Grizzlies boys soccer beat Redcats

Granite Hills High School’s Ivan Ayon scored the team’s lone goal in the boys soccer team’s 1-0 victory over Fowler Tuesday evening at Jacob Rankin Stadium.

“The game was tense, it was back and forth,” GHHS assistant coach Angel Ruiz said. “Fowler was a good team, but we managed to control the game and maintain the score 1-0 throughout the rest of the game.”

GIRLS SOCCER

El Diamante 1 Monache 0

Monache girls soccer lost 1-0 in the final five minutes of double overtime in Tuesday’s non-league away game against El Diamante .

“I want to say I am very proud of my team,” MHS head coach Tino Rodriguez said. “It was a total team effort. Especially [from] Briley German and our defense.” Hanford 4 Porterville 0

Porterville girls soccer team lost 4-0 on the road to Hanford in Tuesday’s non-league game. Head coach Cruz Ri-

vera said the Panthers were trailing 1-0 at halftime, but after an injury to the team’s goalkeeper the game “went downhill from there.”

BOYS BASKETBALL

Granite Hills 55 Cesar Chavez 49

Granite Hills boys basketball beat Cesar

Chavez 55-49 at home in Monday’s non-league game.

Armando Cabrera led the Grizzlies in scoring with 17 points. He also had three assists, three steals and four rebounds. Ever Astorga finished with 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds.

GIRLS WRESTLING

PHS 27th at Bay Area tourney

Porterville girls wrestling

placed 27th out of 40 teams with 26 points at a tournament in San Jose over the weekend.

Lizeth Fuentes placed sixth in the 160-pound weight class after going 2-2 and Maria Lizeth Hernandez also placed sixth in the 143-pound weight class after going 2-2. Julissa Caballero (137) also went 2-2, but did not place and Madison Madina (143) went 1-2.