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Setter Julieanne Ger- brandt had 23 assists and three ace serves.
Dinuba will host its Alumni Game on Thurs- day, Sept. 2, at 6:30 p.m. The match format has Dinuba Class of 2020-21 graduates (who missed their senior year) and a few others playing a set against current team players. Coach Scott Simoni said all alumni then will play a best-of three format.
Admission to the match is free, but Si- moni is asking for dona- tions. All money raised from the match will be given to the Hodges Community Center in rural London in Tulare County. The center will purchase volleyballs, a
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Reedley High's varsity boys and girls cross country teams posed together after captur- ing their respective team titles at the Sierra Pacific Invitational in Hanford on Aug. 27.
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Sanger High's Ashton Rodriguez (25) vaulted into the end zone for one of his three rushing touchdowns during the Apaches' 27-7 win over Roosevelt on Aug. 27.
net and other supplies for girls in the area.
Dinuba hosts Han- ford West in its Central Sequoia League opener on Tuesday, Sept. 7. Reedley (0-3)
hosts Tulare Western at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, then plays at San Joaquin Memorial
of the Week
on Wednesday, Sept. 8.
CROSS COUNTRY Reedley runners win at Sierra Pacific
On Aug. 27, the Pi- rates captured the var- sity boys and girls team titles at the Sierra Pa- cific Invitational in west Hanford.
Senior Paola Ran- gel captured the girls race in 13 minutes, 6.91 seconds on the two-mile course. Oth- er RHS girls were Araceli Villareal (third in 13:24.54), Yasmin Sinchi Guti (11th, 14:26.13), Valeria Fer- reyra H (16th, 14:50.24)
and Nadisela Cruz Mora (21st, 15:37.29).
For the boys, Reed- ley runners place third through sixth in ju- nior Franco Ramos (11:37.99), senior Adri- an Sanchez (11:38.17), senior Jordan Barajas (11:38.51) and junior Jacob Diaz (11:38.51). Seniors Alexander Gof- dinez and Fernando Oli- veros placed 12th and 13th, respectively.
Reedley and Dinuba both will compete at the Central Valley In- vitational Friday, Sept. 3, at Woodward Park in Fresno. Races begin at 11 a.m.
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half touchdowns, as the Apaches wore down the Rough Riders in the closing 24 minutes. Roo- sevelt was a last minute replacement for Fresno High, which canceled its scheduled game at SHS because of COVID-19 contact tracing.
Trailing 7-6 Sanger ahead for good in the third when Rodriguez scored from 8 yards out. Quarterback JosaIah Du- arte then connected with Diego Ortega on a two- point conversion pass.
Sanger pulled away in the final quarter on Rodriguez scoring runs of 6 and 5 yards. The Apaches finished with 310 yards on the ground.
Sanger's Thursday, Sept. 2, varsity game at Lamonica Stadium against Clovis East was canceled on Aug. 31. The JV game will still take place at Clovis East HS Sept. 2 at 3 p.m.
Dinuba 48, Tulare Western 20 The Emperors bolted
to a 28-7 halftime lead and never looked back in avenging a spring 2021 loss to the Mustangs. Senior receiver Olvera caught 10 passes for his record-setting perfor- mance, scoring three touchdowns with a long of 62 yards.
Barragan completed 20 of 32 passes, four of them for touchdowns. Sophomore Anthony Aguallo rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown, and Brandon Guido had a rush TD and two inter- ceptions on defense.
The Emperors open their home season Fri- day at 7:30 p.m. against new school Matilda Tor- res High from Madera. The Emps junior varsity will play El Diamante at 5 p.m.
Mendota 29,
Immanuel 6
At Mendota, the shorthanded Eagles lost their first game under new head coach Josh Henderson on the road against the Aztecs. Men- dota broke open a tight game with 15 points in the third quarter.
Jacob Cabrera pro- vided the bulk of the team's 196 total yards with 146 yards rushing including a 59-yard run. Quarterback Hector Davila III completed a 26-yard touchdown pass to Luke Harder.
Immanuel's home opener is Friday at 7:30 p.m. in County Line Sta- dium against Fowler High.
McLane 21, Orosi 18
In Fresno, the Car- dinals (1-1) trailed by three points with sev- en minutes remaining when officials called the game because of bad air quality.
Alex Ortega rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown while An- drew Camarillo added 81 yards and two scores.
Orosi hosts Granite Hills in a 7:30 p.m. start Friday.
Strathmore 48,
Orange Cove 0
At Strathmore, the Spartans erupted for 35 points in the first half and cruised to the home win over the Titans (1-1).
D'Alessandro Salga- do had 46 yards rushing while Manuel Martinez passed for 110 yards for Orange Cove, which trav- els to Mendota on Sept. 3.
Two Parlier High games canceled
Parlier High's sched- uled game with Yosem- ite High on Aug. 27 was canceled because of contact tracing for CO- VID-19. In addition, the Panthers (0-1) won't play this week's scheduled game at Avenal for the same reason.
Parlier's next sched- uled game is Friday, Sept. 17, at Caruthers High.
Ryan Warkentin Reedley High football
Senior running back Ryan Warkentin had his second straight strong rushing performance, compiling 151 yards and scoring two touchdowns in a 33-21 win over
Sierra Pacific on Aug. 27. Warkentin ran for 258 yards and four TDs in the season-opening win over Hanford West on Aug. 20
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