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The Shafter High Generals football team saw their record improve to 3-0 in the SSL with a 34-28 victory over the Kennedy Thunderbirds on Thursday night. Shafter and Kennedy both came into the game unbeaten in the SSL, with the winner of the contest getting a big boost toward the league title. Kennedy drew first blood in the game, taking up the majority of the first quarter on their opening drive, culminating with a short touchdown run by Jace Demacabalin, making the score 7-0. The Generals didn'...
The Wasco High Tigers faced the Kennedy Thunderbirds on Friday night, fighting for a leg up in the SSL race. They fell short, though, with Kennedy scoring 21 points in the second half, beating the Tigers, 35-14. It looked like it was going to be a big night for the Tigers at the start of the game, as Hammie Lopez took a handoff on the first play on offense for Wasco and ran 72 yards for a touchdown and a quick 7-0 lead. The TBirds’ star running back, Jace Demacabalin, answered back with a 47-yard touchdown run for Kennedy, tying the score. L...
The Wasco High Tigers opened their SSL schedule with a dominating win over the Chavez Titans on Friday night, 57-7 The Tigers scored early and often in this game, having a 27-0 lead before the end of the first quarter. The star of the show was Hammie Lopez, who had four touchdowns on the night, running for over 300 yards. Lopez ended the game with 306 yards rushing, with freshman Aiden Hulsey gaining 104 yards on the ground. Wasco had a total of 546 yards gained for the night, making it the...
The Shafter High Generals football team didn't play their best game on Friday night, but they played well enough to take a 28-0 win over the Taft Wildcats on Homecoming night for the locals. Mariyon Sloan, at quarterback, accounted for three of the Generals' four scores on the night. The first score for Shafter was a 34-yard run by Sloan, giving the Generals a 7-0 lead. The Generals' defense kept the Wildcats' offense out of the red zone for the majority of the game. Sloan ended the game with...
The Shafter High Generals football team saw their road winning streak snapped at seven games after a heartbreaking 30-28 loss to the St. Josephs Knights on Friday night. The streak dated back to last season, and in those games, the Generals had outscored their opponents, 136-47. On Friday night, quarterback Mariyon Sloan, in for the injured Ezekiel Osborn, had an outstanding game, rushing for 170 yards and two touchdowns while passing for 155 yards and a touchdown. The game-tying touchdown was...
The matchup between the Shafter High volleyball team and rival Wasco, in a battle for first place in the SSL, lived up to its billing, with the two teams battling it out for four tough sets, with the Lady Generals coming out on top 3-1 last Thursday night. Shafter came out in the first game swinging, with superb hitting by Sydnee Macias and serving by Rilyn Hanner. Shafter won the first game, 25-22. Wasco came back and dominated the second game. They were hitting well, and Shafter couldn't get...
It was a tale of two halves when the Wasco Tigers and Tulare Western met up on Friday night. Unfortunately for the Tigers, the Tulare Western half was just a little better than Wasco’s second half, ending with a 23-15 defeat. Tulare Western came out firing in the game, with them scoring the first touchdown just a couple of minutes into the game. This was thanks to a fumble on the Tigers’ first offensive series in the game. In fact, Wasco fumbled the ball away on their first three pos...
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 Generals opened...
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 League. But, the rea...
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 Bakersfield area,...
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 of quarterback...
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 clavicle. He will have...
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 from 11 yards out,...
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 clavicle. He will have...
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 in the first half...
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 94 yards. Wasco...
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 that they are just...
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 as Frontier and...
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. With the departure...
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, where the girls 12U...
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. Pierucci then got...
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 times had to be...
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 month. But, he said...
