Football brief: Brahmas fall to Vaqueros

A nearly undefeated team traveled from Santa Barbara to face our almost winless Brahmas in football, which resulted in a loss for Pierce. Santa Barbara City College Vaqueros are 7-2 after defeating Pierce. The game presented many mistakes on the Brahmas’ side which led to the lopsided final score, 51-10.

The small number of players this season may be to blame for the Brahmas’ ongoing losses.

Pierce had a scoreless first half before coming

Although Hernandez was the only one to score, the determination of her teammates was clear. A quick pass from Sosa to Destiny Brandsetter’s head narrowly missed the net.

Karen Widmeyer continues to progress as a goalie in her third game, blocking each attempt the Monarchs kicked at her.

“This time I learned a little more from practice and key points. A lot of my teammates have been helping me out by saying ‘You’ve been very back in the third quarter and putting points on the board. aggressive with it’ or ‘You’ve been doing well, keep it up,” Widmeyer said. “I’ve been feeling very confident every day. I’ll probably keep it as a back. I’ll see where it goes.” alopez .roundupnews@gmail.com

The Brahmas scored a field goal by kicker Kevin Robledo and a 49-yard rushing touchdown by running back Sterling Salguero.

Coach Jason Sabolic said the team is suffering due to multiple athletes getting hurt and it has affected their process, but they are still trying their hardest.

Goalkeeper Brianna Jacobo is set to return in two weeks after sustaining an injury from a car accident on Oct. 27.

The Brahmas are 13-3-2 overall with two games left in conference play.

The Brahmas last home game before playoffs is against College of the Canyons on Friday, Nov.11 at 3 p.m.

“It’s very difficult nowadays to practice with how many injuries we’ve had and just being so decimated in numbers makes it pretty impossible to prepare properly for a game,” coach Jason Sabolic said. “We’re trying to put our best foot forward and just gut out the rest of the way.”

Pierce is 1-8, and the final game of the season is this Saturday against Antelope Valley at 6 p.m.

Let me pitch you something: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, do not let brands promote themselves on our beautiful NBA jerseys. With the NBA season in full swing, this will be the last year we get to see “clean” jerseys. Next season, brands can sponsor NBA jerseys, meaning we may see the McDonald’s “M” logo or an irregular color of a mismatching green Starbucks logo on our beautiful Purple and Gold Los Angeles Lakers uniforms tainted with marketing promotions—an eye-sore indeed.

I get that this is an adequate way of earning extra funds for the NBA and its owners. However, there is something about seeing a logo that has nothing to do with the game of basketball that takes away from the visual fulfillment of the sport.

Iconic sports images like Michael Jordan’s game-winning shot of the 1998 NBA Finals would not have the same picture-framing value if there was a Pepsi logo on his jersey.

Lately, NBA teams have adopted more alternative jerseys, and recently, sleeved uniforms.

Perhaps it is another way of getting fans to buy the stylish new uniforms. But it makes the game easier and visually pleasing to watch.

The uniforms can also fire up a team’s fans. I remember the Buffalo Bills had a “white out” game where they got its fan base to where all white, when the Bills usually wore blue at home.

You can’t tell me as a child, watching teams you didn’t know playing, that you didn’t root for the team with the best looking uniform. Some people may even become fans of team based on how a uniform looks.

By putting an unwanted brand logo on our NBA jerseys, they are taking away from profound sports moments images and part of the physical beauty of the game.

My other fear is that the NFL, MLB and NCAA will take after the NBA and allow brands to be on their jerseys. I hope that day never comes.

So commissioner Stern, don’t be like Nike and just don’t do it.