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 Alfonso Rivera East Los Angeles College workhorse Preston Oliver has made quite an impact on the gridiron this season and is getting significant attention from NCAA Division I universities. The University of Nevada, Purdue and Utah State universities are recruiting Oliver, according to ELAC Head Coach Steve Mojarro. “Oliver is a great kid, talented and hard working. He turns heads when he is on the football field. It…
By Alfonso Rivera There is a familiar face on the Husky hardwood this season at East Los Angeles College. His name is John Mosley, and he is the new head basketball coach at ELAC. Mosley serves as a career coach who coordinates and assists former athletes and replaces Rob Rivera, who stepped down after 23 years at ELAC. Rivera served 16 years as assistant head coach and seven as head…
By Alfonso Rivera Professional basketball player and former Husky, Steve Monreal, is living his lifelong dream. Growing up in East Los Angeles, Monreal played football, baseball, and basketball. It was on the hardwood where he found his niche. Monreal began playing basketball at the age of eight at Obregon Park in East Los Angeles. As a freshman at Garfield High School, Monreal was called up to the varsity team during the…
By Alfonso Rivera Deon Geary has a bright future after an outstanding basketball career at East Los Angeles College The 2011-2012 first team All-South Coast Conference North Division guard accepted a full basketball scholarship to California State University Dominguez Hills. As a top-100 community college recruit in California, Geary drew attention from Dominguez Hills, California State University Los Angeles and Cal Baptist University. In the end Dominguez Hills made the strongest…
By Carlos Alvarez The season comes to an end for the Husky baseball team with an 8-0 loss to the Riverside City College Tigers at the California community College Athletic Association Southern California Regionals at Cerritos College. After losing the opener 1-0 last Saturday, the Huskies needed to win the next two games Christian Madrid led the Huskies as the starting pitcher. Madrid (4-4) pitched 7 2/3 innings, allowing one…
By Alfonso Rivera The Husky baseball team’s eight-game winning streak ended at the hands of Riverside City College in the postseason earlier today at Kincaid Field at Cerritos College. The Huskies, the No. 7-seed, were upset by Riverside, the No. 10-seed, 1-0 in the California Community College Athletic Association Southern California Regionals. The Huskies fell to 21-16 overall while the Tigers improved to 19-18. In a game that matched both…
By Alfonso Rivera The host Huskies pounded Los Angeles Harbor College, 14-2, off of 17 hits in the second game of a three game series at Cal State Los Angeles last Thursday, April 26. The Huskies have won seven straight and are ranked No. 14 in the Southern California Community College Coaches poll. The Huskies are 20-15 overall, 14-6 in the South Coast Conference play. East Los Angeles College stands…
By Alfonso Rivera and Carlos Alvarez The Husky baseball team culminated a three game sweep in the South Coast Conference against Cerritos College, taking over sole possession of second place. The Huskies, 18-15 overall and 12-6 in SCC play, have a one-game SCC lead over El Camino College and Compton Educational Center. The Huskies have won five in a row and are ranked 18th in the SoCal poll. El Camino…
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…