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CENTRAL VALLEY - Week 5 of Central Section CIF Varsity Football. Check here every Friday night for final scores from around the valley. From Visialia to Modesto. Photos from the games can be ound on our Facebook page.

FRESNO - The Fresno State women's soccer team defeated UC Riverside in overtime 1-0, Friday night. The Bulldogs will take a four-game winning streak into Mountain West Conference play. Fresno State improved to 5-2-1 on the season, and own a 2-1-1 record in overtime matches.

"We knew this game was on us to finish because we created so opportunities to score throughout the first 90 minutes," said head coach Brian Zwaschka. "We give a lot of credit to UC Riverside for their resilience in front of the net. They made the blocks they needed to and their goalkeeper made some big saves. We stayed composed and waited for our opportunity to strike and put the game away, and we did. We feel like we have improved through the season so far, we feel like we've hit a lot of targets we wanted to hit before conference play. We are pretty healthy and that's a huge bonus. We just have to be ready to grind out every game in conference play."

SEATTLE - A 27-point first quarter by the high-powered scoring offense of No. 6 Washington proved to be too much for Fresno State to overcome on Saturday night at Husky Stadium as the Bulldogs fell 48-16. Fresno State (1-2) totaled 313 yards on offense with 151 in the first half and 162 in the second half. The 'Dogs finished with 194 yards through the air and 119 yards on the ground and totaled 18 first downs while possessing the ball for 32:55.

Sophomore quarterback Chason Virgil went 11-of-20 for 98 yards while junior Marcus McMaryion came on in the second half to go 10-of-16 for 96 yards. Senior wide receiver Da'Mari Scott had a team-leading five receptions for 40 yards and recorded his first touchdown of the season. On defense, sophomore defensive back Mike Bell made a career-high nine tackles, including six solo, and also recorded 1.5 tackles for a loss. Linebackers Jeffrey Allison and James Bailey had five tackles apiece while Allison forced one of two fumbles on the evening by the 'Dogs.

FRESNO - "Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them." That quote by Dr. Orison Swett Marden, an American inspirational author, illustrates exactly what Fresno State sophomore linebacker Jeffrey Allison has done thus far this fall for the Bulldogs.

Growing up more than 2,000 miles from Fresno in Miami and Atlanta, Allison's start in football started at the early age of four as he was eager to keep up athletically with his two older brothers. With his brothers setting the athletic standards in the family by both becoming collegiate student-athletes, Allison knew what he wanted to pursue when he got older and set his goals to join his brothers.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Freshman Brigitte Thibault shined on Tuesday for the Fresno State women's golf team as she fired a final round 3-under-par 69 to lead the 'Dogs on the last day of the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational, hosted by New Mexico. The freshman's under-par score was one of three carded by the Bulldogs at the Lobos' event.

Thibault finished tied for 44th after entering the final round tied for 85th. She was 7-over-par (78-76-69) over three rounds. Senior Mimi Ho topped the Bulldogs individually, aided by a strong opening 36 holes on Monday (73-71). Ho shot a 5-over-par 77 third round and placed tied for 33rd out of the 99 competitors in the field with a 54-hole 5-over-par 221.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -  Minor League Baseball today named Fresno Grizzlies first baseman A.J. Reed the winner of the 2017 Joe Bauman Award, presented by Musco Sports Lighting. Reed will be honored at the Baseball Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida, this December with a trophy and a check for $6,800, representing $200 for each of his 34 home runs.

First presented in 2002, the award is named for Joe Bauman, who set a then-professional record with 72 home runs in 1954 while playing for the Roswell Rockets of the Class-C Longhorn League.