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Trailblazer Joyce Dill, dies at 86 BY JAMES DUFFY V STAFF REPORTER

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Citrus Union High School and Citrus College graduate Joyce Dill died on Feb. 20. She was 86 years old. Dill came to Citrus Union High School in 1946. She graduated from Citrus Junior College in 1952. Her friends and colleagues said she never left the Citrus community. Members of the Citrus College Foundation said Dill was among the most involved alumna of either institution. Née Joyce McClendon, Dill attended Glendora Woodrow Wilson Elementary School with classmates who became her lifelong friends. Sharon Lewis, a fellow graduate of Citrus Union High School class of 1950, said Dill was a natural born leader. Lewis and Dill both cheered for Citrus Union High School for four years. “She never stopped cheering for Citrus, or helping somebody

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Celebrated nursing professor dies at 59 BY DAVE STOUT STAFF REPORTER

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A Citrus College nursing instructor died on Feb. 7, due to a brief illness. Julie Ettesvold Wong, 59, worked at Citrus College for 27 years. Students and colleagues said she was admired and loved by everyone who knew her. Wong began teaching at Citrus College in September 1991, and over the course of her 27 year career, she taught classes in vocational nursing, certified nursing assistant and registered nursing. “She was very passionate for nursing and setting an example for her students,” nursing professor Gail Tucker said. Her students said Wong’s knowledge, experience, compassion for her patients, and dedication to the nursing profession were an inspiration. “She was inspiring in how she treated the patients; she was really warm, and she was a foundry of information,” said Brady Abanto, a licensed vocational nursing major. Several students said Wong was very dedicated to her students, S E E NU R S E • PA G E 5

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Citrus College Night Shift singer Dominique Dominguez sings live music on Feb. 26 at the Campus Center Mall. The list of songs performed placed an emphasis on the African American culture.

Bottle refilling station added to library New water bottle station helps to cut plastic consumption BY SAMMY FERNANDES STAFF REPORTER

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A water bottle filling station installed on Feb. 19 in the Hayden Memorial Library may have prevented the use of over 300 disposable plastic bottles since its installation. Public Services librarian Sarah Bosler said the first fountain was installed on the library’s first floor due to the high student traffic. On average, the library gets about 300,000 people per year passing through their gates. After receiving several student requests, the college steering committee initiated the process installing the water bottle filling station. Director of Facilities and Construction Fred Diamond presented the idea to the Citrus College Foundation, which raises money for projects and events in the Citrus community.

The foundation board donated $20,000 for four more stations to be installed on campus. Diamond said his department plans to construct water stations on the campus’ west and east ends, near the cafeteria and near the athletic fields. The facilities department is still determining locations for the remaining stations. “We are looking for an area where we can swap out an existing (water station), providing that their dimensions are all correct and it fits in properly,” Diamond said. Diamond said older water fountains will be replaced if they are in poor condition. Water fountains in better condition will be preserved as a replacement in case another station breaks. Bosler said students surveyed in April 2017 reported they wanted a filtered water bottle refilling station in the library. Although Bosler submitted a request for the station to the Sustainability Committee and Facilities on May 2017, she said both requests were delayed. “But I’m really glad we have it,”

Bosler said. “I think it will raise awareness about environmental issues on campus, because we require students to use library friendly containers... I think it’s good because it helps promote the use of those kinds of containers, so they don’t spill on the floor.” The fountain chosen, Elkay EZH20, has a unit cost of $2,941.75 and installation cost of $1,800. Foundation Director Christina Garcia said although they plan to install them by the end of this academic semester, the plan might be affected by other facilities projects. “These stations will reduce single-use water bottle waste, which is pretty high nearly everywhere,” Garcia said in an email. “Having the stations is a priority for the campus, and the Foundation directors were more than pleased to assist with this specific project because it has such strong alignment with the college sustainability plan.” Environmental science professor Robert Goodman said it is important people have their own reusable containers instead of disposible plastic bottles. “Plastics have a tendency to

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either end up in landfills and our oceans, where they biodegrade, and the components found within those plastics are now found in our food chain in the foods that we eat,” Goodman said. “Even mussels and clams, and other filter feeders have also had microscopic components of the plastic inside of them, and once we eat them, then they are inside of us.” Goodman said we could also increase our recycling on campus. “We pretty much all know what we need to do, but we have to go out of our way to make it user friendly for everybody,” Goodman said. Environmental Health Programs Supervisor Jeffrey Eichler said the water station was a “great idea.” “Students have already expressed delight as its existence,” Eichler said. Eric Jeffries, biology major, started bringing his own water container after he discovered the water bottle filling station in the library. “Bringing this (container), as opposed to bringing a bottle or something like that, is always easier and cheaper,” Jeffries said. “Having it out there just increase the convenience.”

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Award-winning actor and director Frank Ferrante portrays Groucho Marx, recreating some of the legendary comedian’s most memorable moments in a fast-paced comedy extravaganza at 2 p.m. March 10 at the Haugh Peforming Arts Center. Tickets for the show are $33 for students and can be purchased at the box office or http://www.tickets.haughpac.com. • MARCH 15 & 16 - BATTLE OF THE BIG BANDS

The Citrus Blue Note Orchestra and the Azusa Pacific Jazz Ensemble take the stage together for the 15th time in the annual San Gabriel Valley “Battle of the Big Bands” at 7 p.m. March 15 and 16 at the Haugh Performing Arts Center. Tickets for the show are $15 for students and can be purchased at the box office or http://www.tickets.haughpac.com.

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The Experiential Theater Company brings the “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” to the Haugh with a new adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s classic tale. The audience will come along as Dorothy journeys down the yellow brick road at 2 p.m. March 24. Tickets for the show are $27 for students and can be purchased at the box office or http://www.tickets.haughpac.com. • APRIL 5 - AMERICAN IDIOT

The Citrus Visual and Performing Arts Department presents the award-winning musical “American Idiot” from the creative mind of Green Day’s frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. Featuring music from Green Day’s albums “American Idiot” and “21st Century Breakdown,” the rock opera will be for mature audiences. Tickets for the show are $22 for students and can be purchased at the box office or http://www.tickets.haughpac.com.

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EDITORIAL

Newly funded services benefit all Citrus College is a welcoming campus to all of the students who attend, regardless of their background. Citrus has programs designed to assist students from all walks of life. The Veterans Success Center offers support for service members returning to civilian life and entering the life of a college student. For international students studying in America, the International Students Center brings students together in hopes of easing the stress and anxiety that may come with studying in a foreign country. While these programs have been in place for years the needs of college students are constantly changing. Some changes occur not because the need for them is obvious, but they came as the result of the student body being heard. For instance, a lactation or nursing room, has been constructed in LI-128 in the Hayden Memorial Library. Also, a water bottle refill station

was installed near the entry level restrooms of the library. Both of these projects were requested by students and both became a reality. The willingness to not only listen to requests, but take action as well, shows the school’s dedication to the student body. Students’ voices are being heard and impacting life on campus. Both the accumulation of amenities large and small, and students’ voices carrying weight on campus, make Citrus College an ideal place to study. Services and programs like these send a positive message to current and potential Citrus students. These programs go beyond the essentials, such as a class room, library or computer lab. Citrus offers more, for a student body that demands more. The Board of Trustees and the staff that keeps Citrus College running deserve credit for creating a campus that strives for more than the bare minimum.

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PRO/con: Should College Athletes Be Paid? yes! BY TANNAN LUZZO SPORTS EDITOR

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College athletes are the among the most important in all of American sports. These amateurs are the primers for the success of multi-billion dollar sports leagues. College athletes should get paid and receive compensation based off of their likeness because their schools and the NCAA generate large revenue from student-athletes and their talents. Student-athletes are unpaid and undervalued for the hard work and dedication that results in the NCAA generating billions of dollars in revenue while promoting the notoriety and prestige of select universities. In 2019, ticket prices for the rivalry game between The University of North Carolina and Duke University at Cameron Indoor Stadium soared above $2,000. The only other ticket to sell for more than $2,000 for a sporting event is the Super Bowl. Universities and the NCAA relish in the proceeds and publicity while the athletes involved receive nothing. The NCAA website states that they generate about $820 million annually from marketing and television rights for the “March Madness” tournament and around $130 million from ticket sales. Without student-athletes, the schools and NCAA would not receive the large amounts of revenue that they do in the first place. The NCAA receives additional revenue by selling jerseys and other merchandise. Merchandise sells due to the performance and success of the athletes themselves, yet the student receives none of that revenue on the sale of their own jersey number. Student performances and their likeness are the sole reason for the sale, and they deserve some form of

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monetary compensation. NCAA’s website states that 56 percent of all student-athletes receive some level of athletics aid. That percentage is too low considering the money the student-athletes spend relating to their hard work and dedication. Busy training and traveling schedules also make it difficult to assist these expenses with part-time work. 100 percent of all student-athletes should receive athletic financial aid, regardless of the sport. It is only right that they deserve full and fair compensation for their commitment. While schools cannot fork out millions of dollars to the top athletes, we need to adapt the way that college athletes are restricted from gaining an income from their own performance, image and efforts. By doing so, the NCAA can make their way towards eliminating the pay-for-play schemes and under-the-table deals that prestigious universities, businesses and top recruits engage in.

ESPN online reports that in October 2018, a judge convicted three defendants accused of paying high-profile recruits coming out of high school to influence their decision to attend Kansas, Louisville and NC State. On Tuesday, ESPN reports Adidas executive James Gatto was sentenced to 9 months, former Adidas consultant Merl Code was sentenced 6 months and aspiring sports business manager Christian Dawkins was sentenced to 6 months in federal prison “for funneling money from adidas to the families of high-profile recruits.” By lifting the restrictions and bans on pay for student-athletes, deals and transactions could happen with transparency driving away many of the shady elements of college sports to better protect the athletes’ best interests. In an industry that generates so much revenue it only makes sense that everyone involved gets a slice of the pie— especially the most vital people involved.

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The Division I college basketball tournament March Madness is beginning, but the annual debate over whether to pay student-athletes is well underway. Recently, more pundits in sports media openly favor paying the athletes. What pro-compensation arguments do not account for is the number of American college athletes, a group that is larger than many countries with 460,000 student-athletes in the NCAA. Paying athletes, though idealistic, is economically unrealistic. All the free spirit, Kumbaya ideas are great, but when it comes to putting the money on the table and following through with the plan, it just cannot happen. Paying student athletes will not

happen because of three insurmountable obstacles: Payment would bankrupt the NCAA, the players would not go to class, and it would be hard pay rates would be difficult to determine. The NCAA website reported a revenue of $1.1 billion in 2017 to USA Today which is a fairly large amount of money. But if the NCAA were to pay all of those athletes minimum wage —or around $20,000 dollars a year—it would cost them about $9.5 billion annually. The organization would run out of money quickly. The NCAA would be in the hole at least about $8.4 billion every year, which would lead to its financial ruin. Most college students do not want to be in class anyway. Athletes, unconstrained by financial pressure, may fail courses and squander universities’ investment in their education. College sports fans may think fondly of paying amateur athletics stars, but they are young and still in training while attempting to keep up with classes. If student-athletes were already getting paid for their work, they would have no incentive to do anything other than practice their sports. The vast majority of student-athletes will not become professionals in their respective sport, so paying them would be setting athletes up to fail in life. If athletes were paid, the NCAA would have the impossible task of coming up with an equitable pay scale for the athletes. Colleges cannot be expected to pay a hockey player from a mid-major school, a Division III football player and Zion Williamson the same rate. Uneven pay would lead to discord in the locker room, ultimately setting athletes up to fail because they will be more focused on the money or sports than their education. Paying athletes could compromise college sports forever. It would take the amateur out of amateur sports, leaving college sports in a limbo of mediocrity until it runs itself into the ground.

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at Citrus get ahead to get their education,” Lewis said. Dill was the editor of the Citrus Union High School’s newspaper, the Citrus Cougar Growls. She was a student government representative and participated in several sports. Dill attended Citrus College after attending Citrus Union High School. After graduating from Citrus College she began working at the bookstore as a clerk. One day after middle school, Dill led four girls several miles on a trek up Michigan Avenue, now Glendora Avenue, to climb the mountains above Glendora. She made her own path up the mountain. “Joyce said to me about two months ago, ‘you know what Sharon, we were crazy,” Lewis said in laughter. “There are rattlesnakes up there.” On another occasion in elementary School, Dill, along with classmate Jeannie Shores, led her friends in wearing Navy caps and marching down Michigan Avenue in a show support for American soldiers fighting in World War II. “She was a very strong person with great leadership abilities,” Lewis said. “She could get a group to do about anything. We all just followed like little sheep.” Dill used her leadership abilities

NEWS to gather money for charities, organize Citrus alumni events and help students at Citrus College. “She was a powerhouse for students and faculty,” said Dale Salwak, an English professor who was friends with Dill for decades. “…She was utterly devoted to the campus.” Throughout her life, Dill founded several charitable organizations operating around the Glendora and Citrus College communities. She worked for two years with Lewis to raise $100,000 from alumni for Citrus’ 100th anniversary. Dill started the “Taste of Autumn,” dinner fundraiser for the college. She helped organize the Veterans Success Center harmonica fundraiser . Lewis said after Dill met a friend who was suffering from glaucoma she helped found a Glendora mutual aid society, Eye Diseases Are Serious. The group started with social events and evolved into helping members get transportation to appointments as they aged and their eye diseases advanced. Dill frequently tried to get young people to attend Citrus College. Lewis said Dill would ask people she met at restaurants and shops around town what their goals were and if they had considered attending Citrus. Lewis said Dill would always follow up with the young person after their first meeting. “(Dill) really cared passionately about the students and their success,” Salwak said. “I would get called several times a year asking for help with something. And if I didn’t respond immediately, I got to call the next day making sure I did get to

her.” Salwak said After Dill found out he had a new book coming out, still organized a book signing and put up posters and flyers around campus and the bookstore. “That’s the kind of thing she do without being asked,” Salwak said. “She had a servant’s heart. Lewis said Dill was in and out of hospitals and in the past year before being diagnosed with neuropathy. Despite her pain, Dill frequently returned to Citrus to attend alumni events and help the Citrus Foundation. “She got to where she didn’t want to come because she was embarrassed, she didn’t want anyone to see her in a wheelchair,” Lewis said. Even in the hospital, Dill tried to get a young man she met to attend Citrus. “Before she got home she told me, you know, ‘I talked to a kid here and he wants to go to Citrus,’” Lewis said. Lewis said she “never had a cross word” with Joyce in 76 years of friendship. Lewis spoke with Dill frequently in the month before her death. “I’d call her, ‘how you doing today?’” Lewis said before paraphrasing Dill. “‘I’m still here,’ she’d say, ‘but I’m not good. I’m still here.” Dill is survived by her husband William Dill, two sons, two granddaughters and two great- grandsons. A memorial service for Dill will take place at 2 p.m. March 21 at Glenkirk Church in Glendora. In lieu of flowers, her family has asked for donations to be sent to the Joyce Dill Memorial Scholarship by contacting the Citrus College Foundation.

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mentoring them and being a very caring and supportive presence to them. “She was like a mom to me.” licensed vocational nursing major Renuka Acharya said. In addition to being full-time nursing program faculty, Wong served as the vocational nursing coordinator for several years. Director of Health Sciences, Salima Allahbachayo said Wong was instrumental in the development of Citrus’ registered nursing program. “Julie helped in developing the curriculum and helped in establishing the different components of the RN program,” Allahbachayo said. “Her very strong communication skills… helped the program establish clinical placements/partnerships.” Allahbachayo said Wong was also adept at managing educational crises within the nursing program. “Her critical thinking skills were very sharp,” Allahbachayo said. “She would start coming up with solutions to educational program problems very quickly.”

Wong’s selfless dedication to the nursing program was illustrated by her actions after two long time faculty retired. “She was willing to do whatever it took to ease the transition of the two new faculty and maintain the stability of the nursing program,” Allahbachayo said. Wong developed lasting friendships with her colleagues, who remembered her for her warmth, sense of humor and numerous stories. “She was a great storyteller with a great sense of humor,” Tucker said. Whoever is hired to replace Wong has big shoes to fill. “It’s hard to believe that she’s gone,” Allahbachayo said. “But we have to keep moving on and we have to move on without her, which is hard. We have to replace her as faculty, but we can’t replace Julie as a person.” Wong’s family, friends and colleagues in the Health Sciences Division established a scholarship in her name called the Julie E. Wong Memorial Nursing Scholarship that will provide scholarships to students pursuing a nursing degree from Citrus College. Donations to the Julie E. Wong Memorial Nursing Scholarship fund can be made to the Citrus College Foundation (noting the scholarship name on the check) or online using the link: https://14682.thankyou4caring.org/ donatenow.

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Rocket Owls soar to new Heights of Achievement Rocket Owls participate in prestigious competition BY DAVID HELANDER STAFF REPORTER

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Citrus College can add another achievement to the continually growing list, and it is thanks to an academic program on campus of which you might not have heard. They are the Citrus College Rocket Owls. The six-student team of engineering and physics students work under the direction of NASA in an eightmonth competition against teams from 44 colleges and universities from across the country. Citrus College is one of only two community colleges invited. The Rocket Owls have consistently earned their place in the program, placing fourth overall in 2016, right behind Cornell University’s team. NASA describes the competition as “a research-based, competitive, experiential exploration activity.” It strives to provide relevant, cost-effective research and development of rocket propulsion systems. This project offers multiple challenges reaching a broad audience of middle and high schools, colleges and universities across the nation,” a challenge that six Citrus College students were ready to take on. Because of the dedication demanded by the project, team members must be carefully selected. Rocket Owls members are selected by physics professor Lucia Riderer, the faculty adviser since the program’s inception in 2012. Riderer said she looks for students in her classes interested in participating.

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From the beginning, students drive the direction of the program. “I want to help them realize what physics and engineering are all about, and whatever they’re interested in,” Riderer said. “If I can help, I’ll help them.” To Riderer, the program is much more than a competition. She said she appreciates the lessons students learn while participating. “They have a lot of benefits coming out of this year-long program.” Riderer said. “They learn how to work with each other -- teamwork. They learn how to meet deadlines that NASA provides for us… responsibility, accountability. They grow so much in terms of their writing skills, technical writing, referencing the milestone reports the team must make to NASA every six weeks. They start from a very fundamental level of writing a lab report that they write in physics, chemistry or biology to writing a huge amount of pages and information.” The milestones Riderer refers to are integral to the NASA competition. Stress builds around each deadline. NASA does not tolerate late submissions, mirroring the pressure of their actual projects. “First we start with the proposal

which determines whether we get accepted,” said Marco Gudino, a Rocket Owls member, “Then, it’s usually about five to six weeks between each milestone, each having their own constraints.” Gudino said preliminary design review is the first important report sent to NASA. He said the review requires a “design and different options of material we were considering. Then there is the critical design review, which required us to build a sub-scale rocket, which we had to have a successful launch with.” The sub-scale rocket sits in the team’s lab, a record of the important milestone it helped them pass. Aside from scratches along the carbon-fiber body, the rocket is in good condition. Other tests have not been as fortunate. “We built two of the main rockets, two identical rockets, in case one of them crashed,” Rocket Owls’ team leader, mechanical engineering major Fadi Joseph said, “The one we launched last week took a nosedive.” Joseph says being team leader “involves all the roles, combined into one.” The destroyed rocket sits in the lab and counterbalances the successful subscale model and remaining main rocket. They are reminders of both the successes and setbacks the team has received. Following the review are several other milestones, during which the team must also submit via video conference with the NASA scientists overseeing the Student Launch Program. The last report, the Flight Readiness Review, was due at 8 a.m. on March 4.

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REVIEW

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Marisol Hernandez, referred to as “La Marisoul,” sings on March 2 at the Haugh Performing Arts Center.

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Latin Rock band brings full house and captivates audience

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La Santa Cecilia, the Grammy award-winning band for best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album, gave the audience a vigorous performance on March 2 at the Haugh Performing Arts Center. The Mexican American band performed their heart out in the stage, and the crowd engaged with the band as well. The concert had everything, with singing, dancing, culture and romanticism filling the venue. The Haugh was a packed house. The band performed a variety of songs of different genres in English and Spanish and even performed new songs for the first time ever. La Santa Cecilia stay true to their roots; they play traditional Mexican music, but don’t remain remain to one specific genre or style of music. They are creative with their work and that’s what’s makes their performance so diverse and unique. La Santa Cecilia will go from playing cumbia to other genres like rock and they use a variety of rhythms jazz, soul R & B, bossa nova, bolero, tango and even mariachi. “Sometimes we don’t know what rhythm of a song is going to feel best in or what lyric sound better with if they are going to be a bossa nova or rock song, for us is just fun to be able to play all kind of different music,” band member Miguel Ramirez, also known as “Oso,” said. The crowd was extremely energetic, and for many songs stood up and started to dance to the rhythm of the music. “Vamonos,” “La Negra,” “Ingrata,” “Como Dios Manda,” “La Morena,” “Nunca Mas” and “Mexico Americano” are a few songs the band performed. Ramirez shared a speech about love and how important it is and why people shouldn’t take it for granted. He mentioned that around that time in the show he would usually get political, but he wanted to do something different for this concert. Toward the end of the show, Marisol Hernandez, also known as “La Marisoul,” talked about love

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A couple dances right after the man proposed to his girlfriend on March 2 at the Haugh Performing Arts Center.

and how people just want to express it and just show it to the world and even in front of God. Hernandez invited a man named Jesus to the stage, where the entire house was shouting his name out too; when Jesus made it to the stage he proposed to his girlfriend and danced on the stage while La Santa Cecilia played for them, “Como Dios Manda,” a song about love. La Santa Cecilia is more than a band, they are a family. The unity is visible on stage, their performance is enthusiastic, the time and effort is shown off and more importantly, they seem excited to be where they are. The band’s interaction with the audience is powerful when they mention several times throughout the show how important the crowd

is for them. “We hope people connect with the songs and if they feel inspired to invite a friend on a trip, with a song like ‘Vamonos’ we are just expressing what we are experiencing in our life,” Hernandez said. The concert ended, and like most shows, the crowd asked for an encore, and La Santa Cecilia came out to the stage for the last time and performed one last song. The band joked saying they forgot to play one more song. The night concluded with Hernandez singing and sharing the stage with her daughter. “We are inspired by life all aspects of life, love, a broken heart, thinking about our community, celebrating our traditions and our heritage,” Hernandez said.

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SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019

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FIGHTING OWLS

RESULTS AND UPCOMING SPORTS CALENDAR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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MEN’S BASKETBALL 23-6 2/22 Victor Valley W, 91-57 3/2 Cuesta W, 95-58

2/22 Victor Valley L, 44-33 2/27 Cerritos L, 72-61

Saturday 7 P.M. 3/9 vs. Long Beach

BASEBALL 4-10-1 2/20 LA Mission L, 9-5 2/22 East Los Angeles W, 7-3 2/23 Ventura L, 6-5 2/26 San Bernardino Valley W, 6-5 2/28 West LA W, 4-3 3/1 Cypress L, 15-3

Thursday 2 P.M. 3/2 @ Victor Valley Saturday 1 P.M. 3/9 vs. Canyons Tuesday 2:30 P.M. 3/12 @ Barstow Thursday 2:30 P.M. 3/14 vs. Glendale Saturday 1 P.M. 3/16 vs. Antelope Valley Tuesday 2:30 P.M. 3/19 vs. Victor Valley

SOFTBALL 3-10 2/23 Santiago Canyon L, 2-0 L, 3-2 2/26 Canyons W, 4-1 2/28 Riverside L, 6-5 3/1 Orange Coast L, 7-5

Thursday 2 P.M. 3/7 @ Antelope Valley Friday 2 P.M. 3/8 @ Allan Hancock Saturday 12 and 2 P.M. 3/9 @ Cuesta Tuesday 2:30 P.M. 3/12 vs. Victor Valley Saturday 12 and 2 P.M. 3/9 @ Cuesta Tuesday 2:30 P.M. 3/19 vs. Victor Valley

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Citrus sophmore guard Kameron Seto runs the offense during a playoff game against the Cerritos Falcons. The Owls were eliminated from the playoffs by Cerittos on Feb. 27.

Second-half run by Owls not enough Women’s basketball falls to Cerritos in regional playoffs

Thursday 3 P.M. 3/14 @ Grossmont

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MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING

Friday 1 P.M. 3/15 vs. Santa Barbara

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Friday 3/8 @ Chaffey College

Tuesday 3/16 12 P.M. @ Chaffey

Saturday 3/9 @ Chaffey College

Tuesday 2:30 P.M. 3/19 vs. Barstow

Saturday 3/16 @ College of the Canyons

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Monday 3/11 10 A.M. @ Allan Hancock Monday 3/18 @ Antelope Valley

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The season concluded for the women’s basketball team as their fourth quarter rally fell short against the Cerritos Falcons in what would end up being their first and only playoff game during the 2018-2019 season. Capped by a three-pointer from Citrus sophomore Diana Navarro, the Owls went on an 11-0 scoring run to narrow their deficit to single digits in the closing minutes of the final quarter. The dominance by the Owls during the run was not exerted up to this point as their deficit had jumped to as many as 20 points in the second half. The Eagles had a steady lead throughout the game, appearing to be the superior team. However late in the game, jumpers were not falling for Cerritos. The Falcons shot a sloppy 0-for-6 during a stretch of four minutes in the fourth quarter when the Owls held Falcons scoreless. The away fans sporting orange and navy blue overtook the crowd with their cheers and chants as Citrus continued on their streak. But just as the momentum seemed to be going Citrus’ way, Cerritos Falcons center Carolina Cuevas snatched a rebound off a missed layup with 3:10 left in the game and put it back up for a bucket of her own. Cuevas’ basket ended the over four minute scoring drought for Cerritos. It was at this point in the game when the momentum and energy shifted back to the Falcons, putting an end to the intensity of the away crowds cheering, shouting and noticeable energy. Cerritos sophomore Jesenia Rendon swished a three-pointer with just under two minutes left to play, adding to her already successful night from downtown. Rendon was the star of the night, scoring 27 points, sinking five from beyond the arc in addition to six assists and six rebounds. She made multiple baskets that prevented Citrus from making any sort of comeback at several moments throughout the game, especially in the first half to maintain a steady lead for her Falcons. Regardless of the Owls’ attempt to suppress Rendon, she was a dominant factor in all facets of the game whether it be scoring, passing or

rebounding. She lead her team from the get-go without letting off the gas pedal, inserting a few flashy spin moves and fancy dribble-drives. Rendon’s outside jumper in the fourth quarter was the nail in the coffin, putting the Falcons up 14 points with little time left on the clock. As time ran out, so did the gas in the tank for the Owls. The final play of the game was a nifty and-one conversion by Citrus guard Malia Rocha, bringing the final score to a total of 72-61 in favor of the Cerritos Falcons. Citrus struggled all night long, holding onto possession of the ball as they tallied 16 turnovers. The bright spots for Citrus came from Diana Navarro and Kyannie Brown. Navarro totaled 26 points, four rebounds and two steals in addition to recording five threes. Brown, one of the top scorers in the conference, ended up with a double-double, grabbing 11 boards along with 14 points. The Falcons ultimately won, moving on to the second round of the regional tournament as the No. 16 seed. Even though the result was not what she had hoped for, Owls head coach Linnae Barber still viewed the day as a victory in her eyes. “For me we didn’t lose, we won and we won all year,” Barber said. “For me, we have been undefeated all year. I’ve started with nine (players) and I finished with nine.” Despite the difficult postseason loss, she is still proud of the team’s effort. “I’m damn proud of the performance they finished off with … we still fought and we fought to the end,” Barber said. She lead her team to an overall record of 18-11. They only dropped one game at home all year long and finished second in conference play. Barber said she appreciated the effort and hard work her players demonstrated from the moment they arrived. “We have fought since day one, and for me as a coach it’s always been more than basketball…it’s been about your passion and your purpose and believing in yourself,” Barber said. Over the course of the season, Barber said she saw growth on- and offcourt from all of her athletes. “My girls know what they want to become, and for me they went out with a fight, and their fight was for their purpose in life, and that was to play at the next level and go to school

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I’m damn proud of the performance they finished off with... we still fought and we fought to the end.” -LINNAE BARBER

Owls head coach

and figure out the journey they wanted for their career,” Barber said. “And they showed that.” These life lessons and connections throughout the season are what Barber appreciated most about the season. She also said she enjoyed helping out her student-athletes with life in addition helping the girls develop plans about their future. “You can play basketball, and then when you’re done what are you going to do with your life … I knew that’s why I wanted to become a head coach, to give back to these kids,” Barber said. The main point of Barber’s closing message to her team in the locker room was to remember the memories they created and the accomplishments they made. “Remember me in your face, saying ‘don’t you ever stop, don’t you ever let nobody tell you no, you know how to fight and you know how to go through battles and adversity and all those things,’” Barber told the team. She said this team and their personal life stories fueled their fire and play. “These girls have a story, and they display that when you see them play because they are playing with passion because of the things they have been through with their upbringings,” Barber said. The head coach hopes the lessons learned and the obstacles they overcame will be aids in their future. “I’m really big on life…we’re doing so much that a lot of people wish that they could do and they can’t, and you’re very fortunate to still play basketball especially at the junior college level, and so now they are able to create a way for their future and not have the same upbringing that they had but change that for their kids and their families,” Barber said. Next season will be a tough task for Barber as she only has three returning players on her current roster. She is excited about the challenge to build and develop the program.