Ray Holly etched his name into the record books

Posted by Tony Lee - Nov. 18

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.

Fastest of them all

Posted by Tony Lee - Oct. 31

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.

Where are the champs?

Posted by Tony Lee - Oct. 25

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.

What loss to Golden West?

Posted by Tony Lee - Oct. 25

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.

Meet a Pirate: Danny Orona

Posted by Tony Lee - Sept. 20

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.

Victory Bell stays at Coast

Posted by Tony Lee - Sept. 20

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.

Meet a Pirate(s): Rebecca Murray and Melissa Mahi

Posted by Tony Lee - Sept. 11

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.

Q & A with OCC basketball star Casey Gomez

By Tony Lee On Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Gomez is one of the two lady Pirates to earn All-Orange Empire Conference first team honors in the 2008-2009 season.

She lead the lady Pirates with 119 assists (3.7 per game), steals (2.4 per game), free throws attempted (107) and averaged 12.6 points per game - 29 being her highest total - this season.

Gomez was recently accepted to Chapman University and plans on playing on the women's basketball team this fall.

But more importantly, she was the first Pirate of the Week in the Coast Report and the first athlete I interviewed for the paper this semester. Obviously this is the bigger accomplishment.

So you got into Chapman - how stoked are you?
I'm pretty stoked. I didn't know I was going to go there and I didn't expect to go there but I'm excited I can keep playing basketball.

What's going to be the saddest part about leaving OCC?
Oh my god everything! I love OCC - I really wish it was a four-year school so I don't have to go away. But I'm definitely going to miss all the people that I made friends with here, I'm going to miss the team and just the smaller, personal feeling you get (here at OCC).

How do you think the team will do without you next season?
I'm sure they'll be fine. I like to say that they'd be terrible without me but I'm pretty sure they are going to do good. Everybody's coming back (from last season), only a couple of us are leaving, so they'll be good. And there's new good people.

Anything else you want to add?
Shout out to my basketball girls. I'm going to miss everybody. We all became like a family when you're here and definitely going to miss - I don't know what it's like when I go over to Chapman but I know it won't be anything like it was here. I'm going to remember these times and keep it in my heart.

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