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to transfer to Fresno State in August. She attends Fresno City College.
Ambriz said the trip would prove invaluable to the Wilson students. “Being from a non- privileged school, not a lot of opportunities (exist),” she said. This would help balance that, she said. And of the team, she said, “I see a lot of hard work, team
work. They care about each other.”
As for potential, Ambriz said her girls have it. The little Bulldogs are 3-0.
The team also includes Andrea Garcia, Bernice Amaro, Stephanie Cortes, Melina Maldonado, Victoria Vargas, Mikaela Flores, Jennifer Juarez, Manae Hernandez, Natalie Moreno, Jessica Chavez and Carla Villasenor.
Garza commented on the similarities between this team and his past varsity girls teams, adding,
“Different characteristics.” Wilson physical education teacher Victor Manriquez brought his two young children to the game. “Glad we could come out and support the girls,”
he said.
The reporter can be contacted by email at sangerheraldsports@gmail. com or by phone at the Herald at (559) 875-2511.
Mike Nemeth / Sanger Herald
Jason Corrales takes the ball upfield despite the protestations of a Bullard player. Below, Ryan Serrano epitomized the dominating play of the second half by beating his adversary.
SANGER HERALD
2B THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018
Mike Nemeth / Sanger Herald
The Wilson Bulldogs got to go to center court. They got free Fresno State Bulldogs T-shirts and a free pizza. Plus they high-fived the team when the women returned to court.
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More like blow the competition off the field.
And that’s what senior midfielder Omreep Mander did toward the latter part of the second half. He was given a free kick in right field.
“At first I was going to cross the ball,” he said, referring to a kick that would feed it to his teammates. “But the coaches told me to take it.”
Mander plays club ball. He’s no stranger to moving the ball and taking it upfield. And he said, “I have the leg power.”
The Knights didn’t know that, but they learned quickly.
“I put my head down and kicked right through,” Mander said. “I thought it was going to go over (the goal), but it sailed perfectly into the left corner.”
The Bullard goalie didn’t have a chance. Mander bent it like Beckham.
“That was amazing,” Gutierrez said immediately afterward. “That was 55 to 60 yards.”
The Sanger sideline exploded with cheers. Mander and the rest of the Apaches on the field returned to work, doubling down to even the score.
Sanchez took another shot on the Bullard goal. The Apaches fought. Bullard coach Igal Francis subbed in fresh players and looked far more concerned
than he had early on.
Time came too soon. The game ended 2-1. Bullard
won.
“We did good,” Sanchez
said after the game. “The first half we didn’t have fire, the heart. In the beginning, we didn’t take it seriously (enough).
“I was just trying to help my team,” he said, referring to that initial shot on the goal. “We needed it. I knew I had the kick.”
Ryan Serrano, a junior center back, found himself in the middle of a battle zone in the first half but stepped up his energy significantly in the second, making plays and keeping his forwards in the game.
“The first half we didn’t come out with the game mindset,” he said. “We made some adjustments (in the second half) and came out with more fire, more heart. I felt I needed to step it up.”
Serrano acknowledged the hectic pace in center field. Bullard is a good
team, 8-5 on the season. Sanger is 7-8-2 overall.
Serrano said part of what made the difference the second half involved the Apaches’ superior conditioning. Bullard slowed noticeably on the field, and part of that could be attributed to being up a goal. But Sanger’s soccer team, like it’s football and basketball teams, often has the advantage of being fresher than its opponents when the minutes tick down.
“It’s real serious in practice,” Serrano said.
Reick didn’t slow down. “I just made an adjustment at halftime,” he said. “I stepped up the aggressiveness.”
He didn’t let anything through.
Gutierrez told his players they would remember the game as the adrenaline wore off and the results of their exertion became clear, perhaps after they’d slept on it. “When we say, ‘Leave it on the field,’ that’s it, right there,” he said. “I don’t think they took a shot in the second half.
“You know what that felt like.”
Gutierrez told them he’s still going to stress about the loss, “but that was better. That’s the kind of heart I want you to have on the field, and everywhere. In the classroom. In life. Push each other. Grab your brother by the shoulder.”
The team played Madera South on Tuesday and faces Edison at 5 p.m. today at Tom Flores Stadium.
The reporter can be contacted by email at sangerheraldsports@gmail. com or by phone at the Herald at (559) 875-2511.
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