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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Sport
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High school softball: Freshman hitter clutch in D-I between Buchanan and Central
Buchanan High softball coach Dean Gregory paused and was trying to remember when his team played in the Central Section Division I championship. 'It's probably been 2017, I think,' Gregory said. Gregory was right about his assertion. Only this time, he hopes his Bears will come out on top. To get there, however, Buchanan had some work to do. Top-seeded Central had a 4-3 lead, but the fifth-seeded Bears rallied in the top of the seventh inning, scoring three runs with two outs, capped by freshman Addison Schafer's two-run single in a 6-4 victory in a semifinal game. 'This team never quits,' Gregory said. 'They are such a quality group of kids. They work hard and they have fun. They play the game the way it's supposed to be played and I'm really happy.' Buchanan will aim to win its first section title since 2016, facing No. 2 Clovis North, which won the title last season over Central. For now, Gregory will savior this win. Schafer, too. 'I had a lot of anxiety,' Schafer described, as she was batting. 'I try to just settle down, calm my nerves, take it one pitch at a time and just try to help my team as much as I could.' Clovis North, meanwhile, rallied with six runs in the sixth inning to pull away from Stockdale in a 10-3 victory. The Broncos took a 5-4 lead, scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Sydney Kniss helped out when she had a two-run single in the sixth. Brynn Gentry and Riley Grealy each had two RBI apiece. Central Section semifinals Division I No. 5 Buchanan 6, No. 1 Central East 4 No. 2 Clovis North 10, No. 3 Stockdale 3 Division II No. 3 Monache 4, No. 2 Garces 3 Friday No. 9 Edison at No. 4 Bakersfield Christian Division III No. 7 Pioneer Valley 1, No. 3 Kerman 0 Friday No. 5 Liberty-Madera Ranchos at No. 1 Wasco Division IV No. 1 Woodlake 8, No. 5 Golden West 5 No. 3 Coalinga 5, No. 7 Sanger West 1 Division V No. 1 Orcutt Academy 1, No. 3 Hoover 0 No. 2 Dos Palos 5, No. 11 McLane 0 Division VI No. 5 Torres 11, No. 1 Kern Valley 1 No. 10 Roosevelt 8, No. 3 Strathmore 3 Championships At Margie Wright Diamond, Fresno State May 29 Division VI No. 5 Torres vs. No. 10 Roosevelt, 4:30 p.m. Division III No. 7 Pioneer Valley vs. No. 1 Wasco/No. 5 LIberty-Madera Ranchos winner, 7 p.m. May 30 Division V No. 1 Orcutt Academy vs. No. 2 Dos Palos, 4:30 p.m. Division II No. 3 Monache vs. No. 4 Bakersfield Christian/No 9 Edison winner, 7 p.m. May 31 Division IV No. 1 Woodlake vs. No. 3 Coalinga, 4:30 p.m. Division I No. 2 Clovis North vs. No. 5 Buchanan, 7 p.m.
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Sport
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Clovis West's hope for top-seed in the CIF Open Division were dashed. ‘Very disappointed'
Clovis West hopes of getting a No. 1 seed in the California Interscholastic Federation girls basketball Open Division came to halt Sunday night. The Golden Eagles are seeded No. 2 in the Northern California behind top-seed Archbishop Mitty. After Saturday's Central Section Division I win over Clovis, Golden Eagles coach Craig Campbell felt it was his team and Mitty fighting for the 1-2 seed. He was right, but he had hoped his team would get the top-seed based off a 32-0 undefeated record. 'Very disappointed,' he said Sunday. Perhaps the selection committee saw one common opponent between the two. Both played Pinewood. Clovis West defeated Pinewood 54-50 in the Bay Area and Mitty beat Pinewood 59-51 in the Central Coast championship at Santa Clara. Following Saturday's win, Campbell laid out why they should be the No. 1 seed. 'Mitty's a tremendous team and it's no knock, but since they've lost their best player for the year, they did lose three games. Three games to nationally ranked teams. Really good teams, but how do you discredit Clovis West, who's been the only team that's been in the Open Division every year in the entire state over Mitty and all the others,' Campbell said. 'To go 32-0, travel 7,500 miles and beat a state champion and a state runner-up, like how do you say no this team is still better than you. We played the last three years and our season ended at Mitty. I feel like our kids earned the 1 at worst the 2. You go down the list of the three through what's probably eight ... It's a gauntlet. It's going to be a dog fight. You could be one and done and still have had a hell of a year.' Nevertheless, the Golden Eagles will await the winner between No. 3 San Ramon Valley or No. 6 Pinewood. On the line for Clovis West is keeping its undefeated record intact. 'Both those teams are outstanding,' Campbell said. 'Their coaches are good friends of ours. It's going to be a great game either way. At the end of the day you got to go out and win.' Clovis will play in Division I and earned the No. 2 seed and will host No. 15 Oak Ridge. On the boys side, Fresno Christian earned the top-seed in Division IV and will face No. 16 Citrus Hill in a SoCal Regional game. The Eagles took care of business Friday defeating Monache 73-50. Also receiving a top-seed is the Immanuel girls in NorCal Division III. The Eagles will meet No. 16 East Union. Immanuel won the Division IV title after a 58-36 victory over Santa Ynez. Round 1 begins Tuesday at the host sites at 7 p.m. Here's the rest of the schedule involving Fresno-area teams: CIF state playoffs Boys basketball Tuesday, 7 p.m. Division I NorCal No. 12 San Joaquin Memorial at No. 5 San Ramon Valley No. 13 Liberty-Brentwood at No. 4 Clovis North No. 14 Clovis West at No. 3 Lincoln-Stockton No. 15 Monterey Trail at No. 2 Buchanan Division II NorCal No. 16 Bullard at No. 1 Rocklin No. 10 Cardinal Newman at No. 7 Clovis East Division III NorCal No. 10 Central at No. 7 Carmel Division IV SoCal No. 16 Citrus Hill at No. 1 Fresno Christian No. 10 Monache at No. 7 Granada Hills Charter Division V NorCal No. 14 Chowchilla at No. 3 Argonaut SoCal No. 9 La Puente at No. 8 Strathmore Girls basketball Open Division No. 2 Clovis West bye March 8 No. 3 San Ramon Valley/No. 6 Pinewood winner at No. 2 Clovis West Division I NorCal No. 16 San Joaquin Memorial at No. 1 Folsom No. 12 Central at No. 5 Priory No. 15 Oak Ridge at No. 2 Clovis Division II NorCal No. 14 Clovis East at No. 3 Colfax No. 15 Grant at No. 2 Sierra Pacific March 6 NorCal No. 8 Sacred Heart Cathedral/No. 9 Christian Brothers at No. 1 Caruthers SoCal No. 8 Palos Verdes/No. 9 Rolling Hills Prep winner at No. 8 Palos Verdes Division III NorCal No. 16 East Union at No. 1 Immanuel Division V SoCal No. 10 Lindsay at No. 7 Santa Ana
Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Sport
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Clovis West narrowly escapes upset in Central Section basketball championship against Clovis
Winning a 13th consecutive Central Section champion never came easy this time for the Clovis West girls basketball team. While at first when the Golden Eagles opened with a 17-2 lead, it seemed they were going to roll to a convincing win in the Central Section championship at Selland Arena on Saturday night. It was anything but that for Clovis West (32-0), which saw a determined Clovis team that were primed for an upset win. The Cougars (24-8) had chances as the game went to overtime which saw the Golden Eagles outscore the Cougars 13-4 for a 53-44 victory in a Central Section Division I championship game. 'We're up 17 and we just lost focus defensively,' Clovis West coach Craig Campbell said. 'We know they have a really good shooting team and they had three 3s in the second quarter, and not only did they get the points, but they played off that momentum and that energy. I was really frustrated that we just checked out their uncontested 3s.' It was a big scare for Clovis West because Clovis had taken a 37-36 lead on a 3-pointer by Sadie Sin with three minutes remaining. A minute later, Jaylnn Jasso hit a 3-pointer with two minutes remaining for a 40-38 lead with two minutes left. Clovis had a chance to win the game before the end of regulation but misfired on a shot that sent the game into overtime. In overtime, however, the Cougars were called for two technicals that left coach Cooper Steele wondering why they were called. He claimed the referees said he was issued a warning earlier in the game but didn't recall one before he was called for a technical. Mahloni Warren then made two free throws that gave Clovis West a 43-40 lead with 2:34 remaining in overtime. Minutes later, a second technical was called. This time on Jasso for kicking that left Clovis questioning the call. 'I didn't know I had a warning but I was just trying to get clarification,' Steele said. 'I don't think there was a warning at the table.' Asked again about the warning, Steele said the referee told him 'I've already warned you to stop talking to me.' 'I didn't hear a warning and there was no warning at the table. I need clarification on that, but I got to be better than that.' Clovis West will find out where it will be seeded in the CIF state playoff and likely will be in the Open Division, hoping for a high seed. Clovis could be in Division I. Top-seed St. Joseph didn't want a repeat runner-up finish like what happened to the Knights in last year's Division I championship. Back in the title game and this time facing Buchanan, St. Joseph (31-1) made sure Saturday's game wasn't close and led from start to finish en route a 54-33 victory. A year ago, St. Joseph lost to Clovis North 69-60 in last season's D-I championship. Buchanan (26-5), which knocked off the defending Central Section Division I champions Clovis North in the semis last week, suffered its worst loss of the season. Buchanan's top scorer Connor Sheets was held to eight points. Despite the loss, the Bears had a big season that was topped by a Tri-River Athletic Conference, led by coach Tom Orlich and Sheets. Buchanan is not done as it will play in the CIF Division I state playoffs. The Bears will find out their seed and opponent when the pairings are announced Sunday. Strathmore's Isaiah Colunga made a basket midway through the fourth quarter for a 41-39 lead and Diego Lopez followed with a 3-pointer as the Spartans held on for a 45-41 victory over Granite Hills, giving the school its first section title since 1937.
