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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.
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.
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.
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.
With fall sports now completely over, it's time to see what local basketball teams have to offer. Today's stop was at Rio Hondo College where the Chaffey men were squaring off against Foothill Conference foe Barstow in a consolation bracket game of the Roadrunner Roundup.
The Panthers (7-4) cruised to a 92-56 win. They have lots of players who can shoot it. Chaffey hit 13 3-pointers and most were from NBA distance.Kenny Morgan hit four of his six tries, all in the first half. Justin Long hit three 3's while Justin Cole and Ryan Nitz each had two.
Three-pointers can be one of those feast or famine things. As long as you make your share everything is going. You can look vulnerable when they're not going in.
The Panthers took pretty good care of the basketball, commiting just seven turnovers. That's also a good sign.
Chaffey is the defending Foothill Conference champion and should be right in the mix again.
Barstow (5-6) is going to need to do better handling the ball or it is going to be in big trouble. The Vikings had 23 turnovers, most of those not necessarily forced. Zeke DeBlase, whom coach Reggie Howard thought was going to be his point guard, is out with a shoulder injury which could be season-ending.
Howard is relying on Abdulsamad Zaid to fill the void. He has moved from shooting guard to poijnt out of necessity and scored a team-high 19 with five assists but he had four turnovers.
It has been an emotional week for the Chaffey College football team.
The Panthers were dealt a blow earlier in the week when popular assistant coach and former player Stevon Thomas, 23, died suddenly of an unknown cause.
Chaffey (4-5, 1-3) took the field for the first time since then against Long Beach City and lost 45-21 in a game that really wasn't even that close..Truth be told, the Panthers probably wouldn't have beaten the Vikings on a good day without the emotion of the week.
Thomas' parents, other family members and friends were in attendance. Many wore black T-shirts with Stevon's picture. Some wore T-shirts with a No. 4, Thomas' number at both Chaffey and later at Northern Arizona.
The family was presented a framed photo of their son signed by the entire team and coaching staff.
Players had the No. 4 emblazoned on the back of their helmets and wore black wristbands with a red No. 4. Many had his name and number scrawled on tape,. Defensive lineman Kevin Gannuscio had "RIP Coach Thomas written in large block letters on the cast covering his wrist and forearm.
The seat Thomas occupied in the pressbox alongside fellow assistant Dave Portz was empty. Portz is quite vocal and animated and Thomas would often chuckle when he was going off in a tirade. I know because it is just a few seats from where I'm sitting.Thomas was always plesant and mild-mannered, something not quite typical of the ferocious defensive player he was.
He will be missed.
The Chaffey College community has been rocked by the sudden passing of well-respected assistant football coach Stevon Thomas who was just 23.
Thomas, a product of Norco High School who also played at Chaffey and Northern Arizona, University was found dead some time between Sunday night and Monday morning. A cause of death is is not yet known.
Thomas was in his first year coaching the Chaffey linebackers. He was working toward a master's degree and wanted to make teaching and coaching his profession, according to Chaffey head coach Carl Beach.
Work trickled through the Chaffey campus Monday. Beach said he had planned on telling his team before Monday's practice but most of the players and members of the staff had already heard.
Beach said the school would remember Thomas at Saturday's 1 p.m. against Long Beach City but formal plans had not yet been set.
The San Bernardino Valley College men's soccer team blanked Chaffey 3-0 this afternoon to secure the first Foothill Conference championship in history.
The title is all the more noteworthy given that the Wolverines won just three games a year ago.
All say team chemistry and lack of work ethic were the major issues that held back what looked to be a talented team, at least on paper.
SBVC got first half goals from Ricardo Sigala and Daniel Topete with Stephen Campos adding an insurance goal in the second half.
Sophomore Daniel Angulo was the usual rock in goal. He collected 12 saves, one of them coming on a penalty kick by Edgar Llamas in the second half. It was his 10th shutout of the season.
There were a few congratulatory handshakes and the obligatory pictures but the celebration was pretty low-key, especially considering it was a first for the team. But that goes to show that this team has more than just a conference title in mind.
Chaffey has a quality team as well. It won the conference title last year and had a lot of those players back. So the Panthers could give other teams a run if they make the field for the playoffs as an at-large qualifier.
The San Bernardino Valley College men's soccer team can secure its first Foothill Conference championship in the sport with a win in Tuesday's 3 p.m. home game against defending champion and local rival Chaffey (9-3-4, 2-2-2).
The Wolverines (13-1-2, 5-0-0) have three games left and a two-game lead over Rio Hondo (7-7-5, 3-2-1) which has just two games remaining.
"Our guys are hungry," SBVC coach Josh Brown said. "They really want this and they're playing like it."
SBVC has already set a school-record for wins in a season and reached double digits in the win column for just the fourth time since the program's inception in 1990. The programs best finishes in the conference were second-place showings in 1991, 1994 and 2003.
SBVC has a nonconference game at Palomar on Friday and rounds out the regular season against Rio Hondo on Nov. 1.
The University of Redlands is busily preparing for its season opener on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Ted Runner Stadium against North Central (Ill.), ranked fourth nationally by D3Football.com. That's one heck of an opener!
Would have liked to have seen this matchup last year when the Bulldogs had a veteran quarterback in Dan Selway. But it is what it is.
The Bulldogs will have junior Chad Hurst at quarterback. He was Selway's backup last year. He played in four games and went 4 of 9 throwing but you can't read much into that because his time was in mop-up duty and the Bulldogs weren't going to be throwing and most of the time didn't have their other first-teamers in the game either.
This one will be tough for the Bulldogs to pull off, not just because of the caliber of the foe and having a new quarterback but because they are opening the season a week earlier than usual.
Coach Mike Maynard had six quarterbacks in the mix but went with Hurst because he was the backup last year so he has a better grasp of the offense. He also executed it better on the practice field.
Other local college games this week:
- San Bernardino Valley College at Chaffey, 6 p.m.
The Wolverines also have a new QB and all-world running back Kristin James is gone. SBVC's success will depend on the showing of the newbies. The defense also must perform better than it did last year because it will tough to have the same offensive production.
Chaffey lacked consistency on offense last year. Coach Carl Beach hopes to have remedied that problem. Charles King will be over center. But the Panthers will be without receiver Alex Jeffries.
- Victor Valley at Mt. SAC, 1 p.m.
You have to feel sorry for the Rams. This just isn't a fair fight. Let's hope the powers that be have a little mercy on the Rams when picking nonconference foes next year. Hopefully Dave Hoover's team can keep their collective headds up and not get too down after the first game.
Cottier, a Redlands High School greaduate, improved dramatically from his freshman year at SBVC to his sophomore year, in which he went from a .114 batting average in 2010 to a .336 batting average in 2011. He started 11 games in 2010 participating in 20 his freshman year, but in 2011, Cottier started 31 of 36 games and participated in 32. He was able to seamlessly move between catcher and first base throughout his sophomore year.
While he finished fourth on the team in batting average, Cottier finished first in slugging percentage with .573, led the team in home runs with 6, and led the team in defensive put outs with 217.
Biola went 38-22 overall and 25-11 in conference play last season. The Eagles got to the Golden State Athletic Conference tournament finals, but fell to Concordia. Then, the Eagles were invited to play in the NAIA Opening Round Tournament, but fell to Oklahoma Baptist University in double elimination.
The Chaffey College baseball team headed into the playoffs for the eighth straight year in better position than it has ever been in before. The Panthers were seeded No. 2 and were taking on a No. 15 Southwestern squad which was third in its conference and had to win a play-in game on Tuesday just to get a chance to face the Panthers.
And Chaffey had won 17 of its previous 19 games so it had been playing well.
But it was the Jaguars pulling off the upset 8-5 in the opener of a best-of-three series at Chaffey. The Panthers didn't play poorly but the visitors played slightly better.
Game two is at 11 a.m. today with a deciding game to follow if necessary.
So it's gut-check time for the Panthers.Even in winning efforts they have made things look difficult this season. Now their backs are really to the wall.
There is something about not getting over the hump at this school. It has happened in a lot of sports. But in the case of softball, that team typically just gets in and draws a No. 1 seed so it isn't supposed to win.
The men's basketball team has had some tough first round foes though it got over the hump this year.
We'll find out what the Panthers are made of today..
Barstow College basketball standout Daquan Brown is headed to Fresno State. Brown was an All-Foothill Conference selection, averaging 11.7 points and 9.8 rebounds in helping the Vikings to their first playoff berth.
Brown, 21, also visited San Jose State, Pepperdine and Boise State before settling on the Bulldogs. He admits he liked Pepperdine but living in that area was going to be a little too costly. San Jose State seemed like an option since he has a teammate going there but it rained his entire visit.
"I took that as a sign," he said.
"Fresno State just seemed like the best place for me," he said.
Brown, who plans to major in criminology, had originally signed with Oklahoma State out of high school but didn't get through the academnic clearinghouse. He ended up at Barstow through the college's assistant coach Kenneth Roy who knew him from the AAU circuit.
"I thought my basketball career was over so it's nice to be going on to a Division I school," he said. "Everything worked out in th end."
Brown's decision gives the Vikings two Division I players. Earlier guard La Vanne Pennington decided on San Jose State. Give coach Reggie Howard credit for reviving a program that had been in the tank and moving quality players on to the next level as well.
San Bernardino Valley College basketball standout Paige Haynes has signed a letter-of-intent with Division I Northern Arizona.
The 5-foot-7 guard averaged 12.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.9 assist and 1.9 steals in helping the Wolverines to a 27-2 record and fourth straight Foothill Conference crown.
She led the team in assists and free-throw attempts and recorded a season-high 21 points four times, most notably against College of the Canyons in the Southern California semifinal.
Haynes is the second player from this year's team to head to a Division I porgram. Guard Jasmine Ray signed with Hawaii earlier.
The Chaffey College baseball team turned in a near-flawless performance in a 3-0 nonconference win over Golden West.
The Panthers were minus head coach Jeff Harlow who was ejected from Tuesday's game against the same team and was sitting out the mandatory one game. But the Panthers were on auto-pilot.
They didn't get a ton of hits - they managed just five but they were timely ones. And with Matt Anderson on the mound they didn't need many anyway. Anderson went six innings and gave up just one infield single and a walk while striking out six. He easily could have gone the distance but it was a nonconference game and other pitchers needed work.
Chris Truitt had three of Chaffey's five hits. One of those was a run-scoring triple in the third. He scored after that on a sacrifice fly by Anderson.
Chaffey has a big series on Tuesday and Thursday against San Bernardino Valley. Chaffey is one game behind Rio Hondo. SBVC is third and fighting for an at-large berth so those should be well worth watching.
Sophomore defender Monique Thomas, who helped the San Bernardino Valley College women's soccer team to a 20-1-4 record and a state championship, has signed a letter of intent with Minot State University in Minot, N.D.
Thomas, a product of Cajon High School, was an honorable mention All-Foothill Conference selection in 2010, helping fortify a defense that recorded 12 shutout, including five straight to end conference play.
Thomas is the 10th player from the title-winning team to advance to a four-year school.
Minot State is coming off a 9-7-3 season and the school is in transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II.
Salazar, a product of Fontana High School, was an honorable mention All-Foothill Conference selection for his freshman year, the 2009 season.
University of Maine at Machias is located in the town of Machias, about 30 miles southwest of the U.S./Canada border and about 325 miles northeast of Boston. The team went 8-10-1 overall and 7-4 in conference play. UMM is in the Sunrise Conference of the NAIA.
There will be no state title for the San Bernardino Valley College women's basketball team. It's a shame because it was a talented group. The school had already won two titles this school year and this team had a chance to make that three!
SBVC lost to College of the Canyons 69-67 in a third-round thriller at Snyder Gymnasium Wednesday night. It was a fun game to watch with both teams boasting some talented players.
Coach Sue Crebbin made the decision to suspend leading scorer Jasmine Ray for the contest. She came in averaging 13 points a game and she had 16 earlier this season against the same team in a game the Wolverines won handily.
Did Ray's absence make the difference? We'll never know. But give Crebbin credit for sticking to her principles. Let a player get away with something and soon everyone will be bending the rules and trying to get away with something.
SBVC men's coach Quincy Brewer has had to do the same thing.
Ray has already signed with Division I University of Hawaii. Hopefully this will be a lesson learned for her. And hopefully it sends a message to others and Crebbin won't have to resort to that again.
All Foothill-Conference honors have been handed out in men's and women's basketball. The biggest awards went to the most deserving. Some conferences and leagues water down the honors by naming a first and a second team as well as honorable mention. Some even name a third team.
But this conference does it right, just a first team, although the women have honorable mention. It's a tough, deep conference so being named is truly an honor.
Here's the complete list
MEN
Player of the Year - Keon Pledger, So., San Bernardino
Coach of the Year - Jeff Klein, Chaffey
All-Conference selections
Shelton Boykin,Fr., Antelope Valley
Deondre Brodie, So., Chaffey
Daquan Brown, So., Barstow
Dakota Downs, So., Mt. San Jacinto
Donte Godlock, So., Chaffey
Da'Shawn Gomez, So., Antelope Valley
Thair Heath, Fr., San Bernardino
Eric Lawton, So., Mt. San Jacinto
Aaron Moore, Fr., San Bernardino
Steffon Neal, So., Chaffey
LaVanne Pennington, So., Barstow
WOMEN
Player of the Year - Paige Haynes, So., 5-7, San Bernardino Valley
Coach of the Year - Sue Crebbin, San Bernardino Valley
All-Conference selections
Nisha Barrett, Fr., Barstow
Yvette Bennett, Fr., Antelope Valley
Darshae Burnside, Fr., San Bernardino
Amber Chavez, So., Victor Valley
Daniella Cooper, Fr., Mt. San Jacinto
Vanessa Gutierrez, So., Rio Hondo
Stephanie Hoskin, Fr., Cerro Coso
Brittani Jefferson, So., Antelope Valley
Tiana Jones, Fr., Chaffey
Janelle Junior, So., San Bernardino
Arione Nabors, So., Chaffey
Jasmine Ray, Fr., San Bernardino
Danielle Reed, So., Mt. San Jacinto
Missy Spoesltra, Fr., Desert
Honorable mention
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Rosalind Barnes, So., Chaffey
Malika Jackson, Fr., Antelope Valley
Mechel'La Logan, So., Barstow
Ebony Mease, Fr., Victor Valley
Ashley Milan, Fr., Desert
Jeanette Ramirez, So., Rio Hondo
Terri Todecheeene, So, Mt. San Jacinto
Latosha Trainor, Fr., Cerro Coso
Jennifer Young, So., San Bernardino
The race for a community college state title is on. And there are five area teams still in contention. That group is led by the Chaffey College men and the San Bernardino Valley College women, both of whom won Foothill Conference titles this season.
Here is the complete rundown . . .
MEN
Wednesday's games
No. 17 Long Beach (14-11) at No. 14, Glendale (18-10)\]
No. 20 Oxnard (15-10) at No. 12 Antelope Valley (19-9)
No. 18 L.A. Southwest (16-12) at No. 15 Compton (16-10)
No. 19 Allan Hancock (14-13) at No. 16. L.A. Harbor (14-12)
Friday's games
No. 9 San Bernardino (17-11) at No. 8 Irvine Valley (21-7)
No. 13 L.A. Trade Tech (18-9) at No. 5 Chaffey (19-7)
No. 10 Barstow (22-6) at No. 7 Saddleback (24-6)
No. 11 Mt. San Jacinto (19-8) at No. 6 Riverside (19-10)
Saturday's games
Glendale-Long Beach winner at No. 1 Mt. SAC (21-5)
Oxnard-Antelope winner at No. 4 Citrus (23-5)
Southwest-Compton winner at No. 2 Southwestern (23-2)
Harbor-Hancock winner at No. 3 Santa Monica (20-7)
WOMEN
Wednesday's games
No. 18 Los Angeles Pierce (18-10) at No. 16 Chaffey (18-10)
No. 18 L.A. Trade Tech (15-11) at No. 15 Santa Barbara (20-10)
Friday's games
No. 9 Cypress (18-10) at No. 8 Antelope Valley (21-9)
No. 13 Riverside (17-12) at No. 4 Cerritos (23-6)
No. 10 Mt. San Jacinto (20-8) at No. 7 Canyons (22-7)
No. 14 Moorpark (18-8) at Mt. SAC (26-3)
Saturday's games
Chaffey-Pierce winner at No. 1 Fullerton (27-2)
No. 12 Southwestern (20-5) at No. 5 Orange Coast (22-8)
Santa Barbara-Trade Tech winner at No. 2 San Bernardino (26-2)
No. 11 Ventura (123-6) at No. 6 Pasadena (23-4).
Chaffey College linebacker Dallas Kelley has signed with USC.
The 6-foot, 230-pounder spent his high school career at Norco. He originally signed with Portland State but didn't play there, coming home and spending two years with the Panthers instead.
Chaffey coach Carl Beach said Kelley will enroll in January and be eligible to participate in spring drills, which made him an attractive prospect for the Trojans, who face a loss of scholarships and are looking for athletes who can come in and play right away.
Kelley is a two-time first- team all-conference pick. Last season he recorded a team- best 82 tackles, including 13.5 for losses (four sacks), with two forced fumbles, one interception and one blocked kick.
As a freshman in 2009 he had a team-best 74 tackles, including 9.5 for losses (3.5 sacks), and four deflections.
Beach added that USC also likes defensive back Daimian Stafford and might sign him too if he can get academics in order.
The celebration hasn't stopped for the state champion San Bernardino Valley College women's soccer team.
The latest honor goes to sophomore forward Araceli Sanchez, who's been named the 2010 Division III Junior College National Player of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).
Sanchez, 19, will be among the athletes honored at the annual All-America Luncheon to be held in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 15 as part of the 2011 NSCAA Convention.
SBVC coach Kristin Hauge will accompany her on that trip and be recognized for her selection earlier this month as the West Region Coach of the Year.
"It's nice recognition for our program, and lets the four-year schools out there know that we play pretty good soccer," Hauge said. "It lets them know they can come to us and find quality players."
Sanchez and Hauge led the Wolverines to their first 20-win season and state title in school history. It was just the second state title in any women's sport at the school, the first coming in 1974 in archery, which was discontinued four years later.
The Wolverines notched playoff wins over Bakersfield, Cypress and Ventura and followed with victories over Fresno City and Santa Rosa in the state tournament held at College of the Canyons.
"It really was the perfect season," Sanchez said. "We did everything we set out to do, and our hard work paid off."
Sanchez, a graduate of Moreno Valley High School, was earlier recognized as the Foothill Conference Player of the Year. She also earned first-team All-Southern California and all-state honors.
She had 12 goals and six assists in the regular season, and added three goals and two assists in the playoffs.
The next task for Sanchez is to decide on a four-year school. Hauge said that 30 to 40 are interested in Sanchez, who hopes to become a border patrol agent.
"I really haven't narrowed it down yet, but I would like to go out of state," she said. "It will be whatever school is the best for me athletically and academically."
Sanchez is pleased to be part of a group of players that have boosted the program into elite company.
"We had a great run," she said.
The San Bernardino Valley College men's basketball team is a work in progress. Remember it graduated its top nine players from a team that advanced to the state semifinal last March.
So the new look Wolverines are off to a 3-4 start, They did pick up an 86-79 overtime win over L.A. Trade Tech at the Wells Fargo Holiday Classic being held this year at Citrus College. They will face a formidable challenge today against the host Owls.
The Wolverines have played their usual tough schedule with early losses to perennial state title contenders Fresno and San Francisco among others. Coach Quincy Brewer likes to challenge his players and the nonconference schedule certinaly does that.
Sophomore guard Keon Pledger is talented. He was a little out of control today and tried too hard to force the action. He scored 22 points but was just 6 of 18 from the field. Brewer said that has not been characteristic of Pledger this season, sio chalk it up to a bad shooting night.
Kirby Gardner had 16 points with David Rawlinson adding 11 with five assists. Big man Thair Heath also looks to have potential he scored 10 and grabbed 11 rebounds. He was with the Wolverines last year but did not play, working his way back from a knee injury. He is going to get better and better as he gains confidence.
The Foothill Conference is loaded again so a repeat will not be easy.
Soccer games don't get much better than the one between the women's teams from Cypress and San Bernardino Valley College which took place today.
The Wolverines (18-1-3) won it in penalty kicks after the teams battled through regulation and two overtimes tied at 1. SBVC had to play a man down for most of the second half and the OT's after a second yellow card to Angelina King.
The game got a little chippy, especially in the second half which led to some hard feelings on each side. SBVC got the short end because it had a player disqualified. The referee did nothing when a player from each tumbled to the ground, then the player from Cypress grabbed a fist full of jersey to prevent the SBVC player from getting up. Our photographer got a great picture of that!
A bit later the goalkeeper from Cypress shoved SBVC's Ruby Leon after a play in which Leon was racing toward the goal and been denied.
Give the SBVC team credit for playing through the adversity of being a person down for the better part of 50 minutes.
Then it went to penalty kicks, 11 for each team.Even the goalkeepers had to kick them. I can't think they have much practice kicking them, They usually have to focus on stopping them.
SBVC keeper Bianca Contreras was one of the heroes for the Wolverines. She made a penalty kick and stopped four, one of those to end the marathon game.
Crystal Sanchez had SBVC's goal in regulation and made her two penalty kicks in the shootout. Jensen Keith and Lauren Evans were stellar on defense all afternoon.
It's been a pretty good fall sports season at San Bernardino Valley College.
The men's cross country team came back from Fresno on Saturday with yet another state championship. That's five in a row and counting. That streak seems like it will go on as long as Wes Ashford is there as coach. This one was a little closer than the others but the streak is still in tact.
The football team went 7-4 overall. The Wolverines were 7-3 in the regular season and finished first in the American Division Mountain Conference. They lost a Bowl game on Saturday at L.A. Pierce but it doesn't take away from a fine season, led by the record-breaking showing of Kristin James.
It's hard to believe this team was 0-10 two years ago.
The women's soccer team is 17-1-3 with three straight Foothill Conference titles. They won a first-round playoff game on Saturday and host Cypress at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
Those teams all have fine coaches that have done a lot with modest resources. It also goes to show you can win with local talent.
The San Bernardino Valley College men's cross country team coasted to its 15th consecutive Foothill Conference title on Wednesday at Guasti Park in Ontario. Coach Wes Ashford thought Antelope Valley might contend but it was ALL Wolverines.
SBVC placed seven runners in the top eight and 10 in the top 12. Ashford ran 17 athletes and they finished in the top 23 in the 66-man field. Sophomore Raymond Dominguez of SBVC took individual honors with a four-mile time of 20:09. Teammate Jonathan Lopez was second in 20:30.
Antelope Valley boasted the third place and ninth place runners but SBVC took fourth through eighth.
On the women's side Victor Valley repeated, turning back a challenge from Antelope Valley. Cheryl Eastwood, a first-year runner from Victor Valley, won the race in 18:25.
SBVC was fourth in the field with the best showing being a third-place from Yesenia Trujillo.
There are only four area college football games to choose from this week. They are . . .
University of Redlands (2-1) at Pomona-Pitzer (0-3), 7 p.m.
The Bulldogs are coming off a 24-22 loss to Cal Lutheran in which the difference was a blocked 40-yard field goal attempt with 25 seconds left. They are left to ponder the what ifs. Sometimes its hard to regroup after a game like that, especially against a foe whom you have handled easily. The Sagehens have a couple of offensive weapons but they don't have enough. And their defense won't contain the Bulldogs. Should be an easy win for Redlands.
Chapman (1-2) at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3-0), 7 p.m.
The Stags have looked solid but their three wins are over teams with a collective record of 2-8. we may not know much this week either with Chapman only 1-2. CMS must avoid looking past this game to Redlands next week. I see them getting by here too though.
Occidental (2-1) at La Verne (0-3), 1 p.m.
The poor Leopards can't seem to get a break. They are coming off a 20-14 loss to CMS last week. CMS coach Steve Retzlaff said he was impressed with La Verne's progress but unfortunately for the Leopards that hasn't manifested itself in the win column in too long. La Verne nearly upset Oxy last year and the Tigers don't seem to have quite the firepower they had then. But it's hard to pick a team to win that hasn't proved that it can. Oxy will get by again.
The lone JuCo game on tap as both Chaffey an Victor Valley are idle.
San Bernardino Valley (2-2) at Southwestern (2-2), 6 p.m.
The Wolverines have some momentum with back-to-back wins over Santa Monica and Citrus, the latter coming on the heels of a record-breaking performance by Kristin James who is doing better at hanging on to the ball. SBVC has looked suspect on defense but has gotten bye on its offensive firepower. If James runs wild again, that will open it up for the passing game. Look for SBVC to get past the .500 mark for the first time this season.
There are a lot of games to choose from for area college football enthusiasts.
Cal Lutheran (1-1) at Redlands (2-0), 7 p.m.
Transfer U comes in to take on the Bulldogs in what should be one of the biggest games in the SCIAC this season. Cal Lutheran has looked more potent on offense than Redlands which tends to start slowly but wake up in the third quarter. The Bulldogs can't afford a slow start in this one. The running game must also do better than it has in the first two games. Slight edge to the visiting Kingsmen in this one.
La Verne (0-2) at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (2-0), 7 p.m.
A turning point game for both programs. CMS has played considerably weaker foes than the Leopards to this point. La Verne has lost 13 straight games and this a foe that shouldn't be out of its class if it wants to make a leap to respectability, CMS has looked solid but they haven't played anyone yet. Have to call this one for the Stags.
Pomona-Pitzer (0-2) at Chapman (0-2), 7 p.m.
Two teams still looking to get into the win column. The Sagehens need to improve on defense because Jake Caron and R.J. Maki can't carry the team. Chapman can also be a tough place to win. We're probably looking at a Panther victory.
In the community college ranks . . .
Riverside (2-1) at Chaffey (3-1), 6 p.m.
The Panthers have been lucky. Coach Carl Beach is the first to admit that and in this one he doesn't have room for error. Riverside is back on the way up and has some talented game-breakers. Chaffey has won some low-scoring games so trading touchdowns with the Tigers might be tough. Give RCC the edge, based on previous results.
Citrus (1-2) at San Bernardino Valley (1-2), 6 p.m.
The first Emerson Bowl with SBVC's Kevin Emerson facing his former team. He wants this one bad. His team wants it too. If Kristin James hangs on to the ball, it shouldn't be a problem. I'll go with the Wolverines at home.
Victor Valley (0-3) at Desert (1-3), 6 p.m.
The Rams have been beaten up physically by top-notch nonconference foes. They have the talent to win this one but coach Dave Hoover is worried about his team's mental state after the tough start. If the Rams lose this one it's going to be a very long season. If they can pull one out, it should them some momentum heading into conference play. Because of uncertainty at the quarterback position I have to go with Desert.
Three of the seven area college football teams are off this week and one that is playing will be on the road. So there aren't many games to choose from.
Linfield, Ore. (0-1) at University of La Verne, 12:30 p.m.
Linfield has had two weeks to sit and stew about its 47-42 loss to Cal Lutheran. La Verne lost its opener to what looks like a very good Azusa Pacific team, also two weeks ago. La Verne's running game looked much improved and that's a good thing. It needs to do well there to have any chance at all of pulling a major upset and snapping its 12 game losing streak which dates back to the end of the 2008 season. Would love to call an upset here but it looks highly improbable.
In the community college ranks . . .
Chaffey (2-1) at Ventura (2-1), 6 p.m.
The Panthers are coming off a 17-13 loss to Saddleback which doesn't look as dominating as it has been in the past. Chaffey has some nagging injuries, one of those an elbow injury to talented back Erin Madden who will probably be out a minimum of three weeks according to coach Carl Beach. That will hurt big time. Chaffey's offense has not been firing on all cyclinders and it needs to here to get the win on the road.
Santa Monica (2-1) at San Bernardino Valley (0-2), 6 p.m.
A year ago this might have been an easy game but Santa Monica has improved, although its nonconference schedule has not been as challenging as some. The Wolverines had a lot of players banged up two weeks ago in the loss to Riverside. The key here may be how the secondary of SBVC holds up. It has been torched badly in the first two games. Coverages has to be better for the Wolverines to get the W!
Saddleback (2-1) at Victor Valley (0-3), 1 p.m.
The Rams continue their gauntlet of difficult nonconference games. This looks like the most winnable of the four with the trip to High Desert never an easy one for opponents. The Rams have had a revolving door at quarterback. Dave Hoover finally settled on one - Courtney Patton. But he injured an ankle last week and is questionable. Even if he does go the injury will probably take away some of his mobility which is his strong suit. So the Rams will probably be hard-pressed to pull this one off.
There aren't a lot of games to pick from if you want to take in a local college football game this weeekend.
The University of La Verne (0-1) and San Bernardino Valley College (0-2) are idle and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1-0), Pomona-Pitzer (0-1) and Chaffey College (2-0) will all be on the road.
The University of Redlands (1-0) will host Whitworth, Wash. (1-1) at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Ted Runner Stadium. The Bulldogs opened their season with a 21-10 win at East Texas Baptist last week. That looks like a good win given that team's big win the previous week.
This will be the second straight week the Bulldogs will be defending a star player. Not that you want to focus and entire game plan on one player, but Whitworth does rely on all-everything back Adam Anderson much the way East Texas revolved around its quarterback Sed Harris.
Redlands has the benefit of a solid quarterback and leader in Dan Selway, who is finally exhausting his eligibilty - foes in the SCIAC wil be happy to know. The Bulldogs do need to develop a running game, something coach Mike Maynard says has been a focal point in practice this week.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is going up to Pacific (Ore.) for a 1:30 p.m. game. That team is probably worse than the Lewis & Clark team it beat last week. Expect the Stags to move to 2-0. How good they are is still anybody's guess given the level of competition.
Pomona-Pitzer, which lost to Whitworth 35-7 last week, goes up to Lewis & Clark. So the Sagehens and quarterback Jacob Caron have a good shot at win No. 1.
In the junior college ranks Victor Valley (0-2) will be at Riverside (1-0) for a 6 p.m. showdown. The schedule makers did the Rams no favors. Don't get coach Dave Hoover started on that subject!
Chaffey (2-0) is off to an impressive start too but will face a tough task in marching down to Mission Viejo to square off against Saddleback, the No. 14 team in the state.
The Victor ValleyCollege football team opened its season with a resounding thud, losing to national power Mt. SAC 61-14 today in Victorville.
It's likely another case of a very young team not fully making the adjustment from high school football to college football. Too many players go into the JuCo game thinking it's just an extention of the high school game. Well it's not!
The Rams have a whopping 82 freshmen on their roster. So let's just hope this was a wakeup call.
Coach Dave Hoover used four quarterbacks without much success. Courtney Patton seemed to fair best. He can at least scramble a bit and did, running for his life on pretty much every play.
The bright spot was the play of freshman wide receiver T.J. Gretzner out of Serrano High school who can go up and get the football. He had four catches for 128 yards, including a 44-yard touchdown reception for the Rams second score.
Hoover will know a lot about his team in the next week by how it handles the thumping.
The Rams travel to Santa Ana next week.
Here are a few other scores fron the first week of play.
Citrus 36, West Los Angeles 25
Long Beach 20, Golden West 14 (OT)
Fullerton 41, Santa Ana 10
Grossmont 36, San Diego Mesa 7
Santa Monica 21, Compton 10
Allan Hancock 51, Santa Barbara 6
College of the Canyons 35, Antelope Valley 7
Bakersfield 52, L.A. Pierce 41
Pasadena 41, Glendale 20
Saddleback 37, Orange Coast 6
Venutra 44, Moorpark 21
Cerrtipos 29, LA Harbor 14
Mt. San Jacinto 24, College of the Desert 22
Palomar 23, Southwestern 13
LA Valley 28, East Los Angeles 21
El Camino 56, LA Southwest 7
Don't look now but it is already time for the area junior colleges to kick off their football seasons. All will be playing their season openers this Saturday. It will be Chaffey (4-6) heading to San Bernardino Valley College (5-5) for a 6 p.m. showdown and Mt. SAC (12-1) heading up the hill to square off against Victor Valley (6-4) in a 1 p.m. tussle.
It should be a very interesting season. At Chaffey, veteran coach Carl Beach has had his hands full. Not just because heading a football program is a time-consuming job. He has the added burden of serving as interim athletic director which gives one a handful of other headaches. Then there's the renovation of the old gym which had housed the football offices, meeting area and weight room. For now things are pretty spread out.
Beach is more confident in his quarterback situation than he has been the last few years. The struggles of the offense were the main reason for the subpar showing recently.
Meanwhile Kevin Emerson worked some magic at SBVC in his debut in 2009, turning a 0-10 team into a more than respectable 5-5 one. The Wolverines won four of their last five games, topped off by a huge upset of then-unbeaten LA Harbor in the regular season finale. That says it all about where this program could be headed if it gets the proper administrative support. And that's a big IF given what seems to be a lack of commitment to athletics in recent years.
Then there is Mr. intensity up at Victor Valley in Dave Hoover. The Rams are always going to play hard and be competitive. Numbers are up and Hoover said he has more depth and quality depth than he has had before in his 10-year tenure. He had problems with a lot of his out-of-state players last year but has weeded out the undesirables, That can only help.
More on all the local teams coming up this week with separate previews of each school.
Two more San Bernardino Valley College women's soccer players have decided on four-year schools. Sophomore midfielder Sylvia Fuentes is headed to Division I University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff while sophomore midfielder Christine Meza will attend Mississippi Valley State University.
Fuentes, out of Moreno Valley High school, totaled 20 goals and 20 assists in her two years with the Wolverines. She was a two-time first team All-Foothill Conference selection, earning MVP honors as a freshman.
Meza, out of Rialto High School, was a second-team All-Conference selection, with two goals and five assists.
The duo helped SBVC (19-1-4) to the best season in school history as the Wolverines advanced to the Southern California Regional final before losing to Ventura.
Former Chaffey College baseball standout Alex Caldera struck out a career-high 11 and allowed just five hits over 7 2/3 scoreless innings in his best start of the season Friday as the Wilmington Blue Rocks, a Carolina League affiliate of the Kansas City Royals, edged the Potomac Nationals, 2-1.
Caldera (2-2) did not walk a batter and lowered his ERA to 3.32 through six starts. The 24-year-old right-hander faced 26 batters, inducing seven fly balls and two grounders.
The 11-strikeout effort eclipses his previous best of 10, also against Potomac on May 7, 2009. He's second in the Carolina League with 45 strikeouts over 40 2/3 innings.
Caldera fanned two in the second, third and fourth innings. He caught Rob Jacobsen looking for his final out in the eighth inning before Buddy Baumann came on in relief and struck out Stephen Lombardozzi to end the frame.
Jamie Romak's two-out, two-run homer in the fourth was enough for Caldera to pick up his his first victory since April 22.
Caldera survived a rocky 2009 campaign in which he finished 5-10 with a 4.77 ERA in 27 starts for Wilmington. He earned Carolina League Pitcher of the Week honors last Aug. 31.
He was a 13th round draft pick out of Chaffey in 2007. While pitching for the Panthers he earned Foothill Conference Pitcher of th Year honors.
Four former baseball standouts at San Bernardino Valley College played together again this season at Mid-American Christian University in Oklahoma.
The quartet is led by junior shortstop James Frederick (Rialto HS), who played third place last year and earned Golden Glove honors for SBVC. He hit .397 in 50 games and led the team in most offensive categories. He had 14 doubles, three triples, six home runs, 39 runs scored and 59 RBI. Among his big hits were two grand slam home runs.
Frederick is now headed to play summer ball with the Watertown Wizards of the New York Collegiate Baseball League.
Junior catcher Adrian Carmona (Riverside Rubidoux HS) played in 29 games. He hit .420 with 12 home runs and 28 RBI.
Junior outfielder Sammy Lewis led the Evangels in runs scored with 49 and hit .321.
On the mound senior right-hander Ryan Vollkommer was 3-5 with an 11.65 ERA in 13 appearances. He did pick up the win in the team's regular season finale by pitching a scoreless ninth inning of a 5-4 win over Oklahoma Christian
The team went 21-27 overall and 9-19 in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
The Chaffey College baseball team is going to win the Foothill Conference. One more win in the last five games will do it after the Panthers survived local rival San Bernardino Valley 13-12 on Thursday.
But the Chaffey bullpen has been a little shakey. A week ago the Panthers were up on Cerro Coso 8-2, only to give up six in the ninth. They got one in their half of the inning to win 9-8.
That same scenario played out again today at SBVC. Chaffey led 13-7 but SBVC got six in the ninth, four of those on a grand slam by Josh Salmon, who was cut by Chaffey in the fall, How is that for drama?
SBVC had bases loaded when the Panthers finally got the last two outs.
One big blown lead against a mediocre foe in the ninth can happen, but twice in a week has to be reason for concern. If it's a problem now it could certainly be a problem when the Panthers are facing tougher competition in the playoffs.
The Chaffey baseball team defeated Cerro Coso 9-8 to improve to 18-10 overall and 15-1 in Foothill Conference play. The conference title should only be a formality as the Panthers are up by four games with eight game to go.
This game was closer than it should have been. The Panthers went up 8-2 and were in cruise control. Then the Coyotes scored six runs in the top of the ninth. Uh-oh! But the Panthers managed a run in the bottom of the inning with Matthew Krause hitting one in the gap with two outs to score a pinch runner from second.
The Panthers have been in front for so long and not really been pushed so maybe they needed a bit of kick in the butt.
The Panthers don't have as much power as teams in the past. They have a lot more small but scrappy players as opposed to big sluggers. The most impressive player on the field, at least today, was third baseman Matthew Anderson who made a handful of really nice defensive plays.
It's a busy day on the local college basketballl front as four teams continue their quest for titles today.
The majority of the action will be going on in the Great Northwest as the Cal Poly Pomona women are at Seattle Pacific to take on Alaska Anchorage in the NCAA Division II West Region Tournament. That game will tip off at 5:30 p.m.
If I had to pick a team it would have to be Anchorage. The Seawolves went to the Final Four the last two years while the Broncos have a roster full of players that have never been to the playoffs. Its a game between the fourth and fifth seeds which is usually a tossup so I hope I'm wrong.
Meanwhile the Cal Poly men and Cal State San Bernardino men are about a 90 mile drive away at Western Washington University for the men's regional. The Coyotes will play CCAA foe Humboldt State (again) at 2:30 p.m. while the Broincos will follow against Dixie State (Utah).
As far as Cal State-Humboldt . . . have to go with the Coyotes who have beaten them two of three meetings this season and, for the most part, have won all the big games against the Jacks, And it's on a neutral court, another reason to favor the Yotes.
Take the Broncos all the way. Dixie is the team most in the tournamenr wanted. Never been to the playoffs,m out of a weak conference, the list of reasons goes on and on. The Broncos are seasoned and playing well. No reason to think they won't win that one.
Closer to home, the San Bernardino Valley College men play Foothill in the community college state quarterfinal at Cal Lutheran in Thousand Oaks at 5 p.m. The Wolverines have won 20 straight games. Make it 21 after today!
The San Berndino Valley College men's basketball team opens play in the CCCAA Elite Eight at 5 p.m. on Friday at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. The next foe for Quincy Brewer's Wolverines (30-2), who have won 20 straight games, will be Foothill (22-7).
That seems to bode well for SBVC, the No. 1 seed out of the South, as Foothill is the No. 4 out of the North. Foothill was only the No. 14 seed in the North draw so they are the Cinderella story of the playoffs thus far.
The Owls do play in a competitive conference with their most notable foes being Ohlone and San Francisco, so they can not be overlooked.
The one man playing like a beast right now is Orlando Brazier - 45 points and 24 rebounds in the last two playoffs games. I like SBVC's athleticism and depth. They also have the experience, with an entire team of players that went to the Elite Eight last year, only to lose in triple overtime because they couldn't make a free throw.
All the games will be well worth watching if you're in the area!
Here is the men's quarterfinal schedule . . .
Game 1
Irvine Valley (S-3) vs. San Francisco (N-2), 1 p.m.
Game 2
Saddleback (S-4) vs. Ohlone (N-1), 3 p.m.
Game 3
Foothill (N-4) vs. San Bernardino (S-1), 5 p.m.
Game 4
San Jose City (N-3) vs. Citrus (S-2), 7 p.m.
The women's quarterfinals are on Thursday. Here is that schedule too.
Game 1
Pasadena (S-4) vs. San Francisco (N-1), 1 p.m.
Game 2
Mt. San Antonio (S-3) vs. Santa Rosa (N-2), 3 p.m.
Game 3
Chabot (N-4) vs. Fullerton (S-1), 5 p.m.
Game 4
Laney (N-3) vs. Ventura (S-2), 7 p.m.
The SBVC men's basketball team did it again! This time it was Aaron Edwards lofting up a 3-pointer with 1.4 seconds left to give the Wolverines an 80-77 win over Southwestern in a Southern California Regional Final.
It was the 20th straight win and sends SBVC into the Elite Eight for the second straight year. The tournament will not be in Fresno this year. It will be at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.
It wasn't looking good for the home team. It was down 77-72 but scored eight points in the last 37 seconds. It helped that the Jaguars completely melted down and forgot out to inbound.
The furious finish started when Nate Roth hurled up a 3, (he was four steps beyond the arc at the top of the key), with 28 seconds left. That made it 77-75. Then there was a scramble for a loose ball at the same end. Orlando Brazier came up with it and threw it in to Maurice McGee for an easy two - tie game 77-77 with 15 seconds left.
Again the Jaguars threw the ball away. After a time out SBVC got the game-winner. Roth passed th ball to Sydney Hall, who everyone in the gym thought was taking the shot. He has been the guy in that situation all year. But he deferred to Aaron Edwards who had a more open shot - nothing but net.
Brazier was a beast - 25 points and 15 rebounds. He has been the guy coming up huge in the playoffs. No one else wa in double figures although McGee had nine. Hall, Roth and Tre Brewer had eight each. Hall also had seven assists.
Great game! .
The San Bernardino Valley College men's basketball team is on the court getting ready for a 7 p.m., game against Chula Vista Southwestern., One player is no where to be found, at least not yet. That's Maurice McGee.
The only reason it's a little odd is that coach Quincy Brewer benched him for last Saturday's game because he was late showing up for pregame. The Wolverines won without him. Brewer was disappointed because he said McGee had the best week of practice he has had in his two years at the school.
I'll definitely be checking into that situation. McGee is the team's leading scorer. The Wolverines have a lot of depth so they can win without him but it will be tougher. Then again it might be better because having a player not on the same page with the rest of the team can also be a distraction.
If Brewer did kick him off the team it's an admirable move for a team with so much on the line. But it also shows that the coach doesn't put up with crap from anyone.
SBVC has won 19 games in a row but Souithwestern is no slouch. It has won 18 straight.Southwestern has a very large (a round) player in Charles Joseph. But the Wolverines have three athletic big men to throw at him, even without McGee,
We'll see
Well Maurice is here. He wasn't out on the court early when players were shooting around but did come out for the final few minutes. He is not starting though. We'll see when and if he makes his first appearance in the game.
McGee made his first entrance with 11:20 left in the first half. He ended up playing 17 minutes (of the 40) with nine points, six rebounds and two blocks.
One would think that the SBVC basketball players know by now that Coach Quincy Brewer isn't messing around when he sets down the rules. Well one guy hasn't learned.
Sophomore forward Maurice McGee was benched for Saturday's playoff game against Los Angeles Pierce because he showed up late for pregame preparation. This isn't the first time McGee has been benched but it is a bit surprising he can't be counted on the day of a playoff game.
If Brewer can't get through to him, no one can because McGee is his nephew.
The Wolverines prevailed 77-64. It wasn't the prettiest of games. SBVC never got in synch on offense but played well on defense, holding the Brahmas to 36.4 shooting from the field and forcing 23 turnovers.
They got outrebounded 49-44 which virtually never happens because they have so many strong, athletic big men. McGee's absence was noteworthy there.
But Orlando Brazier came up big with 20 points and nine rebounds.Tre Brewer contributed 11 with reserve D'Shaun Holden adding 10.
SBVC, winner of 19 straight games, now will host Chula Vista Southwestern at 7 p.m. next Saturday.Southwestern upset Bakersfield at Bakersfield Friday so the Wolverines are going to need a better effort next time.
But if the coach has his full complement of players it shouldn't be a problem.
Well it was one winner and one loser among the locals as the junior college playoffs started on Friday.
The San Bernardino Valley College women defeated Palomar 58-55 in most dramatic fashion as freshman Janelle Junior hit a three-pointer in the closing seconds for the final margin of victory.It was the only bucket of the game for Junior, who had been a pivotal player in SBVC's stretch run.
Tanee Denson-Griffen tallied 21 points and seven rebounds. She was the lone player in double figures although Kimberly Kipp had nine rebounds and seven blocks, while playing on a very bad knee. Paige Haynes had nine points.
No. 7 SBVC (25-5) now plays the winner of Ventura and Cypress, most likely to be Ventura.
The No. 11 Chaffey men were on the other side of a thriller but came up short, losing to No. 6 Saddleback 66-64. Anthony Cammon led the way with 21 points while Mo Hughley had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Second-leading scorer Matthew Wallace was held to seven poinbts.
Ironically, the SBVC women beat Palomar in the same round last year and the Chaffey men lost a buzzer-beater to the same team, although it was one round later.
The SBVC men are up tonight, hosting L.A. Pierce at 7 p.m. The pressure is squarely on the Wolverines, who are the top seed in the South,
The junior college playoffs get underway this weekend with both San Bernardino Valley College teams and the Chaffey College men in action.
The Chaffey men will play at Saddleback at 7 p.m. on Friday. It's an interesting matchup because the Gauchos eliminated the Panthers from the playoffs last year 63-61 on a last second shot. It will probably one of the better games of the night across the state and features teams from the two premier conferences.
The San Bernardino Valley women are seeded No. 7 and will host No. 10 Palomar, also on Friday. SBVC beat the Comets in the playoffs last year and bested them on a neutral court in the first game this season for both teams.
The SBVC men will wait one more night. They will play at 7 p.m. on Saturday against Los Angeles Pierce. SBVC is the top seed in the South, deservedly so. The Brahmas beat Moorpark on Wednesday to earn a berth opposite SBVC, which has won 18 straight games.
The pairings and seedings are out for the community college playoffs. It should be no surprise that San Bernardino Valley is No. 1 The Wolverines will have a bye and play on Saturday against the winner of Wednesday's game between Los Angeles Pierce and Moorpark.
SBVC (28-2) ran the table in the Foothill Conference and that's not easy to do. It has won 18 straight games with the last loss coming more than two months ago.
Chaffey drew the No. 11 seed and will be on the road Friday at No. 6 Saddleback. Don't count out Coach Jeff Klein's Panthers.
On the women's side SBVC got the No. 7 seed and drew a home game on Friday with Palomar. Coach Sue Crebbin's team played the Comets in the first game of the season on a neutral floor and won.
Here is the rundown . . .
MEN
Wednesday's games
No. 17 Moorpark at No. 16 Los Angeles Pierce
No. 20 Miramar at No. 13 Antelope Valley
No. 19 Mira Costa at No. 14 Los Angeles Valley
No. 20 Santa Ana at No. 15 L.A. Trade Tech
Friday's games
No. 9 Southwestern at No. 8 Bakersfield
No. 12 Cerritos at No. 5 Mt. SAC
No. 11 Chaffey at No. 6 Saddleback
No. 10 Mt. San Jacinto at No. 7 Cuesta
Saturday's games
Moorpark-L.A. Pierce winner at San Bernardino Valley
Santa Ana-LA Trade tech winner at No. 2 Citrus
Mira Costa-L.A. Valley winner at No. 3 Riverside
Miramar-Antelope winner at No. 4 Irvine Valley
WOMEN
Wednesday's games
No. 17 Los Angeles Southwest at No. 16 Santa Barbara
No. 18 Cypress at No. 15 Santa Monica
Friday's games
No. 9 Antelope Valley at No. 8 Grossmont
No. 10 Palomar at No. 7 San Bernardino Valley
No. 14 Mt. San Jacinto at No. 3 Mt. SAC
No. 13 Irvine Valley at No. 4 Pasadena
Saturday's games
LA Southwest-Santa Barbabra winner at No. 1 Fullerton
Cypress-Santa Monica winner at No. 2 Ventura
No. 11 Canyons at No. 6 Los Angeles Trade Tech
A pair of easy victories were not enough to keep the San Bernardino Valley College men's basketball team in the No. 1 spot in the state poll. For the second time this season the Wolverines lost their No. 1 status without losing.
This time it is Ohlone (20-4), out of northern California, that has jumped ahead of the Wolverines (26-2), who have won 16 straight games with the last loss coming on Dec. 18 to Irvine Valley.
But Ohlone totaled 231 points, just one more than SBVC. Rounding out the top 10 are Citrus (188), San Francisco (186), San Jose City (167), Cosumnes River (167), Mt. SAC (165), Saddleback (160), Riverside (156) and Sequoias (156).
Chaffey (17-8), which lost in overtime to Rio Hondo on Friday, fell four spots to No. 17.
No doubt the Wolverines will be back in first next week, This poll has been inconsistent all season.
On the women's side SBVC (22-5) fell from eighth to ninth despite winning both games last week in comfortable fashion.
This is the time of year when teams want to be peaking. The playoffs are a couple of weeks away and even if you're not going to win a conference title, you want to have all your players on the same page and focused.
The Chaffey College men's basketball team let one get away Friday night when it suffered a stunning 100-95 overtime loss to Rio Hondo, which came into the game in sixth in the Foothill Conference and an 8-15 overall record.
Before the game Chaffey coach Jeff Klein warned that Rio was not a pushover, a handful of quality players and they had beaten a formidable Antelope Valley team. He was right. The Roadrunners played like a tean with nothing to lose and were with the Panthers all the way.
The surprising part was not that Chaffey lost, it was the manner in which it lost composure in the overtime. One player in particular who wasn't even in the game.
It had been 84-all at the end of regulation and Rio was up 86-84 when Chaffey big man Mo Hughley, who had fouled out in the closing second of regulation, was called for a technical foul. It seems he was at the end of the bench pouting a little too loudly.
Rio's Maurice Cole proceeded to make the two free throws for a four-point lead.
That lead would swell to 96-86. And in that stretch Hughley was confronted by the referee again, and this time asked to leave the bench.
Klein said he didn't think Hughley said anything that offensive but that the referee's problem goes back to issues the past few games. Maybe he was paying more attention to the big man than he needed to,m given the situation.
If that is the case, than Hugley should have shut up after the first technical foul. Did he really need the embarrassment of being asked to leave the bench?
It will be interesting to see if Klein chooses to play Hughley in the next game,.Sometimes a lesson needs to be learned. What if that were to happen in a playoff game?
Maybe it was just a pair of free throws and the Panthers did end up down by 10. But the incident seemed to rattle the players on the court as well.
The Panthers have a very good team and are more than capable of making a strong playoff run. We'll see how this one plays out.
The Panthers will be at Antelope Valley on Wednesday and close out the season with a home game next Friday against Mt. San Jacinto. Those are both quality opponents. If the Panthers win them they will finish second in the Foothill to SBVC - a noteworthy accomplishment.
Four San Bernardino Valley College football players have made decisions on four-year colleges.
Defensive back Dexter Fowler (Silverado HS), a second-team All-Mountain Conference selection, is headed to Division II Southwest Missouri State. He recorded 19 solo tackles and 18 assisted ones with two interceptions, eight pass breakups and one recovered fumble.
Wide receiver Eric Charles (San Gorgonio) and defensive lineman Kemaine Thurston (Arroyo Valley) are both going to Southwest Oklahoma State. Thurston tallied 44 solo tackles and 35 assisted with 1.5 sacks and two recovered fumbles.
Wide receiver Aaron Barlow, who was injured much of last season, is headed to Division II California-Pennsylvania.
The San Bernardino Valley College men's basketball team is back in the No, 1 spot of the state poll for the third time this season. But this time they are tied for the top spot with Riverside,
SBVC (22-2) has won 10 straight games but faces a challenging week. It will host No. 14 Mt. San Jacinto (17-6) on Wednesday and No. 13 Chaffey (15-6) on Friday. Both games should be thrillers. The first time SBVC played Mt. San Jacinto it won 104-100. That's a lot of points and a lot of action.
And the first time it played Chaffey, it was 98-96 . . . Also in overtime. It doesn't get any better than that.
Here's the poll . . .
1 . San Bernardino 22-2
Riverside 19-4
3. Ohlone 17-4
4. San Jose City 19-4
5. Citrus 21-2
6. Fresno 19-5
Mt. SAC 20-4
8. Saddleback 20-4
9. Foothill 16-6
10. Chabot 16-5
11. Irvine Valley 20-3
12. Cosumnes River 16-5
13. Chaffey 15-6
14. Mt. San Jacinto 17-6
15. Sequoias 18-6
16. San Francisco 19-3
17. Yuba 19-4
18. Cuesta 20-5
19. Bakersfield 18-5
20. American River 14-7
The new gymnasium at Chaffey College will be unveiled on Wednesday as the Panthers host Victor Valley College in a men's and women's basketball doubleheader that will tip off at 5 p.m.
School officials had hoped to have the new facility available last month but it didn't quite happen. The old facility is being closed down for renovation but when it is open will give the school more flexability in scheduling, not just for its competing teams, but physical education classes as well.
Athletic director Carl Beach said formal dedication festivities will be held in conjunction with the Feb. 19 game against Mt. San Jacinto.
Several football players from Victor Valley College have made decisions on four-year colleges, according to Rams coach Dave Hoover.
Quarterback Travis Hunter (Barstow HS), wide receiver Pelton Smalls and offensive lineman Eric Wilkinson (Serrano HS) are headed to Kansas Wesleyan, continuing a pipeline of athletes from the High Desert to that school.
Noseguard Darnell Hicks is headed to Division II Texas A&M Kingsville while wide receiver Donald Fusilier will attend NAIA Lindenwood (Mo.)
Rounding out the group are linebacker Mike Matthews (Serrano HS) who will play at New Mexico State and offensive lineman Treven Medawar (Hesperia HS) who has chosen Benedictine (Kan.)
Fusilier was a first-team All-Mountain Conference selection while Hicks while Smalls and Hicks were second-team All-conference selections.
Citrus College cross country standout Vanessa Esquivel will finish up her collegiate eligibility at Dickinson State in South Dakota, an NAIA school that competes in the Dakota Athletic Conference.
Esquivel, a graduate of Chino High School, is the second athlete from the school in as many years to move on to that school. Christina Soto did so a year ago.
Esquivel helped the Owls qualify for the state meet in the fall and finished 38th individually out of 200 runners with a personal best time of 19:31.44.
And this was just the first game of Foothill Conference play!
San Bernardino Valley College (15-2) emerged with an 85-84 win over Antelope Valley in the conference opener for both teams at Snyder Gymnasium. If all conference games are going to be like that, and most coaches think they will be, we're in for quite a ride.
Both teams had double-digit leads in the second half. Antelope (9-7) was up 76-66 with 4:25 to go so SBVC had to mount the last rally.
The formidable presence of the Wolverines big men was pivotal down the stretch. They finished with 11 blocked shots, five of those by Maurice McGee. McGee's last came on a driving shot by Nick Bennett with Antelope clinging to an 82-80 lead and 1:22 left.
SBVC eventually went up 85-84 on a fall-away jumper by Nate Roth who was well defended on the play.
Then came more dramatics. Rod Singleton drove the lane and lofted a shot that was poked away by Curtis Wilkinson. Antelope's Jason Logan scrambled for the loose ball and threw up a shot that was well off the mark. But again the Marauders got the rebound.
This time it was scooped up by Gary Winfield but his last attempt was defended by Wilkinson and Aaron Edwards, although Edwards got credit for the block.
Whew!!!!
The Chaffey College and San Bernardino Valley men's basketball teams both look primed and ready for Foothill Conference play which starts Wednesday.
The local teams were both impressive in tournaments last week with the Panthers (9-4) winning the Cougar Classic at College of the Canyons and the Wolverines (11-2) besting the competition at Imperial Valley.
The Foothill Conference is esily the best conference in the state. Last year it qualified five teams for the playoffs and all five win at least a game, with SBVC advancing all the way to the Elite Eight where it lost in triple overtime
Competition should every bit as intense this year.
SBVC may have more depth than any other team in the state. It has interchangeable parts - multiple perimeter threats, multiple ball-handlers, multiple big men. And it has big game experience. Maybe it has TOO many players because some times individual agendas get in the way.
The Panthers are playing the same style they always play - always up-tempo, always entertaining. Sophomores Matthew Wallace and Anthony Cammon have been the stellar performers thus far.
Both begin conference play at home. Chaffey will host much--improved Barstow and SBVC will entertain Antelope Valley, a team it beat 71-70 in tournament play earlier. Both will tip off at 7 p.m., or immediately after women's games which get underway at 5 p.m.
Chaffey College football standout Marcus Austin is following teammate Jahmel Rover to Division I-AA Idaho State, according to Panthers coach Carl Beach.
Austin, out of Etiwanda High School, was the anchor of the Panthers defensive line the last two years. Austin recorded 37 tackles, seven of those for a loss. He added 4.5 sacks and a recovered fumble. He was a first-team All-Central Conference selection.
He visited the school just before Christmas, after Rover traveled there and signed on.
Beach added that Austin has had no lingering effects of a knee injury that he sustained his senior year of high school that casued him to sit out his first year at Chaffey.
"He has looked very good," Beach said. "It as a little gimpy there for awhile but the problem seems to be behind him."
That gives the Panthers four players who have signed or made committments. Earlier both tight end Ricky Howard and defensive back Durrell Givens decided to attend Iowa State.
The new gymnasium at Chaffey College will likely not be ready for use when the Panther men's and women's basketball teams begin Foothill Conference play on Jan. 6.
Interim athletic director Carl Beach said he hopes that the new veune will be ready ''some time'' in January but there are too many variables to be able to set a target date right now.
The structurs is completed as previously reported. There are details such at striping, landscaping and other minor details that are being tended too now.
The biggest factor will be when the facility is ready for a walk-though by an inspector. Then there will be modifications that may have to be made depending on what the inspection reveals. A major problem would result in a longer delay.
So the school is proceeding like it will be playing in the old facility until fiurther notice.
As expected the SBVC men's basketball team dropped from its perch of No. 1 in the state poll released on Monday.
The Wolverines (9-1) suffered their first loss last week against Mt. SAC in the Wells Fargo Classic at Riverside. They bounced back with two nice wins after that, including a heart-stopping 71-70 win over Antelope Valley in which the difference was a buzzer-beater by Syndey Hall.
SBVC fell to No. 3 with Riverside, which won the tournament, inheriting the top spot.There is lots of local representation in the top 10 with Citrus at No. 4 and Mt. SAC at No. 6.
In the South Region, SBVC is No. 2, Citrus No. 3, Mt. SAC No. 4, Chaffey No. 11 and Barstow No. 15.
On the women's side SBVC (7-2) jumped tow places to No. 7. It losses have been to No. 1 Ventura and No. 5 Mt. SAC.
So much for being undefeated and being ranked No. 1 in the state.
The San Bernardino Valley College men's basketball team lost to No. 10 Mt. SAC 88-83 at the Wells Fargo Holiday Classic tonight at Riverside Community College.
Coach Quincy Brewer said he saw it coming. Apparently his Wolverines practiced all week like they were a little full of themselves and believing a little too much in their press clippings. That happens, especially at the junior college level.
Mt SAC shot 57.1 percent from the field, scoring 54 points in the paint. It beat SBVC up and down the court all night, turning many of its 27 turnovers into easy points at the other end.
SBVC shot a still solid 55.2 percent but the 27 turnovers to 16 assists tells the story. It was also outrebounded 88-83.
SBVC had the game in reach with six minutes to play but its shot selection left a lot to be desired. Jacking up ill-advised 3-point tries early in the shot clock is a sign of panic.
The Wolverines didn't know what it was like to be in a close game because they had pretty much cruised through their previous seven. This was a good loss because it is one the players can learn from before they get into conference play.
SBVC clealry has the talent to go all the way. It just needs to be a bit more disciplined and a bit more focused.
Nate Roth led SBVC with 20 points, seven assists and five steals. Tre Brewer added 16 and Maurice McGee 13.
Mt. SAC got 25 from Antonio Biglow and 14 from Demarkus Isomjones. Three others had 11 including Laquenten Jones who also had 12 assists,
San Bernardino Valley College has something special in its men's cross country team. There probably is no other sport where the athletes work harder but get less attention.
The Wolverines just won their fourth straight state title, crushing the competition in the annual meet held at Woodward Park in Fresno. This was supposed to be a rebuilding year because the Wolverines graduated five of their top seven from the team that won the third in a row.
They won by 70 points. That's like winning a soccer game 5-0, a basketball game by 40. You get the picture.
There is no such thing as rebuilding with this team. Four straight state titles is especially admirable at the junior college where you're turning over an entire team every two years.
The school's entire program appears on the upswing. Not only was there the state title by the men, but the SBVC women's soccer team improved to 18-0-4 with a first round playoff win on Saturday. They are in the midst of the best season in school history.
The men's soccer team showed marked improvement and the football team went from 0-10 in 2008 to 5-5 in 2009.
Both basketball teams won Foothill Conference titles last year and the men are currently ranked No. 1 in the state.
There is a lot to be excited about at 701 S. Mount Vernon.
The San Bernardino Valley College football team turned in what may be the biggest upset in Southern California this season when it stunned previously unbeaten L.A. Harbor 29-21 Saturday night.
That makes the Wolverines 5-5. While that typically isn't a record most coaches get excited about, you have to consider where this team came from.
It took a 15-game losing streak into this season, and lost the first four this season, making it 19. Then came signs of things to come. The Wolverines reeled off four in a row. They were the games that looked like the most winnable even before the season started.Those four teams SBVC beat finished a combined 7-33.
This win was special because it came over a quality foe, one that came in unbeaten and averaging 500 yards a game and 50 points a game on offense. It looked a little suspect on defense but the gaudy statistics it put up offensively more than compensated.
Kevin Emerson did a heck of a job with this team and he wasn't hired until late July. Imagine what he can do when he has a full year!
Chaffey College has picked a new athletic director but it won't be anyone new to the local college scene.
Football coach Carl Beach has gotten the nod, replacing Bob Olivera, whose resignation takes effect on Dec. 1. He had been in education the last 41 years, 27 of that as athletic director at Chaffey.
With all that is involved in running an athletic department nowadays, few colleges have a person runnning the athletic department that also heads a sport, especially a major sport such as football.
But with the state budget crunch, Chaffey has little choice. If anyone can do it, it's Beach. Chaffey has a solid support staff and most of its head coaches have been there a decade or longer. So they don't need a lot of guidance.
The plan is to separate the jobs at some point but who knows when that will be.
It has been a long time since either San Bernardino Valley College or Cal State San Bernardino went into the end of a men's soccer season with much on the line. But the Wolverines and Coyotes are both having outstanding seasons.
With the quality of the area's youth soccer leagues there is really no reason the programs at both can't be successful. Their rosters are full of local products, with a few others complimenting that mix.
The Cal State men, coached by Noah Kooiman, have already clinched a spot in the CCAA Tournament. They are 14-3-1 overall and 10-3-1 in conference play. It's the third-best record in the history of the program dating back to 1984-85 and surpasses the 1993 mark of 13 wins. The all-time mark is 16 set in 1987.
The Coyotes have two regular season matches left, both against local rival Cal Poly Pomona.
At SBVC, Coach Josh Brown's hard work is starting to pay off. The men are 10-5-3, 2-2-1 in the Foothill Conference with three matches to go. The Wolverines will be hard-pressed to finish ahead of Rio Hondo, which has won 100 titles in a row. So It's only nine. But you get the picture.
But the Wolverines could still make the playoffs and that would be huge, especially considering they won just three games last year. Winning at the junior college level is also hard because there is so much turnover. But Brown's team is made up of mostly freshmen, which bodes well for next year too!
Two Victor Valley College football players will be continuing their collegiate careers together. Running back Isaac Newton and wide receiver Anthony Berry are headed to University of South Dakota.
Berry (Silverado HS) has finished his academic work at Victor Valley and has already headed to Vermillion, S.D. Newton, a native of New Orleans, will follow after this semester ends.
Newton, a first-team all-conference selection, was sixth in the state in rushing the past season with 1,145 yards, an average of 114.5 yards per game.
South Dakota will join the Great West Conference next season.
San Bernardino Valley College has appointed two coaches, although one is not necessarily new. Tricia Rossman, 32, had been named women's volleyball coach while Kristin Hauge has been re-appointed as women's soccer coach.
Both started in their positions on Jan. 14. Hauge had been the Wolverines coach for the last four years but did so as a walk-on. The position was elevated to full-time status so she had to go through the application and interview process again.
Athletic director Dave Rubio said he was pleased with the pool of applicants for both positions.
"I am ecstatic at the quality of coaches we were able to get," he said. "They are really going to help us."
The volleyball position has experience the most turnover. Rubio had been the longtime coach but had to give up that job when he was named athletic director early in the summer. SBVC had trouble finding a successor and finally tabbed former Eisenhower coach Jafna Davies as the interim coach two weeks before the first match.
Rossman, a native of Huntington Beach, graduated from San Diego Christian where she was a two-year starter. She got her master's degree in physical education from Azusa Pacific and spent the last two years heading Fairmont Preparatory in Anaheim. She was named Express League Coach of the Year the past season.
"I have always wanted to coach at this level," she said. "They have had good teams here in the past so I hope to take the program to the next level."
Rossman said her first priority will be introducing herself to the area high school coaches and recruiting since the team had just two freshman last season.
She is not totally unfamilar with the area since she was active in club volleyball for 11 years.
Hauge, who had been teaching at Colton High School, directed the Wolverines to a playoff berth this season for the first time in school history. SBVC also recorded its first playoff win, beating Foothill conference for Victor Valley 1-0.
Rubio added that Hauge will also coach softball this season, since the previous coach bailed. Hauge has experience in that sport as well, having played it at Cal Poly Pomona where she earned her undergraduate degree.
The close games have been few and far between for the No. 1 Mt. SAC women's basketball team. But the Mounties should be tested tonight as conference rival Pasadena City (20-3) comes in for a 5:30 p.m. showdown.
The Lancers are ranked sixth in the state and have seven players averaging double figures including local product Kinyada Johnson (Diamond Ranch), a freshman point guard.
Defending state champion Mt. SAC (22-1) has won 22 straight since dropping its season opener to Orange Coast. Sophomores Jazlyn Davis (17.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.7 apg) and Carmen Deal (14.9 ppg, 8.6 rpg) have led the charge. Three others players are close to double figures - Etiwanda High graduate Safiyah Brown (9.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg), Blaire Edgardo (8.9 ppg) and Alexis Brown (8.2 ppg).
Mt. SAC is averaging 76 points a game and is giving up an average of only 51.7, further evidence of lopsided wins.
"We're really looking forward to it," coach Laura Beeman said. "It will be great to play with that kind of energy and atmosphere because we haven't had a lot of close games. It will be nice to be really tested."
Beeman added that the rivalry has developed over the last five years. It intensified in 2004 when the Mounties beat the Lancers in a state championship game between conference foes.
Pasadena is one of the few teams that has been able to compete with Mt. SAC. The teams split games last season with the Lancers winning the first meeting 70-63 and the Mounties the second 69-56.
Beeman added that at least eight Division I colleges will be represented at the game, most notably Auburn, Arizona State and California-Berkeley.
The battle in the post is expected to be the key with the Mt. SAC women having their hands full with the sister tandem of Keisha Phelps and Florence Wilson.
"There will be a lot of great players on the floor, especially in the post," Beeman added. "It's a great chance not just for the coaches to see some good players but see them against other great players."
Leonard entered the game as the state's leading scorer at 25 points per game, but was benched in the first half by coach Gerry Wright for disciplinary reasons. He came back in the second half and scored 18 points, including a key basket in the last seconds, and then blocked a Chaffey shot to preserve the win.
"He's a great player and he knows how to get it done," Wright said. "It's not how you start the first half, it's how you finish."
San Bernardino Valley (5-11, 1-1) took its first lead, 90-89, on a pull-up jumper by Johnny Barnes with 2:41 remaining. Chaffey retook the lead and was ahead, 91-90, when Leonard scored inside with 46 seconds left to put the Wolverines up, 92-91.
On Chaffey's ensuing possession, Leonard swatted away a 15-footer by Brandon Clemons and Barnes grabbed the rebound with 30 seconds to play. The Wolverines then secured the victory at the free-throw line in the final minute.
The Wolverines got a stellar effort from freshman Jason Hurns, who had a career-high 19 points, making his first start of the season in place of Leonard. Hurns was one of five Wolverines in double figures. Barnes had a team-high 23 points with 15 rebounds, Jacob Letson had 14 points and Netsanet Hailu had 10.
Chaffey (11-7, 1-1) was led by freshman guard Jordan Block with 17 points. Troy Allen had 13, Jamal Sloan 12 and Winston Robinson 11.
"We needed this to stay in the hunt," said Wright, whose team lost its Foothill Conference opener last Saturday against Antelope Valley. "There are a lot of good teams in this conference, so every game is going to be important."
Nine of SBVC's 11 losses have been by single digits.
Chaffey came in as the top scoring team in the state at 96 points per game. They were coming off what is believed to be a school-record 133 points Saturday against Barstow.
San Bernardino Valley College will play Saturday at Mt. San Jacinto at 3 p.m. Chaffey hits the road to play College of the Desert on Saturday.
SBVC (4-10), the 2006-07 Foothill Conference champion, begins defense of its title Saturday when Antelope Valley, one of the favorites, makes a visit.
Second-year coach Gerry Wright stopped short of saying his team had turned the corner, but he was satisfied.
"I haven't quite gotten my finger on the pulse of this team yet," he said. "Just when I think they've got it, we go out the next game and we haven't got it. But some of the things I have been driving home seem to have finally gotten through."
One of those things is the importance of the supporting cast. Lewis Leonard entered the game as the state's leading scorer at 26 points a game and Johnny Barnes was 11th at 21. Both of those players held up their end with Lewis scoring 18 and Barnes 16. But it was the others that carried the team to just its fourth win in 14 tries.
Sophomore point guard Jacob Letson had a season-high 23 points, 14 of those coming in a first half in which he hit 6 of 8 field-goal attempts. He also had five rebounds, four steals and five assists.
His former Redlands East Valley High School teammate, Bo Harrison chipped in with 13 points, four steals and four assists.
"Those guys (Barnes and Leonard) are going to get theirs," Letson said. "It is up to the rest of us to contribute, too."
The Wolverines were never really challenged, something that was probably unexpected because they had lost to the same team three weeks ago, 84-75.
The game was tied at 6, but the Wolverines surged ahead with 18 of the game's next 22 points and never looked back. Lewis had seven points in that run, which also featured a three-point play by Letson and ended with a fastbreak layup by Harrison that came after a steal at midcourt.
The Wolverines led, 41-28, at the half and the Vikings (11-9) were never within single digits.
Wright's team also played smart. It had been averaging 84 points a game, but slowed the pace in the second half after Barnes picked up his fourth foul with 9:17 left and SBVC ahead, 63-48. Later, Lewis was called for his fourth foul with 5:16 to go and the Wolverines up, 67-51.
"Coach has been after me about knowing the situation and managing the game," Letson said. "That's something I have really been trying to focus on."
While the Wolverines' record is sub-par, Wright has never lost faith. Eight of their 10 losses have been by single digits.
"We have had games where we were up by seven, eight points and were racing up and down the court putting shots up," he said. "We did a much better job of playing under control tonight. I don't want to pull back the reigns altogether, but you have to understand the situation."
The Wolverines shot 58.5 percent (31 for 53) in the game, including 69 percent (18 for 26) in the opening half.
Long Beach shot 50 percent (21 for 42) in the game. Sophomore Matt Richard had a team-high 26 points and six rebounds and Wynton Johnson had 16, 10 of those from the free-throw line. Barstow native Cameron Herbert, out of Silver Valley High School, had six points and two assists.
She was approached by 6-foot-2 Carmen Deal, a freshman at Pasadena City College, who wanted to transfer.
Beeman knew Deal well, having played against her twice in the 2006-07 season. Beeman told the player she needed to talk to her coach about leaving and enroll at Mt. SAC before she could speak with her.
Deal did that and showed up in the fall, bringing with her an attitude other coaches had warned Beeman about. But Beeman didn't turn the player away. She welcomed the chance to make a difference.
It has paid off again as Deal has transformed into a solid team player on and off the court.
"That's my specialty," said Beeman. "I like taking these kids that are considered problems and working with them. You give them your soul, they'll give you theirs back."
Beeman's caring, tough-love approach has worked. The San Bernardino native is in her 13th year heading the Mt. SAC program. She has 307 career wins, four 30-win seasons and eight 20-win seasons, highlighted by three state titles in the last four years.
The Mounties (15-1) face San Bernardino Valley College (7-2) at 5:30 tonight.
While she is pleased with the wins, it is the graduation rate and her success advancing players that she is most proud of. Lauren Ervin, the cornerstone of the state title team in 2006, is the leading scorer at Arkansas and hasn't forgotten her first conversation with Beeman.
"She told me not to expect any special treatment just because I had athletic ability. If I didn't plan on going to class or working hard, I better go play somewhere else," Ervin said. "A lot of coaches say that, but they don't mean it. I knew better than to test her because if you get in her doghouse it's hard to get out."
Beeman, 39, lives in Huntington Beach but hasn't forgotten her roots. Parents Jerry and Judy still live in San Bernardino and are regulars at most games along with her 92-year-old grandmother Lois.
Brother Bobby took over the the pharmacy business which still bears the family name. Laura also has two sisters, Lisa and Cheryl.
She admits she doesn't get back as often as she would like, especially during the season but did return last week to help decorate the family Christmas tree.
Beeman attended San Gorgonio High School as a freshman, then transferred to San Bernardino High School where she played for three years.
She signed early with Division I Weber State but a serious knee injury derailed that plan. Instead she played close to home at UC Riverside, then coached by Nancy Simpson, who later spent 12 years at Cal State San Bernardino.
Beeman decided to end her playing career for good after a second knee injury that season but Darryl Smith, an assistant coach at Cal State, tracked her down at the mall where she was working and convinced her to give it one last shot.
"I really had no intention of playing again," Beeman said. "Two knee injuries had me convinced basketball was not going to be part of my future."
Beeman relented and played two years for the Coyotes, helping them to a 24-4 mark and West Regional final in 1990. She is second in career assists (379 in her two years and also has the second and third-best numbers for assists in a season, 203 (1989-90) and 176 (1990-91.
She finished her degree in business marketing but opted not to play as a senior.
"I just lost my love of the game," she said. "I didn't want to play if my heart wasn't totally in it. I don't like taking on something unless I am going to give it my absolute best."
After graduating she took a job in marketing and promotions with the High Desert Mavericks baseball team in its inaugural season.
But she was back in the game a year later when an assistant at the University of Redlands asked her to work for the women's team as a graduate assistant. She did that for two years while pursuing a masters.
She first applied for the Mt. SAC job when it opened in 1994. It was given to Sherry Stevenson but Beeman was asked to stay on as an assistant. A year later the school opened the job again and Beeman was given the nod.
She had a five-year plan in place, with her biggest adjustment the classroom environment. The team went a respectable 17-12 her first year.
"I wasn't new to basketball but I was new to the academic scene," she said. "I had never taught in high school, forget college."
Beeman said a turning point came in 1999 when she brought in Brian Crichlow as her lead assistant. He had been serving as the head girls coach at Pomona and became familar with Beeman when she started recruiting some of his players.
Crichlow said Beeman's work ethic is contagious.
"You come in here and she has a practice plan laid out, a scouting report on the next opponent. She is watching film," he said. "It makes you want to dive right in too because you can see how much work she has already put in before you even get there."
Beeman has accomplished everything she can at the community college level and admits she would never count out moving on to a four-year institution, but isn't actively seeking the opportunity.
She won't consider a move unless it's the perfect job for her.
"If it were the right time, the right place and the right situation and I knew I was going to have complete control of the program, yes, I would absolutely think about it," Beeman said. "But I can also see myself being a Mountie the rest of my life."
School adminstrators surprised the veteran coach with a bouquet of flowers and a cake at the team's next practice. The original plan was to honor her at the next home game but that was three weeks off.
Beeman shrugged off the individual accomplishment and passed along praise to her coaching staff. Top assistant Brian Crichlow has been with her for nine years.
"It really is a group accomplishment," she said. "As the head coach you're on the chopping block if you're not winning and you get all the praise if you do things right. But I see us developing players and building a strong program as a coaching staff."
The Mounties, ranked first in the state, should make a strong bid for their third consecutive state title and fourth in five years. They are off to a 12-1 start, the lone loss coming to Orange Coast 63-57 in the season opener, the school's first loss at home in more than two years.
Beeman chalks up that loss primarily to the fact that it was the Mounties first game with 11 newcomers on her 15-player roster. She doesn't worry much about a loss.
"We're about graduating our players and getting them to the next level," she said. "And we want to have a winning program. You graduate your players and win a state title and no one is going to remember how many games you lost."
The team is led by sophomore guard Jazlyn Davis (16.2 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 3.4 apg), 6-foot-2 sophomore forward Carmen Deal (15.4 ppg, 11 rpg 2.4 bpg) and freshman guard Blaire Egardo (15 ppg, 4 rpg).
Four players finished in double figures as host Riverside Community College edged the Riverside All-Stars 82-80 in first round play at the 38th annual Wells Fargo Holiday Classic Tuesday night. That game was the last of four on the day.
Other winners were Fullerton, Mt. San Jacinto and East Los Angeles. The host Tigers (8-2) advance to play East Los Angeles in the 7 p.m. game Thursday night.
RCC was led by Keiran Nunley who tallied 13 points, eight rebounds and three steals. Anthony Dandy and Anthony Scott contributed 12 each with Dandy, a San Gorgonio High School graduate, also collecting five rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Cajon product James Simmons aided the cause with six assists and three steals.
Treno Butler headed the effort of the all-star team with 20 points. Brian Hooks added 15 with five rebounds and four assists.
The tournament continues today with Long Beach City playing Saddleback at 1 p.m., College of the Desert squaring off with unbeaten Citrus at 3 p.m., Los Angeles Pierce looking for its first win against San Diego City at 5 p.m. and Compton playing Antelope Valley at 7 p.m.
Sophomores Johnny Barnes and Lewis Leonard combined for 57 points and 18 rebounds but it wasn't enough as the Wolverines (1-7) fell to East Los Angeles 88-79 in first round action at the Wells Fargo Holiday Classic Tuesday at Riverside Community College.
The two came in averaging a combined 50 points but that hasn't translated to many wins.
"We're not getting enough production out of other guys," said a frustrated Wright. " They don't want to be the guys taking all the shots and they are trying to involve others but they're the only guys that have been making things happen."
The Wolverines could never get over the hump. Their only lead of the game came at 12-11 when Leonard hit a jumper from the baseline. But that lead didn't last long as the Huskies Damien Riley converted a three-point play at the other ends seconds later.
East L.A. (5-5) led by as many as 11 in the first half and was up 44-38 as Leonard and Barnes tallied 30 of those 38. The Huskies biggest lead of the second half came at 66-46 with 11:06 to go. SBVC got back within nine at 76-67 with 2:50 to play but East L.A. lived at the free-throw line the rest of the night, knocking down 13 of 14 tries.
"We're doing all we can but two people can't outplay 10 people," Barnes said. "Everyone has to bring the same heart and the same passion for us to get it done."
Barnes ended up with 34 points (15-for-32) from the field) and eight rebounds. While most of his points came in the paint, he did knock down three 3-pointers including back-to-back ones down the stretch with SBVC trying to rally.
Leonard, who played all 40 minutes, added 23 points and 10 rebounds with six assists and two steals. He went 8-for-24 but was 3-for-11 from long distance w ith some of his shots desperate attempts to make things happen.
Point guard Jacob Letson had nine points but was in foul trouble the entire game, picking up his fourth 1:11 into the second half and his fifth with 10:10 to go.
Wright said he does see potential in Sylvester Burel, who played basketball at Redlands East Valley but did not play at SBVC last season. He is just coming off football and isn't in prime basketball shape yet but still contributed four points, five rebounds and a steal in 15 minutes.
"Right now its the whopped dog syndrome. You can only take so many before you just grimace and get ready for it," Wright said. "I still think we have potential but we have to figure it out before conference starts."
East Los Angeles, which shot 56 percent (28-for-50), had six players ion double figures with 6-10 Richard Westphain netting a team-high 17.
SBVC, which shot 50.5 percent (32-for-79), will play at 2 p.m. Thursday in a consolation bracket game.
In the first two games of the day Mt. San Jacinto (7-1) defeated Palomar 87-76 and Fullerton (9-0) cruised past Pasadena City 98-70.
The Citrus College men's basketball team is off to the best start in school history while San Bernardino Valley College is off to one of the worst. Both will be in the 16-team field of the Wells Fargo Holiday Classic which starts today and runs through Saturday at Riverside Community College.
San Bernardino Valley College (1-6), the defending Foothill Conference champion, will take the floor at 5 p.m. today against East Los Angeles (4-5). A win would put the Wolverines into the quarterfinals on Thursday, most likely against the host school.
Citrus (10-0), ranked fourth in Southern California and seventh in the state, faces a formidable challenge at 3 p.m. Wednesday against College of the Desert (6-1).
The event is a grind with teams playing as many as four straight days. But Owls coach Rick Croy thinks his team is ready.
"This team really is built for tournament play," he said. "I have 13 players I use and I trust all 13 of them. We plan for fatigue before it even hits us."
Sophomore guard Buchi Awaji (18.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg) heads the effort with freshman guard A.J. Gasporra (13.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.2 apg) and sophomore guard Darren Moore (13 ppg), planning to play next season at UC Irvine.
The Owls have two other players at nine points a game including sophomore forward Richard Frohlich (9 ppg, 5.2 rpg) who has already signed with Texas-San Antonio.
While the Owls have been impressive, Croy and his team know tougher tasks are ahead.
"We know there is another level of competition we haven't faced yet but I am happy with where we're at," Croy said. "Our motto is stay humble and stay hungry. So far we have been able to do that."
Meanwhile the Wolverines are looking to find their groove. But coach Gerry Wright isn't panicking. Four of the six losses have been by single digit margins (two in overtime) and the schedule has been tough. Making it tougher, all the games have been on the road with the first game at Snyder Gymnasium not coming until Jan. 3.
The Wolverines are missing some players Wright was relying on, with one going down with a season-ending knee injury and another leaving the team so he could work.
"We scrimmaged a week before the season and the next week we didn't have those guys," Wright said. "We just have to take control and go a different direction because we don't have the aces we thought we would have."
The team is led by returning starters Johnny Barnes (22.8 ppg) and Lewis Leonard (27.8 ppg). Leonard had 28 points in the most recent loss, an 88-80 setback to Los Angeles City. Wright added that he is looking for more production from the newcomers, especially at the off guard position.
"Right now we're getting points out of four or five guys. That's something we have to address," he said.
Citrus is one five teams that come in with state rankings. The others are No. 2 Fullerton (8-0), No. 6 Mt. San Jacinto (9-0), No. 12 Riverside (7-2) and No. 17 Antelope Valley (7-3). In addition Long Beach City (5-4) is ranked No. 13 in the South.
The Owls finished as runner-up in the event last year, losing the championship game to Riverside.
Here is today's schedule:
Palomar (3-5) vs. Mt. Sam Jacinto (9-0), 1 p.m.
Pasadena (0-6) vs. Fullerton (8-0), 3 p.m.
East Los Angeles vs. San Bernardino Valley, 5 p.m.
Riverside All-Stars vs. Riverside CC, 7 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Long Beach City (5-4) vs. Saddleback (4-5), 1 p.m.
Desert (6-1) vs. Citrus (10-0), 3 p.m.
Los Angeles Pierce (0-5) vs. San Diego City (2-6), 5 p.m.
Compton (2-9) vs. Antelope Valley (7-3), 7 p.m.
Sophomore Shy Walter (Perris) led the team with 14 points, followed by sophomore Jasmine Marshall (Arroyo Valley) with 12 points and freshman Dwayanna Pullum (J.W. North) with 12 points.
The Wolverines went on a 9-0 run to start the game ending up with a 42-14 half time lead.
Renegades freshman Ashley Van Zandt (Stockdale) lead the team with 11 points and sophomore Tiffany Jones contributed 10 points in the loss.
With the win the Wolverines move to 5-1 with their next appearance will be on the road in the Rose City Tournament in Pasadena starting on December 6th.
The San Bernardino Valley College football team now needs an upset and a little bit of help if it is going to claim its first Foothill Conference title in a decade. Three teams headed into play last weekend without a conference loss and two went head-to head as SBVC treked to Antelope Valley, only to come up a 22-6 loser.
The task gets tougher. Saturday they will host College of the Desert, which is also unbeaten in conference play and looms as an even more fromidable foe. While Antelope Valley boasts the state's No. 1 defense, it offense only does just enough to get by. Desert (7-0) has run roughshod over everyone and looks like the clear cut favorite.
So SBVC has to win this one, then hope Desert beats Antelope Valley.
Pat Meech has done an admirable job rebuilding a program that had been in steady decline. There were a lot of long faces and obvious disappointment in the huddle when Meech addressed the team after the game. We'll see what character this team has when it takes the field this week for what now looms as a must-win
I ran into SBVC men's basketball coach Gerry Wright recently at a Wolverines football game and he is excited about the coming season. You might remember Wright was put in the precarious position of taking over the Wolverines in December when previous coach Derrick Pugh was relieved of his duties just as the team was leaving for an afternoon game in Riverside.
Wright did an admirable job, directing the team to a Foothill Conference title. (In a preseason poll of memeber coaches, SBVC was picked to finish fourth.) A playoff run ended with a second round loss to Saddleback. The outcome might have been different had the team's only presence in the paint not been injured in practice a few days earlier.
The interim tag was lifted and Wright was officially handed the job in April. He deserved it.
It looked like he was going to be loaded this year since most of his key players last year were freshmen. But other coaches went after his players like vultures while SBVC administrators tried to make a decision. Wright said there is no animosity between himself and the other players. Most were from out of state and Wright said they didn't have the financial means to stay here.
The only returning player is Bo Harrison, a local product out of
Redlands East Valley. But that is OK with Wright who says he wants to
prove you can win with local talent.
Former Coach Phil Mathews, who took the team to the state tournament in
both his years here, had connections all over the country and used those
when it came to recruiting. The team that played at SBVC last year was
basically his.
There is nothing really wrong with that. This is college, not high school. Recruiting is part of the game. But it still seems to violate the spirit for which junior colleges were intended. Most of the local players who have played at SBVC in the past few years were nothing more than seat fillers on the bench. It could not have been easy for them to practice hard every day for their neighborhood school when they knew they were going to be pushed aside for highly touted players from across the country who probably never heard of San Bernardino.
Having the majority of players from out of state also helps add to a
disconnect between the school and the community when there should be
just the opposite. Let's hope Wright is successful in his mission.
About Michelle
Michelle Gardner has been a staff writer for The Sun and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin since 2002 and has covered the local college sports scene since 2004. She ventured West after working at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale for eight years and is a graduate of the University of Florida.
E-mail Michelle here.
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