Coast's running back Ray Holley broke the all-time single season rushing record at OCC Saturday (Nov. 14) when he rushed for 266 yards with five touchdowns against Long Beach City College. See all the entire game summary and how Holley got the record.
Orange Coast College's cross country teams proved Friday (Oct. 30) that both men's and women's squads are the team to beat for the 2009 state championship. At the Orange Empire Conference Cross Country Tournament in Huntington Beach's Central Park, Coast finished first in the men's five-mile run and the women's 5K run in a convincing fashion. See how the runners finished.
The defending Orange Empire Conference Player of the Year, Brett Wallach, who was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers, leads the pack key players on the 2009 state champion baseball team have moved onto different locations. See where they moved to since then.
After the Orange Coast College women's volleyball team suffered its first loss of the season, the lady Pirates have won five-straight games - the latest on Friday (Oct. 23) against Santa Ana College. See how the lady Pirates have bounced back.
Danny Orona is a 5 foot 6 inch, 160 pound driver from Los Amigos High School who starts on the men's water polo team. “Last year, he really didn't get much playing time but he kept working in practice every single day,” head coach Monty McCord said. "He makes things happen when he's in there. He's a great defensive player (and) he's willing to do a lot of the dirty work not everyone is willing to do." See how he answered the questions.
For the first time in the West-Coast Showdown history, the Pirates have won the Victory Bell three years in a row. In a dramatic 24-21 victory, Coast (3-0) defeated the Golden West College Rustlers (0-3) to even up the all-time series at 20-20-2. See the last-second dramatics of the game with pictures and quotes from players and coaches.
The women's basketball coaching staff have picked their captains for the 2009-2010 season. Rebecca Murray (left) and Melissa Mahi (right) are sophomore returners. See how they answered the questions from the hat.
The Orange Coast College men's and women's tennis team will play a non-conference match against visiting Glendale Community College of Arizona today at home.
Glendale's head men's and women's tennis coach Chris Tolson said this is his first time at Coast and, "It's been a pretty good experience so far."
"We went ahead and scheduled a few matches here in California over our spring break," Tolson said. "We're just trying to (play in) better weather and trying to get as much tennis in a possible."
Glendale is also schedule to play against Orange Empire Conference rivals CypressCollege, Glendale Community College, WhittierCollege and OccidentalCollege in its trip to Southern California.
So far, the lady Pirates are down 1-2 in doubles.
OCC's Melissa Boyer and Hannah Mancino lost 9-7 to Glendale's Anela Pehlic and Katie Lively. OCC's Heather Wong and Nicole Naughton won 8-5 against Glendale's Ashley Kildoo and Julie Kerr. The third match was not played because OCC only has five active players today.
The Pirates, however, won all three of its doubles matches against Glendale.
OCC's Laurent Minguez and Felix Demiro beat Glendale's Stephen Elliot and George Laura 8-0. OCC's Brad Fisher and Yannick Lepage won 8-1 against Justin Rygil and Matt Fesko. OCC's Kevin Saenz and Marc Cesar beat Miguel Zepeda and Joe Garcia 8-1 also.
The Pirate men are looking strong but let's see if the shorthanded lady Pirates can come through with a victory.
Tony Lee, a former Pirate athlete himself, is the sports and managing editor at Orange Coast College's student newspaper, the Coast Report, a freelance writer/photographer for the Daily Pilot and manages the OCC Sports Blog exclusively.
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