Archive for October 2019

PORTERVILLE – Two weeks ago, Porterville girls water polo team spoiled senior night for Garces. But on Tuesday on the road against the Panthers, both of the boys and girls water polo programs for Garces came away victorious and secured outright East Yosemite League championships. First up was the boys, seeking a second consecutive undefeated…

Garces girls tennis has earned the No. 1 seed in the singles and doubles competition at the Central Section South Area qualifying tournament this Friday and Saturday at Garces. Fresh off a sweep of the Southwest Yosemite League singles and doubles championships, freshman Kylee Limpias is the No. 1 seed in singles play. Alexsia Drulias…

This was a tough one from the onset. On Friday night, Garces lost to Liberty 31-0 at Sam Tobias Field as the Patriots scored four first half rushing touchdowns and had a 28-0 halftime lead in Southwest Yosemite League action.  “Up front, they just dominated the game,” Garces coach Paul Golla said. “That’s that Liberty…

For the first time as members of the Southwest Yosemite League, Garces sweeps the singles and doubles championships at Bakersfield High on Friday. Freshman Kylee Limpias defeated Centennial senior Aleyna Young, 6-0, 6-4 in the singles championships. “It feels pretty good and I am really excited to be the champion,” Limpias said.  In the doubles…

Better late than never, here is the Garces athletes of the week for Oct. 18. Boys cross country Darius Picar, senior: Asked to be moved from junior varsity up to varsity to help the boys cross country team enough runners to score as a team at the final Southwest Yosemite League meet last week at…

The top two girls tennis programs in Kern County have elected to send their top two singles players together into doubles play in the postseason. That includes Garces duo Alexsia Drulias and Jackie Sala, the 2018 Central Section doubles champions. The postseason begins today with a handful of play-in games at the Southwest Yosemite League…

The last time Garces girls tennis won an outright Southwest Yosemite League championship, Alexsia Drulias was just a freshman playing on the same court as her older sister, Anastasia, who was a senior in 2016.  On Monday, Alexsia Drulias, now a senior, capped off her standout high school career in SWYL play with another outright…

It’s amazing what can happen when a football team stops stubbing their own toes. After consecutive losses to open Southwest Yosemite League play, Garces came out and played the cleanest game of the season in a 41-3 win at Centennial on Friday night. The Rams had just one penalty before halftime and turned the ball…

Wrapped up in the emotions of senior night, it turned out to be a festive end for the Garces girls volleyball team on Thursday. For the second time this week, the Rams defeated an opponent at home in five sets, this time it was a 22-25, 25-19, 27-25, 11-25, 16-14 victory over visiting Centennial. Before…

In dramatic fashion, the Garces volleyball team earned the first Southwest Yosemite League win of the season at home on Tuesday. Despite trailing 2-1, the Rams rallied back to beat Bakersfield High 22-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-18, 15-8. Jana Dulcich led the way with 17 kills and Ali Adkins had a match-high 31 assists for Garces,…