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This is the year the Porterville girls’ basketball team has been waiting for. In February, the Panthers, who did not win their league championship, stunned the team that did and went on a run that ended in the Division II semifinals. Monache,...
Lindsay’s girls basketball squad opened play at the Woodlake Tournament with a loss against Golden West, 46-34. The Cardinals were held to just four points in the second quarter while the Blazers scored 11 in the same span to take a 24-15 lead...
After their Tiny Hill Classic championship, the Panthers were not cooled off by Lindsay, easily rolling to a 36-point victory at home. Porterville got several buckets in transition as speedsters Stevee Thomas (13 points) and Alex Shew (12 points) led...
Last week was rough on the Lindsay girls’ basketball team. Playing in the Tiny Hill Classic against nothing but bigger schools, the Cardinals struggled throughout. But Lindsay opened the Central Valley Christian Tournament with a 35-19 win over...
Strathmore’s girls basketball team experienced more emotion Friday night against Caruthers than they would on the X2 roller coaster at the local Six Flags. The Blue Raiders squashed several Spartan rallies in the final minutes to take a 47-42 victory...
Midway through the second quarter, the Tiny Hill Classic’s championship game was unfolding as most expected. Redwood and its two highly touted players were giving Porterville’s girls basketball team a fight. But the Panthers’ two sharp...
Monache coach Rudy Montanez is feeling like a wealthy man lately. His girls basketball team, 70-18 winners of Thursday night’s matchup over Taft in Porterville’s Tiny Hill Classic, affords him the luxury of spreading the playing time all around...
Just before the start of the third quarter of Porterville’s girls basketball game against Tehachapi on Thursday, the Panthers strolled out of the locker room to the bench. They formed a huddle, shouted “Defense!” and five Panthers prepared...
Cesar Chavez led coming out of the locker room at Wednesday’s Tiny Hill Classic game. Sixteen minutes later, the Titans ended up losing by 20 points. What happened in between was a near-perfect performance by the Porterville defense. The Panthers...
Who knew volleyball translated so well to basketball? Monache point guard Beth Reed, who played setter for the school’s volleyball squad this fall, is now distributing the ball in a different uniform on the hardwood. Reed scored 16 points and...