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entered this week with a 5-0 league record.
Pirates drop pair of NYL home games
Reedley High (7-17, 2-4) lost two North Yo- semite League contests at home last week, in- cluding a 67-58 setback to first place Sunnyside as Jajuan King poured in 25 points. The Pirates also dropped a 74-32 de- cision to Hoover, which blew out to a 41-13 half- time lead.
Reedley embarked on a three-game road trip this week, includ- ing a Thursday, Feb. 3, road game against Fres- no. The Pirates' only NYL on-court win came against the Warriors, a 58-46 home decision at RHS on Jan. 11.
GIRLS BASKETBALL Dinuba neck and neck in CSL title chase
Dinuba High's girls re- mained tight on the heels of Hanford West in the Central Sequoia League standings, even after a 35-32 road loss at Imman- uel on Jan. 28. The Lady Emps (14-8, 6-2) trail the Huskies by a half game, with a makeup contest
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Tigers. One of those vet- erans is left fielder and lead off hitter Leo Arre- quin (Selma), whose bat played a key role in both victories last week. Oth- er veteran position play- ers Ryan Tiger (Clovis), Nilen Peoples (Bullard), shortstop Justin Tiger (Clovis) and two catch- ers, Kody Kropf (Clovis) and Jordan Smith (Clo- vis). Kropf will also see action at first base and the outfield.
Returning pitchers include Ryan Garza (Central) who also saw action at third base last year; opening day pitch- er Alex Trukki (Madera), workhorse Eddie Avalos
RC women's
basketball
returns to
action Feb. 7
By Will Goldbeck
For The Times
The Reedlley College women's basketball team is scheduled to return the court on Monday, Feb. 7, after two losses to West Hills Coalinga and two canceled games.
Reedley, now 0-3 in the Central Valley Con- ference in 4-13 overall, faces Porterville College in the Monday 5 p.m. contest.
In the Tigers' only game last week, Reed- ley fell to West Hills Lemoore 64-49 at home on Jan. 29. Maryon Hodges came off the bench to lead the Tigers with 12 points on four of five 3-point shot at- tempts. Chastity Mar- tinez played the whole 40 minutes and finished with 10 points and six assists while Aman- deep Kaur recorded 18 rebounds while KeAira Lerrell-Harris added 10 rebounds.
Reedley now has lost 10 straight games.
against Central Valley Christian giving them an opportunity to square their schedule.
Natalie Ramirez was Dinuba's only double fig- ures scorer against Im- manuel with 10 points. In a 43-38 win at Selma on Jan. 26, Alyssa Hernan- dez had 10 points while Katie Ortega and Chloe Benham each added nine points. Benham had three 3-point baskets in the road win.
Dinuba and Hanford West split their two CSL games this season. The Huskies posted a 55-51 win in Hanford on Dec. 9 while the Lady Emps gained revenged with a 60-41 win in Dinuba on Jan. 20.
The Lady Emps' home finale on Feb. 7 against Central Valley Christian will be played at Washington Interme- diate because of water damage to the DHS west gym floor. Any DHS home playoff games also would be played at Washington.
Immanuel (8-17, 4-5) host Selma at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, then plays at first place Han- ford West on Tuesday, Feb 8.
(Selma, the winning pitcher in relief on Jan. 27), Zack Dennis (Si- erra), and Elijah Acosta (Clovis East), who re- corded the save on Jan. 30 and closed both wins.
The coach said that Mike Rios, a Reedley High grad, is doing a good job at second base. Sharing the third base spot in the early season will be Brayden Nichol- son (Clovis) and Eli Mart
George Armenta / Photo Contributed
Luke Karle, pictured in action on Jan. 21 during a win over Edison High, scored a game-high 12 points for the Apaches during a road win at Madera on Jan. 28.
BOYS SOCCER Apaches make it six straight in CMAC
Sanger High's boys made an impressive run through Madera last week, posting 4-1 victo- ries over Madera South (Jan. 26) and Madera High (Jan. 28). Isaiah Villalobos padded his team-leading goals total with two more scores while Santana Mercado and Ezequiel Chavez also scored.
Reedley (13-5-3 over- all) also improved to 6-0 in league, edging second place Sunnyside 2-1 on Jan. 25 and then trounc- ing Hoover 11-0 on Jan. 27. Jose Magallon scored both RHS goals against the Wildcats, while Se- bastian Preheim led the scoring against the Pa- triots with three goals.
GIRLS SOCCER Sanger holds one-match lead
Sanger High's girls (16-5-1, 5-1) suffered their first loss of the season (2-1 to visiting Madera on Jan. 28), but still hold a one-match lead over Bullard in the CMAC standings going into a Feb. 1 road show- down in Fresno (results were unavailable at press time).
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Monday, Feb. 7. Because of COVID restrictions, no fans are allowed at home games.
In the loss in Coal- inga Makai Turner led Reedley with 18 points. Turner was 8 of 12 on 2-point shot attempts but missed all six of
Wrestling postseason approaches
MVT Staff Report
The arrival of February means the prep wrestling season heads into the postsea- son portion of compe- tition.
Reedley High School ended its North Yosemite League dual season on Feb. 1, then will participate in the league tournament Friday, Feb. 4, at Sun- nyside High School in Fresno. Weigh-ins are at 7 a.m. with first matches at 9.
Next week is the start of section wrest- ing events. Dinuba High will participate in the Division I tour- nament on Saturday, Feb. 12, at Clovis East High School. That same day, Sanger High will compete in the D- II tourney at Monache High in Porterville while Reedley will try to advance qualifiers at the D-IV/V event in Madera.
his 3-point shots. Juelz Fox and Dwayne How- ell each followed with 12 points.
Reedley trailed by only six at halftime but were outscored 47-34 in the final 20 minutes.
The Tigers fell to West Hills Lemoore 90-72 on Jan. 29 after a 105-65 loss to Porter- ville College on Jan. 26.
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Sanger girls fall two back in CMAC Sanger High's girls
fell two games behind first place San Joaquin Memorial in the CMAC title chase after an unex- pected 54-47 home loss to Madera on Jan. 28.
Two days earlier, the Lady Apaches (15-8, 4-2) trounced Madera South, 43-17, as Krista Sheaf- fer collected 13 points
(Clovis).
Outfielder Orin
Hirschkorn (Caruthers) is doing well after miss- ing about two weeks of workouts due to a bout with both Covid and mononucleosis, accord- ing to the coach.
Other pitchers to watch Sunday starter Jayden Jones (San Joa- quin Memorial), Austin Beno (El Diamanté) and Brandon Burgos (Han-
and six rebounds. Bekah Uribe had nine points and three rebounds while Annali Castro had four points and four assists.
In North Yosemite League play, Reedley dropped to 7-13 and 1-4 following road losses to Sunnyside (56-48) and Hoover (55-33). The Pi- rates host Fresno (Fri- day, Feb 4) and Sunny- side (Wednesday, Feb. 9).
ford), the winning pitch- er on Jan. 27, who prob- ably has the best arm on the staff, according to the coach.
‘’The Tigers missed a week of workouts earlier because of COVID. ‘We will learn a lot about the team as we go,” added the coach, who said that Reedley has a tough schedule.
Immanuel High Boys Basketball
Immanuel High’s Ryan Chavez scored 21 and 20 points last week in a pair
of Central Section league contests last week. The senior guard/forward is averaging nearly 20 points, five rebounds and five assists on the season, and had a career-high 39 points in a win over Central Valley Christian on Jan. 18.
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Anthony Harp
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Dinuba High's Anthony Harp had a pair of 12-point performances and dished out seven assists as the Emperors split two Central Sequoia League contests last week. The junior guard's running the point has helped DHS get
off to a 21-3 start, including a 7-1 record to lead the CSL standings.
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