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Nolen is new
Immanuel cross
country coach
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Pirates soccer gets their rings
MVT Staff Report
Immanuel High has announced the hiring of Connor Nolen as the school’s head cross country coach and on campus teacher.
Nolan has spent three seasons in the Madera Unified School District, coaching the Matilda Torres High cross country team and teaching physical edu- cation. He has coached runners at various lev- els, ranging from mid- dle school through col- lege athletes.
“It is my mission to build a program that is Christ-centered and puts God first in all that we do,” Nolen said in a news release. “The focus pop this year is the word ‘driven’ and how we can represent Jesus in our sports and live the lifestyle it takes to be the very best we can be!
“God opened a door for me at Immanuel and I am beyond stoked to be a part of the Imman- uel community, build a successful cross coun-
try pro- gram, and show my stu- dents the love that G o d has for them.”
Connor Nolen
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Reserved seats are available for purchase for Dinuba High's 2022 football season.
Green seats good for every home foot- ball game this season are available for $100 per seat, and buyer can choose their seats. Each reserved seat in- cludes entrance to the
game and free parking in the main lot (space permitting).
Dinuba has home games on Aug. 19 (Clovis East), Aug. 26 (Golden West), Sept. 2 (Kingsburg), Sept. 16 (Washington Union), Oct. 7 (Tulare Western) and Oct. 14 (Lemoore).
Information: Mi- chelle Rivers (559) 595- 7223.
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The Sanger Cal Rip- ken 11-year-old all-stars were still alive entering the final day of pool play at the 11-70 state tourna- ment in Bakersfield on July 5.
Sanger played Tulare in an afternoon contest
(results were unavail- able at press time), and with a victory would be in line to capture the three-team Billy Pool bracket and advance to single elimination. In earlier games, Sanger lost 10-3 to Kingsburg on July 3 before bouncing back to trounce Visalia
Blue, 16-1, on July 4. Semifinals are sched- uled for Thursday, July 7, with the title game set for Friday, July 8. The top two finishers would advance to regionals
play in Los Altos. Sanger's 9-year-old
all-stars had a short stay in state tourna- ment action on Kerman last week. The team dropped an 11-9 decision to Templeton on July 3, then were eliminated from the consolation round with an 8-1 loss top Kingsburg on July 4. Play in the bracket tour- nament was scheduled to continue through Sat- urday, July 9.
Dinuba's 8-year-old all- stars split its two games earlier this week at the
state tournament hosted by Northwest Bakers- field. After getting out- scored 14-9 by unbeaten Bullard on July 3, Dinuba bounced back by topping Kernan Red in a 23-18 scorefest on July 4. On July 5, the all-stars played Buchanan to finish play in the Billy Pool bracket.
Single elimination play began on July 6, with the finals scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, July 8.
Dinuba finished sec- ond in its pool play at the Ripken 12-70 tourna- ment last week at Visa- lia, bouncing back from an opening loss to defeat Sanger by a 10-4 score.
The Tulare All-Stars went on to capture the title with a 13-3 rout of Central on July 2.
Immanuel once again is in Division V for cross country, and is joined by 24 other schools for boys and girls in the division. The Eagles had one runner, incoming ju- nior girl Gabi Ramirez, compete at the 2021 section meet; she had a 12th place finish.
“We are excited to have Connor join the teaching the coaching team at Immanuel,” said Ryan Wood, su- perintendent for Im- manuel Schools. “He loves the Lord and will bring the energy and passion to his teach- ing and coaching. We believe he will build a championship caliber cross country program that will compete at the highest level.”
Reedley High's Central Section Division I champion boys soccer team held a ceremony on June 29 at Magal- lon Roofing, where they received their championship rings. The Pirates, who reached the semifinal round of the Northern California playoffs, posted a stellar 20-7- 1 record in 2021-22 and defeated rival Sanger by a 1-0 score in the section title match. Reedley then posted a 2-0 home shutout of Branham High in the NorCal quar- terfinals before falling on the road in the semifinals.
Photos by Danny Jimenez / Photos Contributed
Sanger 11s split first two at Ripken state tourney
Reserved seats on sale for Dinuba High football
Last week's answers