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.

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Pirate Recruits: Ryan Knapp

By Tony Lee On Wednesday, August 05, 2009 0 comments
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]
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Costa Mesa City day 1 summary

By Tony Lee On Saturday, August 01, 2009 0 comments
Three Orange Coast College golfers shot under-par at the Costa Mesa City Championship and no player posted a score above 75.

Coast's Benny Santa Maria leads the pack with his three-under-par 67 and trails tournament leader Jason Bittick by three strokes.

Kord Tagley and Ryan Indovina both shot a one-under par 69, and Marcus Sostak-Rosa and Kyle Ritter posted an even-par 70.

Joe Doody and Kurt Mascio posted 71s and both Chase Behr (left) and Andrew Ayala (right) shot a five-over-par 75.

Day two of the Costa Mesa City starts as early as 7:10 a.m. (Behr and Ayala) and as late as noon (Santa Maria) for current and former Pirates.

Click here to read day one summary I wrote for the Daily Pilot.

[Photos by Tony Lee]
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OCC golfers set to tee off in tournament

By Tony Lee On Friday, July 31, 2009 0 comments
There's a good chance a former or current Orange Coast College golfer will win the 37th Annual Costa Mesa City Championship on Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 1-2).

OCC's Marcus Sostak-Rosa (pictured) had a 72.1 scoring average in the 2009 spring season and was the No. 2 ranked player in the SoCal region.

He is also the No. 9 athlete on the Top 10 Pirates of the 2009 spring season.

His teammates Joe Doody, Chase Behr, Ryan Indovina and Kord Tagley from the 2009 spring season is also entered in the tournament.

Kurt Mascio, the only player to make it to the state championship under OCC head golf coach Sean Collins, and Kyle Ritter are also entered in the tournament.

Benny Santa Maria, who will transfer from Santiago Canyon College to OCC next semester, and incoming OCC freshman Andrew Ayala are also on the tee time list.

The OCC athletes tees off as early as 6:40 (Indovina) and late as 8:30 (Sostak-Rosa) at Costa Mesa Country Club.

Look for a story on Sostak-Rosa in Saturday's issue of the Daily Pilot and a story on Ayala on Sunday.

[Photo by Tony Lee]
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PirateTXT: Men's golfer Ryan Indovina

By Tony Lee On Thursday, April 16, 2009 0 comments
The OCC men's golf team had hopes of winning the Orange Empire Conference and state titles at the start of the year.

After losing four matches in a row and looking at a 3-6 record, the Pirates got it together and won seven straight to earn itself a third-place seed in the OEC playoffs.

The golf team won its final match Wednesday against Irvine Valley College. Here's what Indovina had to say.

Me: hey how'd u guys do yesterday?
Ryan: winner winner chicken dinner
Me: What were the scores? And congrats on making the playoffs dude :-)
Ryan: joe and albert, 74, kord and I, 75, marcus 78, floro, 79. third place by ourselves in con. and thanks I am happy we improved.
Me: So where's the playoff course? and are u excited about ur 36 hole walk? Haha
Ryan: con. champ first then reg. are at marshala? marshalia ranch? something like that. and no not happy about the walk but i got a week and a half to prepare.

Check out the slideshow I made for the golfers also.



[Photo and slideshow by Tony Lee]
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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]

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Men's golf team wins its final home match

By Tony Lee On Wednesday, April 08, 2009 0 comments
The Pirates may be heading to the playoffs.

Wednesday win against Cuyamaca College, Irvine Valley College and Riverside Community College put the Pirates in third place in the Orange Empire Conference. The top four seeds move onto the playoffs.



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