Monache girls golf advances to Valley

The Monache High School girls golf team competed in the Area tournament on Tuesday at Valley Oaks Golf Course in Visalia.

As a team, the Marauders compiled a score of 503, good enough for third place and a berth in the Valley tournament at Visalia Country Club on Nov. 5.

Individually, Kristen Allard and Stacey Yamaguchi qualified for the Valley tournament at Sunnyside Country Club in Fresno on Oct. 29.

Allard finished in first with a 74 (34, 40) and Yamaguchi carded an 82 (42, 40) for fifth place.

“[The score] was a little disappointing,” Monache coach Jake Winter said. “I think when we play good golf, we would like to be in the 460 to 470 range.”

But the Marauders will have 13 days to polish up their game before competing in the Valley tournament as a team.

“Going into the year, our goal was to qualify as a team for Valley,” Winter said.

“It’s very rewarding. Now we have two weeks to practice and we’ll go out there and see what we can do.”

Kalyn Reed shot 100, Lucy Mendez finished with 118, Sylvia Crandell carded 129 and Daley Roche shot 141.

prep volleyball

Exeter 3, 
Selma 0

The Monarchs rolled past the Bears in three games, 25-16, 25-8, 25-8.

Kendra Amann led Exeter with nine kills. Abby Bloetscher had eight kills. Callie Souza finished with seven kills.

Laura Brinkman added 13 assists and 11 digs. Cathryn Hutcheson had 13 assists and six digs. Sabina Lopez finished with 11 digs.

With the win, Exeter improves to 26-4 overall and 7-0 in the Central Sequoia League.

The Monarchs will now prepare for their match with Immanuel on Thursday. The Eagles’ one loss in league this season was handed to them by Exeter.

Prep Volleyball

Delano 3, 
Granite Hills 2

The Grizzlies were unable to overcome the Tigers in a match held in Delano on Monday night.

Granite Hills fell to 2-10 overall and 1-9 in the East Yosemite League with a 16-25, 17-25, 28-26, 26-24, 11-15 loss to Delano.

Angela Rispoli led the Grizzlies with 10 kills and five aces. Jennifer Landers finished with 19 assists, two kills and one ace. Sarah Blackburn added three aces, two kills and one block.

Sylvia Ramirez had five kills and three blocks. Samantha Orosco finished with three aces and two kills. Kari Burrough had one ace and three kills.

Granite Hills will play host to Tulare Western on Wednesday in a match scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m.