By Carlos Alvarez For the fourth consecutive season the East Los Angeles College baseball team failed to move past the first round of the Southern Regional playoffs. “It’s tough to advance in the playoffs. You don’t have anybody that’s chopped liver. We (have to) figure out how to get over the hump,” ELAC Head Coach James Hines said. The No.15th-seeded Huskies did not continue their come from behind magic, losing…
By Liliana Marquez The end of the game approached at Husky Park as Zachary Ashford scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to get East Los Angeles College closer to a South Coast Conference title. The crowd cheered for him as his teammates congratulated him and patted him on the shoulders. Ashford, 20, is a sophomore right fielder for the ELAC baseball team. What most people don’t…
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 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 Carlos Alvarez The East Los Angeles College baseball team clinched a three-game South Coast Conference series with a 7-1 victory against El Camino College Compton Center on Saturday at the MLB Youth Academy baseball field in Compton. With the win, the state’s No. 7-ranked Huskies clinched their third consecutive series win in SCC play. ELAC will begin a crucial three-game SCC series at home against Cerritos College (13-9,…
By William Hernandez The No. 9-ranked East Los Angeles College baseball team opened South Coast Conference play on Tuesday as they hammered reeling Pasadena City College, who has a five-game losing streak. ELAC’s Shawn Kennedy will take the mound tomorrow in the second game of the three-game series at 2 p.m. on the Jackie Robinson Memorial Field at Brookside Park in Pasadena. ELAC SCC Pitcher-of-the-Week Jose Amezquita, will start in Saturday’s series finale at…
By Tadzio Garcia The Huskies, ranked 16th in the SoCal poll moved into third place in the South Coast Conference after winning their first series of the season over Long Beach City College. The Huskies, 10-8 overall, 3-3 in SCC play closed out the series at Long Beach (9-10, 2-4) with two wins after losing the series opener 8-2, at Long Beach last Tuesday. The Huskies bounced back…