Guided Pathways expands

The Vaqueros were unable to corral the Brahmas on Saturday night as football defeated Santa Barbara City College in their first conference matchup of the season.

The Brahmas’ defense stood out in the win with eight sacks, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one interception and only allowing a late score on a short field.

Marqi Morgan led the way with four sacks while

Mylic McCurdy had two. David Williams also made a big impact on defense with a forced fumble that he recovered and an interception.

Head Coach Carlos Woods said he was very happy with the way his defense played.

“We knew were capable of doing something great,” Woods said. “We just had to play well for four quarters.”

The Brahmas kicked off to open the game and they forced a fumble on Santa Barbara’s first possession. The fumble was forced and recovered by Dante Witcher Jr.

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On their next possession, Pierce lined up to kick a field goal on fourth-andsix, but ended up running a trick play. They faked the field goal and Corey Horvath threw a 24-yard touchdown to Marcus Johnson, giving the Brahmas a 10-0 lead.

The second quarter was an offensive struggle for both teams, and the Brahmas took a 10-0 lead into halftime.

The third quarter started out with both offenses struggling. Williams forced a fumble and recovered it to give the Brahmas the ball, only to see the offense give it back with a fumble.

The defense stopped the Vaqueros once again and the offense rewarded them.

Quarterback Jonathan Saavedra found wide reciever Christian Graves for a 55-yard completion to put the Brahmas in the red zone.

“It was kind of a broken play,” Saavedra said. “I was rolling out of the pocket and saw him one-on-one. We have that chemistry where I’ll take him one-on-one any day.”

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Students have access to an academic highway that allows them to to get to their educational goals faster.

Pierce College has taken the initiative to go forward with implementing the first phase of Guided Pathways this upcoming February.

Guided Pathways has expanded its district-wide grassroots project to Pierce’s website under the faculty and staff page. The Pathways movement aims to identify its four essential pillars of academic achievement. The goals are to clarify the path for students, help students choose and enter the pathway, stay on the path and ensure students are learning.

Soon, the Program Pathways Mapper pilot, which is an interface that will help students construct a visual map to reach their academic goals, will be released.

Angela Belden, the general education guided pathways coordinator, said the program mapper is guaranteed to help students achieve their goals.

“The pilot program looks great,” Belden said. “The mapper is beautiful and it’s so clear for students.”