Soccer
Valley prep highlights: wrestling, boys soccer
Eagles’ Knoblauch wins Clovis West Shootout title Clovis West’s Michael Knoblauch, ranked 18th in the nation, upset Clovis’ No. 4-ranked Jonas Gaytan 6-4 in the 126-pound final in one of the marquee individual matchups of the Clovis West Shootout wrestling tournament. Knoblauch’s victory was one of two individual titles for Clovis West on Saturday and [...]
Prep sports highlights: Selma wins soccer tournament
BOYS SOCCER Selma followed a run to the Gold Division championship at the Harold S. Young tournament over the weekend by riding two goals from Tony Torres to a 3-0 win over Kerman. The Bears are now 7-0, including a 3-2 win over El Toro-Lake Forest in the Harold S. Young tourney final. Two-time defending [...]
Sports briefs: Fresno Pacific to play for NCCAA men’s soccer title
Rodrigo Vianna capped a comeback and put top-seeded Fresno Pacific into the National Christian College Athletic Association men’s soccer final with one powerful kick. Vianna’s goal gave the Sunbirds a 5-4 win on penalty kicks after they and No. 4 Palm Beach Atlantic tied 2-2 through overtime Thursday in Kissimmee, Fla. Fresno Pacific (18-4) faces [...]
Prep highlights: Roosevelt downs defending champ Buchanan
BOYS SOCCER Santiago Gaspar scored twice as Roosevelt defeated two-time defending Central Section Division I champion Buchanan 3-0. GIRLS SOCCER Brooke Bingham scored in OT to lift Clovis East past Yosemite 1-0. BOYS BASKETBALL Khaneal Mason scored 18 points as perennial Division I power Clovis West defeated Memorial, last season’s D-II champions, 71-29. Sanger rode [...]
Sports roundup: Fresno Pacific wins at soccer nationals
Paul Islas scored a first-half goal to tie him with current coach Jaime Ramirez for third on Fresno Pacific’s career scoring list at 54, and the top-seeded Sunbirds beat McMurry 3-0 to open the National Christian College Athletic Association soccer championships in Kissimmee, Fla. Alvaro Nogales, a freshman, made it 1-0 with 18 minutes left [...]
Prep highlights: Vernon powers Tulare in hoops
BOYS BASKETBALL Wyoming recruit Keonta Vernon scored 36 points to power Tulare past Golden West 85-41. Alex Simpson‘s 22 points helped Edison to an 86-70 win over Hanford West, which received 32 points from Josue Salaam. Lorenzo Cuevas had 14 points — one of five Redskins with eight or more — in Chowchilla’s 66-28 win [...]
