Swimmers stroke to victory

Crosstown rivals met Friday in an East Yosemite League battle and when the splashing was done Monache High boys and Porterville High girls team swam away with wins.

The Mauraders won by a score of 103-83 and the Panthers earned a 119-61 victory.

MHS Coach Brandon Weaver said that both teams, as a result of Friday’s win, sealed at least a EYL co-championship of sorts. Monache boys and Panther girls are undefeated going into next Saturday’s championship meet.

No individual stars sparkled more than another, Weaver said of his Marauders.

“It’s a team effort,” Weaver said, “and those who finished second put out as much effort and worked as hard as someone who finished first. We work as a team and that’s a winning formula for us.”

Coach Richard Taylor’s team worked hard too, he said.

This is an exciting time for us,” Taylor said. “We go to Tulare next week and we want to win our third championship there. We’ve won two years in a row. The girls are real strong. Out of 12 events they took 11.”

Other results
Event Winner
Boys
200 Medley relay MHS
200 freestyle Steven Imbach, MHS
200 IM Max Perez Hernandez, MHS
50 yard freestyle David Gonzales, PHS
100 butterfly Max Perez Hernandez, MHS
100 freestyle David Gonzales, PHS
500 freestyle Marc Wolf, MHS
200 freestyle relay PHS
100 backstroke Steven Imbach, MHS
100 breaststroke Titus Moore, PHS
400 freestyle relay PHS
Diving Josh Dieterle, PHS

Girls
200 medley relay PHS
200 freestyle CoriAnn Snyder, PHS
200 IM Jenna Morris, PHS
50 freestyle Ally Bernard , MHS
100 butterfly Kyla Hill, PHS
100 freestyle CoriAnn Snyder, PHS
500 freestyle Jenna Morris, PHS
200 freestyle relay PHS
100 backstroke Kyla Hill, PHS
100 breastsroke Kimber Methvin, PHS
400 freestyle relay PHS
Diving Amber Frisby, PHS