January 2012 Archives

The California Community College poll is loaded with Inland Empire teams.

San Bernardino Valley split games last week but it's win over then-No. 3 Mt. San Jacinto was more impressive than its loss to now No. 19-Chaffey was disappointing because the Wolverines moved up two spots.

Chaffey was in the rankings much opf the year but dropped out after a loss to Victor Valley two weeks ago. Two wins last week, including the one over SBVC, were enough to propel the Panthers back in.

Here it is:

1. San Francisco
2. Citrus
3. Yuba
4. Mt.San Jacinto
5.Santa Rosa
6. San Bernardino Valley
7. Fresno
tie Mt.San Antonio
9. Diablo Valley
10. Antelope Valley
11. Imperial Valley
12. Cabrillo
13. Sierra
14. Saddleback
15. Los Angeles Southwest
16. Foothill
17. San Diego City
18. Ohlone
19. Chaffey
20.  Las Positas

Southern California
1. Citrus
2. Mt.SanJacinto
3. SanBernardinoValley
4. Mt.SanAntonio
5. Antelope Valley
6. Imperial Valley
7.Saddleback
8. Los Angeles Southwest
9. San Diego City
10. Chaffey
11. Cuesta
12. Ventura
13. Riverside City
14. Allan Hancock
15.  tie, Ventura and Los Angeles Valley

With spring sports in full swing now, there are a lot of sporting events in the area from which to choose. Here's the rundown on what's going on locally . . .

WEDNESDAY

Men's basketball

Chaffey at College of the Desert, 7 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley at Rio Hondo, 7 p.m.

Barstow at Mt. San Jacinto, 7 p.m.

Antelope Valley at Victor Valley, 7 p.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

Occidental at Redlands, 7:30 p..m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.

Women's basketball 

San Bernardino Valley at Rio Hondo, 5 p.m.

Chaffey at Desert, 5 p.m.

Antelope Valley at Victor Valley, 1 p.m.

Barstow at Mt. San Jacinto, 5 p.m.

Baseball

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Azusa Pacific, 5 p.m.

THURSDAY

Women's basketball

Redlands at Whittier, 7:30 p.m.

La Verne at Occidental, 7:30 p.m.

Caltech at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Lutheran at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

Baseball

Azusa Pacific at Cal State San Bernardino (at Fiscalini Field), 2 p.m.

FRIDAY,

Men's basketball 

Cal State Dominguez Hills at Cal State San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m

Cal Poly Pomona at Chico State, 7:30 p.m.

Women's basketball

Cal State Dominguez Hills at Cal State San Bernardino, 5:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Chico State, 5:30 p.m.

Baseball

Whitworth (Wash.) at Pomona-Pitzer, 2 p.m.

St. Martin's (Wash.) at Cal Poly Pomona, 2 p.m.

Cal State San Bernardino at Azusa Pacific, 2 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley and Chaffey at College of the Desert Tournament

Victor Valley at Grossmont, 2 p.m.

Softball

Cal Baptist at Cal State San Bernardino (DH), noon

Redlands at Azusa Pacific, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY

Men's basketball

Cal State Los Angeles at Cal State San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Stanislaus, 7:30 p.m.\

Victor Valley at Chaffey, 3 p.m.

Antelope Valley at San Bernardino Valley, 3 p.m.

Rio Hondo at Barstow, 3 p.m.

La Verne at Cal Lutheran, 7 p.m.

Redlands at Pomona-Pitzer, 7 p.m.

Whittier at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7 p.m.

Women's basketball

Cal State Los Angeles at Cal State San Bernardino, 5:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Stanislaus, 5:30 p.m.

Antelope Valley at San Bernardino Valley, 1 p.m.

Victor Valley at Chaffey, 1 p.m.

Cerro Coso at Barstow, 1 p.m.

La Verne at Cal Lutheran, 5 p.m.

Whittier at Clarmeont-Mudd-Scripps, 5 p.m.

Redlands at Pomona-Pitzer, 5 p.m.

Baseball

La Verne at Biola, 1 p.m.

St. Martin's at Cal Poly Pomona (DH) 11 a.m.

Azusa Pacific at Cal State San Bernardino (at Fiscalini Field) , 1 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley, Chaffey at College of the Desert Tournament

Victor Valley at Southwestern, noon.

Softball

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Azusa Pacific, noon

Pomona-Pitzer at vanguard, noon.

Swimming and diving

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Redlands, 10 a.m.

Caltech at La Verne, 10 a.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Occidental, 10 a.m.

SUNDAY

Baseball

St. Martin's at Cal Poly Pomona, 11 a.m.

Chaffey at Desert Tournament

Softball

Redlands at Concordia-Irvine, 11 a.m.

Cal Poly Pomona guard Mitchel Anderson has been named the California Collegiate Athletic Association's (CCAA) men's basketball Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 23-29.

It marks the second time this season he has been honored.

Anderson, a junior from Temecula, averaged 21 points on 68.0 percent (17-for-25) shooting and 7.0 rebounds to lead the Broncos to a pair of home wins over UC San Diego and Cal State San Bernardino that kept Cal Poly Pomona tied atop the CCAA standings.

During a 58-50 victory over the Tritons on Thursday, Anderson scored a career-high 25 points on 9-of-13 shooting, including 2-of-5 from 3-point range and collected eight rebounds. He came back on Saturday to score 17 points, total six rebounds and three assists in a 67-54 win over Cal State San Bernardino.

Cal Poly Pomona is next in action on Friday when it travels to Chico State for a 7:30 p.m. contest.

Guard Jazzi Johnson of Cal State Los Angeles is the women's player of the week.

CCAA Men's Basketball Players of the Week:

Nov. 7-13: Amir Carraway (Chico State)

Nov. 14-20: Reggie Jones (Cal State Stanislaus)

Nov. 21-27: Steven Pratt (Sonoma State)

Nov. 28 - Dec. 4: Roshun Wynne (Cal State East Bay)

Dec. 5-11: Reggie Jones (Cal State Stanislaus)

Dec. 12-18: Wayne Andrews (Cal State Dominguez Hills)

Dec. 19-25: Nate Roth (Cal State San Bernardino)

Dec. 26 - Jan. 1: Mitchel Anderson (Cal Poly Pomona)

Jan. 2-8: Griffin Reilly (San Francisco State)

Jan. 9-15: Will Olsem (Sonoma State)

Jan. 16-22: Damario Sims (Chico State)

Jan. 23-29: Mitchel Anderson (Cal Poly Pomona).

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men slipped a bit from No. 12 to No. 15 in the D3Hoops.com poll released on Monday. The Stags (15-1) were dealt their first loss on Saturday falling to Whittier 88-85 in double overtime.

That's not the worst thing that can happen. A loss takes some of the pressure off and sometimes helps a team refocus. CMS will get anothet shot at Whittier anyway and the SCIAC automatic playoff bid is decided in the conference tournament anyway.

The Stags were also coming off a high from the previous game when they slipped past local Pomona-Pitzer on a last-second layup the previous game. So a letdown was not all that unexpected.

Here's this week's poll:

Dropped out: No. 20 St. Thomas, No. 21 Wittenberg.

Others receiving votes: Lake Forest 49; WPI 48; Oswego State 40; Wittenberg 36; Randolph-Macon 20; St. Thomas 19; Bethany 16; St. Joseph's (L.I.) 9; Christopher Newport 8; UW-River Falls 7; Washington U. 7; Albertus Magnus 4; Lycoming 4; St. Mary's (Md.) 4; Wesleyan 4; Western Connecticut 4; DePauw 1; Grinnell 1; Hampden-Sydney 1.

Claremont High School graduate Amber Williams, a senior at Azusa Pacific University, has been named Golden State Athletic Conference women's basketball player of the week.

The 6-foot center scored 51 points and grabbed 33 rebounds as No. 13-ranked Azusa Pacific won both of its conference games last week. She shot 16-for-35 (.457) from the field and 19-for-23 (.826) at the line and recorded double-doubles in both games.

Williams tallied 30 points and 19 rebounds at Point Loma Nazarene and 21 points and 14 rebounds against San Diego Christian.

She leads the GSAC in scoring and rebounding and has 12 double-doubles for the season.

Want to check out some of the local college sports action? Well there are a lot of contests to choose from!

MONDAY

Women's basketball

Cerro Coso at Chaffey, 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Men's basketball

Chaffey at San Bernardino, 7 p.m.

College of the Desert at Barstow, 7 p.m.

Rio Hondo at Victor Valley, 7 p.m.

La Verne at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.

Occidental at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Whittier, 7:30 p.m.

Women's basketball

Cal Lutheran at Redlands, 7:30 p.m.

Chaffey at San Bernardino, 5 p.m.

Rio Hondo at Victor Valley, 5 p.m.

College of the Desert at Barstow, 5 p.m.

THURSDAY

Men's basketball 

UC San Diego at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.

Cal State San Bernardino at San Francisco State, 7:30 p.m.

Women's basketball

UC San Diego at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.

Cal State San Bernardino at San Francisco State, 5:30 p.m.

Redlands at Occidental, 7:30 p.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

Whittier at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Baseball

Westmont at Pomona-Pitzer, 2 p.m.

SATURDAY

Men's basketball

Cal State San Bernardino at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.

Barstow at Chaffey, 3 p.m.

Mt. San Jacinto at San Bernardino, 3 p.m.

College of the Desert at Victor Valley, 3 p.m.

La Verne at Redlands, 7 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Occidental, 7 p.m.

Cal Lutheran at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7 p.m.

Women's basketball

Cal State San Bernardino at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.

Mt. San Jacinto at San Bernardino, 1 p.m.

Desert at Victor Valley, 1 p.m.

Barstow at Cerro Coso, 1 p.m.

Cal Lutheran at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 5 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Occcidental, 5 p.m.

La Verne at Redlands, 5 p.m.

Swimming and diving

La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 11 a.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Cal Lutheran, 11 a.m.

Redlands at Whittier, 11 a.m.

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's basketball team has moved up five spots to No. 12 in the latest D3Hoops basketball poll. The Stags are 14-0. While talent in the SCIAC is up across the board, CMS still has a pretty good shot at running the table. It is that good.

Here is the latest Top 25:

Dropped out: No. 18 Puget Sound, No. 20 Rhode Island College, No. 21 Buffalo State, No. 22 Oswego State, No. 23 Western Connecticut, No. 24 WPI.

Others receiving votes: Rhode Island College 56; Oswego State 47; Transylvania 42; Washington U. 39; Bethany 37; Western Connecticut 26; Lake Forest 24; Worcester Polytech 18; Hampden-Sydney 16; Ohio Wesleyan 16; UW-River Falls 16; Hardin-Simmons 16; Wesleyan 10; Christopher Newport 6; Puget Sound 6; St. Joseph's (L.I.) 6; Mary Washington 6; John Carroll 5; St. Mary's (Md.) 4; Randolph-Macon 4; Grinnell 2; DePauw 1; North Central (Ill.) 1.

Here's what's happening in local college sports this week

MONDAY

Women's basketball  -

San Bernardino Valley at Cerro Coso, 6 p.m.

Chapman at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY

Men's basketball

San Francisco State at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.

Women's basketball

San Francisco State at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Men's basketball

Rio Hondo at Chaffey, 7 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley at Barstow, 7 p.m.

Victor Valley at Mt. San Jacinto, 7 p.m.

Whittier at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

Redlands at Occidental, 7:30 p.m.

Women's basketball

San Bernardino Valley at Barstow, 5 p.m.

Rio Hondo at Chaffey, 5 p.m.

Victor Valley at Mt. San Jacinto, 5 p.m.

THUSRDAY

Women's basketball

Occidental at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.

La Verne at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Lutheran at Redlands, 7:30 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Redlands, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Men's basketball

Humboldt State at Cal State San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Dominguez, 7:30 p.m.

Women's basketball

Humboldt State at Cal State San Bernardino,5:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Dominguez, 5:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Men's basketball 

Sonoma State at Cal State San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Antelope Valley at Chaffey, 3 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley at College of the Desert, 3 p.m.;

Barstow at Victor Valley, 3 p.m.

Clarmeont-Mudd-Scripps at Whittier, 7 p.m.

Redlands at Caltech, 7 p.m.

La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 7 p.m.

Women's basketball

Sonoma State at Cal State San Bernardino, 5:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.

Antelope Valley at Chaffey, 1 p.m.;

Victor Valley at Barstow, 1 p.m.

La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 5 p.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Whittier, 5 p.m.

Redlands at Caltech, 5 p.m.

Cal State San Bernardino senior basketball player Jessica De La Cruz remains hospitalized at Loma Linda following a nasty fall in the second half of Saturday's game against Cal State east bay.

De La Cruz, who had been averaging 5 points and 2.6 assists, took a tumble as teams broke for the other end of the court after an errant East Bay shot. She got bumped by an East Bay player and fell backward, only to hit her head on the knee of another player before htting the court.

She had a seizure which lasted several minutes and was eventually taken out on a stretcher.

Cal State coach Kevin Becker went to see her this afternoon and said she is doing better but more tests will be taken in the next few days. He didn't want to go into further detail because of student-privacy laws,

 De La Cruz is from Northern California but Becker said she did have family in attendance at the game.

Chaffey College offensive lineman Bryan Oldenkamp is headed to the University of New Mexico. Oldenkamp only played one year at Chaffey so he will have three years of eligibility left at his new school.

Oldenkamp, a 6-foot-4, 280-pounder, is already at New Mexico so he will be eligible to participate in spring football there.

Oldenkamp, a graduate of Hesperia High School, started all 10 games for the Panthers at right tackle.

CCAA men's basketball teams may be just seven games into a 22-game conference schedule but it is clear that there is no one dominant team.

Cal Poly Pomona was 8-0 and 5-0 in CCAA play before being throttled by Cal State East Bay 57-54 on Thursday. That put the Broncos and local rival Cal State San Bernardino in a tie for first place. Then the Coyotes lost to Chico State in ugly fashion 63-56 on Friday.

No game is a gimme in this conference and there doesn't seem to be a team to beat. Humboldt State was the coaches pick for the top spot but the Lumberjacks are, ugh, well, lumbering. They have already lost four conference games. Not close enough to that team to know what the problem is.

As for the two locals, well the Coyotes offense seems just chaotic since point guard Nate Roth went down with a knee injury a week ago in the opening minutes against the Broncos. It is point guard by committee right now. What the best option is right now depends on the night.

Then D.J. Shumpert injured a knee midway through the second half at Chico on Friday. He tried to shake it off and go back in but had to come right back out. The extent of that injury has yet to be determined. Not what the Coyotes need!

Cal Poly Pomona was ranked No. 6 going into Thursday's game. I think that was a bit much, but likely based on reputation. The Broncos hadn't lost yet but they really hadn't been tested. Yes they beat San Bernardino but neither team played well in that one and both tried to give it away.

Dominguez seems a bit down too. LA. looks like it has talent but we say that every year about the Eagles and they never seem to live up to billing.

But look out for East Bay. The Pioneers have already beaten Humboldt and now Pomona. That's a team on the rise that can play with no pressure since all eyes seem to be focused on the traditional powers.

It's going to be survival of the fittest in this conference this year.

The Cal State San Bernardino men's basketball team suffered a big blow when senior point guard Nate Roth went down with a knee injury three minutes into the Coyotes overtime loss to Cal Poly Pomona on Thursday.

Roth was on crutches a night later when the Coyotes took on San Francisco State. There was no definite word on the injury but the prevailing thought seemed to be it is probably an MCL, not the dreaded ACL which would be season ending.

Roth said he is going to try and rehab with hopes of coming back later in the season. Of course that could change if he gets a different diagnosis.

It is too bad because he was coming off a 20-point, eight assist effort against UC San Diego that earned him CCAA Player of the Week honors.

Now the Cal State offense is chaotic at times. Walk-ons Vaughn Adams and Juan Martinez did an admirable job on Friday, combining for 24 points. Johnny Bell had nine. So right now its point guard by committee.

The good news for the Coyotes is they are 5-1 with road wins at Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Los Angeles, both of which are serious contenders.

The Coyotes are on the road this week at Chico State and Cal State Stanislaus, both of whom are off to good starts although they have not played particularly strong schedules. Neither is an easy place to play and the Stany game will pit Cal State coach Jeff Oliver against the man he replaced in Larry Reynolds, who now heads the Warriors.

I didn't think anyone could top Cal State San Bernardino men's basketball coach Jeff Oliver when it came to the quote department. He is by far the most entertaining when it comes to interviews, be it pre-game, post-game doesn't matter.

Well his best friend and former assistant Paul Trevor has surpassed him - at least for the moment. Trevor is in his second year as head coach at San Francisco State after spending eight successful seasons alongside Oliver at Cal State.

Trevor was back at Coussoulis Arena on Friday as the Gators maded their annual trek South to play the Coyotes. It has been a tough season so far as the young Gators are 2-9 overall and 0-5 in CCAA play. They're dead last in the 12-team conference.

I spent a few minutes talking to Trev at halftime of the women's game. which preceded the men's.

In talking about his team's struggles Trevor offered this gem . . .

"We're like a team right out of the Wizard of Oz. My No. 1 could use a heart, my No. 2 could use a brain and my 1, 3 and 5 could use a little bit of courage."

Trevor added that he is confident in his players and thinks they'll get it together but they're going through the growing pains that can happen when you're competing in a top-notch conference.

The Coyotes prevailed 73-54 but the Gators played hard. Despite giving up the first 12 points of the game, they came back and were down by just five points midway though the second half.