By
Tony Lee
On
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Brett Wallach, the 2009 Orange Empire Conference Player of the Year, gets lit-up against the Casper Ghosts and got his first loss as a professional Wednesday (Aug. 5). With only one out in the second inning, Wallach (0-1) allowed two singles, a double, back-to-back home runs and another double before the manager took him out of the game.Wallach's ERA rose to 7.15 for the season as he allowed seven hits, a walk and struck out one in his 1.1 innings Wednesday against the Ghosts.[Photo by Hank Schellingerhout]
By
Tony Lee
On
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
As promised, yours truly will upload some of his favorite sports photos from the spring season. The first installment is of the Orange Coast College softball team in practice and in a game against Saddleback College. Next photos will be from the baseball season and the next blog entry will be about incoming recruits for the softball team. Once again, the OCC Sports Blog now has a photo album on Picasa and I will update it frequently. The softball photos are at http://picasaweb.google.com/coastreportsports/2009SpringSoftball#
By
Tony Lee
On
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Because Ryan Knapp missed his junior year to play golf at Estancia High School, no colleges seem to want the talented golfer.
"Well I actually didn't get recruited at all because I hurt my wrist in my junior summer," he said. "It's almost like I'm doing [my recruiting process] a year late. Hopefully I'll spend one year at OCC and transfer to a big Division-I program."But other schools' losses is Orange Coast College's gain. Knapp is one of the most talented golfer in the Newport-Mesa area.
Over the weekend, Knapp finished second at the Costa Mesa City Championship after shooting the tournament's lowest round on Sunday (five-under-par 67).Besides golf, the over 6-feet tall Knapp likes to play basketball during the weekend down at Newport.
Knapp will be a business major at OCC in the upcoming fall semester.
Click here to read about Knapp's second round. Click here to read a story on Knapp.
[Photo courtesy of the Daily Pilot]
By
Tony Lee
On
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Five former, current and future Orange Coast College golfers finished in the top 20 at the 37th annual Costa Mesa City Championship on Sunday (Aug. 2).
Ryan Knapp, an incoming Coast freshman, led the Pirates with his four-under-par 138 for a second place finish and made the tournament's only eagle from a par four on Sunday. [Click here to read a feature on Knapp]
Marcus Sostak-Rosa, the scoring leader for Coast last season, finished tied for sixth with a 142, even-par. [Click here to read a feature on Sostak-Rosa]
Another incoming OCC player Benny Santa Maria (pictured), who was tied for fourth going into Sunday, finished tied for eighth with a 143 total.
Former Coast player Ryan Indovina, headed for Cal State Dominguez Hills this fall, finished tied for 12th with a two-over-par 144.Kord Tagley finished tied for 20th with a 147.To read about round one, click here. To read about round two, click here. To read about incoming OCC freshman Andrew Ayala, click here.
[Photo by Tony Lee]
By
Tony Lee
On
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Yours truly was out at the Costa Mesa Country Club reporting for the Daily Pilot and taking pictures over the weekend.I didn't get to take pictures of second-place finisher Ryan Knapp and Kord Tagley for the slideshow and for that, I do apologize.The OCC Sports Blog now has a photo album and it can be found at http://picasaweb.google.com/coastreportsportsI will upload more photos on Picasa after I watermark all my pictures.
By
Tony Lee
On
Monday, August 03, 2009
Brett Wallach, the 2009 Orange Empire Conference Player of the Year, has a sub 3.00 earned run average as a rookie pitching for the Ogden Raptors.Since Wallach is on limited pitch counts, through his first five starts, Wallach has a 2.70 ERA through 10 innings pitched. He has allowed eight hits, eight walks and allowed only one home run.Wallach pitches every five to six days and his last start was on July 31.All the Ogden games can be followed online.