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.

Showing posts with label Breaking the Curse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Breaking the Curse. Show all posts

Breaking the curse (update 7)

By Tony Lee On Sunday, May 10, 2009 0 comments
[Photo by Tony Lee]

My lucky shoes are now 8-1. I can't believe I didn't think about this until half the semester went by.

[Click here to read my sports column "It's Me, Tony Lee" to read about why I started wearing these shoes.]

With an overall record to 13-17 with only two weeks of school left to go, I plan on attending as many events as possible to get my record up to .500.

Breaking the curse (update 6)

By Tony Lee On Wednesday, April 15, 2009 0 comments
I told you that these shoes will do the trick.

Tony Lee is now 12-17 and the shoes are 7-1. It's weird to think I was 4-15 at one point. [Click here to read my sports column "It's Me, Tony Lee" to read about why I started wearing these shoes.]

I'm not sure if my shoes will make it to another game this semester. Most of the events are either qualifiers or really far away from Costa Mesa.

If any of the OCC athletes wants to borrow these for good luck, give me a call.

It'll be a shame not to use its luck.

[Photo by Tony Lee]

Breaking the curse (update 5)

By Tony Lee On Thursday, April 09, 2009 0 comments
Drumroll please. Yours truly and the shoes are back on a three-game winning streak.

I'm glad my shoes got all three wins today because this win might put the men's golf team in the playoffs.

It's good to know that my shoes inspire greatness. [Click here to read my sports column "It's Me, Tony Lee" to read about why I started wearing the shoes.]

Tony Lee is now 11-17 and the shoes are 6-1.

The shoes and I will be at the OCC track and field team's next meet the Coast Classic on Friday starting at 1 p.m.

Check back to see the live coverage of this meet on Friday.

[My magical shoes with OCC's Marcus Sostak-Rosa's putter and a standard Pirate-logo golf ball]
[Photo by Tony Lee]


Breaking the curse (update 4)

By Tony Lee On Thursday, April 02, 2009 0 comments
It's official - I am bad luck. I thought these shoes would really do the trick.

Tony Lee is 8-17 overall and the shoes are 3-1.

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, click here to read about why I started wearing these shoes at OCC sporting events.

I might clean my shoes today - I mean it's not like I can tell the shoes to practice, lift weights and get mentally tough.

Sigh.

[My not-so-magical shoes and my baseball glove at Wendell Pickens Field]
[Photo by Tony Lee]

I didn't win...

By Tony Lee On Saturday, March 28, 2009 0 comments
I didn't win my sports writing competition at the JACC. Sad face.

I'm not a 100 percent sure if this should count to my win-loss total because it didn't involve OCC athletics.

But I was still competing for OCC.

What do you guys think? Should my record stay the same or not?

Breaking the curse (update 3)

By Tony Lee On Friday, March 27, 2009 0 comments
From left to right: My Ice Creams, my magical shoes, my Crocs sandals, my dress shoes for formal dinner on Saturday

Good news: my record improved. Bad news: my shoes were at home when I covered the baseball game live on Tuesday.

Sad face.

My overall record is 8-15 but my shoes are still 3-0. I can't wait for seven more wins to get back to a .500 record. (Click here to read the genesis of my magical shoes)

The next event for my shoes and I will be the sports writing contest today at 3:30 p.m. at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) conference/convention in Sacramento.

Wish me luck.

[Photo by Tony Lee]

Breaking the curse (update 2)

By Tony Lee On Friday, March 20, 2009 0 comments



See I told you that my Air Force Ones with orange shoelaces will make all the difference in the world (click on this to read "I should stop going" if you have no idea what I'm talking about).

Tony Lee is now 7-15 overall and on a three-game winning streak with his magic shoes.

And yes, since this was a dual meet, I'm giving myself two wins.

I'm not sure what game, meet or match my shoes and I will go to next. Stay tuned to see more updates.


EDIT
I forgot about the golf match I covered on Wednesday for my overall record. But I didn't have my shoes for that match so I'm still on a three-game winning streak. Yay.

Tony Lee is 7-16 overall and the shoes are still 3-0.

[Photo by Tony Lee]

Breaking the curse (update 1)

By Tony Lee On Thursday, March 19, 2009 0 comments

So the Orange Coast College men's tennis team won one but the women's tennis team lost one.


My updated record should be 5-16 but since the lady Pirates played with only five players, I'm going to ignore that loss.

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, click on http://www.coastreportonline.com/articles/2009/03/19/sports/sports0175.txt

Tony Lee is now 5-15 and 1-0 with his orange-laced Air Force Ones.

Friday, yours truly and the shoes, will be at Orange Coast College's track covering the Orange Empire Conference home meet against Fullerton College and Santiago Canyon College.

I'm telling you these shoes and laces will turn around my losing streak.



[Photo by Tony Lee]

Let's see if this changes anything

By Tony Lee On Thursday, March 19, 2009 0 comments

In my sports column in this week's Coast Report, I talked about the superstitious nature of athletes. Click on the link below to read about it.

http://www.coastreportonline.com/articles/2009/03/19/sports/sports0175.txt

Well here's what I'm going to try - I laced up my baby blue Air Force Ones with bright orange shoe laces.

Yours truly will cover the Orange Coast College men's and women's tennis match today with these shoes on. Let's see if my record improves.

[Photo by Tony Lee]

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