Current Time @ Riverside is 7:20 AM Saturday, Nov 7, 2009
HEADLINE NEWS
GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY FOR NEW SWIM COMPLEX HELD
GENERAL NEWS (11/5/2009)
What the announcement on the Channel 2 News
http://cbs2.com/video/?id=118712@kcbs.dayport.com
Riverside Community College District broke ground on its new multi-million dollar aquatic center on Thursday, Nov. 5. The project, a joint project between the district, Riverside County (Supervisors Bob Buster and John Tavaglione),the City of Riverside, and the RCCD Foundation is expected to be completed by January of 2011. The state-of-the-art facility will house the District's aquatic programs (water polo and swimming) and serve community swim, diving and other aquatic programs.
The District's current swim facility, Cutter Pool, isn't capable of hosting college and outside competitions or even practices. The new aquatic center will be 65-meters long and have a floating bulk ....More
RIVERSIDE ADVANCES TO CONFERENCE FINALS
WATERPOLO WOMEN (11/5/2009)
Riverside women's water polo team advanced to the finals of the Orange Empire Conference Tournament in Fullerton with a 15-4 victory over the host Hornets. Riverside will take on Orange Coast after the Pirates stunned Golden West, 8-7, in the other semifinal match. Golden West is the only program this season to have beaten the Tigers. The Rustlers have handed Riverside both of its losses this season.
In the win over Fullerton, Riverside took a 7-2 halftime lead and cruised from there. The Tigers held Fullerton scoreless in the second and third quarters. By the end of the third quarter, Riverside led 13-2.
Seven different players scored goals. Three players - Katie Teets, Ashley Antonissen and Jamie Clark - each scored three goals.
WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY
FASTPITCH WOMEN (11/5/2009)
Afton Willimason
Riverside Community College will be holding a memorial service for Afton Williamson, a former Tiger fastpitch player who was tragically killed earlier this week in Dickinson, ND. The memorial will be held at the softball field Sunday, November 8, at the Evans Complex at 6 p.m and is open to the public.
Williamson, 20, a second-team all-league selection last season, graduated from Riverside Community College in June and transferred to Dickinson State University to finish her academic and athletic career. She, along with two teammates (Krstin Gemar, 22, Ashley Neufield, 21), went star-gazing, a popular diversion for the college students in Dickinson, Sunday night. While driving on a dirt road they accidentally drove into a stock pond, where all three drowned.
Riverside sophomore Jeff Pelarde has been voted the Orange Empire Conference men's cross country runner of the year. Pelarde won the Orange Empire Conference individual title last week in Huntington Beach with a time of 20-minutes, 21-seconds.
"Jeff is peaking at the right time and will make a run at the state individual title in Fresno on Nov. 21," said head coach Jim McCarron, who will take his team to the Southern California Championship meet this Friday at Mt. San Antonio College.
Three other runners earned all-conference honors. Daniel Cooper earned first team honors, while teammates â Jeff Blakely and Jesse Dorado earned second team honors.
VOLLEYBALL BEATS GOLDEN WEST, BATTLES FOR PLAYOFF SPOT
VOLLEYBALL WOMEN (11/4/2009)
Riverside's volleyball teams continued its run at a post-season bid as the Tigers - for only the second time in the history of the program - beat Golden West, 25-13, 23-25, 15-25, 25-12, 15-5 in an Orange Empire Conference match. The victory was Riverside's second over Golden West this season, but more importantly gives Riverside a needed boost as the Tigers continue to chase a post-season berth.
Riverside has four matches let, including Friday's key match against Orange Coast in Costa Mesa. The Pirates defeated Riverside earlier this season in three straight games. After two easier matches against Fullerton and Saddleback, Riverside will square off against Cypress. The Chargers beat Riverside earlier this year, but they needed five games to fight off the Tigers. All of the matches,....More
RIVERSIDE BATTLES CYPRESS TO A 0-0 TIE
SOCCER WOMEN (11/3/2009)
Riverside continues to strengthen its bid for a post-season slot after the Tigers battled Cypress to a 0-0 tie in an Orange Empire Conference match. Each year, Cypress (14-2-2, 9-2-2), who won the state title in 2006, is in the hunt for the conference title.
"it was very physical match," said Riverside head coach Lynsey Jalayer. "We held them off early in the second half and late we started to put pressure on them."
Sophomore goalie Christina Beckerle made 8 saves for the Tigers (9-2-6, 6-2-5 in conference).
MEN'S SOCCER STOPS THREE-MATCH LOSING STREAK
SOCCER MEN (11/3/2009)
Riverside men's soccer team stopped a three-match losing streak as the Tigers scored a 4-1 Orange Empire Conference win over Cypress. The victory moves Riverside into fifth place in the conference standings with three matches remaining. Two of Riverside's remaining matches are against two programs battling for the conference title - Orange Coast and Golden West.
In the win over Cypress, Riverside got three goals from scoring-sensation Jimmy Martinez, who leads the conference and the state in goals scored. With three against, Cypress, the freshman from Rancho Verde High School now has scored 31 goals on the season. He also added his 16 assist of the season on Robert Tornel's goal in the 51st minute of the match.
With the win, Riverside is now 5-6-0 in conference and 10-7-1 o....More
REDMON, BRADSHAW ANNOUNCE COLLEGE CHOICES
BASKETBALL MEN (11/2/2009)
Riverside men's basketball coach John Smith announced today that sophomores Daniel Redman and Kevin Bradshaw have made decisions on their future academic and athletic careers.
Redmon, a guard out of Upland High School, has verbally committed to Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. As a freshman last year, Redmon averaged 6.9 points and 5.1 assists, while turning over the ball just 2.6 times a game. He also averaged nearly 2 steals per contest.
Meanwhile, Bradshaw will stay home deciding to eventually sign with the University of California, Riverside. Bradshaw, who nearly gave up on the game a year ago, averaged 5.1 points, 4 rebounds and nearly a block a game as a freshman.
Redmon and Bradshaw are two of nine sophomores on this year's team, which opens defense of....More
CHAFFEY ROLLS TO A 34-14 VICTORY OVER RIVERSIDE
FOOTBALL MEN (10/31/2009)
Chaffey amassed 434 yards in total offense as the Panthers handed Riverside a 34-14 loss in a Central Division game at Wheelock Field. The game was Riverside final home game of the season. Riverside, which has a bye week next week, will conclude the season on November 14 when the Tigers travel to take on Citrus in a 1 p.m. game.
Riverside struggled defensively as Chaffey used an offensive game plan of option, play action and quarterback draws. The Panthers ran for 159 yards and passed for another 275. Chaffey averaged 5.7 yards per play. Through the air, Chaffey averaged 15.3 yards per completion. The Panthers also enjoyed an eight-minute advantage in time of possession.
Riverside, which was held scoreless in the first half, managed to put together two scoring drives - one i....More
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ADVANCES TO REGIONAL MEET
CROSS COUNTRY MEN (10/30/2009)
RCC men second at conference meet
Riverside men's cross country team advanced to the Southern California Championship meet after finishing second at the Orange Empire Conference meet on Friday (Oct. 30).
The Tigers were led by Jeff Pelarde, who won the individual championship with a 20:21 clocking over the Central Park course in Huntington Beach. Ironically, Pelarde was led off the course for 20 seconds, before rejoining the 68 runners and winning the race. He becomes the second Riverside runner in the last four years to win the conference title.
As a team, this is the Tigers third second-place finish in the last four years. Orange Coast was the overall winner. The Pirates finished with a score of 26 points, 27 points head of Riverside. Fullerton (75 points) was third, followed by Saddleback (90), Santiago ....More
RIVERSIDE TO HOST COMMUNITY TENNIS TOURNAMENT
TENNIS MEN (10/29/2009)
Riverside men's and women's tennis team will host a Holiday Tennis Tournament on December 11 through the 13. The tournament is open to players 13 years and up. There will be three classifications of play - high school, college and open division.
High school and college participants can not wear any school identifying clothing during the tournament. Tournament will be held at the Fran Bushman Tennis Center, which is located on the District's Riverside City Campus.
The cost is $25 for singles and $30 for doubles. Entry deadline is Friday, December 4th. You can download the entry form, by clicking on Stat Tab, then General Info and then select Holiday Tournament Flier.
Send entries to Jim Elton, Riverside CC Men's Tennis, 4800 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA 92506. For answ....More
