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“It’s homecoming, our annual black-out game, and a victory will put us right back in the CSL championship race.”
DHS coach Kevin Scharton on Friday’s game against Kingsburg
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Emperors pick up the pace
DHS captured the opening set 25-20 before the Eagles won the second set 22-25, but the Emperors closed out the match winning the next two sets 25-19, 25-23.
Allyson Garcia paced Dinuba with a match-high 19 kills and Azlynn Villalobos added nine kills. Kirsten Martinez contributed seven kills and two blocks.
Amanda Valdez finished the match with three service aces and Alexa Garcia had two service aces.
On Oct. 2 at Selma, DHS put away their rivals 25-23, 25-14, 25-21.
Alexa Garcia led the team with six kills and 10 digs and teammate Kaelyn Barrera had five kills and two digs.
Martinez had four kills, two blocks and six digs, while Ally Garcia recorded four kills, nine digs and five blocks.
in 16 minutes, 08.72 seconds for his Jasmine George took fourth in 21:22.33
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Momentum is on Dinuba High’s side after a great showing at this past weekend’s Hoover Tournament.
The Emperors finished the tourney with a 5-1 record falling to eventual champion Eleanor Roosevelt High School of Eastvale in the semifinals, 25-23, 25-23.
Dinuba defeated Golden West twice, McLane, Mt. Whitney and Tulare Union, according to coach Michele Burner.
The Emperors, who are 14-8 overall and 4-4 in Central Sequoia League, have picked up the pace and with it more victories that included a 3-1 decision over visiting Immanuel on Thursday evening.
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DHS routs Roosevelt, 13-2
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the Emperors rallied before falling, 6-5. “We ran out of time,” Hernandez said. “Score wise it was a rough one but overall, good game experience for the
girls.”
Moving forward with the remaining
Central Sequoia League action, Hernandez said they will be challenged in their match against Exeter late Tuesday.
“I just keep on reminding the girls to make sure we’re on the same page and continue to play with all they got, and be confident in all they do.”
Results of the match against EHS were unavailable at press time.
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Roosevelt High felt the brunt of Dinuba’s frustration on the last day of the Sunnyside Tournament.
The Emperors, who were on the short end of two close losses earlier in the tourney, coasted to a 13-2 win over the Roughriders on Saturday.
“We were able to finally bring it together,” stated coach Sergio Hernandez. “If we played like how we played in the second half in all the games, we would’ve been dominant.”
Dinuba started the final day of the
DHS Tennis
Championship time is here
The Dinuba High girls tennis team lost their final regular season match at home against Central Valley Christian, 9-0, on Monday. The Emperors will play again tomorrow in the Central Sequoia League Championships that will be held at the Immanuel High Sports Complex.
Thursday, October 11, 2018 DHS Volleyball
Allyson Garcia records a kill against Immanuel Thursday night as the Emperors picked up another Central Sequoia League win.
Padilla, Diaz claim titles
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Dinuba over Selma
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second individual title of the season. Diego Estrada was 12th in 17:11.27 while Jamie Soto was 27th in 17:56.57 and Javen Hernandez was 43rd overall in 19:03.84.
In the junior varsity boys race Christian Esquibel was eighth overall in a time of 20:49.40 and in the freshman boys race Nelson Aponte was 38th in 24:45.65.
The varsity girls team dominated the team race placing all five runners in the top-eight.
Luz Diaz won the race in 20:31.75 and Jackie Delgado was second in 21:17.38.
tourney with a 6-5 loss to Mt. Whitney. The Pioneers jumped out to a 6-0 first half lead, but the Emperors defense shut them out in the second half.
Hernandez noted that the two teams met earlier in the year as DHS prevailed 12-10.
On Friday, the Emperors opened the tourney with a 7-1 loss to Tulare Western.
Hernandez said the team struggled defensively in the first half.
“We held them to zero goals in the second half,” he said.
DHS then faced Hoover as the Patriots raced out to a 6-0 lead before
while Ali Ontiveros was timed in 21:53.11 for seventh and Amanda Soto was right behind in eighth in 22:14.06. Elizabeth Mendez finished 12th in 22:27.69 and Angie Arroela closed out the teams effort finishing 22nd in 24:29.28.
In the freshman girls race, Yagqulin Avilez was 17th in 25:29 and Beyonce Ramirez and Karyme Guerra were 24th and 25th with times of 27:33.34 and 27:41.44 each.
The team will be taking part in tomorrow’s Rough Rider Invitational at Woodward Park, according to coach Lucas Lichtenwaldt.
A late decision to not run in the prestigious Clovis Invitational didn’t dampen the spirits of the Dinuba High cross country team.
Instead, the Emperors changed gears taking part in the Sierra Pacific Milky Way 5K Invitational held on Friday in Hanford.
Dinuba went on to sweep the individual boys and girls varsity races with the girls team winning the team title.
Senior Jonathan Padilla won his race
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Dinuba High quarterback Josh Magaña had the hot hand and the Emperors defense was dominating.
The Emperors bounced back from last week’s setback against Central Valley Christian with a 35-0 shutout win over rival Selma Friday night in Selma.
The win sets up a big game at home against Kingsburg tomorrow night. The Vikings enter on the heels of handing Central Valley Christian a 19-16 loss.
Dinuba and CVC are a game behind the Vikings, a win by the Emperors will create a tie for first place in league with
“Kingsburg will be a very big game,” said coach Kevin Scharton. “It’s homecoming, our annual black-out game, and a victory will put us right back in the CSL championship race.”
After a slow start, Dinuba erupted for 28 points in the second quarter for a 35-0 halftime lead thus resulting with a running clock in the second half.
Dinuba (5-2 overall, 1-1 in CSL) rode Magaña’s arm and the Emperors completely shut down the Bears, who scored 77 points in a win over Hanford West last week. Selma was held to 140
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Orosi High School’s 1-2 running back combination of Ismael Perez and Jerry Huerta proved to be too much for the Fowler High Redcats defense as the Cardinals went on to a 28-12 West Sequoia League win Friday evening.
As a team, Orosi finished the game with 418 yards, 361 on the ground. The Cardinals controlled the game on both sides of the ball dominating time of possession (38:48-9:01) and first downs (25-7) while holding the Redcats to 150 yards of offense.
Ahead 21-6 at half, the Cardinals scored on their second possession of
Big rst half lifts
Running back Josh Meave gains some yards during the second half of Dinuba’s game against Selma.
the third quarter behind a 15-yard run by Perez.
Orosi missed on a chance to score again marching deep into Redcats territory before a fumble ended the drive.
In the first quarter, the Cardinals got a 40-yard punt return by Perez putting the ball at Fowler’s 30-yard line. On a 3rd and 1 at the 21-yard line, Huerta had a 20 yard run setting OHS with a first and goal and two plays later, fullback Freddi Arciga punched it in giving the Cardinals a 7-0 lead.
Fowler answered on a 66-yard punt return by Trey Mendoza but the PAT
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OHS Football
Rushing attack powers Cardinals to a win
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