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This Week in Garces Athletics
Provided by Trevor Horn, Sports Information Director
Ring Ceremony
The Garces Memorial girls tennis varsity players received their championship rings in the quad this week in a celebration of the program’s second consecutive Central Section Division I Championship. Seniors Kylee Limpias and Taylor Crider were four-year members of the team that advanced to four consecutive D-I title match appearances.
Sports Update
As we close out the month this weekend, we are officially in the thick of the postseason for boys tennis, swim and dive and track and field while baseball, softball, and boys golf are mere weeks away from Central Section playoffs.
Baseball
The Rams secured the first River League win of the year with a 5-4 road victory at Frontier last Friday. Jason Smith led Garces with three hits while Braden Turman drove in two runs and Griffin Garcia added two hits.The Rams lost to BCHS 9-0 on Wednesday and host the Eagles at 7:30 p.m. tonight with just two more weeks left in the regular season.
Boys Golf
The Rams celebrated Senior Day for Aidan Sorci, Randall Giumarra, Ethan Talbot, and Jimmy Napier before the fifth league tournament of the season at Rio Bravo on Thursday. Sorci led the way for Rams with an even-par-72 as the Rams finished in second place. Four Rams shot below 85 as the team scored 389. Carson Sorci shot a 78.
Softball
It was a big double-header for Garces on Monday night as the Rams took both games over North at home. Kayden Lopez struck out nine batters in five scoreless innings in an 11-0 win and then April Reis’ home run highlighted a 7-5 victory in the second game. The Rams battled, but fell to BCHS on the road Wednesday, 2-1. The two teams will play today at home at 4:15 p.m.
Swim and Dive
It’s been a promising start to the league championships for the swim and dive team. On Tuesday, Alaura Townsend finished second in the JV girls 500 freestyle in 6:50.91. On Wednesday, Brooklyn Smith won the JV girls 200 individual medley to lead the way for the Rams. Thursday was an even bigger day for Garces as freshman Charlie Potter set the school, meet, and league record in the varsity boys 500 free in 4:42.62 as Johnny Mediburu finished fifth and Jace Wimbish finished eighth. On the girls side in the 500 free, freshman Katie McCarthy took second in the varsity heat in 5:31.86 while Alexis Jensen finished sixth. In girls dive, freshman Addi Roberts won the league title while seniors Claire Banducci (second) and Sienna Garnica (fourth) both medaled. The rest of the varsity league championships begin at 3 p.m. today at the KHSD Aquatic Complex.
Boys Tennis
The Rams earned a bid into the Division I section playoffs and lost to No. 5 Clovis-Buchanan 9-0 in the opening round on Tuesday. Michael Garcia, Nico Fanucchi, and Brysen Limpias will be in action next Friday and Saturday at the South Area qualifying tournament at Wasco.
Track and Field
The Rams were off this week and will gear up for the league championships at Liberty next Thursday..
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