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Chaffey College basketball standout Nickalas Turner (Chino Hills HS) is headed to
Turner was a two time 1st team Foothill Conference performer who led
He had a high game of 28 points in a winning effort his freshman year vs Mt. San Jacinto College.
Chaffey Head Coach
Four women's basketball standouts from Chaffey College have made decisions on their next step.
Forward Zipporah Brown (Rancho Cucamonga HS) is headed to Cal State San Bernardino while frontcourt mate Aundria Anderson (Miller HS) is headed to the Coyotes CCAA rival Cal State Dominguez Hills.
The guard duo of Keisha Mackall (Miller HS) and Tamesha Jackson (Upland HS) is headed to NAIA Bacone College in Okla.
The quartet led the Panthers (22-10, 9-5) to a fifth-place finish in the tough Foothill Conference which advanced its top five teams to the playoffs.
With the college baseball season coming to a close in less than two weeks and four teams fighting for first place in the Foothill Conference, it was understandable if things were a bit tense as Chaffey and San Bernardino Valley College squared off on Thursday.
The biggest explosion came in the first inning, but things settled down after that and the Panthers emerged with an 8-3 win over the Wolverines. The two teams meet again Saturday in a doubleheader at Chaffey starting at noon.
"This was big to win the first game," Chaffey coach Jeff Harlow said. "It's easier to lose two than win two, so the first game is huge, especially coming here and winning."
The Panthers (26-11, 16-3) came out of the gates strong, scoring in the first frame when Gerry Hernandez singled home Chris Lemus. But then came the fireworks.
Hernandez rounded first after the hit and was tagged out by SBVC first baseman Chris Sautia. Umpire Bill Barnes originally ruled Hernandez safe, which upset SBVC coach
Bill Mierzwik, who came out to argue. After the umpires conferred, Hernandez was called out, which set off Harlow and led to a heated altercation between the coach and umpire.
Harlow admitted he was surprised he wasn't tossed, but said the umpire bumped him first, and Mierzwik said he had planned to get tossed if the call wasn't changed in his favor.
Chaffey broke the game open, going up 4-2 on a towering home run by Willie Holmes in the seventh inning off starter Kevin Ryan. SBVC (22-15, 13-6) crept back, though, with an unearned run in the seventh to make it 4-3, but the Panthers put the game away with four runs in the eighth, aided by two Wolverine errors.
That was more than enough for Chaffey's Colby Gurney (10-0), who scattered seven hits, struck out eight and gave up three runs before getting relief help in the ninth from Derrick Duran.
Catcher Nick Hartman had three of Chaffey's 11 hits. Holmes and Christopher Haas had two each. SBVC got three hits and two RBIs from sophomore third baseman James Frederick, and Evan Erickson had two hits.
"We have won the games we're supposed to win, but when it comes to playing the better teams, we haven't put all three facets of the game together," Mierzwik said. <NO1>"We have to do that, because they're a good team."
Staff Writer
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Even Chaffey College basketball coach Jeff
Klein knew his team's 19-1 run to start the game wouldn't hold up. It
didn't. But the Panthers hung on to beat visiting Bakersfield College
82-78 in the second round of the community college state playoffs.
The game featured two teams that like the up-tempo game so it
isn't unusual for the teams to exchange runs. The teams did that much
of the game.
``That's the way we both play,'' Klein said. ``It's a game of runs
and fortunately we had the last one. We knew it wasn't going to be
easy and they were coming back.''
The eighth-seeded Panthers (27-6) stormed out to a 19-1 lead with
the ninth-seeded Renegades (23-10) going 0-for-12 from the field and
not managing their first field goal until 13:34 was left in the half.
Bakersfield rallied back and got within two at 40-38 with 40
seconds left but trailed 43-38 at the break.
Chaffey again put some distance between itself and its foe,
establishing a double digit lead next at 64-53 with 11:53 left. Again
Bakersfield answered, this time cutting it to 68-66 on a bucket by
Darrin Dorsey.
It was tight the rest of the way but it was the Renegades making
the mistakes down the stretch. Down 77-72 with 2:43 left Bakersfield
turned the ball over on two straight possessions. Later trailing
78-72 with 1:14 to play, Dorsey missed two free throws.
The Panthers were eventually pushed. Eion Lewis scored on a runner
in the lane to cut the deficit to two at 78-76 with 48 seconds
remaining. The Renegades' Jamar Harrison then stole the ensuing
inbounds and went up for an easy two to tie the game for the first
time at 78.
Then it was Chaffey sophomore forward Winston Robinson taking
over. He hit two free throws for a two-point lead with 34 seconds to
go, then converted two more after yet another Bakersfield turnover,
its 23rd of the night with six seconds left.
Robinson tallied 29 while Lamar Williams contributed 12 and Nick
Turner 13.
``I like the pressure,'' Robinson said. ``I feel like I worked
hard enough to come through in those situations. I feel comfortable
when the game is in my hands.''
Chaffey's win continued a strong run by the Foothill Conference
which qualified five teams for the playoffs. All four that have
played thus far have won a playoffs game with San Bernardino Valley
College playing a home playoff game tonight against West Los Angeles.
``We feel like we have the toughest conference in the state and
those games get us ready for situations like this,'' Klein said.
The Panthers advance to play next Saturday against the winner of
tonight's game between Saddleback, the top-seeded team in the
Southern region, and No. 17 seed Cerritos.
San Bernardino Valley College and Chaffey will square off in a men's and women's twinbill on Wednesday at Chaffey, with the women tipping off at 5 p.m.
Both games will feature state-ranked teams jockeying for position in the Foothill Conference with four games left.
On the men's side, SBVC (22-7, 9-1) has a one-game lead over Mt. San Jacinto, with Chaffey (23-5, 7-3) sitting in third. The No. 11 Wolverines have inexplicably dropped six places in the state poll despite not losing in that stretch. Chaffey is No. 13.
On the women's side, No. 11 SBVC (19-8, 10-0) has a one-game lead on Antelope Valley, with No. 15 Chaffey (19-8, 6-4) tied for third.
SBVC has owned the rivalry as of late on both sides. Sue Crebbin's Wolverines have won the past four meetings, with Chaffey's last victory coming 50-49 the first of two times the teams played in the 2006-07 season.
The situation is the same on the men's side, although the Panthers rallied from a 21-point deficit and forced overtime earlier this season.
"This is a big game for us," Chaffey coach Jeff Klein said. "They are a very good team and I don't know if they'll lose one game, much less two. But we're playing well right now."
basketball team started a gauntlet of four straight games against
state-ranked Foothill Conference foes, the first being local rival
Chaffey.
The Wolverines got that off to a good start, turning back the
No. 12 Panthers 83-71 Wednesday at Snyder Gymnasium to remain tied
for first in the conference with Antelope Valley, their opponent on
Saturday.
``You have to get the ones at home so this was important,'' SBVC
coach Sue Crebbin said. ``We tend to play well here so it was all
about defending home court because this conference is so tough.''
SBVC (13-8, 4-0) led most of the game with Chaffey's only leads
being 2-0 and 12-9.
The Wolverines led 38-31 at the half and upped that advantage to
12 points twice in the second half. Each time the Panthers made a
run, the Wolverines answered. The visitors used an 8-0 run to get in
striking distance at 45-41 with13:16 to go.
But Kimberly Kipp hit a 3-pointer from the corner to stop the run.
SBVC ended up getting the lead back to 11 at 54-43.
The Panthers (16-6, 3-2) inched closer again with a pair of free
throws by Aundria Anderson cutting the deficit to 55-50 with 8:31 to
play. Again the host team answered. This time it was Ashleigh Frazier
with her fourth 3-pointer of the game.
Then when Chaffey got it back to five again at 58-53, SBVC
answered with a bucket inside by Kipp, then a 3-pointer by Keyanna
Stewart, making it 63-53. The closest Chaffey ever got after that was
eight points.
``They made a few runs on us and we did a good job of not getting
too rattled,'' Crebbin said. ``That's one thing about this team. They
tend to just keep playing.''
The second half was a sloppy one. SBVC had 14 turnovers, after
only committing three in the first half. The Wolverines hit only 15
of 28 free throws in the half after making 13 of 15 in the first half
although they did hit seven of eight in the last minute. Three SBVC
starters fouled out.
Frazier tallied a game-high 21 to lead all scores. She also
collected six rebounds and four assists. Point guard Eisha Sheppard
added 20 with Kipp contributing 14 and six rebounds as SBVC shot 45.1
percent (23-for-51).
Chaffey, which shot 41.5 percent (22-of-53) for the game, was
led by Anderson with 17 points and nine rebounds.
was a controversial call that made the difference as San Bernardino
Valley College emerged with an 81-78 win over the Panthers in
Foothill Conference play Wednesday.
The contest was even at 78-all with 15 seconds to play in
overtime and the Wolverines with the ball. Nate Roth dribbled down
the lane and lofted up a runner that went in and appeared to give the
Wolverines the win. Not so fast.
The referees called a foul and appeared to be waving off the
basket. After the three officials huddled they ruled the basket good,
with the foul not being a charging on Roth but a loose ball foul.
SBVC had the lead 80-78 and the basket was good but Chaffey's Winston
Robinson was at the line at the other end to try and tie the game.
Neither coach liked the call. SBVC's Quincy Brewer thought a
blocking foul should have been called.
``It was blocking foul, if anything,'' he said. ``But there were a
plethora of calls on both ends. That was just one of them.''
Chaffey coach Jeff Klein was understandably more disturbed.
``That was really terrible,'' he said. ``There was the same call
earlier in the game and it went against us. It's a sad day when the
referees take the game away from the kids.''
Robinson missed both his free throws and SBVC's Curtis Wilkinson
snagged the rebound, only to be immediately fouled with a second
left. He missed the first but made the second, giving the Wolverines
an 81-78 lead. But it still wasn't over.
Turner inbounded the ball and unleashed a long throw that was
grabbed by Lamar Williams right at the 3-point arc. His shot which
would have tied the game and resulted in double overtime was just off
the rim as time expired.
The dramatic finish was only fitting. SBVC (17-6, 4-0) led by 21
in both halves, up 50-29 three minutes in. The Panthers (18-5, 2-2)
chipped away slowly and eventually took their first lead since 4-0
when Robinson connected on a 3-pointer that gave Chaffey a 69-67 lead
with 44 seconds left in regulation.
Roth evened the game with a pair of free throws with 37 seconds
to go.
Chaffey missed two chances at the game winner on its end, the
second tip by Turner off the rim and grabbed by SBVC's Orlando
Brazier.
SBVC was led by Roth with 22 points. Warren Fuselier was next
with 19.
``I was disappointed we almost let it slip away,'' Brewer said.
``We have to learn to close out games.''
Chaffey was paced by Robinson with 22, including three 3-pointers.
Turner added 20 and Trone Jackson 11.
``I was proud of the way we fought and came back,'' Klein said.
``They're a talented team.''
SBVC will host Antelope Valley at 3 p.m. Saturday while Chaffey
travels to Barstow for a 7 p.m. contest.
The Chaffey College men's basketball team rolled into the championship game of the 19th annual Cougar Classic, cruising past West Los Angeles 88-68 Sunday night at College of the Canyons.
It was the ninth straight win of the Panthers (15-2), who entered ranked sixth in the state. The win was especially impressive because Chaffey was coming off a draining win over No. 12 Ventura the previous night.
"It was one of the games we had a bit of a letdown after coming off a huge game," Chaffey coach Jeff Klein said. "We were always 10, 12, 14 points up but did some good things defensively in the end to pull away."
Chaffey led 42-30 at the half and never looked back.
Sophomore Nick Turner led the bucket brigade with 17 points, highlighted by a 5-for-10 showing from 3-point range.
Winston Robinson added 14 points and and eight rebounds. Lamar Williams, Anthony Cammon and Anthony Soares chipped in with 10 points each. Cammon and Soares also had three steals each.
On the night Chaffey hit 12 of 32 3-point tries while West Los Angeles (7-11) went 0-for-10.
Chaffey will play in Monday's 6 p.m. championship game against either Pasadena City or host Canyons.
In other games earlier in the day Big Bend (Wash.) defeated Bartow 102-59 in consolation action.
The No. 6 ranked Chaffey Panthers surged to their eighth straight win, beating No. 12 Ventura 94-83 in first round play at the 19th annual Cougar Classic Saturday at College of the Canyons.
Sophomore guard Nick Turner led the Panthers with 23 points, highlighted by five 3-pointers. Also finishing in double figures were Winston Robinson (15), Anthony Soares (13) and Lamar Williams (10).
Chaffey, the second-highest scoring team in the state, only led 43-40 at the half but took control with a 20-3 run to start the second half.
Ventura, which saw an 11-game win streak snapped, was led by sophomore guard Danny Benson with 21 points. Freshman forward Randy Hunter chipped in with 14 points and 14 rebounds.
Chaffey (14-2) advances to face West Los Angeles (10-7) at 6 tonight. That school advanced with an 85-81 win over Los Angeles Harbor.
Chaffey College sophomore soccer standout Tyler Mitchell was named to the NSCAA/Adidas Junior College All-American first team.
Mitchell, out of Upland High School, was the Panthers' team captain for two years. He also earned first-team All-Foothill Conference honors both seasons, leading the Panthers (15-5-2) to their best season in school history.
Among the other 25 players chosen nationwide was Mt. SAC freshman defender Ivan Armenta, an Ontario High School product who led the Mounties to a state runner-up finish.
The All-America selections will be recognized at the annual All-America Luncheon, to held in St. Louis, Mo., on Jan. 17, as part of the 2009 NSCAA Convention.
