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Men’s tennis team had winning season

Michael Markulin

May 17, 2016

The men's tennis team of City College finished third out of seven teams in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference after an up-and-down season this year. Beginning the season 5-1 in conference play, before losing their next three out of four matches, the Knights completed their season with a final 6-4 record.Brandon Lupian, head coach of the Knights, is optimistic about the future...

Baseball team set solid foundation

Luisa Sausedo

May 17, 2016

The baseball team at City College completed their 2016 season with a 15-18 overall record and a 10-14 record in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference. Although they didn’t do as well as hoped, the team and coaching staff will return next season with their 17 returning freshmen as well as some new recruits. Manager Chris Brown is in his 16th season coaching at City C...

Men’s volleyball team continues to improve

Luisa Sausedo

May 17, 2016

This past season, the City College men’s volleyball team held their best season since 2011 with an overall record of 9-13 and a conference record of 4-10. The Knights have made some huge improvements since Kevin Pratte, head coach of the team, took over in 2014. Over the years, the men’s volleyball team struggled. Back in 2014, the Knights hadn't won a single ga...

Softball team improved from last year

Luisa Sausedo

May 17, 2016

The softball team at City College finished their season with an overall record of 15-22 and 6-12 in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference, logging six more wins than last year. With nine returning freshman and the improvements the Lady Knights made this season, they are poised to improve further if they keep working together as a team. The team will be losing five of its soph...

Division 1 school recruits Knights player

Luisa Sausedo

April 28, 2016

A volleyball player for the City College Knights, Luke Timm, was recruited to play for a NCAA Division 1 university, California State University Northridge on a partial scholarship after playing the sport only two seasons. During high school, Timm was a basketball star and was offered a scholarship to play for the University of Minnesota. He turned it down because he thought it w...

Tough losses for Knights at Ojai Tournament

Michael Markulin

April 28, 2016

City College’s men and women tennis teams competed at the grueling Ojai Tournament in Oaji, Calif., but didn't do as well as expected. Players from all over California competed in the tournament for the community college state championship, taking to the courts on their final matches of the 2016 season.The first round of matches got under way early on April 21. The L...

Palomar pummels Knights in softball

By Luisa Sausedo

April 23, 2016

The City College softball team took a hard loss on Friday afternoon in a game called after five innings due to the number of runs scored against them,11-0, by the Palomar College Comets. The loss, in their final home game of the season at Betty Hock Field, left the Knights with a record of 5-12 in conference and 14-20 overall. The Knights came out fired up and ready to play...

Badminton Knights take over Olympians

Luisa Sausedo

April 16, 2016

On April 15, City College’s badminton team defeated the Mesa College Olympians, 17-4, during their final game at Mesa College 15 before the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Individual tournament on April 22. During the first set of the singles matches, Knight sophomore Thao Le faced off against Olympian Mai Truong during the first match of the game. Le defeated Truong ...

Rain delays tennis tournament

Michael Markulin

April 7, 2016

Opening day of both the women's and men's Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Tennis Tournament was set to begin Thursday, April 7, however, mother nature had different plans as the rain postponed play.City Times caught up with both coaches to find out what will happen next due to the rain out.Brandon Lupian, coach of the men's tennis team, must wait till Friday to see if the we...

Padres fall in historic rout against rivals

April 5, 2016

The San Diego Padres entered history through the back door tonight when they lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 15-0. The largest shut out in Major League...

Teen player on top of her game

Michael Markulin

March 25, 2016

This is Palia Griffin's first year at City College and she's already the Lady Knights top singles and doubles tennis player at the age of 19.Given her family back...

Athlete thrives behind the plate and camera

March 24, 2016

City College athlete Alex Bentley is living both of his passions by combining film and baseball into his life. Bentley, a 23-year-old film major, was...