By Julianne Obregon The East Los Angeles College baseball team suffered a 10-4 loss in its last home game against El Camino College April 23 in a South Coast Conference game. The Huskies did not generate runs with runners in a scoring position. “We didn’t take advantage of our scoring opportunities,” ELAC assistant coach Phillip Valdez said. For sophomore pitcher Gabriel Ramos, this game was his last home game for…
By Liliana Marquez Every time starting pitcher of East Los Angeles College Roman Davalos throws the ball to home plate, his wrist shows off a tattoo with the letters RDD, next to a tattoo of a Dallas Cowboys star. Those letters are the initials of his late grandfather, Roman D. Davalos, who passed away almost four years ago. The star represents Roman Davalos and his grandfather’s favorite football team. “Every…
By Diego Linares The East Los Angeles College baseball team shutout Los Angeles Harbor College 12-0 in a key South Conference game with fine pitching and patience at the plate April 24 at Husky Park. ELAC plays at Harbor tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. A win will give the Huskies at least a share of the SCC title. ELAC’s starting pitcher Shawn Kennedy gave up five hits through seven innings of…
By Tadzio Garcia East Los Angeles College won its first-ever South Coast Conference softball title while the Huskies baseball team is one game behind conference leading Cerritos College with two games left. The softball team, 29-9 overall, finished 18-3 in the final SCC standings. The Huskies closed out SCC play with 10 consecutive wins to surpass Mt. San Antonio College (32-8, 17-4) and tie Cerritos (30-10, 18-3) for the title….
By Megan G. Razzetti The Huskies dropped out of a first-place tie with Cerritos College in the South Coast Conference after a 3-2 loss against Long Beach City College at home. For the first time this season, the Huskies lost two consecutive games. They ended their three-game series winning two against Long Beach. ELAC is 20-12 overall and 12-6 in SCC play and is tied for second place with LBCC…
By Luis Vasquez The East Los Angeles College baseball team escaped with a narrow 3-2 win against South Coast Conference rival Cerritos College at Kincaid Field yesterday. The Huskies are 18-7 overall and hold a 9-2 record in the SCC. They have a two game lead over second place El Camino College (16-8, 8-3), and lead third place Cerritos College (13-9, 6-3) by three games. ELAC and Cerritos will play the…
By Tadzio Garcia The No. 7-ranked East Los Angeles College baseball team slugged out a 9-1 South Coast Conference win over El Camino College Compton Center off of 13 hits, at Husky Baseball Field yesterday. The two teams play the rubber match of the series tomorrow at noon in the MLB Youth Academy baseball field at Compton. ELAC remains in first place in the SCC with a one-game lead over No. 15…
By Carlos Alvarez East Los Angeles College starting pitcher Frankie Wright, 3-1 overall took the win after pitching eight dominant innings as the Huskies rallied to beat EL Camino College Compton Center, 7-2. ELAC lost the opener of the three game series, 4-0 last Tuesday. The series ends tomorrow on the Compton baseball field at noon. “We will approach Saturday’s game like any other game, but the third game is…
By William Hernandez The baseball team won a pivotal series finale against the South Coast Conference’s first place team and tenth ranked in the state, the Mt. San Antonio College Mounties, 5-4, last Saturday at Mt. SAC. Saturday’s game was a must-win for the Huskies and they had some momentum coming into it after pulling off a 4-3 stunner against the Mounties, in extra innings, last Thursday. The Huskies set the tone of the game…
By Alfonso Rivera and Carlos Alvarez Baseball team takes series win defeating Long Beach City College two out of three games last week. With a chance to sweep their conference rivals, Huskies lost, 2-1, in a great pitching duel Saturday, March 24. The Husky record stands at 11-10, 6-2 in South Coast Conference play. They are in a three way tie for second place with Compton and Long Beach. “You…