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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Postseason splash

By Tony Lee On Wednesday, November 11, 2009 0 comments
Impressive showings by Orange Coast College's men's and women's water polo squads earned the Pirates a spot at the Southern California Regional Tournament at Pasadena City College, starting on Thursday (Nov. 12).

The lady Pirates, led by Brittany Daniels' five goals (right), defeated Saddleback College and the No. 1 seeded Golden West College at the Orange Empire Conference Tournament over the weekend to advance to the championship match.

Unfortunately, Coast fell to Riverside Community College 9-4 to finish in second place, but the impressive OEC Tournament showing earned the lady Pirates a No. 3 seed at SoCal Regionals.

Against Saddleback and Golden West, Mary Jane Cooney and Alex Garcia added a total of three goals while Jamie Bee added two.

Coast, 20-9 overall this season, faces Chaffey College Friday at 2 p.m. in the first round of the playoffs.

The men's team, led by Casey Sullivan's nine goals in the OEC Tournament (left), finished one-step behind the ladies as the Pirates finished third overall.

After beating Santa Ana College 18-9, the Pirates lost to Riverside 12-7 in the semifinals but bounced back to beat Saddleback for third place.

This showing earned the Pirates, 19-9 overall record this season, a No. 7 seed in the SoCal Regionals and will face the 10th-seeded Saddleback Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at PCC.

Against Saddleback in the OEC Tournament, Adam Smith was the team leader with three goals, while Kyle Thorsness and Adam Thomas each added two goals.

If the men's team defeat the Gauchos, then the Pirates take on the No. 2 seed Long Beach City College later that day, starting at 5:45 p.m.

[Photos courtesy of Hank Schellingerhout]
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Nov. 4 issue of the Coast Report

By Tony Lee On Wednesday, November 04, 2009 0 comments
This week's top headline of the Coast Report's sports page is the men's water polo team making the playoffs. The Pirates will face Santa Ana Friday (Nov. 6) at Fullerton College.

Also, the Pirates of the Week are Russel Westphal and Jane Kerner from the OCC cross country team.

The football team lost its second-straight National Division game and the Pirates' bowl game hopes seems to be unattainable.

In pages four and five of the Coast Report, "Sports stretched with fewer games and assistant coaches" talks about how the statewide budget cuts have affected OCC's sports program.

Sports column "It's Me, Tony Lee" is only available to view on the OCC Sports Blog this week.

All the articles are available on www.coastreportonline.com.
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Meet a Pirate: Danny Orona

By Tony Lee On Saturday, September 19, 2009 0 comments
Danny Orona is a 5 foot 6 inch, 160 pound driver from Los Amigos High School and is one of the starters on the OCC 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."

The Pirates first home game is on Oct. 21 against Fullerton College at 4 p.m.

What's your biggest pet peeve and why?
I hate when people leave early when we do our swim sets (in practice). They're pretty tough sometimes and people leave like five seconds ahead.

LeBron or Kobe - and why?
I'd probably go with Kobe because LeBron had the whole incident with the kid that dunked on him and he wanted to erase the tapes. I just thought that it was lame.

Which women's sport at OCC do you think has the hottest girls and why?
Volleyball. The way they look in those spandex shorts.

Do you have any superstitions?
Everytime I leave my house, I do the cross. I've been doing this since as long as I can remember?

If you were a rapper, what would be your name?
Well my nickname is Lil Cabron. The guys on my team gave it to me.

What's been your best experience at OCC?
Probably playing water polo. I like playing because the guys are fun, it's a tough sport and I'm not the biggest guy so it's challenging. I like the atmosphere.

Questions you want answered by athletes can be submitted to coastreportsports@gmail.com and I would add it in the hat.

[Photo by Tony Lee]
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Fall sports preview (sorry for the delay)

By Tony Lee On Friday, July 03, 2009 0 comments
I'm sorry for the mix up.

In the last issue of the Coast Report, I made a graphic box that said additional fall previews will be available in this link. [Also, click on this link to see the fall preview for men and women's cross country, football, women's volleyball and men's water polo]

Someone e-mailed to me at coastreportsports@gmail.com that additional fall previews were not up.

I got two words: my bad.

I hope it's not too late - since the fall season has not started yet.

The fall previews for men and women's soccer, men's basketball and women's water polo is on the blog below.

Once again, I'm sorry for the delay.
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