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B6 | Thursday, April 4, 2019
Sports
The Dinuba Sentinel
George M. Villagrana | The Dinuba Sentinel
Powderpuff
Faith Hernandez throws out a runner in the first inning of Dinuba’s 2-0 win over Central Valley Christian.
game takes
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had that one bad inning. If we had a different second inning, I think we could’ve come out with a win.”
The Emperors (15-2) got out to a great start as Alexa Garcia belted a two-run homer off Buchanan starter, freshman Kelsey Tadlock, for a 2-0 lead.
Buchanan scored four runs in the second and added another run in the third for a 5-2 lead.
Dinuba then got to Tadlock again in the the bottom half of the inning as Faith Hernandez droveinapairofrunsona double. The Bears then went to their ace, senior Michelle Kroell, who blanked the Emperors the last few innings.
Despite the setback Patterson said he felt the team swung the
bat very well.
“I felt we weren’t afraid to
swing the bat,” he said. “We pounded their starter and hit the ball very hard.”
Kirsten Martinez pitched a complete game and spaced out eight hits.
Garcia went 3-for-3 to lead the offense.
On March 28 at home against Central Valley Christian, Dinuba scored a run in the bottom of the second and sixth innings and that was enough offense for Martinez as the Emperors posted a 2-0 win.
Martinez scattered four hits with 10 strikeouts as her opponent, Rylie Atherton, was equal to the challenge allowing four hits with 13 strikeouts.
centerstage
Dinuba High School’s annual powderpuff football game, pitting the Seniors versus the Juniors, was held on Friday in front of a large crowd. Down 12-6 at halftime, the Juniors rallied for an 18-12 win. The two teams were coached by members of the Dinuba High football team. Above: Junior Emily Morfin turns the corner on the Senior defense on her way to a touchdown on their first posession of the game. Left: A player from the Seniors team gets tackled after making a juggling catch in the first half. More photos of the game are posted on the Sentinel’s Facebook page and on Instagram.
Opening Day is Saturday
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Gomez cleared the bases with a double. The Monarchs avoided further damage recording two outs with runners on second and third.
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he was second in the long jump with a mark of 17-feet-3 inches.
David Ceceilio had a time of 5:12.82 that placed him fourth overall in the 1600 meter run. Ivan Garcia took seventh in a time of 5:30.19 and Gilbert Giron was eighth in 5:30.61.
In the 200, Vasquez posted
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At the Central Sequoia League Cluster meet in Exeter, Estrada won the 400 in 53.20 and 800 in 2:12.15. Aurajo was first in the 1600 in 4:58.84. In the 3200, Dinuba made it a clean sweep led by Padilla’s winning time of 10:33.79. Estrada was 2nd in 10:53.80 and Jaime Soto was third at 11:42.48.
Devon Mendoza won the 110 hurdles in 18.48. In the 200, Mike Wilson was 2nd with a time of 23.71 and Angel Lopez was fifth in 24.83.
The 4x100 meter relay team
Exeter came right back in the top of the eighth taking a 7-5 lead on single by Jaykob Acosta that scored two runs.
The momentum didn’t last long as Dinuba countered with two runs in the bottom half of the inning when Ochoa and Josh Escobedo had consecutive singles. With two outs, Ochoa
a winning time of 23.63 and was followed by Zapien (24.47), Rafael Molina (25.1) and Aiden Rodriguez (25.31). Rodriguez won the 400 in 55.78, while Chris Martinez was 2nd in 56.5 and Molina was 3rd in 59.75.
Melanie Davila won two events and set personal records in the
of Francisco Alburto, Mendoza, Lopez and Wilson won in a time of 46.66.
In the girls 800 meters, Ramirez was third in 2:47.16 and Cristoso was 5th in 2:53.38.
Brian Ortuno Campbell, who won the triple jump (37-4), had personal best in the long jump at 20-01 for 2nd, an inch behind Exeter’s Chad Hilvers who won with a mark of 20-02.
Diaz also went on to have a solid afternoon with a personal best in the discus (136-09) and he also won the shot put (45-7).
came around to score on an error to cut the lead to 7-6 as Escobedo moved to third. Escobedo would later score to tie the game.
Gomez finished the game with three hits to lead a 13-hit attack and Cortez, Ochoa and Lozoya had two hits apiece.
Starter Justin Gonzalez went
800 with a time of 2 minutes, 37 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 55.24.
Mikala Montemayor won the 100 in 13.36, just ahead of teammate Yesenia Hernandez (13.37) while Tudy Venegas was 3rd in 14.18. The trio of athletes also went 1-2-3 in the 200 led by
Yasmine Villareal-Harris won the shot put with a personal best of 37-4 1⁄2, which is the No. 12 mark in the section. Villareal- Harris also won the discus with a throw of 101-7. Teammate Felicia Vela set a personal best at 85-8 in that event.
In a close 100 meter hurdles race, Natalie Duran was second at 18.30 just behind Exeter’s Teagan Bryant’s 18.20 and ahead of Petra Vander Goot of Central Valley Christian (18.40).
Coach Lucas Lichtenwaldt stated the league is strong this
five innings allowing three hits, three strikeouts and three earned runs before Ochoa entered the game.
On Thursday, Lozoya’s single was the only hit of the game in a 2-0 loss to Central Valley Christian. Ochoa took the loss despite a three hit and seven strikeout effort.
Montemayor, who had a time of 28.25.
Alejandra Lopez won the 400 in 1:11.34 and Lizet Godoy was 2nd in 1:15.06.
Victoria Quevedo and Lesli Viveros were 1-2 in the long jump with marks of 13-8 and 13-5.
season.
“The CSL is having one of the
strongest years across the board that I can remember as a coach. Kingsburg and Exeter look like the teams to beat this year on the boys side,” he said.
Lichtenwaldt noted there could be a handful of teams on the girls side to come out on top.
“We’re looking to strengthen each of our events to squeeze the most points possible out of them and see if we can’t be the last man standing when it’s all said and done.”
Dinuba Youth Baseball and Softball Opening Day will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Roosevelt Park. There will be recognitions of players, coaches, sponsors and elected officials.
Dinuba wrestling club signups
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Sentinel staff
The Dinuba Wrestling Club will be having signups for the upcoming Freestyle and Greco season in the Dinuba High wrestling room from 6 – 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. Cost is $50 and will include your USA card. Athletes from the surrounding area are welcome to join.
Interested individuals will
need to bring a copy of your birth certificates as well. The club will be accepting ages 5 and up.
Practices are underway and will be every Tues. & Th. from 6 - 8 p.m. in the DHS wrestling room.
For more information or questions, call Chris Arreola at 559-859-9956 or Michael Wright at 559-595-7220 ext. 527 or 559-786-5115 or by email at mwright@dinuba.k12.ca.us.
Estevan Diaz
DINUBA HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD
Dinuba High’s Estevan Diaz is named the Athlete of the Week as he won the discus event at the Jared Verbeek Invitational in Visalia. Diaz had a throw of 129-04 to capture the event by more than
10 feet.
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