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 head men's volleyball coach Travis Turner

By Tony Lee On Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The men’s volleyball team is 11-8 (7-4 in Pacific Coast Conference) and hopes to play in the state championship game again.

Last year, the Pirates finished in second place to the state champions Irvine Valley College and looks forward to another strong playoff run.

Even though two out of the four PCC losses this year came from IVC (the other two from Golden West College), I’m optimistic about our team’s chances after talking to head coach Travis Turner after Tuesday’s practice.


Talk about your season so far.
You know what, it’s probably been a little down from what I expected us to do just based on what we had in the fall but if we end this thing on a positive note and beat Moorpark (College) at Moorpark, you can forget about the whole season – (it matters that) you do well at the end.

Talk about Irvine Valley and Golden West College – your main rivals in the Pacific Coast Conference.
IVC just out-gutted us and Golden West are a little bit more physical than we are. Those are two teams we can beat but we’ve got to play better than we did and today was a big step. We had a really good practice today.

Far as returning to state championship game again, that has to be your goal right?
Oh definitely. I think If we can beat Moorpark at Moorpark then we’re there and we have a shot. Anything can happen there – there are only four teams.

Name one thing you guys have been doing good all season long and name one thing you guys been struggling with.
I think our ball control has been good all season long. Our serving hasn’t been very good and our blocking's been really poor – which is not a good thing.

Anything you want to say to the fans out there?
We’ve had great support all year. The women’s volleyball team’s been great, the women’s softball team’s been to a lot of the matches. Professor (Robert) Raya is awesome – he gets kids here – and we’ve been lucky. In all the JCs, we have more people (at our games) than anyone else. And our sports editor isn’t too bad either.

Log on Wednesday at around 6 p.m. to see the live coverage of the final home game for the men’s volleyball team against Palomar College.

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