Sanger High boys basketball teams claimed tournament championships last week, with the Emperors (4-1) winning three of four games at the Kingsburg Invitational and the Apaches (5-2) went 3-1 at the Nordhoff Tournament in Ojai. Both tournaments were played Dec. 1-4.
Dinuba tied Nipomo and Hanford in pool play with 2-1 records, but advanced to the finals by virtue of point dif- ferential. The Emperors then received 18 points from Isaiah Martinez and 11 points from tourney MVP Kiene Prendez to defeat Stockdale in the champi- onship game. Martinez helped preserve the lead with 10 points in the quarter.
The Emps defeated Hanford
Photos by Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
LEFT: Dinuba High's Javier Torres pro- tected the ball from pressuring Hanford High defender Cayden Muir during the Emperors' 54-41 victory on Dec. 1 at the Kingsburg Invitational tournament.
ABOVE: Kiene Prendez (11) was voted tournament MVP, while teammate Antho- ny Harp was named to the all-tournament squad.
Pirates'
Warkentin
co-MVP
for NYL
football
MVT Staff Report
Ryan Warkentin, Reedley's single sea- son rushing record- holder who helped lead the Pirates to an 8-2 season in Fall 2021, shared Most Valuable Player honors for the North Yosemite League with Sunny- side High quarterback Tanner Wilson.
Senior Warken- tin — who rushed for 2,026 yards and 25 touchdowns while racking up 2,357 all- purpose yards and 28 TDs — was joined by teammate Oscar Herrera in the spe- cial awards category. Senior Herrera was voted the league's Lineman of the Year by league coaches.
Six Reedley High players received first team all-NYL honors. They are linebackers Andrew Medina, Zach Lampa and Abraham Soto, offensive line- men Gabriel Gutier- rez and Isaac Vasquez and defensive lineman Ethan Resindez.
The Pirates also had five second-team selections in receiver Kahlil Yalong, quar- terback Jacob Ro- cha, defensive back Giovanni Gutier- rez, linebacker Zach Flores and tight end Danny Nava.
For the third straight season, Reed- ley and Sunnyside bat-
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Reedley goes 1-3, but
Paz sets school career
scoring mark
MVT Staff Report
Sanger High's girls basketball team fin- ished in third place third at the 45th an- nual Selma Shootout tournament last week, posting a 3-1 including a victories over re- gional rivals Reedley and Selma High.
The Apaches (5-2) routed the Pirates 42-12 in the Dec. 1 opener, then rolled past Washington Union before falling in the semifinals to eventual tournament cham- pion Sierra High. Sanger finished up with a 46-37 win over the host Bears on Dec. 4, with guard Krista Sheaffer making the all- tournament team.
The Apaches will have a respite from game's this week prior, but return to ac- tion with road games on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at Redwood and Thursday, Dec. 16, before winter vacation break.
Reedley (3-4) finished 1-3 in the tour-
Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
Sanger High's Krista Sheaffer dribbles down- court after a steal during a 42-12 victory over Reedley at the Selma Shootout on Dec. 1. She- affer was named to the all-tournament team as the Apaches finished in third place.
nament, but in the Pirates' 40-33 win over Washington Union senior Miah Paz became the school's all-time leading scorer sur- passing Tracy Ainger (now Tracy Ainger- Schulte). Paz's 20 points surpassed Ainger- Schulte's career mark of 1,255 points, and
by week's end her career total had reached 1,314 points.
The Pirates closed the tournament with losses to Mission Oak (39-35) and Mendota (47-25). Reedley played at Kerman on Dec. 7, and hosts Madera in a non-league game Tuesday, Dec. 14.
Dinuba High (4-1) had just one game last week, rolling to a 30-11 halftime lead en route to a 47-36 non-league victory over El Diamante on Dec. 1 at DHS. Senior Kailey Lopez scored 16 points (including a three-point basket) while senior Alyssa Hernandez added 15 points.
The Lady Emps traveled to Hanford West for a non-league game on Dec. 7, then are idle until opening Central Sequoia League at home against Selma High on Tuesday, Dec. 14. Varsity tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Dinuba, which has the best non- league record among CSL teams, then is off the rest of 2021 before hosting Tulare Union in a non-league contest on Monday, Jan. 3.
Immanuel High (0-2) opened its CSL season Dec. 7 with a home game against 3-1 Kingsburg; results were unavailable at press time.
54-41 and Chavez-Delano 73-36 before dropping a wild 60-59 decision Dec. 3 to Nipomo on a 3-point basket at the buzzer. Still, Dinuba advanced to the finals as Hanford earlier had defeated Nipomo to force a tiebreaker. Joining Prendez on the all-tourney team was point guard Anthony Harp.
Dinuba hosts the 6th an- nual Andrew Bedoya Holiday Classic this week, and hosted Kennedy-Delano in its first game on Dec. 8. The four-day tournament concludes with the championship contest at 7:30
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 at DHS West Gym.
For Sanger, all-tournament selections Luke Karle (who earned MVP honors) and Ka- leb Cole powered the Apaches to the Nordhoff title with four- game scoring totals of 45 and
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PREPS ROUNDUP
BOYS BASKETBALL
Sanger girls place third at Selma Shootout
THURSDAY, DEC. 9 BASKETBALL
DInuba boys vs. Golden West or Selma at Bedoya Holiday Classic,
Dinuba HS, 8 p.m. (V)
Dinuba girls at Madera Tournament, Madera, times TBA (V)
Immanuel boys vs. Madera South or Hanford at Bedoya Holiday Classic, Dinuba HS, time TBA (V)
Orange Cove boys vs. Redwood at Strathmore Tournament, Strathmore HS, 4 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove girls at Corcoran Tournament, Corcoran HS, time TBA (JV)
Orosi boys vs. Farmersville, Farmersville HS, 8 p.m. (JV/V) Parlier boys vs. LeGrand, LeGrand HS, 6:30 p.m. (V)
Reedley boys vs. TBA at Morro Bay Tournament, Morro Bay HS, time TBA (V)
Reedley girls at Hoover Tourhament, Hoover HS Fresno, 5:30 p.m. (V) Sanger girls at Hoover Tournament, Hoover HS Fresno, time TBA (V) Sanger boys vs. at Clovis West Nike Tournament, Clovis West HS Fresno, time TBA (V)SOCCER
Dinuba boys vs. Reedley, Reedley HS, 4/6 p.m. (JV/V)
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR DEC. 9 TO DEC. 15
Dinuba girls vs. Lemoore, Dinuba HS, 4:30/6 p.m. (JV/V)
Immanuel girls vs. Mendota, Mendota HS, 5 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove boys vs. Hoover, Hoover HS Fresno, 3 p.m. (V) Orange Cove girls vs. Delano, Orange Cove HS, 5:30 p.m. (V) Orosi girls vs. Woodlake, Woodlake HS, 6 p.m. (V)
FRIDAY, DEC. 10 BASKETBALL
DInuba boys vs. TBA at Bedoya Holiday Classic, Dinuba HS, time
TBA (V)
Dinuba girls at Madera Tournament, Madera, times TBA (V)
Immanuel boys vs. TBA at Bedoya Holiday Classic, Dinuba HS, time TBA (V)
Immanuel girls at Parlier, Parlier HS, 5/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
Orange Cove boys vs. TBA at Strathmore Tournament, Strathmore HS, time TBA (V)
Orange Cove girls at Corcoran Tournament, Corcoran HS, time TBA (JV)
Reedley boys vs. Santa Maria at Morro Bay Tournament, Morro Bay HS, 4 p.m. (V)
Reedley girls at Hoover Tourhament,
Hoover HS Fresno, 4 p.m. (V) Sanger boys vs. at Clovis West Nike Tournament, Clovis West HS Fresno, time TBA (V)
Sanger girls at Hoover Tournament, Hoover HS Fresno, time TBA (V)
SOCCER
Reedley/Sanger girls at Peggy Renberg Tournament, Hoover HS Fresno, Tines TBD (V)
Sanger boys vs. Clovis East, Tom Flores Stadium, 3/5 p.m. (JV/V)
SATURDAY, DEC. 11 BASKETBALL
DInuba boys vs. TBA at Bedoya Holiday Classic, Dinuba HS, time
TBA (V)
Dinuba girls at Madera Tournament, Madera, times TBA (V)
Immanuel boys vs. TBA at Bedoya Holiday Classic, Dinuba HS, time TBA (V)
Orange Cove boys vs. TBA at Strathmore Tournament, Strathmore HS, time TBA (V)
Orange Cove girls at Corcoran Tournament, Corcoran HS, time TBA (JV)
Reedley boys vs. Centennial- Bakersfield at Morro Bay Tournament, Morro Bay HS, noon (V)
Reedley girls at Hoover Tourhament,
Hoover HS Fresno, time TBA (V) Sanger boys vs. at Clovis West Nike Tournament, Clovis West HS Fresno, time TBA (V)
SOCCER
Dinuba/Immanuel/Orange Cove girls at Corcoran Tournament, Corcoran HS, times TBA (V)
Immanuel girls at Fowler Tournament, Fowler HS, 6 p.m. (V) Reedley/Sanger girls at Peggy Renberg Tournament, Hoover HS Fresno, Tines TBD (V)
WRESTLING
Dinuba/Reedley/Sanger at California Classic, Reedley HS, 10 a.m. (V) Reedley/Orange Cove girls at Titan Classic, Orange cove HS, time TBA (V)
TUESDAY, DEC. 14 BASKETBALL
Dinuba boys vs. Selma, Selma HS,
5:30/7 p.m. (JV/V)
Dinuba girls vs. Selma, Dinuba HS, 4/5:30/7 p.m. (All)
Immanuel boys vs. Exeter, Immanuel HS, 5:30/7 p.m. (JV/V)
Immanuel girls vs. Exeter, Exeter HS, 5:30/7 p.m. (JV/V)
Orange Cove boys-girls vs. Parlier, Parlier HS, times TBA (JV/V)
Orosi vs. Caruthers, Orosi HS, 3:15/4:45/6:15/7:45 p.m. (JVG/JVB/
VG/VB)
Reedley girls vs. Madera, Reedley HS, 3:30/5/6:30 p.m. (All)
Sanger boys vs. Modesto Christian at Clovis West Nike Tournament, CWHS, 3:30 p.m. (V)
SOCCER
Dinuba boys vs.Selma, Selma HS, 4:30/6 p.m. (JV/V)
Dinuba girls vs. Selma, Dinuba HS, 4:30/6 p.m.
Immanuel boys soccer vs. Exeter, County Line Stadium, 6 p.m. (V) Immanuel girls vs. Exeter, Exeter HS, 6 p.m. (V)
Orange Cove vs. Riverdale, Parlier HS, boys 4:30/girls 6:30 p.m. (V) Orosi vs. Caruthers, Orosi HS, boys 4:30/girls 6:15 p.m. (V)
Parlier boys vs. Woodlake, Woodlake HS, 6 p.m. (V)
Reedley girls vs. Mt. Whitney, MWHS Visalia, 4:30/6:30 p.m. (JV/V)
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15 BASKETBALL
Dinuba girls vs. Shafter, Dinuba HS,
4/5:307 p.m. (All)
WRESTLING
Reedley boys-girls vs. Mt. Whitney, Reedley HS, 5 p.m. (JV/V)
Sanger boys-girls vs. Clovis East, Clovis East HS, times TBA (JV/V)