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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Top of the rowing world

By Tony Lee On Wednesday, November 18, 2009 0 comments



The Orange Coast College men's crew team defeated many Division-I, four-year universities and placed first and second place in the Head of the Harbor's Novice 8 race at San Pedro Harbor Sunday (Nov. 15).

Out of the seven teams in the race, Coast's A team finished at 15:55 for first and Coast's B team finished second at 16:42, which beat third place UC Santa Barbara by five seconds.

In the Varsity 8 race, Coast's A team lost a neck-to-neck race to USC (15:26) by just one second and finished second at 15:27.

Coast's B team finished behind third place Loyola Marymount University (15:54) and UC Irvine's A team (15:57) at 16:29 to finish fifth out of nine teams.

[Photos courtesy of Dan Ferons]
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Spring sports practicing

By Tony Lee On Tuesday, September 15, 2009 0 comments
It may be the fall semester, but the 10 Orange Coast College spring sports are not taking any time off.

The men's crew team (pictured) has 90 participants in its program and the women's side also has over 75 athletes.

In case you are wondering, that is a huge number of rowers for the crew program.

Head women's crew coach Laura Behr said that she had close to 60 people show up for crew last season but many of them dropped out after the first two weeks.

This year, barely any rowers dropped.

Other spring sports are packed in practice also.

The men's volleyball program expected to have over 30 athletes work out with the team last year. The number increased rather than decreased since last year.

Head softball coach Ruby Rojas, who went winless in the Orange Empire Conference last season, said this season will be completely different.

Not only is the program getting a brand new softball field (set to be completed by spring season), the program has a brand new set of recruits that Rojas is excited about.

"So excited about my JC team. It is going to be a good year this year plus with a brand new stadium," Rojas said on her Twitter page, twitter.com/rrojas8.

Winter ball for the defending state champion baseball team will start within a month also.

Men's and women's swimming - with the men's winning state last year - golf and track and field are the other spring sports at Coast.

To contact the head coaches of all the spring sports, go to the Orange Coast College's athletics section to find out contact information.

And on a personal note. Yours truly is practicing with the golf team this fall. On Monday (Sept. 14), I shot my personal best score, a six-under-par 64, during the morning practice with my teammates.

It's probably unethical to report my own success, but I just couldn't help myself.

[Photo courtesy of twitter.com/giantkillers (OCC men's crew program)]
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Pirate Recruits: Alex Burjakowsky and Morgan Boman

By Tony Lee On Monday, July 13, 2009 0 comments
The only rowing program in the community college ranks just got stronger with two national champions from the Newport Aquatic Center team.

Alex Burjakowsky, a Northwood High School senior who rowed for NAC varsity eight, and Morgan Boman, a Corona del Mar High School senior from NAC lightweight eight, will row for Coast in 2010.

“Anytime Coast can get an athlete with national championship success is beneficial for the program,” NAC Coach Nick D’Antoni said. “(It) really speaks highly of OCC’s rowing program because it attracts that caliber of athletes.”

In mid June, the NAC boys’ varsity eight and lightweight eight boats finished first in the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championship at Lake Harsha in Cincinnati, Ohio.

D’Antoni said these guys could’ve gone to other four-year schools with their teammates but picked Coast of its reputation.

“(OCC) really helps them keep the cost of going to school down without sacrificing their rowing careers,” D’Antoni said. “They still have the opportunity to go to great 4-year Universities. That’s the history Coast has built up and people take advantage of it.”

To read about the OCC men's rowing team, click here, and to read about Burjakowsky and Boman’s national championships, click here.

[Photo courtesy of D’Antoni]
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