Local college sports teams off and running

College sports are officially underway.

The highlight of today’s schedule is the debut of the Cal Poly Pomona women’s volleyball team which will host Alaska-Fairbanks at 7 p.m. tonight.

Here is the rest of the schedule for the next couple of days if you are looking for something to do.

FRIDAY

VOLLEYBALL: – Southern California Classic
(at Cal Poly Pomona)
Ashland (Ohio) vs. Cal State San Bernardino, 1 p.m.
Ashland vs. Cal Poly Pomona, 7 p.m.

(At Cal State Dominguez Hills)
Cal State San Bernardino vs. Western Washington, 7 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER
Cal State San Bernardino at Notre Dame De Namur, 1:30 p.m.
Cal Poly Pomona vs. Dominican at Notre Dame De Namur, 11:30 a.m.
El Camino at Chaffey, 4 p.m.
San Bernardino Valley College at East Los Angeles, 6 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER
El Camino at Chaffey, 2 p.m.
San Diego City at San Bernardino Valley, 4 p.m.

SATURDAY
VOLLEYBALL
Southern California Classic
(at Cal State Dominguez Hills)
Alaska-Fairbanks vs. Cal State San Bernardino, 1 p.m.

(At Cal Poly Pomona)
Seattle Pacific vs. Cal Poly Pomona, 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER
Cal State San Bernardino vs. Montana-Billings, noon
Cal Poly Pomona at Notre Dame de Namur, 1:30 p.m.

MEN’S WATER POLO
Concordia-Irvine at La Verne (at Las Flores Park), 10 a.m.
Citrus at La Verne, 1 p.m.

SUNDAY
MEN’S SOCCER
Cal State San Bernardino vs. Dominican (at Notre Dame De Namur), 11 a.m.
Cal Poly Pomona at Notre Dame De Namur, 1:30 p.m.

MONDAY
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Central Washington at Cal Poly Pomona, 2 p.m.
Pasadena City at San Bernardino Valley, 2 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER
Cypress at Chaffey, 4 p.m.
Pasadena City at San Bernardino Valley College, 4 p.m.

TUESDAY

MEN’S SOCCER
Cal Baptist at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER
Miramar at Chaffey, 4 p.m.

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SBVC football team looks to reverse trend

I made my way out to San Bernardino Valley College today to see how things are going with the football team which is directed by new coach Kevin Emerson.

The Wolverines head into the 2009 season with a 15-game losing streak that dates back to the 2007 season. Not only did they lose all their games last season, they weren’t even competitive. It’s a daunting task to try and turn that program around.

I have heard it every year for like the last six . . .”We’re going to be better.” . . . “We’re going to surprise some people.” . . .OK, whatever!.

Well the Wolverines might actually come through this time. First of all they have a quarterback, two actually. Robert Fuller appears to be the frontrunner for the job. It wasn’t that long ago he was throwing for a ton of yards at San Bernardino, then Arroyo Valley High School. He went to Utah State last year but redshirted and opted to return home when the new coaching staff wanted him to play linebacker, something he had no interest in.

The other candidate is Roman Neville, a freshman out of Box Elder High School in Utah.

There aren’t a lot of holdovers from last year’s team which is probably good. The less that is remembered about last year, the better.

We’ll see.

We’ll preview the coming seasons for both SBVC and Chaffey next week, The Wolverines open a week from Saturday against College of the Desert. Kickoff at SBVC will be 6 p.m.

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A reply from the Cal State big man

I got an e-mail over the weekend from Cal State San Bernardino basketball player Brandon Brown. Well I guess I should now say former player because last week he signed a contract to play for a professional team in Lithuania, which means he won’t be returning to Cal State for his senior season.

I didn’t get to talk to him when the story first broke because it happened late in the day. The press release from the school quoted Brown as saying the decision came down to finances so I ran with that.

But in the e-mail to me he said that wasn’t the entire story. He did say that he didn’t think he had anything else to prove after a season in which he averaged 21 points and nine rebounds.He still appeared a bit steamed about not being named MVP of the conference. (That went to Cal Poly Pomona’s Larry Gordon).

As an impartial observer – he is proabably right. He had a far better regular season than Gordon did, although Gordon stepped it up in the postseaon big time.

Brown also said the team’s schedule wasn’t exactly enticing. As a result of budget cuts the Coyotes won’t be traveling anywhere until they get to the postseason. In the past they have made multiple trips out of state for nonconference games.

He said the Coyotes will be just fine without him because of the others who ARE coming back. He is probably right there too. Coach Jeff Oliver knows how to make it work and has a histotry of coming up with players very late in the recruiting race.

Of course this is assuming the e-mail did in fact come from Brown. The address was from the email of another person, maybe a friend, an agent, who knows?

Brown seemed like a good kid (Yes, to me they’re kids). But he was also one in need of some guidance. I do hope everything works out for him and he isn’t just relying on some bottom-feeding agent taking advantage of an unsuspecting kid. We all know they’re out there.

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