Page 9 - Mid Valley Times 5-26-22 E-Edition

Thursday, May 26, 2022
Immanuel baseball, OC softball reach semifinals
Reedley's title campaigns end in first round losses, Dinuba and Sanger seasons also over
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Just two Mid Valley Times coverage area teams remained stand- ing entering the second week of the upset-filled Central Section baseball and softball playoffs.
The No. 4 seed Im- manuel High baseball team (Division V) and the top-seeded Orange Cove High softball squad (Division IV) reached this week's semifinal rounds; with 10 of 48 semifinals schools have been NO. 10 seeds of higher.
Immanuel (15-15) hosted one of those dou- ble-digit seeds, No. 10 Firebaugh, in an evening contest on May 24. A win would advance the Ea- gles to the section cham- pionship game on Friday or Saturday, May 27 or 28 against the winner of top seed Kennedy-Del- ano or No. 4 Fowler at a site to be determined (probably Rawhide Sta- dium in Visalia).
Last week, Imman-
uel posted home wins over Tehachapi (4-2 on May 17) and Exeter (6-4 on May 19) to reach the semifinals. In the latter win, the Eagles posted their third victory of the season against their CSL rivals from Exeter by pulling away from an early 1-1 tie. Against Te- hachapi, Immanuel ral- lied from behind with three late runs.
West Sequoia League softball champ Orange Cove (24-6) successfully defended its top seed in its opening round and semifinal games; defeat- ing No. 16 seed Sunny- side 11-1 on May 18 and then hanging on late to defeat No. 8 seed Foot- hill from Bakersfield 6-3 on May 20.
The Lady Titans host- ed No. 4 Morro Bay on May 25, with a win ad- vancing them to a sec- tion finals game May 27 or 28 at Margie Wright Diamond in Fresno.
Orange Cove collect- ed 12 hits to trounced Sunnyside in its playoff opener, then rode the
ABOVE: Sanger High infielders gathered with pitcher Lay- la Torres (#6, right) for a mound visit during the Apaches' 2-0 Division II quarterfinal loss at top seed Hanford High on May 18.
LEFT: Orange Cove pitcher Mia Castillo fired to the plate during a complete game pitching performance in the Lady Titans' 6-3 Division IV quarterfinal win over Foot- hill on May 20.
Photos by Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
strength of Mia Castil- lo's pitching and a big four-run sixth inning to pull away from Foothill in its quarterfinal win.
Mary Joe Camaquin laced a two-run double and Ocejo Ariana added a two-ruin inside-the park homer that sliced past the left fielder to provide the big blows in the sixth, and Cas- tillo closed out the win despite yielding a three- run triple to right.
Championship game
times will be deter- mined after the semifinal games are completed.
BASEBALL Pirates fall in extras against Central
Reedley High's magi- cal baseball season came to a close in the section Division II playoffs on May 12, when the Cen- tral High Grizzlies ral- lied back from a three- run deficit to post a 5-3
triumph in eight innings at RHS varsity ballpark. The Pirates finished with as 23-6 record, capped off by the championship in its final season in the North Yosemite League.
Will Gagnon closed out a sensational season with his team-leading sixth home run and a complete game pitching performance featuring eight strikeouts. Ethan Clark also had a hit an RBI for Reedley, which was limited to four hits
on the afternoon against two Central pitchers.
Sanger High's season concluded with a 13-16 record following an 8-6 loss at No. 6 seed Han- ford High on May 17. The Apaches had an ear- ly 1-0 lead and was tied at 2-2 when the Bullpups scored one in the third inning and three in the fourth for a 6-2 advan- tage.
Each team scored
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PREPS ROUNDUP
PREP BASEBALL-SOFTBALL PLAYOFF SCORES, SCHEDULE
CENTRAL SECTION BASEBALL PLAYOFS DIVISION I Quarterfinals Thursday, May 19
Mission Prep 7, Hanford West (4) 5 Lemoore (14) 13, Dos Palos (3) 12 Wash. Union 3, CV Christian (11) 1 Wasco 9, Independence (7) 4 Quarterfinals
Atascadero (9) at Liberty-MR (1) Mad. South 11, Mission Prep (13) 1 Lemoore 7, Washington Union (6) 3
CENTRAL SECTION SOFTBALL PLAYOFS DIVISION I Quarterfinals Friday, May 20
Dos Palos 2, SJ Memorial (12) 1 Morro Bay 12, Bakersfield (13) 2 Shafter 10, Tehachapi (14) 0 Pioneer Valley 9, Chavez (6) 8 Sierra Pacific 6, SL Obispo (10) 4 Mission Prep 12, Han. West (15) 3
Frontier 17, Buchanan (1) 11 Righetti 4, Clovis West (4) 3 Liberty-Bakersfield 9, Bullard (3) 2 Stockdale 7, SJ Memorial (7) 3
Thursday, May 19
Stockdale 4, Clovis North (1) 2 Central 6, Liberty-Bakersfield (5) 0 Clovis 2, Paso Robles (6) 0 Buchanan 14, Centennial (7) 0
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Friday, May 20
Semifinals
Orange Cove 6, Foothill (8) 3 Morro Bay 6, Dos Palos (5) 1 Pioneer Valley 9, Shafter (3) 8 Mission Prep 5, Sierra Pacific (7) 2
Tuesday, May 24
Garces 6, at Wasco (10) 5
Wednesday, May 25
Frontier (8) at Righetti (5) Liberty-Bak. (6) at Stockdale (2)
Semifinals
Stockdale (8) at Central (4) Clovis (3) at Buchanan (2)
Semifinals
Championship
Madera South (5) at Liberty-MR (1) Garces (15) at Lemoore (14)
Championship
Morro Bay (4) at Orange Cove (1) Pio. Valley (11) at Mission Prep (2) Championship
Friday or Saturday, May 27-28
Championship
Friday or Saturday, May 27-28
Higher seeds, site/times TBA
Friday or Saturday, May 27-28
Higher seeds, Margie Wright Diamond Fresno, times TBA
DIVISION II
Higher seeds, site/times TBA
DIVISION II
Friday or Saturday, May 27-28
First Round
DIVISION V
First Round
Higher seeds, Margie Wright Diamond Fresno, times TBA
Tuesday, May 17
First Round
Wednesday, May 18
St. Joseph 3, Kerman (1) 2 Central 5, Reedley (8) 3, 8 innings Ridgeview 4, Centennial (12) 2 Bak. Christian 3, Redwood (13) 1 Clo. North 2, San Luis Obispo (3) 0 Clovis East (6) 8, Templeton (11) 3 Clovis 2, Fresno (10) 1
Arroyo Grande (2) 12, Nipomo (15) 1
Tuesday, May 17
Hanford 2, Sanger (16) 0
Selma 3, Redwood (9) 2
Madera 3, Independence (12) 1 St. Joseph 4, El Diamante (13) 0 Arroyo Grande 7, Tul. Western (14) 2 Kingsburg 7, Clovis East (6) 0 Bullard 3, Clovis West (10) 2 Liberty-MR 3, Mission Oak (15) 2
DIVISION V
Quarterfinals
Firebaugh 17, Chowchilla (7) 6 Minarets 11, Yosemite (15) 2
Quarterfinals
Boron 13, North (16) 2
Bishop Union 5, Golden Valley (9) 4 Woodlake 6, Porterville (12) 2 Fresno Christian 3, Immanuel (4) 2 California City 12, Mira Monte (14) 9 Wash. Union 5, Riverdale (6) 2
Mt. Whitney 13, McLane (7) 12 Caruthers 18, Fresno (15) 4
Thursday, May 19
Quarterfinals
Friday, May 20
Central 3, St. Joseph (16) 2 Ridgeview 12, Bak. Christian (4) 11 Clovis East 6, Clovis North (14) 5 Arroyo Grande 6, Clovis (7) 1
Thursday, May 19
Hanford 5, Selma (8) 4
Madera 4, St. Joseph (4) 2 Kingsburg 4, Arroyo Grande (3) 2 Bullard 7, Liberty-MR (2) 5
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Semifinals
Fre. Christian 3, Woodlake (5) 2 Wash Union 5, California City (3) 4 Caruthers 11, Mt. Whitney (10) 8
Tuesday, May 24
Semifinals
Wednesday, May 25
Central (9) at Ridgeview (5)
Clovis East (6) at Arroyo Grande (2)
Tuesday, May 24
Madera (5) at Hanford (1) Kingsburg (11) at Bullard (7)
Monday, May 23
Championship
Fowler (4) at Kennedy-Delano (1) Firebaugh (10) at Immanuel (3)
Boron 6, Bishop Union (8) 2
Friday or Saturday, May 27-28
Championship
Championship
Semifinals
Higher seeds, site/times TBA
Friday or Saturday, May 27-28
Friday or Saturday, May 27-28
Wednesday, May 25
DIVISION III
Higher seeds, site/times TBA
Higher seeds, Margie Wright Diamond Fresno, times TBA
Fresno Christian (13) at Boron (1) Wash. Union (11) at Caruthers (2)
First Round
DIVISION VI
DIVISION III
Championship
Tuesday, May 17
First Round
First Round
Friday or Saturday, May 27-28
Kingsburg 5, Edison (16) 4 Porterville 8, Highland (9) 2 Monache 17, Sierra Pacific (12) 5 Bakersfield 4, Taft (4) 3
Tuesday, May 17
Wednesday, May 18
Higher seeds, Margie Wright Diamond Fresno, times TBA
Morro Bay 5, El Diamante (14) 1 Hanford 8, Sanger (11) 6
Tul. Western 4, Paso Robles (10) 0 Mt. Whitney 6, Pioneer Valley (2) 2
First Round
Quarterfinals
Tulare Union 4, Reedley (10) 2 Wasco 5, Kerman (15) 4
Farmersville 17, Lone Pine (1) 8 Lindsay 4, Immanuel Christian (8) 0 Summit Charter 11, Kern Valley (5) 10 Arvin 17, Mojave (13) 0
Thursday, May 19
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Porterville (8) at Kingsburg (1) Bakersfield (13) at Monache (5) Hanford 7, Morro Bay (3) 3
Tul. Western 11, Mt. Whitney (15) 2
Thursday, May 19
Friday, May 20
Semifinals
Sierra 9, Farmersville (8) 8 Boron 7, Rosamond (5) 6 Mendota 22, Lindsay (6) 3 Fresno Christian 9, Chavez (7) 8
Fowler 3, Coalinga (9) 1 Monache 6, Frontier (4) 1 Garces 4, Highland (3) 3 Wasco 5, Tulare Union (7) 4
Nipomo 15, Firebaugh (11) 2 Orcutt 8, Laton (7) 5
Corcoran 6, CV Christian (2) 5
Tuesday, May 24
Semifinals
Quarterfinals
Bakersfield (13) at Kingsburg (1) Tulare Western (7) at Hanford (6)
Tuesday, May 24
Semifinals
Friday, May 20
Championship
Boron (4) at Sierra (1)
Mendota (3) at Fresno Christian (2)
Wednesday, May 25
Lindsay 12, Farmersville (16) 6 Arvin 19, Summit Charter (12) 1 Nipomo 10, Parlier (3) 1
Orcutt 7, Corcoran (15) 1
Friday or Saturday, May 27-28
Championship
Monache (5) at Fowler (1) Garces (6) at Wasco (2)
Higher seeds, site/times TBA
Friday or Saturday, May 27-28
Championship
Semifinals
DIVISION IV
Higher seeds, site/times TBA
Friday or Saturday, May 27-28
Wednesday, May 25
First Round
Higher seeds, Margie Wright Diamond Fresno, times TBA
Lindsay (9) at Arvin (4) Orcutt (10) at Nipomo (6) Championship
Monday, May 16
DIVISION IV
Garces 8, Bishop Union (2) 2
First Round
Tuesday, May 17
Wednesday, May 18
Friday or Saturday, May 27-28
Liberty-MR 12, Dinuba (16) 10 Atascadero 6, Arvin (8) 4
Mad. South 12, Golden West (12) 1
Orange Cove 11, Sunnyside (16) 1 Foothill 5, Golden West (9) 4
Higher seeds, Margie Wright Diamond Fresno, times TBA
Tuesday, May 24
Wednesday, May 25
Kennedy-Delano 16, Hoover (16) 0 Mammoth 10, East Bakersfield (8) 2 Mission Oak 3, McLane (12) 2 Fowler 10, Strathmore (13) 1 Immanuel 4, Tehachapi (14) 2 Exeter 7, North (11) 0
First Round
Kennedy-Delano 12, Mammoth (9) 0 Fowler 1, Mission Oak (5) 0 Immanuel 6, Exeter (6) 4 Firebaugh 3, Minarets (2) 2
Friday, May 20
Sierra 11, Laton (16) 1 Farmersville 18, South (9) 10 Rosamond 26, Lone Pine (12) 0 Boron 10, Trona (13) 0
Mendota 18, Kings Christian (14) 4 Lindsay 6, Caruthers (11) 2 Chavez 3, Orange Cove (10) 1 Fre. Christian 23, Granite Hills (15) 2
Edison (16) at Fowler 7. Coalinga 5, Taft (8) 2
Monache 3, Chowchilla (12) 1 Frontier 3, Bak. Christian (13) 2 Highland 8, Templeton (14) 7 Garces 10, Dinuba (11) 5
DIVISION VI
Friday, May 20
Wednesday, May 18
Tuesday, May 17
Parlier 7, Mendota (14) 3 Wednesday, May 18
Two Sanger High
athletes qualify for
state track meet
MVT Staff Report
Sanger High School advanced two athletes — both 800 meter runners — to this weekend's CIF State Track and Field Championships at Bu- chanan High in Clovis.
Seniors Emanuel Salas and Nia Lamas advanced to Friday's state preliminaries with second and third place
finishes, respectively, at the May 21 Central Section Masters Meet at Buchanan. Salas clocked 1 minute, 54.81 seconds to place behind Buchanan's Noah Ray in the boys race while La- mas posted a personal record time of 2:14.75 to just edge out teammate Leah Mendibles (2:16.63) for a berth at state.
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PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR MAY 27 TO JUNE 1 FRIDAY, MAY 27
Immanuel (if wins May 24) vs. Fowler/Kennedy-Delano winner at Central Section Division V Championship, site/ time TBD (V) (Also may be on May 28)
Orange Cove (if wins May 25) vs. Shafter/Mission Prep winner at Central Section Division IV Championship, Margie Wright Diamond Fresno State, time TBD (V) (Also May 28) TRACK AND FIELD
CIF State Championships, Veterans Memorial Stadium Buchanan HS Clovis, field events start at 4 p.m., track events at 5 p.m. (preliminaries)
SATURDAY, MAY 28
TRACK AND FIELD
CIF State Championships, Veterans Memorial Stadium Buchanan HS Clovis, field events start at 4 p.m., track
events at 5 p.m. (championship finals)
TUESDAY, MAY 31
BASEBALL
CIF Regional Quartefinals, matchups/sites TBD, times 4:30
p.m. (V)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1
SOFTBALL
CIF Regional Quartefinals, matchups/sites TBD, times 4:30
p.m. (V)
BASEBALL
SOFTBALL