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Host Sanger 7th, 10th at D1 section track
Apaches qualify 17, Reedley 2 and Dinuba 2 for Masters Meet
By Jon Earnest
Mid Valley Times
Sanger High will be taking 17 athletes includ- ing three relay teams to this weekend's Central Section Masters track and field championships in Clovis.
Field events begin at 4 p.m. and tracks events start at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at Buchanan High's Veterans Memo- rial Stadium.
The host Apaches placed seventh of 15 schools in varsity boys and tied for 10th out of 16 schools in varsity girls at the section Divi- sion I meet at Sanger's Dodson Field on May 13.
Sanger had five ath- letes turn in top five finishes. Senior Chidera Agina had second place finishes in both the long jump (22 feet, 2 inches) and triple jump (44-1). He was tied for first entering the final round before Clovis East freshman Harold Duvall pulled off a final jump of 44-10.25).
The Apaches' ad- vanced both their top pole vaulters to the Mas- ters Meet, led by sopho- more Atianna Marquez who set a personal and school record for girls with a height of 11 feet, 2 inches to finish in fourth place. Marquez also qualified for Mas- ters in the girls 100 hur- dles (12th in PR of 16.65
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Fresno State's Margie Wright Diamond on May 26 or 27.
In the County Metro Athletic Conference, Sanger's baseball (13-15, 7-8) and softball (16-12, 6-4) teams wrapped up third place finishes last week. The boys were seeded 11th in Division III and played at No. 6 Hanford on May 17, while the girls are the 16th seed in Division II and played at top seed Hanford on May 18.
In the final year of the Central Sequoia League, Immanuel's baseball team (13-15, 6-6) placed third be- hind champ Kingsburg while the Dinuba soft- ball squad (17-10, 6-4) finished third in back of champion Selma. Di- nuba's baseball and Im- manuel's softball fin- ished sixth and fifth, respectively.
The Eagles' baseball team drew the number three seed in Division V baseball, and hosted
seconds) and running a legg in the 4x100 relay team.
Senior Chad Wilson also set his PR with a vault of 13-2 to place fifth. Buchanan swept the top four spots, led by Hilton Green's first place mark of 15-6.
The Apaches' other top five finisher was junior Leah Mendibles, who placed third in the girls 800 meters with a PR of 2:17.97. Senior Nia Lamas finished seventh in a season best time of 2:19.98.
Buchanan swept the boys and girls titles with 141 points each, while the Apache boys scored 22 points and the girls compiled 15 points.
There were seven new stadium records es- tablished, by the Central High boys 4x100 (40.97 seconds), Buchanan's Grace Hutchison in the girls 1600 (4:50.89), Bu- chanans Augustus Rem- linger in the boys 110 hurdles (15.18, one of three), Clovis North's Takiya Cenci in the girls 400 (53.84), Cen- tral's Jeremiah Walker in the boys 400 (47.88) and boys 200 (21.07) and Buchanan's Sierra Cornett in the girls 3200 (10:42.73).
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Dinuba qualified two
boys for the Masters meet after their strong showings at the Divi- sion II section meet in
Tehachapi on May 17. If seeds hold, they would host CSL rival Exeter on Thursday, May 19. Im- manuel's softball was seeded fourth in Division V, and was home to Fres- no Christian on May 18.
Dinuba's baseball and softball teams both opened with road games; the boys drawing the No. 16 seed in Division IV and playing at top seed Liberty-Madera Ranchos on May 17 while the girls (11th seeds) traveled to Bakersfield to take on No. 6 Garces in the Di- vision III bracket.
Semifinal rounds are scheduled for Tuesday, May 24, for baseball and Wednesday, May 25, in softball, with higher seeds hosting. The sec- tion championships will be played on May 27 or May 28.
BOYS GOLF Sanger's Quintana shoots 79 at section
Sanger High's Joseph Quintana had the top score — a seven-over- par 79 — among the six Mid Valley Times region golfers competing at the
LEFT: Sanger High's Chidera Agina soared toward the land- ing pit on his way to a second place finish in the triple jump. The senior also placed second in the long jump.
ABOVE: Sanger's Daylah Gonzalez, left, took the baton from teammate Lauren Weyant during the girls 4x100 meter relay spring. The Apaches placed ninth in 50.14 seconds.
Photos by Jon Earnest / Mid Valley Times
Visalia on May 13. soph- omore Julian Ramirez in the discus and senior Christopher Alba in the 300 hurdles. Alba placed fourth with a PR of 42.97 seconds while Ramirez was fifth with a throw of 145-1. He also placed seventh in the shot put at 44-5.
Dinuba's girls had one place winner in ju- nior Kaprise Morales, fourth in the shot put at 31-3.5.
At the Division III section meet in Exeter on May 13, Reedley had Masters meet qualifiers in juniors Jacob Diaz (1600) and Lindsay Lun- sford (triple jump). Both turned in first place fin- ishes, with Diaz clock- ing a PR of 4:34.82 while Lunsford jumped 33-11.
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Sanger High sophomore Atianna Marquez eked her way over the bar to clear a personal best and girls school record height of 11 feet, two inches on her way to a fourth place finish in the girls pole vault. Marquez qualified for the Saturday, May 21, Master's meet at Buchanan High in Clovis.
Immanuel High's Tylee Erickson beats the throw to third base for a two-run triple during the Eagles' 6-1 victory over Central Valley Christian on May 11. Erickson also picked up the pitching win.
Central Section tourna- ment on May 16 at Rio Bravo Country Club in Bakersfield.
Quintana missed qualifying for the state regionals tournament by three strokes, as the cut- off line was 76. Quintana was joined by Apaches
Jaelynn Acevedo
Dinuba High Softball
Dinuba High's Jaelynn Acevedo went 2-for-4 with a double, run scored and four RBI in the Lady Emps' 12-10 victory over Hanford West on May 9. The sophomore utility player also had a strong defensive game at shortstop and second base as Dinuba (17-10) finished third in the Central Sequoia League.
teammates Jacob Cal- houn (84) and Graham Luckin (94).
Calhoun had a team- best score of 81 in the section Division II tour- nament May 10 at Tulare Golf Course. Sanger sev- enth finished seventh as a team with a score of
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431. Other Sanger scor- ers were at that meet were Quintana (85), Luckin (85), Eli Borsch (90), Diego Quintana (90) and Eli Borsch (95).
Immanuel's had three qualifiers at the section meet in Alex Tartaglia (84), Manlio Moreno (85) and Caden Joseph (96). The Eagles' fin- ished fifth in Division II with a score of 420, led by Moreno's 76. Tarta- glia and Joseph scored 84 and 85, respectively. Other Immanuel scor- ers at the DII meet were Joseph Montoya (86), Owen Jackson (89) and
Lincoln Rogers (106). Clovis North cap- tured the section cham- pionship with a score of 384, led by individual medalist Aidan Tran with a 70. Mission Prep's Luke Montoya finished second with a 71, while Stockdale had a 400
score as tean runnerup. The Southern State Regional Championships take place Thursday, May 26, at Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena. Top qualifiers advance to the state tournament Wednesday, June 1, at San Gabriel Country
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