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Boys and Girls Prep Wrestling Tournament Roundups
Reedley 12th at own tournament
RHS girls prevail in Titan Clash at OCHS
Staff Report
The Reedley High School girls captured the team championship of the Lady Ti- tan Clash at the Orange Cove High School gymnasium on Dec. 15.
The Pirates had four weight class champions — Jamilynne Gonzalez at 121 pounds, Ariana Forbes at 131, Danha Cruz at 143 and Esther Villa at 170 pounds.
Kimberly Alves, who coaches the team with Isaac Galaviz, believes this is the first time the RHS girls wrestling program has brought home a first place trophy.
In addition to the four champions, the Pirates re- ceived second place finishes from Jocelyn Barrera (126 pounds), Odalis Banda (150) and Karmai Perez (160). Third place finishers were Marian DelBosque (entered with Barrera in the 126 class) while Lucero Cedeno
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Staff Report
The Reedley High Pirates wrestling team used its own tournament – the ever-grow- ing California Classic — to gain experience and pre- pare team members for the upcoming North Yosemite League dual meet season.
This fifth annual tourna- ment, which has expanded from 16 to 25 schools, packed out the Reedley High main gym on Dec. 15 with many Central Section schools and out-of-area powers from the Central Coast.
Arroyo Grande won the team title with 229 points, edging out Morro Bay with 223 points. Highland of Ba- kersfield had the top section finish, third place with 185 points.
The host Pirates finished in 12th place with 89.5 points. The bulk of their scoring came from two talented freshmen — Gabriel Rivera at 108 pounds and Phillip Ar- royo in the 120 class.
Rivera (13-3 on the sea- son) went 3-1, getting two decision wins and one pin to reach the finals. There, he lost by a 9-0 decision to
Halstead
new grid
coach at
Immanuel
Contributed
Immanuel High School this week announced Andrew Halstead as its new head varsity football coach.
Halstead — who coached the of- fensive line for the past two seasons at Reedley College — has been with Immanuel Schools for three years as a junior high and high school history teacher. He replaces Kevin Riddle, who compiled an 8-12 record in two seasons as Eagles head coach.
Halstead stated in a Dec. 18 news release that he’s ex-
cited to begin his
new journey.
“I have loved
being a part of Im-
manuel Schools over
the past three years
and look forward
to becoming more
involved in the Im-
manuel community,”
he said. “I commend
the hard work the
coaching staff has put in for the last two years, and plan to continue to build on the culture they have established. I hope to retain those coaches moving forward, so they can continue to be a huge part of the Immanuel football community.”
Growing up in Kerman, Halstead’s 12-year coaching career has taken him all across the Central Valley. He has had assistant coaching tenures at Kerman High School (2008-09, 2013 Offensive and Defensive Line Coach), Immanuel High School (2012, 2016 as defensive coordinator), Madera South High School (2014-2015 as freshman and JV head coach) and Mendota High School (2007 as offensive line coach).
Halstead also spent two years (2010-11) as the defensive line coach at Clovis West High School, where he was a part of the 2010 Central Section Division I Championship team.
During Halstead's two years at Reedley College, the Tiger’s offense ranked ninth (2017) and fifth (2018) in the state. They averaged almost 200 rushing yards a game and amassed over 2,000 yards on the ground in both 2017 and 2018. This year’s effort helped the team to a 10-1 record and a Golden Coast Conference Champion- ship (Reedley’s first conference title since 2009) and an appearance in the Northern Division Championship Bowl Game.
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Corcoran's Jonah Hernandez, who was named Outstanding Lower Weights Wrestler in the tournament.
Arroyo (14-4) won three of his five matches, working up through consolation to take fourth place. Both Rive- ra and Arroyo have starred in junior wrestling and come in with extensive mat experi- ence for freshmen.
"Right now, we're mainly new guys," coach Isidro Ar- royo said of his team. It's his second year coaching the varsity, and his sixth year coaching with the program since graduating high school.
Fresno High's Kevin Rezac was voted Outstand- ing Upper Weights Wrestler by posting three pins.
Coach Arroyo said he was pleased with how the tourna- ment continues to improve. "This is the most teams we've had involved, and we're con- tinuing to grow," he said.
Reedley next competes at the Zinkin Classic Friday and Saturday, Dec. 21-22, at Bu- chanan High School in Clovis. The Pirates will also partici- pate in tournaments in Lem- oore on Dec. 27 and Dinuba on Jan. 4-5.
Danny Jimenez / Photo Contributed
Reedley High School's Gabriel Rivera, right, controls opponent Xander Romero from Lemoore High in a second-round match at 108 pounds during the California Classic tournament at RHS on Dec. 15. Rivera won by an 8-3 decision on his way to a second place finish in the tournament.
Pirates go 2-2 at Bedoya Holiday Classic
Eagle boys go 2-2 at Modesto tournament
Staff Report
The Reedley High boys basketball team finished the annual Andrew Bedoya Holiday Classic with a 1-3 record, dropping three hard-fought
games after an
opening win in the
Dinuba-hosted tour-
nament ran their
victory streak to three games.
The Pirates (6-4) defeated Kennedy High of Delano 62-55 on Dec. 12 at the RHS gym, and led in all portions of the three subsequent games. But the end result were losses to Central Valley Christian (61-55) at RHS on Dec. 13, Mt. Whitney (61-54) at Dinuba High on Dec. 14 and Tulare Union (49-41) at DHS on Dec. 15. In each game, the opposition held on or pulled away from a tight battle down the stretch.
Junior guard Augie Villareal scored 25 points in the loss to Central Valley Chris- tian, but the taller Cavaliers overcame poor free throw shooting in the final quarter to hang on for the victory. Against Mt. Whit- ney, the Pirates came within a point but were never able to catch the Pioneers af- ter they posted a 21-8 second quarter run.
Villareal led Reedley with 16 points while sophomore Marcus Heinrichs add- ed 10 points. In the Dec. 15 loss to Tulare
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Preps
Andrew Halstead
Central Valley Christian High guard Simon te Velde (11) attempts to drive against the defense of Reedley High's Angel Vazquez (20) on Dec. 16 during the Andrew Bedoya Holiday Classic.
Colleges
Reedley College men's hoop swept in tournament
Orange Cove High captures top awards for all-CSL football
Jon Earnest / The Exponent
Staff, Contributed Reports
The Reedley College men’s basketball team suf- fered three losses in Stock- ton at the San Joaquin Delta College Tournament last week to drop to 5-6 on the season.
Reedley has one game re- maining in the calendar year as they travel to Fairfield for a 7 p.m. matchup with Solano College on Thursday, Dec. 20. The game is a makeup of a Nov. 15 contest that was postponed due to poor air quality from the Northern California fires.
At Delta, the Tigers dropped an 88-56 decision to Cabrillo College on Dec. 14. Uriel Carter led Reed- ley with 15 points while Ru-
ben Parks followed with 13. Parks had 17 and Carter net- ted15inan89-76losstoaSi- erra College team that came into the Dec. 15 game with a 3-7 record.
Parks had 25 points in a 90-79 loss to Central Valley Conference rival Merced College on Dec. 16 in Stock- ton. Khalid Wilkins followed with 18 points in the loss.
Women's basketball
Reedley College took third place at the San Mateo Tournament on Dec. 14-16. Sophomore guard Stephanie Cervantes from Dinuba was named to the all-tournament team as the Tigers (7-7) went 2-1 in the tourney.
Reedley defeated Butte
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Contributed
Orange Cove High School junior two-way standout Mario Reynosa was selected as West Se- quoia League Offensive Player of the Year for 2018 in voting by league coaches. Tony Gates, who guided the Titans to a 10- 2 season and second place in the WSL, was voted coach of the year.
Reynosa starred as a running back and de- fensive back for Orange Cove, rushing for 1,011 yards (7.2 average) and 21 touchdowns while compil- ing 1,314 all-purpose yards. On defense, he made 58 so- lo tackles and also collected four interceptions.
Titans joining Reynosa on the first team were se- nior linebacker Andrew Leon, senior wide receiver
Orange Cove High School / Photo Contributed
Orange Cove High's Mario Reynosa, left, and Tony Gates were voted WSL Offensive Player and Coach of the Year.
Nate Reyes, senior line- backer Freddy Medina, freshman defensive back Alfredo Ocejo, senior de- fensive lineman Christian Vargas, junior offensive lineman Beto Lizarraga and senior offensive line-
man Tony Cordova. Second team selections
from Orange Cove were Medina at running back, sophomore Zach Ramirez at quarterback and junior offensive lineman Antonio Guerrero.