Tennis on the grand stage Brahmas compete in the 118th edition of the Ojai state tournament Football names new head coach

FELIPE GAMINO Sports Editor @fgamino13

There was Brahma representation as the tennis team took part in the 118th edition of the Ojai State Tournament in both the singles and doubles competition.

The tennis team came into this tournament having their best season under head coach Long Dao.

The Brahmas finished the regular season in second place behind Ventura College with a 7-4 overall record.

Daniel Vinterfeld took part in the tournament only in the doubles competition, in which he and his partner Siraj Dail were knocked out by College of the Deserts’ Joshua Bailin and Jakob Dvorken in three sets (6-4, 2-6 and 13-11).

“Overall I feel underwhelmed.

I feel I could have made it further with my partner, but we weren’t able to make it to the round we wanted to,” Vinterfeld said.

Vinterfeld said that competing in the tournament was a great experience.

“We got to meet people from other colleges. It was challenging. The competition was tougher than what we had all season so that challenged us to perform better,” Vinterfeld said.

Vinterfeld said that they could have improved on execution and scoring the big points in their doubles match.

[Siraj] Dail also took part in the singles competition in which he made to the round of 64 when he was knocked out by Palomar College’s Patrik Trhac in two sets. His cousin Gavin made it further reaching the round of 32 before being eliminated by American River College’s Paul Bhatia in three sets (1-6, 6-4 and 6-3).

“This was the first time in four years that I went back to the tournament. We got to do other things other than playing tennis. We got to go kayaking and we ate at some great places,” Gavin Dail said. “It’s a different kind of environment since the tournament is 118 years old and its the biggest tournament on the west coast.”

Gavin Dail and Darvel Lossangoye came into Ojai winning the doubles competition in the Western State Conference tournament held at Ventura College in the first weekend of April.

In the round of 64, they got the win over Mt. San Antonio College’s Matthew Diamond and Brandon Nevarez in two sets (6-2 and 6-1).

However in the round of 32, they were knocked out by Ventura College’s Alex Martin and Jakob Rinschen in two sets (6-1 and 6-3).

Lossangoye also was involved in singles as he made it all the way to the round of 16 when he was eliminated by Riverside College’s

JOSHUA MANES Spotlight Editor @TheManesEvent

Pierce College has officially announced Carlos Woods as the new head football coach.

Woods comes in with 13 years of coaching and training experience at both the college and professional levels, serving as an assistant coach for both the Cincinnati Bengals and Indianapolis Colts organizations.

This is Woods’ first head coaching opportunity at the collegiate level. jmanes.roundupnews@gmail.com

Woods met with coaches and players at Shepard Stadium Thursday for the first time.

“I really commend the guys that are still here,” Woods said. “That says a lot about their character, who they are.” Woods met the coaches and team for the first time on Thursday. He met with players individually this week. Updates to come.

Baseball runs wild over West LA College

“I’ve always had the power to do it. I mean just getting good pitches and putting good swings on them. You know, the ball does the rest,” Lewis said.

Kanye Trustfill in two sets.

“It was my first time going to Ojai. I met different people. I had fun playing and sometimes you have a hard day. I played three matches. It just takes practice,” Lossangoye said.

Lossangoye wanted to go past the round of 16 as his goal was to win the singles competition.

“My goal this year was to win. I didn’t, but I never give up I just work hard and get ready for next year,” Lossangoye said.

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Powered by six homeruns in the game, three from Gabe Curtier, baseball finished the regular season with a definitive 20-5 victory against the West Los Angeles College Wildcats.

“It was the last game of the season, so I just wanted to put some good swings on the ball and get as many hits as I could and it just so happened to be mostly homeruns,” Curtier said.

Curtier said he stays focused by looking for his pitches and not chasing balls out of the zone.

“I just wait for my pitch and take advantage of it,” Curtier said.

With the win, the Brahmas improve their overall record to 19-17, 14-6 in conference play.

Brandon Lewis got the Brahmas started in the first inning with a solo HR, his conference leading sixteenth. Lewis also leads the Western State South Conference in batting average (.389) and RBIs (50).

Brenden Lavallee added a tworun HR in the first, and Curtier hit the first of his three.

West LA threatened in the second with bases loaded, scoring their first two runs of the game In the bottom half of the second, Michael Tillman hit a home run for the Brahmas and JJ Gonzalez added an RBI single as the team extended the lead to 7-2.

During the fifth inning, Lavallee scored a double for the Brahmas and Curtier hit his third HR, pushing the lead to 11-2.

Head Coach Bill Picketts said the Brahmas went into the game against West LA calm and relaxed.

“We knew that we were going to playoffs and so there was more relaxation than there was excitement. They came out relaxed and had a whole lot of fun,” Picketts said.

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