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Sports
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Annual Summer Basketball Camp to be held June 12-14
Lady Emps
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to give the Lady Emperors a 5-0 lead.
In the fifth inning Dinuba added another run when junior Kaily Manning knocked in Garcia for her second run of the game and a 6-0 advantage for the No. 1 seeded team.
Liberty finally got on the scoreboard in the sixth inning when a dropped fly ball to right field scored Hawks senior Karli Fien. A sacrifice grounder late in the inning then scored teammate Camille Vestal to cut the Lady Emperors lead to four.
But the Lady Emperors quickly got those runs back in the bottom of the inning. With runners on the corners, a grounder by Villarreal scored Dinuba senior Faith Kodur to give Dinuba a 7-2 lead.
Then, with two runners on base, Newlin stepped up to score the Lady Emperors’ second three-run homer of the game, sending one over the left field fence to give Dinuba their 10-2 lead and subsequent victory.
“They were already pumped,”
said Patterson of his team prior to Friday’s performance. “They knew what was at stake. They know what their goal is and they haven’t lost sight of that. They were ready to go.”
With the victory over Liberty, the Lady Emperors earned themselves a semifinals matchup against No. 4 Tehachapi, who beat Reedley 10-5 on Friday.
“It should be a tough matchup,” said Patterson of their semifinals game. “Tehachapi is going to be good.”
The semifinals matchup against Tehachapi took place yesterday afternoon, after publication. A Dinuba win against the Warriors would put the Lady Emperors in the CIF Division III Valley championship game on Saturday, where they would take on the winner between No. 3 Tulare Union and No. 2 Selma.
The Valley title game will be played on the softball diamond at Fresno State, with the start time to be determined.
Sentinel staff report
Dinuba High School will be hosting their 12th Annual Emps Summer Basketball Camp beginning on June 12.
The camp will be held at the Dinuba High School Gym from 9 to 11 a.m. The camp is open to boys entering grades third
through eighth who are looking to improve their basketball skills.
The cost for the camp is $10 per participant and space is limited. For more information, or to register, contact or text Jeff Schofield at 289-7163. He may also be reached via email at jschofie@dinuba.k12.ca.us.
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Though not qualifying for the State meet, Dinuba High sophomore Yazmine Villareal Harris participated in her second Master’s track and field event, where she competed in both shot put and discus.
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Daniel Martinez
DINUBA High SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD
Dinuba High School senior Daniel Martinez was named Athlete of the Week for his performance at the Masters track meet at Buchanan High School on Saturday. Martinez nished third in the Valley in both the 100-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles
to become the rst Emperor Athlete to qualify for the State meet in two events.
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Martinez then followed up his performance in the 110 with another third place finish, this time in the 300-meter hurdles. His time was 38.46 seconds, just nine hundredths of second slower than his personal record.
“Not the time I wanted, but I’ll take it,” said Martinez after the 300. “I’ll get it back at state. I’ve got two weeks to get ready.”
Dinuba sophomore Nathaniel Medina also competed in the 300-meter hurdles, making it to the event as an alternate. Medina finished in 16th place with a time of 43.11 seconds.
Martinez also qualified to participate in the long jump event at the Masters but opted to not compete in that event to focus his energy on the hurdles event.
The CIF State Championship
Prelims will begin on June 1 and will conclude on June 2. The event will also be held at Memorial Stadium at Buchanan High School.
Also competing in the Masters event on Saturday was Dinuba High School sophomore Yazmine Villareal Harris, who competed in the event for a second year in a row. She competed in two events, discus and shot put.
Her best performance was in the discus event, where she threw for a personal record distance of 120’09”. That mark was good enough for ninth place amongst all Central Valley competitors.
She placed 13th in the shot put event with a throw of 34’06.25”. Yazmine is the reigning Central Sequoia League champion in both events.
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