By
Tony Lee
On
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Congratulations to Brianna Vanderwal (left) and Liana Fuentes (right) on qualifying for the California State Meet.
According to OCC Sports Information Director Tony Altobelli's article on the school's website, "Vanderwal finished fourth overall with 4,060 points, while Fuentes was right behind her teammate, placing fifth with 4,058 points."
Click here to read the full story.
Now since you know the background, here's the little Q & A session I had with them at the baseball game. So you guys qualified for the California State Meet. Talk about it a little bit. Fuentes: Freaking amazing.Vanderwal: We’re really excited. Stoked would be the word. We get to go out to San Mateo. There are only two of us going so far.Fuentes: Tell him about the two days. It was a long...Vanderwal: Yeah it’s a long day. You’re there from nine to about.Both: Five.Vanderwal: For both days. Nine to five both days huh? So it’s like a job then.Both: Yeah pretty much. Talk about the Riverside Community College meet tomorrow.Fuentes: It’s going to be intense.Vanderwal: It’s going to be the hardest match ever.Fuentes: Their marks are better than ours but we can show up and perform and get three wins.How do you think you guys will do?Fuentes: I think we’ll come out and compete. We’ll get them.Vanderwal: Last year was really neck-to-neck. It always comes down to the 4x4 at the very end. The coaches will pull you to the side (to discuss) strategy.
Well once again, congratulations on making it to State and I wish you two the best of luck.
If anyone who's reading this have time Friday, go see Vanderwal, Fuentes and the rest of the OCC track and field athletes at the OCC track meet starting at 2 p.m.
By
Tony Lee
On
Thursday, April 02, 2009
First, I want to apologize to the OCC baseball team for showing up. I’m almost 100 percent convinced that I am bad luck.
And it's not March anymore so the March "Mustache Madness" doesn't apply. I want to desperately blame it on the change of the months but that would be as ridiculous as someone wearing blue shoes with orange shoelaces as good luck.
...Moving on.
I want to give a shout out to four members of the OCC softball team Kayse Potter, Maddie Page, Kiele Brown and Kalyn Lee for stopping by, saying hi and hanging out with me.
Also, Page would like the world to know that Cypress College always seems to hit two home runs against her. Maybe she doesn’t want the world to know but I’m sharing it nonetheless.
I know the softball girls personally and they are the coolest set of girls you’ll ever meet. I say more of us go to the softball games to support them.
I also want to give a shout out to OCC track and field rock stars Brianna Vanderwal and Liana Fuentes for stopping by. If you didn’t know, Vanderwal and Fuentes qualified for the upcoming California State Meet about a week ago at the Southern California Heptathlon Championships.
I want to give thanks to all the players and coach John Altobelli for the interviews. I also want to thank Tony Altobelli for helping me fill in the blanks when I was busy with interviews or updating the blog.
And I also want to clear something up.
Through my interview questions, I realized that I may have insinuated I blamed the loss on OCC pitcher Calvin Drummond. That’s 100 percent not the case.
If any of the players, coaches or fans thought I was being a jerk by asking those questions that way, I apologize and that wasn’t my intent.
Drummond actually pitched a great game and even had a no hitter going through the fifth inning.
And finally, thank you to the four people that picked up the Coast Report newspaper located next to my little station and tens of others that picked up the flyer on the OCC sports blog.
Congratulations to Brianna Vanderwal (left) and Liana Fuentes (right) on qualifying for the California State Meet.
