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The Shafter Generals football team recovered from a rather slow start and turned it on in the second half on their way to a 50-12 rout of the Edison Tigers. The win keeps the Generals perfect, with a 4-0 record. For the second game of the season, Maryion Sloan filled the quarterback position, scoring two touchdowns with a total of 148 yards rushing on 11 carries. Christopher Espinoza had 94 yards rushing, giving Shafter consistency on the ground against the 0-4 Edison team....
The Shafter High Lady Generals volleyball team stayed perfect in the SSL with a convincing 3-0 win over the Delano Tigers. The Tigers touted a 12-4 record coming into the game, but the Lady Generals dispatched them in straight sets. Led by the hitting of Sydnee Macias, the team never trailed by more than one point in the match, keeping the momentum the entire game. Aided by a boisterous crowd, the Shafter squad stayed unbeaten at home, and in first place in the South Sequoia L...
The Shafter High Lady Generals volleyball team made it to the Central Section Championship match last year, losing a close match to Bakersfield Christian. This season, after losing a couple of players to graduation, the team has come back looking to finish the job. The Lady Generals are currently 13-1-1 on the season, having just begun the South Sequoia League season last week with a straight set win over the Titans of Chavez on Thursday. The squad is ranked seventh in the...
The Wasco High Tigers traveled to Morro Bay on Friday night and came away with a 32-28 win, improving to 2-1 in the young season. The Tigers' offense showed a more balanced attack than in recent years, with quarterback Miguel Gomez mixing a strong running game with timely passing. Early in the game, the Tigers took advantage of a turnover in Pirates territory, turning it into a 12-7 lead in the second quarter. But, before halftime, the Pirates retook the lead, scoring on one...
The Shafter High Generals opened their home schedule with a rout of the Arvin Bears, 56-13, last Thursday night.The victory was a costly one, though, as the team lost the services of their starting quarterback for the majority of the season. Ezekiel Osborn, the junior signal-caller for the Generals, was injured during the game. Osborn didn't miss a single play and finished the game apparently okay. But, after the game, an examination determined that Osborn had broken his...
The Wasco High Tigers rebounded from their season-opening loss to Porterville by beating the Wolfpack of Ridgeview on Friday night, 22-14. Chad Martinez's squad had a balanced performance by the offense and defense, each helping the other in many instances throughout the game. The Tigers took an 8-0 lead in the first quarter when Hami Lopez scored the first of his three touchdowns of the game, putting the Tigers up 8-0 after the two-point conversion. Lopez found the end zone...
After a surprising 2023 season that took them all the way to the State Championship game, Wasco' s Tigers started their latest campaign by showing how challenging a new season can be. The Tigers took a 40-12 bashing from the Porterville Panthers in a game that was only close into the early second quarter, when the locals were tied 7-7 after a long touchdown pass. Porterville's Ethan Enriquez threw for 132 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 passes. Jonathan Ruiz caught for...
The Shafter High Generals football team began their 2025 journey with a win against the Exeter Monarchs on Friday night. Shafter showed that they can win when they are not at their best, beating Exeter 22-14. Led by Head Coach Jerald Pierucci, the Generals, who came into the game as the top-ranked team in the Central Section Division IV, did just enough to top the Monarchs, who came into the game as the fourth-ranked team in the division. The Generals offense didn't get going...
The Shafter High Generals opened their home schedule with a rout of the Arvin Bears, 56-13, last Thursday night.The victory was a costly one, though, as the team lost the services of their starting quarterback for the majority of the season. Ezekiel Osborn, the junior signal-caller for the Generals, was injured during the game. Osborn didn't miss a single play and finished the game apparently okay. But, after the game, an examination determined that Osborn had broken his...
The Shafter High Generals football team began their quest for a championship on Thursday night, scrimmaging against a tough Golden Valley team. Shafter, which has the majority of their offense and defense back from last season, looked like they were further into the season than the first outing. Head Coach Jerald Pierucci and company impressed the large home crowd, making a positive start to the season. With each team running 10 plays at a time on offense, the Generals showed...
The Shafter High Generals football team is on a mission. This mission was prematurely aborted last year with a controversial loss in the semifinals of the Valley Championship. Coach Jerald Pierucci and his team are now looking to finish the job that they started almost three years ago. With a host of players returning from last year's team, Shafter is highly ranked, including by MaxPreps.com. There, they are ranked #14 in the Central Section, including Division I teams such...
The Wasco Tigers football team caught fire at the right time last year, battling their way to the State Championship game for the first time in school history. They were 6-2 in the SSL, but turned up their performance in the playoffs, culminating with a 7-6 win in the Regional Championship. The Tigers showed more versatility in their offense last year, with Coach Chad Martinez's squad airing the ball out when it needed to, making their running game that much more effective....
Salvation Training Ground ended their fourth season with a third place basketball team in the West Coast Nationals tournament, held in Las Vegas. Head Coach Fabian Jimenez said that he is very proud of the girls for representing Shafter in such a great way. The team competed against top teams from Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada, as well as some of California's best. Shafter teams had competed in the Regionals in Anaheim, moving on to the Jam On It West Coast Nationals,...
The Shafter High Spring Sports programs continued to receive honors, with several of their athletes being named to the BVarsity All Area Spring Sports teams. On the track, sophomore Jocelyn Pierucci received a First Team award for the All Area Track team, recognizing her outstanding sophomore season in the throwing ring. Pierucci won the South Sequoia League titles in both the discus and the shot put this year, dominating her competition, winning some events by several feet....
The Shafter Recreation Department is having a very busy season, with the summer programs all in full swing. Baseball and softball just ended, with champions crowned and All Star games played. The baseball All-Star game pitted the Shafter players against the Wasco All Stars, with the Shafter squad coming out on top. In softball, the team named Texas was the winner SRPD now has their Summer Day Camp continuing, along with their summer tennis program. The tennis camp starting...
The Shafter Little League All-Star team saw their tournament life end this past weekend when they fell in the finals of the Section 7 tournament, losing to Chowchilla in a best of three series. The locals, according to Coach Daniel Burciega, had a long ride up there and it showed in the first game. "They were a little tired, and then we had to sit through a 30-minute delay when their lights overheated and went out." Chowchilla will move on to the State tournament held next...
The Shafter Boxing Club traveled to Wichita, Kansas, last weekend to compete in the National Junior Olympics. Mike Ayon, the director of the club, took 10 boxers for the competition and they came home with five medals, two silver and three bronze, making it the most successful Olympics for the local boxers in its history. "We have had a boxer or two medal at the Olympics, but we have never had this much success at the event," commented Ayon. In the past, the club has had...
In their inaugural season in the Little League system, the Shafter Little League Girls Softball team fell just a couple wins shy of the State Tournament. The local team, which is made up of girls 10-12 years old, qualified for a trip to the Sectional tournament, where they ended up taking third place in the Section 7. The Shafter team played a full season and selected an All-Star team to represent the Shafter Little League in the post season tournament. Shafter beat out severa...
The Shafter Little League All-Stars won the District 61 championship in their first year in existence. According to Little League Director Daniel Burciega, Shafter has not had a Little League team before this year. Little League has been a mainstay in Wasco, Buttonwillow, Delano and other surrounding cities in Kern County, but this is Shafter's first year. Burciega has had plenty of experience with helping run the Buttonwillow Little League and has wanted to bring one to...
A Shafter High golfer made history this year, becoming the first SHS golfer to qualify for the Southern California Regional tournament. Zale Mantas, a sophomore at SHS, placed seventh at the Regional, the first General to medal in the tournament, just missing the cut for the State tournament. As a team, the Shafter Generals won the SSL, but missed out on advancing to the Regional team playoffs by a few strokes. The Regional has all of the divisions in it, from the large...
The Shafter High Generals baseball team saw their season come to an end on Thursday afternoon as they dropped a heartbreaking game to SSL rival Chavez High School 4-2 in eight innings. Shafter had used a powerful offense in the second half of the season, pounding out hits and playing stellar defense, conquering all who were in their way. But the Generals didn't get that offensive performance in the State tournament games, relying on one big inning in each game to eke out...
VISALIA -- For the first time in the school's 96-year history, the Shafter High Generals are Valley Champs in baseball after an 8-0 rout of the Matilda Torres Toros on Friday at Valley Strong Park in Visalia. Shafter got their first run in the third inning of the Division V title game, getting three runs across on some timely hitting and quick base running. On the mound, Matteo Martinez pitched a masterpiece. Martinez allowed the Torros three hits through the first three...
The Shafter High Generals baseball team headed to the semifinals of the Central Section Division V playoffs with a 3-1 victory over rivals Wasco High. Shafter used a three-run second inning to put up all of the runs they would need to take care of the visiting Tigers. The Generals used three pitchers in the contest, when starter Lukas Pena had a little trouble from the beginning of the game. Andy Gomez came in and promptly put the Tigers down in order. Gomez dominated until...
