The City College Panthers hosted a doubleheader against Chabot College at Union Stadium Feb 8, winning 12-1 in the second game after a 3-0 lost for the first.
The sun was shining brightly over Union Stadium when the Panthers broke their three-game streak with Chabot College. They had lost their first away game at Chabot’s stadium in Hayward 2-1.
The City College baseball team came back with a win on Feb 2 to split a weekend of play against Fresno City College on Feb 2 at Union Stadium.
The home field advantage is something that the Panthers had on Feb 1 for their opening season game, but that didn’t work in their favor when they lost. The next afternoon, the City College Panthers were leading the Fresno City College Rams 5-0 in the top sixth inning when Ben Brooks, the starting left-handed pitcher was hit by the baseball. A few throws later, the Rams caught up with the score 5-4.
Toward the middle of the ninth inning, when the last strike was thrown by right-handed pitcher Nate Berumen, the City College Panthers jumped at their opportunity to lead 6-4.
Feb.1 was opening night for City College Panthers baseball. It was not a beginning the Panthers were hoping for as they lost 6-1 against rival Fresno City College, giving up 10 hits over the nine-inning contest at their home field of Union Stadium.
“Fresno is always good,” said Panthers Head Coach Derek Sullivan. “[There's] a lot of respect between the two teams, because you have to bring your A-game and we didn’t.”
Shouts of “win the battle” came from the home team’s stands and dugouts, but it was the Fresno City College Rams who won.
City College’s volleyball team was defeated by the Santa Rosa Junior College Mudcats for the regional qualifying championship in a battle, which took place Oct. 25.
Santa Rosa took the lead after winning two sets in a row, with scores of 25-11 and 25-12. The Mudcats followed by winning the third set, 25-20, bringing the game to an end with a final score of 3-0.
“Sac City played hard and Santa Rosa was a tough team,” said Panther fan and City College social science major Ben Brooks. “I think they
The Merced Blue Devils had to succumb to the power of the Panthers at Saturday night’s football game, which was the first Mid-Empire Conference game of the season.
The City College Panthers beat the Merced College Blue Devils 41-15.
The Panthers were ahead at halftime with a score of 20-12, but it was the second half of the game when City College turned up the heat. Keivaughn Barrett, No. 9, defensive lineman for the Panthers, was a powerful mover in the third and fourth quarter, clearing room so the plays called on the sidelines could become a reality on the field. He showed a knack for being in the right place at the right time.
A wide receiver for the Panthers, Anthony King, No. 4, scored after catching a 26- yard pass from quarterback, Ronald Beverly, No. 1, moving the score from 27-15 to a fan pleasing 34-15.
The Panther’s goal post was decorated by a row of men with clipboards by the middle of the third quarter witnessing interceptions, fumbles and a serious fight over the possession of the ball.
The Blue Devil’s made great stride in the second quarter
On Saturday, Sept. 22 City College quarterback Ronald Beverly led the Panthers to victory over the Reedley Tigers 27-20, improving their record to 2-2 for the season.
Early in the first quarter Tigers’ kicker Dennis Gallo kicked a 31-yard field goal to put the Tigers up 3-0, but their lead wouldn’t hold through the quarter.
With two minutes left in the first quarter Beverly threw a 21-yard pass to wide receiver EJ Jones, followed by a successful field goal by Aaron Novoa, to put the Panthers on top where they would stay until half way through the fourth quarter.
Going into the fourth quarter the Panthers were up 20-13, until Tigers’ quarterback Sean Stell Jr. landed a 27-yard pass to wide receiver Terrance Tatume for a touchdown. Gallo’s successful field goal for the extra point would tie the game, but the Panthers were far from done.
The Panthers fought back and with a little over four minutes left in the game Beverly launched a 33-yard pass to Jones, clinching the win.
City College women’s soccer lost to Consumnes River College on Sept. 25, by the score of 2-1. This loss puts the soccer team at 0-6 according to the City College website, while CRC has moved their record to 3-4-2. Head Coach Jang-ha Oh discussed his goals for the year regardless of the current losing streak.
“I haven’t changed my goals since 2002,” Oh said. “Team GPA 3.0 or higher, that’s my first goal. Second goal, try to reach the playoffs every year.”
After an early shot off the crossbar just 15 minutes into the game, CRC was able to piece together the first goal of the game. Within five minutes of that goal, City College responded with a deep goal from Freshman striker Casey O’Connor. She dribbled down the left sideline and took a chip shot from about 15 yards out that flew just above the scrambling CRC goalie’s head. The first half did not go as planned according to CRC Head Coach Cesar Plasencia .
“(City College) played well. They sat back and tried to counter,” Plasencia said. “Second half we made some adjustments and got in behind the defense. We’ve been hurt. Even today we had five (players)…» Read More
City College’s soccer team played the first game on the new turf directly following the Hughes dedication ceremony on Sept. 7, ending the game in defeat against De Anza with a 4-1 loss in their first game of the season.
“We were ready,” said Coach Jang-Ha Oh, “No chance to practice, it was the first time on the new field.”
“Soccer players love grass fields over synthetic,” said Oh.
Oh also explained how their cleats gripped the synthetic field differently. Oh said that the new field “absolutely,” affected the team’s performance.
“My team is better,” Oh said. “Much better than last year’s team.”
The City College Panthers ended the Hughes dedication event on Friday, Sept. 7, with their first game at the newly refurbished Hughes Stadium, in which the football team faced off against the American River College Beavers in a game that ended in defeat for City College with a score of 38-23 bringing the Panthers season record to 0-2.
“You’ve got to be proud to wear the colors,” said head coach Dannie Walker to the football team.
The City College baseball team was able to hold off a late run by the Modesto Junior College Pirates on April 16. The Panthers scored the first eight runs of the game, but were forced to hold off the late five -run offensive surge of the Pirates to make the final score 8-5, in favor of City College.
Modesto pitcher Matt Jackson had a 3.38 ERA coming into the game, and faced the 4.32 ERA of Panthers pitcher Brian Kennedy as his pitching opposition.
“He’s [Kennedy] a gamer who’s going to throw ‘K’s’ for us,” Panthers infielder Mike Correa said post game. “He’s a bulldog, he might be only 5′, 3″ but he pitches like he’s 6′, 7″.”
The bottom of the third inning was when scoring began for City College. Panthers third baseman Ryan Pudwell’s RBI single keep the inning going long enough for Panthers catcher Joe Setum to reach base, making the score 3-0 for the Panthers after a Pirates’ throwing error allowed another run to score.
The top of the fourth inning was the time that the Panthers defense supported their pitcher by making much needed defensive plays according to Correa.
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