Men’s Basketball team excited to be back on campus
Coach Robert Robinson and Counselor Dorothy Teola of the East Los Angeles College Athletics Department are grateful to be back on campus after the pandemic-induced Stay-at-Home Order.
Sports
Basketball player flies past adversity
East Los Angeles College’s basketball team ended last season 29-1, attracting many new athletes who hoped to gain opportunities for their futures through the love of the sport. One of these students is Noel Scott, a freshman point guard who graduated from Washington High School.
Sophomore wrestler focuses on repeating state win
With all fall sports shifting to spring, ELAC wrestler Josue Aguilar prepares for the beginning of the season.
Aguilar, 19, is currently a sophomore and was one of the finalists at last year’s state tournament.
Wrestler trains for spring season, state championship
Last season, Aranda was one of the seven teammates who went to the state finals. Only four out of the seven placed. Aranda took seventh place as a heavyweight. Although a few people made it to state finals, he believes that this season would be better.
Guatemala-born player to join men’s soccer team
Bryan Hernandez is one of the newest players to join the East Los Angeles College men’s soccer team for the upcoming 2020 spring season.
Men’s basketball tops off incredible season
East Los Angeles College men’s basketball team went on to have one of its best seasons ever winning 29 games and only losing one game and went on to be undefeated in conference play.
Softball wins fifth game in a row
By Gabriela Gutierrez East Los Angeles College’s softball team won its fifth game in a row, after defeating Long Beach City College 3 – 1 at Mayfair Park on Thursday. ELAC has won two out of the three games in conference against LBCC. They will try for a season sweep of LBCC on April 2. Irene Dorado, freshman infielder, started the game with a strike out and was followed by…
Men’s basketball scrapes, claws their way into final eight
BY ANDREW AYALA Staff Writer East Los Angeles College men’s basketball continues its win streak into the elite eight after a nail-biting 68-65 victory over Allan Hancock College on Saturday at the men’s gym. The eight teams left in the California Community College Athletic Association championship are: ELAC, Santa Rosa Junior College, Riverside City College, City College of San Francisco, College of the Sequoias, Santiago Canyon College, Los Angeles Valley…
Sports ranked by concussions and injuries
By Alejandro Ambriz There is always a chance athletes can be injured during competition, no matter how good the players are or if precautions are followed to the letter. An analysis by Quotewizard that looked at National Safety Council data on sports related injuries from 2010 to 2017 provides insight as to which sports are more dangerous among 15-24 year olds. This three-minute read ranked sports in three charts based…
Athletics Department refutes Campus News opinion
By Cerwin D. Haynes of the Athletics Department A Response to the Campus New Editorial We here at East Los Angeles College Athletics would like to take a few moments to respond to an op-ed piece in the December 6th edition of the Campus News. Before we start, there’s a few things we’d like to point out: We appreciate our students using their voice to express their opinions and exercise…