By
Tony Lee
On
Friday, July 17, 2009
Brett Wallach, the 2009 Orange Empire Conference Player of the Year, pitched two scoreless innings against Great Falls Voyagers on July 15 in his second start for the Ogden Raptors.Wallach, who allowed one walk and one hit with no strikeouts on July 15, has pitched three scoreless innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate.The Raptors scored three runs in the top of the ninth to win 4-1.And I thought since we all know what grown-up Wallach looks like, I'll post a picture of his high school days at Orange Lutheran instead.To read more about Wallach, click here.[Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Times]
By
Tony Lee
On
Thursday, July 16, 2009
I wasn't available for interviews that day (sad face) so you'll not hear my voice in the video. I guess missed my 15 minutes of fame.However, you can see me laying out the sports page. I'm that Asian guy with the Burberry scarf.Coast Report's Managing Editor Fernando Vazquez and Photo Editor Peter Bicknell were couple of the producers for this five minute clip.Click here to see the video. [Note: this will direct you to a new window and it will resize it afterwards]
By
Tony Lee
On
Monday, July 13, 2009
The only rowing program in the community college ranks just got stronger with two national champions from the Newport Aquatic Center team.Alex Burjakowsky, a Northwood High School senior who rowed for NAC varsity eight, and Morgan Boman, a Corona del Mar High School senior from NAC lightweight eight, will row for Coast in 2010.“Anytime Coast can get an athlete with national championship success is beneficial for the program,” NAC Coach Nick D’Antoni said. “(It) really speaks highly of OCC’s rowing program because it attracts that caliber of athletes.”In mid June, the NAC boys’ varsity eight and lightweight eight boats finished first in the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championship at Lake Harsha in Cincinnati, Ohio.D’Antoni said these guys could’ve gone to other four-year schools with their teammates but picked Coast of its reputation.“(OCC) really helps them keep the cost of going to school down without sacrificing their rowing careers,” D’Antoni said. “They still have the opportunity to go to great 4-year Universities. That’s the history Coast has built up and people take advantage of it.”To read about the OCC men's rowing team, click here, and to read about Burjakowsky and Boman’s national championships, click here.[Photo courtesy of D’Antoni]
By
Tony Lee
On
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Some take the summer to relax and some are busy as ever.
OCC's head softball coach Ruby Rojas is the latter and is sharing her summer activities via Twitter.
So far from Rojas' tweets on twitter.com/rrojas8, she went back to Venezuela to practice with the international team, is actively involved in the BACKSOFTBALL campaign and played in the Canada Cup with multiple injuries (her team finished third in the tournament).
According to canadacup.com, Rojas batted cleanup and played left field for the majority of the tournament. Her best offensive game was on July 6 against Austraila, where she went 2-for-3 with a walk, two doubles and two RBIs.
I also found out from her tweets that she likes to watch BET, been playing with a dirty uniform, loves to cook and saw Transformers 2 and loved it.
And she still has a busy summer left. From her Twitter, Rojas said "3rd place @ Canada Cup. Not bad & way to not give up teammates! Next destination....Chicago to play against Chicago Bandits!"
Yes, I now have a stalker-esk knowledge of our softball coach from reading a couple of her tweets, but I think it's cool to get to know a coach this way.
It's always cool to know that our coaches, teachers, star athletes and students are just like everyone else. I hope more coaches will be active Twitters like Rojas in the future.
Anyways, I hope your summer just keeps on getting better Ruby and keep giving us Twitter updates.
After all, I am a nosy journalist who wants to know everything.
[Photo courtesy of Orange Coast College]
