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 [read more...]

The City College baseball team beat the Modesto Junior College Pirates on April 14, winning with the final score of 4-3.

The first three innings left the Panthers scoreless as the Pirates moved ahead 3-0. The bottom of the fifth inning, City College catcher Joe Seto hit a ball down the third base line for a double, sending the runner on first to third.

The next batter for City College was right fielder Julian Jones. His pop fly to deep center field brought Hastings to home plate for the first Panthers score.

Shortstop Jorge Vina’s line drive hit over the [read more...]

City College softball team played well for a few innings of the double header games against San Joaquin Delta College Mustangs April 14. Delta controlled the rest of the game and ultimately won with a final score of 3-1 the first game and 10-3 the second game, according to City College Head Coach Tim Kiernan.

The Panthers (11-23-1, 6-12 Big 8 ) led through the first three innings of game one. Delta College responded with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third inning to score.

Delta continued scoring with a home run in the fifth inning, and tacked [read more...]

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City College Panthers baseball team kept the game close against the Cosumnes River College Hawks on March 10, but were unable to overcome the CRC offense, losing by a final score of 4-2.

The Panthers remained scoreless in the first and second innings as the Hawks moved ahead 1-0 at the end of the second. Panthers left fielder Zack Madrigal hit a line drive over the CRC first basemen and into right field, taking first base in the bottom of the third inning.

Next up to the plate was Panthers second baseman Nick Blaser. His base hit brought Madrigal around [read more...]

Though the Panthers were not discouraged during the last game, City College won only one of 18 matches played against Fresno City College on Feb 28, “I wish it was a better day,” said Panthers Jaime Hernandez, commenting on the weather conditions. From the men’s team, David Renteria and Rusty Spence partnered up in a doubles match against Fresno winning the match by a score of 9-7. “It was intense because the elements weren’t on our side, so it was challenging,” said Spence. Coach Dave Griffin says City College tennis players have good attitudes, which come out in the games. [read more...]

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City College’s men’s and women’s track and field teams started their new season Feb. 11, and, after placing sixth last season, the teams are determined to improve according to head women’s coach Lisa Bauduin.

“I want them strive [and] to be better than they were in high school every day,” said Bauduin.  The track and field team competed in the Intra Squad Red and Gold meet at Hughes Stadium. The competition was a scrimmage, however, and no points were given.

Bauduin said the team can improve by following four simple rules: “Never change, be healthy, compete well, and have a great experience,” said Baudin. This season, the women’s team features two returning players—Jazmine Alexander and Jasmine Drake.

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City College overcame a seven-point deficit in the final minute and 30 seconds of their Nor-Cal Regional Playoff game Feb. 22, against West Hills to take the game to overtime. City College eventually lost the game, 64-60.

Sophomore forward Zach Bartley, who scored 222 points and had 177 total rebounds on the year according to TeamPages.com, was the biggest offensive producer of the game with 21 points.

“I think jitters, the jitters of being in the playoffs for the first time since I believe ’05 was probably why we had some of the turnovers, but the three’s [by West Hill] [read more...]

Consumnes River College defeated City College women’s basketball Feb. 14, by a score of 66-34, making City College’s record 1-12 in the Big 8 conference and 2-21 overall.

After the 30-point loss, playing at the wrong pace was the deciding factor, according to Head coach Devin Engebretsen. Engebretsen says the team struggled to set up its offense.

“They [Consumnes] play a lot of pressure defense and [we] got sped up on our offense,” said Engebretsen. “We’re not the type of team that can just go, [we] have to slow down and take our time.”

Forward Samantha Lewis, biology major, along [read more...]