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“The one meet the swimmers dropped their times was the last one,”
- Danny Cebellos, Dinuba Aqua Emps coach
The Dinuba Sentinel
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
Options are plenty for youth football scene
ree teams play in three di erent leagues while player talent is spread thin
in the Valley Elite Youth League face squads from Fresno, Hanford to Bakersfield.
With intriguing choices staring right at prospective players, the question of availability of talent starts to creep in for coaches and their respective teams.
Dinuba Trojans President Sergio Correa noted that having so many teams does limit the availability of talent.
“It does thin out the talent and spreads them out.” Correa said.
That also puts pressure on coaches and teams to have a solid number of players on their roster for the season. Correa noted the Trojans are doing well in players at all levels.
“We have a few new faces from other towns. But I would say a majority of our players are returners in their third full year.” Correa said.
Moreno said his teams still have room in the upper division while the Gladiators are hoping for a spike in numbers as their practices move continues.
“We’re still struggling for kids,” said commissioner Sam Smith. “I know there’s enough players to support all teams.”
By George M. Villagrana
Sports@thedinubasentinel.com
There are plenty of options for parents and their kids when it comes to playing youth football in the community.
That’s a good thing.
Herein lies an unusual scenario as Dinuba’s three youth football teams play in different leagues. So parents who are on the fence of letting their kids play will have to do some research ranging from affordability to level of competition.
“Parents do have options,” said Dinuba Youth Football President Harvey Moreno. “All three [teams] are different from where they practice and the places they play at.”
DYF is the longest running program and participates in the Sequoia Youth Football League that plays teams from Tulare, Visalia and Delano to name a few.
The Dinuba Trojans, a member of the All-Valley Youth Football League that features teams from Visalia, Tulare, Lemoore, Hanford Exeter and Corcoran.
The Dinuba Gladiators who play
Sentinel file photo
The Dinuba Trojans are one of three teams that play football in a different league than the Dinuba Gladiators and Dinuba Youth Football.
Aqua Emps
Aqua Emps end their season with a bang
Dinuba swimmers shine at the CVRSL All-Star Finals
time finishing 10th in 1:19.02.
Ricardo Quintero turned in a great swim in the 11-12 50 back finishing fourth in 35.87 lowering his previous best time of 37.60. In the 50 fly, he set another personal best time from 39.24 to 36.89 for 14th overall. In that event, teammate Nicholas Vassylenko placed 8th in 35.70, a .04 improvement. Both swimmers teamed up with Ray Chavez and Alonso Soto-Guzman to place seventh in the 200 free relay in 2:08.98. They closed out the meet shaving off nearly five seconds from their seeded time of 2:41.40 in the 200 MR finishing ninth in 2:36.13. Prior to that event, Soto-Guzman lowered his time of 42.46 to 41.90 in the 50 breast for 12th place. Jordon Forbes also had a top five finish, placing 4th in the 8 and under 25 back in a time of 22.30 and he was sixth in the 25 fly in 22.13, an improvement of a second from his seeded time. Also registering a personal record in the 15-18 50 back was Eli Guzman who was seventh overall in 30.62. Guzman’s best coming into the meet was 31.15. He also was ninth in the 50 fly in 28.43. Teammate Michael Vassylenko was 7th in the 15-18 50 breast event touching in at 32.77 and 18th in the 100 IM in 1:08.60, an improvement of 1.11 from his seeded time. He also recorded a time
of 26.85 for 23rd in the 50 free.
See SEASON, Page B6
Kathryne Forbes wrapped up a strong CVRSL swim season with a victory in the 9-10 25 yard backstroke at the All-Star Finals. Forbes had a time of 17.75 just ahead of Danica Corcoran of the Visalia Seahawks.
Magnuss Janbergs swam the opening leg of the 9-10 100 free relay that finished 10th overall with a seasons best time of 1:08.77. Other members of the relay were Matthew Martinez, Alex Soto-Guzman and Anthony Keo.
Two records fall at CVRSL All Stars Finals
In the 9-10 25 yard free style, Murphy butterfly as her time of 13.85 was .24
By George M. Villagrana
Sports@thedinubasentinel.com
was timed in 12.64 in beating the old record of 12.79 held by Skylar Ford of the Visalia Seahawks. She then crushed the field by seven seconds in the 100 IM touching in at 1 minute, 10.22 seconds taking down one of the league’s longest standing records of 1:10.83 set in 1983 by Jerryl Reed of Reedley. Murphy came close to setting another record in the 25
shy of the mark held by Hanford’s Kyle Walker that was set in 2013.
The overall winner of the meet was the Kingsburg Seawolves with 1727.5 while the host Sanger Seals were runners up with 1434.5. Porterville Neptunites and the Hurricanes were third and fourth
See FINALS, Page B6
Michelle Murphy of the Lemoore Aquajets had a memorable performance setting a pair of Central Valley Recreational Swimming League All- Star Finals records while capturing three individual events Star Saturday at Sanger High School.
George M. Villagrana | The Dinuba Sentinel
George M. Villagrana | The Dinuba Sentinel
Dinuba Aqua Emps swimmer Kathryne Forbes closed out a tremendous season capturing the girls 9-10 25 yard backstroke in a time of 17.75 highlighting a solid day of performances at the Central Valley Recreational Swimming League All-Star Finals on Saturday at Sanger High.
Forbes, who entered with the top time of 17.23, had to rally for the win edging Danica Corcoran of the Visalia Seahawks by .16 tenths of a second.
“I think I was more nervous than she was,” said coach Danny Cebellos. “The one meet the swimmers dropped their times was the last one.”
Forbes also finished second in the 25 free eclipsing her seeded time of 14.70 with a time of 14.08. The winner of that event was Lemoore’s Michelle Murphy who set a CVRSL record with a time of 12.64. Forbes was also 2nd in the 25 fly in 15.21, improving on her time of 16.18. Forbes closed out the busy day joining Jade Gibson, Kylie Alvarado and Jada Quintero in the 100 medley relay that shaved four seconds off their seeded
George M. Villagrana | The Dinuba Sentinel
By George M. Villagrana
Sports@thedinubasentinel.com
Ava Argumedo had a pair of 8th place finishes in the girls 8 and under 25 yard freestyle and breaststroke events.