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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OCC men's swim state championship extras

By Tony Lee On Saturday, May 02, 2009 0 comments
[OCC swim coaches Anthony Iacopetti (left) and Don Watson (right)]
[Photo by Hank Schellingerhout]

Orange Coast College's swim is one of the most successful programs across community colleges.

The men's team has won three state titles in four years and the women's team's 14 state titles more than doubles its nearest competitors.

During a players meeting I briefly attended, I heard coach Anthony Iacopetti talk about recruiting for a little bit.

Out of the 30-plus swimmers on both men's and women's squads, only four of them sent e-mails to Iacopetti asking him if they can join the team. The other 20-plus were recruited via phone call or meetings.

I'm not sure how common it is for coaches to go out and recruit over 85 percent of his team but I want to compliment Iacopetti, coach Don Watson and the players for helping recruit a strong group of swimmers.

Obviously it made a difference.

Also, go to http://www.floswimming.com to see videos of the state swim meet. [Click here to see Coast's record-breaking relay race]

Here's the link to see OCC's Riki Yano's interview after the swim meet - http://www.floswimming.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234947-california-community-college-state-championships/174239-riki-yano-orange-coast

To read my article on Yano published in this week's Coast Report, click here.
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Swimming postseaon updates

By Tony Lee On Wednesday, April 22, 2009 0 comments
The Orange Coast College swim team not only performed well at the Orange Empire Conference Championships but came back with awards.

I will post what head coach Anthony Iacopetti sent back to me via e-mail.

Hello Tony,

Here are our conference champs results.

Danielle Lavery was the female swimmer of the meet.
Chris Salgado was the male diver of the year.
Mishka Hulka and Jamie Pearce were Co-Diver of the year.

I was Women's Coach of the year.

We have state this weekend at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach. Finals are
Thursday and Friday at 5 pm and Saturday at 4 pm.
Congratulations to everyone on that e-mail.

Women's point total
1) Orange Coast College - 968.5
2) Riverside Community College - 578.0
3) Saddleback College - 493.0

Men's point total
1) Orange Coast College - 905.0
2) Golden West College - 564.0
3) Saddleback College - 476.0

[Click here to see individual times of Coast swimmers]

Good luck at the 2009 State Swimming Championships.
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Good luck OCC athletes

By Tony Lee On Friday, April 17, 2009 0 comments
Today is a big day for three OCC athletics programs.

The Coast track and field team has the Orange Empire Conference Prelims today at noon.




The men's and women's swimming teams are on its second day of the OEC Championships at Golden West College. The meets start from 9:30 a.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m.



OCC tennis teams are also on its second day of the OEC Tournament - the men's at Fullerton College and the women's at Riverside Community College.



Good luck to all the OCC sports teams. I can't wait to write about post-season victories.

[Track and field photos by Tony Lee]
[Swimming photo by Melissa Lee]
[Tennis photo by Peter Bicknell]
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