For sports fans, 2011 was an amazing, ridiculous and frustrating year. Choosing the top ten sports stories of the year was something like choosing the ten best tasting Christmas cookies my wife (and editor) baked over the holidays - there were a lot to choose from! But here, in no particular order, are my top ten local and national sports stories of 2011.
Immanuel High School has a rich sports tradition, and the school’s basketball program has been especially successful in the past decade. Any coach who steps into the head coaching spot for Immanuel is stepping into high expectations, and C.J. Haydock is the new man on the hot seat.
It’s always a risk to place high expectations on something. It’s especially risky when you place those high expectations on yourself. Joshua Andrews did that, and the results were amazing.
As the football season winds down, there’s not a whole lot left to say about the season for the Reedley College Tigers. Saturday’s 41-7 loss to College of the Sequoias was a repeat of the other eight losses the Tigers have suffered this year: poor defense, spotty offense and a lopsided loss.
The Reedley College Tigers suffered their fifth straight loss Saturday night, falling to the Modesto Junior College Pirates 56-24.
Doug Vincent has never been one to let anything get in his way of accomplishing what he sets his mind to. Take an obstacle like contracting Polio at one year old, and walking with crutches for the past 55 years. It didn’t stop him from wanting to be mobile and independent and do the things he wanted to do without any help. That’s why it’s only appropriate that Doug had the idea to start a website dedicated to helping and advising the handicapped community, and the result is Walk and Roll Live.
The Reedley College Tigers were looking to turn their fortunes around at home Saturday afternoon after three consecutive road losses, but it didn’t work out that way - not even close. The Tigers were blown out by San Joaquin Delta 52-7 at Reedley High School Stadium.
The Reedley College Tigers lost their Valley Conference opener Saturday afternoon in Rocklin, falling to the Sierra College Wolverines 42-13. With the loss, the Tigers were all but eliminated from post season bowl eligibility.
The Reedley College Tigers finished up their pre-conference schedule Saturday night in Salinas, as they fell to Hatrnell College 27-20 in overtime. Certainly the c=score is an important part of the story, and most people would say it’s the only thing that matters, but that’s not the case with this game.
There’s not a lot to be said about the Reedley College football game this past Saturday night. Well, there's plenty that could be said, but suffice it to say, it was a bad night for the Tiger defense, as they gave up 76 points in losing to West Hills, 76-44, dropping their season record to 1-3.
