Marauders win on the road

The CIF Central Section Division II Monache High School girls water polo team opened the season with a 14-1 victory on the road over Div. I El Diamante in Tuesday’s game in Visalia.

Ava Lobue led the team with four goals followed by Katie Land and Maddy Chapman with three goals apiece. Claire Schrein chipped in two goals while Emily Chapman and Emily Adame had one goal each.

The Marauders (10) are the reigning coeast Yosemite League champions and were last season’s Div. II Valley champion runner-ups after falling in double overtime to Redwood (29-3). They finished the season with an EYL record of 7-1 and an overall record of 24-9.

GIRLS GOLF

Golden West 264 Monache 342

Monache High School girls golf fell 264-342 to Golden West in their season-opening match at River Island Country Club Tuesday afternoon.

Scoring for the Marauders was Danielle Margosian with a 48, Rachel Clement with 56, and Kere Martinez and Alondra Garcia with 77 each. Isabel Sutherland also carded a 93 for Monache.

“Very pleased with the team as a whole,” MHS head coach Jake Winter said. “With four first

time golfers I don’t know that I’ve ever seen such a smooth first round to open the year. The scores are high but that’s due mostly to the length of the course and their distance right now. All the girls are hitting the ball consistently down the fairway and it’s just a matter of time. The distance will come and the scores will go down. Good start to the season, looking forward to seeing how much these girls improve.”

Monache’s next match is today in Sanger.

GIRLS TENNIS

Golden West 5 Monache 4

Monache High School girls tennis team lost their season opening match at home 5-4 to Golden West on Tuesday.

Winning in singles for the Marauders was No. 1 Maddie Gianetto (8-0), No. 5 Valerie Ibarra (82) and No. 6 Tanya Perez (8-6). In doubles, Gianetto and Jenna Keller won the No. 1 match 8-5.

VOLLEYBALL

Porterville 3 Golden West 1

Porteville High School volleyball started their season off with a 3-1 win at Visalia’s Golden West on Tuesday evening.

The Panthers (1-0) won the first set 25-12, dropped the second 2515 but won out 25-18 and 25-13 for the victory.

Avery Wingfield led the team in assists with 23 and aces with five. Kaitlyn Keovilaysane had a team-high 16 kills and seven digs as well. Kaila Keovilaysane finished with 24 digs and Janelle Santillan served 23 points with four aces. Analy Medrano also had 13 kills and three blocks.