Latisha Gibson, Connection Staff
February 1, 2013
Filed under Sports, The Cheap Seats
On the cusp of their seventh consecutive losing season, the Sacramento Kings owners, the Maloofs, want to part ways with the city and go elsewhere.
The city is known as a cow town, so when you think of Sacramento you wouldn’t expect a basketball team to be in the equation.
If the team stays in Sacramento, the city will...
Stephan Starnes, Connection Staff
January 31, 2013
Filed under Softball, Sports
The Cosumnes River College softball team hopes to go one step further than last year and make it to the regional playoffs.
This season, the team has eight returning players, and that’s one thing Head Coach Kristy Schroeder thinks will make a difference from last season.
“We had a lot of returners,” Schroeder said....
January 28, 2013
These are troubling times in the kingdom, troubling times indeed.
Adrian Wojnarowski, a NBA columnist...
Emanuel Espinoza, Connection Staff
December 22, 2012
Filed under Sports, The Cheap Seats
With the National Hockey League going through a lockout right now, many hockey fans across the nation feel that there won’t be any NHL action for a while. Despite the lockout, there are many ways that hockey fans can still enjoy the sport.
It’s a real shame that the NHL is going through this lockout because after this...
Zach Hannigan, Sports Editor
December 22, 2012
Filed under Sports, The Cheap Seats
It’s a Wednesday night in December in the outdated “Arco Power Train Pavilion,” close to 12,000 fans are watching their Sacramento Kings take on the Toronto Raptors.
Banners of glories past hang in the rafters, a once proud and vibrant franchise has been reduced to one of the NBA’s worst teams.
The fans and players...
Victor Macias, Connection Staff
December 5, 2012
Filed under Sports
It doesn’t make sense to have a newly renovated football stadium with no football team of our own to play on it, but that is the case at Cosumnes River College.
In fact, the last time CRC had a football team was in 1978, well before most of us were even thought of. That was when CRC was known as the Chiefs, not the ...
Emanuel Espinoza, Connection Staff
December 5, 2012
Filed under Sports
The volleyball season ended on a downer as the Hawks lost their last game to Diablo Valley College on Nov. 14. They suffered numerous losses this season and things were not always easy for them.
Freshman libero Mary Tamayo said that some of the changes this season made things tough for the team.
“I think overall, we...
Latisha Gibson, Connection Staff
November 28, 2012
Filed under The Cheap Seats
With one of the best records in NBA history, it’s kind of hard to imagine the Lakers having problems on the court.
Firing Mike Brown, the worst coach that the Lakers have ever had, seemed like a good move to get back to the championship record that they once had decades before.
When you think of this team and its record...
November 12, 2012
The volleyball team was unable to claim victory in any of the three sets and lost to Sierra College on...
Emanuel Espinoza, Connection Staff
November 12, 2012
Filed under Sports
Cosumnes River College went head-to-head with the Santa Rosa Bear Cubs on the frigid night of Nov. 8, marking the last women’s soccer game of the season.
The game was tied 0-0 for the majority of the first half. Both CRC and Santa Rosa struggled to mount any offense throughout the first half of the game.
Santa Rosa scored...
Ariel Hevesi, Connection Staff
November 11, 2012
Filed under Sports
Straight out of the gym doors from basketball practice, returning Cosumnes River College men’s basketball player Shauwn Brooks stands both proud and humble as he takes on the leadership role as one of the two returning players of the 2012-2013 team.
“We want to win and prove a lot of people wrong,” Brooks said.
This...
Victor Macias, Connection Staff
November 1, 2012
Filed under Sports
They always say, “if you believe, you can achieve.” For the reigning Student Athlete of the Month, these words resonated in his ear.Rigo Gomez was raised in Long Beach, Calif. and now resides in Lodi. He was motivated by his father and grandfather at the age of 6 to start playing soccer. Thirteen years later, he finds hims...
Emanuel Espinoza, Connection Staff
October 31, 2012
Filed under Sports
The Hawks volleyball team squared off against the Delta College Mustangs on Oct. 26 at Cosumnes River College.
The Hawks struggled against the Mustangs, losing three consecutive sets against them.
CRC got off to a good start scoring the first point, but Delta College tied things up with an out-of-bounds call and continued...
Mozes Zarate, Connection Staff
October 30, 2012
Filed under The Cheap Seats
Sports have never been for me. I’m an uncoordinated kid, physically. My arms are too slow to throw a good pitch, and my legs are too stiff to outrun anyone. I’m a pacifist, so trampling a guy in order to take control of a situation has never been my craving.
Most of all, I’ve never been overly competitive or stru...
Mary Garcia, Connection Staff
October 30, 2012
Filed under Sports
The women's soccer team won their rematch against the Diablo Valley College Vikings on Oct. 26.
The Hawks’ first match against DVC resulted in a 1-0 loss on Sept. 28, due to injuries Cosumnes River College played the away game with only one substitution.
“We’ve been struggling all season,” said Hawks’ head...
Cody Durham, Connection Staff
October 18, 2012
Filed under The Cheap Seats
Referees are the police of the sports world. They enforce the rules of the game, make split-second decisions and prevent any team or player from exploiting aspects of the game, all from a neutral standpoint.
Their sole purpose is to provide the fairest outcome possible within the parameters of the sport.
However, do referees ab...
Zach Hannigan, Connection Staff
October 18, 2012
Filed under Sports
When it opened in 1970, Cosumnes River College didn’t have much to boast about other than being surr...
Scott Redmond, Connection Staff
October 17, 2012
Filed under Sports
Not crossing a black cat or making sure not to open an umbrella indoors are superstitions that are held by the average person, but the average person is not the only one that have them.
Tiger Woods always wears a red shirt in the final round of golf tournaments. Michael Phelps swings his arms three times before a race.
Rituals...
Osay Ogbebor, Connection Staff
October 17, 2012
Filed under Sports
Family, friends and colleagues came together for a night of fun on Oct. 13 to support the women’s basketball team at their 8th annual “For the Love of the Game” Silent Auction and Bingo fundraiser.
Guests were able to participate in a silent auction by viewing and bidding on different types of wrapped gift baskets....
October 11, 2012
The men’s soccer team snapped a three-game losing streak by beating College of the Sequoias on Oct....
Mozes Zarate, Connection Staff
October 11, 2012
Filed under Sports
The women’s soccer team lost to the American River College Beavers on Oct. 9 in a closely contested game.
The team has not won in over two weeks, scoring zero goals during this stretch of games.
“We did okay,” said Hawks’ head coach Cesar Plasencia. “Okay performances usually don’t get you the wins, though.”
The...
