End of the road for athletic director Sophomore Day ends it their way last game as Brahmas before transferring

sophomore pitcher, enjoyed the idea of sophomore day.

Mark Steven Domingo, 26, was arrested for plotting to detonate improvised explosive devices (IED). He faces federal charges for planning a terrorist attack.

Public Relations Manager Doreen Clay said that school records indicate that a student by the name of Mark S. Domingo took classes at Pierce College from summer 2013 through spring 2014, according to a Press-Telegram article.

Domingo was a former U.S. Army infantryman with combat experience in Afghanistan. He attempted to purchase and build an explosive device.

Domingo was charged with providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, according to a criminal complaint filed Saturday by federal prosecutors and unsealed on Sunday.

Since early March, Domingo “planned and took steps to manufacture and use a weapon of mass destruction in order to commit mass murder,” according to a 30-page affidavit in support of the complaint,

Brahmas baseball played their last game of the season on Friday, April 26, and while the score didn’t go their way, it was still a positive experience for the players.

The game was called “sophomore day” and every sophomore made an appearance, even if it meant doing something different than normal, according to Head Coach Bill Picketts.

“When the game doesn’t mean a whole lot as far as us getting into the playoffs, I try to put them out in situations where you can kind of honor them a little bit and have some fun with them,” Picketts said. “I played some guys that normally don’t play because it’s their last game. The players took it in stride and everybody got a chance to play and had a good time.”

Pitcher Barrett Vonderau talked about how it felt to play out of position at second base for the first time since middle school and what it meant to be able to play in sophomore day.

“I was out there and I looked lost but I battled through and batted second highest on the team,” said Vonderau. “Overall it was a fun environment, a lot of us worked hard for two years, grinded it out and It's been a long season, but we stuck through it, tried our best and it kind of a rewarding type feel to it and it was fun. This is baseball.”

Vonderau alluded to the emotion behind playing his final game for the Brahmas.

“It was kind of emotional. I'm going to miss this coach and the bonds we made here as a team and knowing this is the last time we'll play on the same field with this group of guys,” Vonderau said. “And it's kind of sad, but at the same time we know we're all moving onto a better place and we're going to continue our baseball career.”

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“All the sophomores basically got to play today in no matter what their position was, if they were a pitcher they were going to hit today,” said Kennedy. “It was definitely a fun and everyone was a relaxed instead of, locked in like a regular season or playoff game.”

Kennedy was also pleased with how pierce has helped him grow and is now excited for the future.

“It's definitely great because I got a lot better here and I progressed here and it's just another step in the right direction,” said Kennedy.

For pitcher Johnathan Lavallee, sophomore day was about having fun and letting lose for the last time with his teammates more than it was about competing at the highest possible level.

“I didn't really care what happened that much, I just thought to myself that I'm just going to swing no matter what,”said Lavallee. “And I was able to hit a home run so that was funny.”

United States Attorney Nick Hanna said Domingo’s plan was fortunately unsuccessful, according to the press release from the United States Attorney’s Office.

“This investigation successfully disrupted a very real threat posed by a trained combat soldier who repeatedly stated he wanted to cause the maximum number of casualties,” Hanna said. “Protecting Americans from terror attacks is the number one priority of the Justice Department, and anyone who plots to use a weapon of mass destruction will be held to account.”

Domingo considered targeting Jewish communities, churches, and police officers, as well as doing a drive-by shooting with a modified AK-47-style rifle he owned, but ultimately decided to detonate an IED at a suspected white nationalist rally at Bluff Park in Long Beach.

The affidavit states Domingo purchased several hundred nails to be used as shrapnel inside the IED last week.

“Domingo said he specifically bought three-inch nails because they would be long enough to penetrate the human body and puncture internal organs,” according to the affidavit.