ENROLLMENT

By Onyx Hunter onyxhunter@gmail.com

After 11 consecutive losses the Rams baseball team scored a thrilling 6-5 victory in a walk-off over Chabot on April 8. Three days later the team’s winning streak ended in a loss to Canada.

The Rams/Chabot game was scoreless until the top of the 4th when Chabot’s Alonzo Guijarro hit a solo home run. At the end of the 5th inning the Rams took the lead with a two-run homer by David Balague.

Chabot regained the lead, 4-3, in the 7th, but the Rams fought back, tying it 4-4 in the 8th, setting up the theatrical finish.

After holding Chabot to one run in the 9th, the Rams needed two for a long awaited victory.

With the bases loaded Ryan Anderson stepped up to bat. Chabot’s pitcher got two strikes and then, perhaps attempting to get Anderson to chase, threw the ball low.

The pitch went under the catcher striking him in the leg and careening far behind the batter, the umpire, and everyone

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don’t really care for it, I’m an online person.” I used to take both in-person and online classes, but I didn’t really enjoy in-person classes because had a full-time job and had to take night classes. For convenience purposes, it’s better for me to be online than in-person. I prefer online, but it has to be asynchronous.

Gloria Arriola Hernandez - Student, Child Development

I feel so happy because we’re in-person. Distance learning isn’t so great, while in-person classes are much better because you can explore more and socialize with other people. In-person, you can make sure questions about your assignment are answered and if you’re stuck, they help you. I wouldn’t recommend distance learning because there’s a disconnection. Now, students can go onto Ocean Campus, explore all of the classrooms, and make more friends.

Ivan

Davila - Student, Engineering

It feels a lot much easier compared to online classes. I’ve been studying online for two years, and it was pretty hard, but now that we’re in-person, it feels a lot much easier. In-person, you have tutors and you have teachers who can help you out finally, at least. I’m taking some hard classes and if I were taking them online, I’d probably not really be doing this, here, at the moment. Honestly, I’m a little surprised [at the termination of zoom classes next semester] because not all of us can be available in-person. That’s a little unfortunate because it’s flexible for some people who might need it because they can’t be available.

Alex

I feel great about in-person classes because it’s more stressful online. I’m just here for studying english. I’ve been here at the school since last year and I feel more confident and comfortable in-person than in online classes.

One unfortunate ram loses his balance going after the ball during morning warm-ups. He recovers just fine and finds humor in the situation. April, 11, 2023. Pacifica, Calif. (Tyler Lyn sorrow for The Guardsman) else for that matter. The runner from third slid headfirst across the plate. Chabot and the Rams were tied at 5.

Anderson shot the next pitch into the outfield far from the defense. In the seconds that followed, the final runner and 6th run for the team jogged into home throwing his helmet high into the air.

In all the excitement the whole team ran onto the field roaring and pointing their fingers in the air before tackling one another, forming a circle and pointing at the sky one last time. Three days later the party was over.

With a 7-4 loss to Canada on April 11 the Rams team concluded its winning streak at 1.

Owen Gallegos is the Pitcher for CCsF's Men's Baseball. He's becoming well known for pitching strike-outs. April, 11, 2023. Pacifica, Calif. (Tyler Lyn sorrow for The Guardsman) shane stanley, #22, looses his protective mask after catching the ball in his bare hand during pre-game warmups. The rams are playing against the Chabot Gladiators at noon. April, 6, 2023. Pacifica, Calif. (Tyler Lyn sorrow for The Guardsman)

CCSF Women’s B dminton Team Lines Up for State Tournament

By Gracia Hernandez Rovelo ghern140@mail.ccsf.edu

Facing an intense week of competition, the Rams soundly defeated Skyline College 21-0 as visitors on April 4, followed by a tight win 11-10 over Evergreen Valley on April 6. The Rams stand strong this season with an overall score of 4-4 and progressing to fourth place in conference play.

On Tuesday April 11, the Rams lost 14-7 against Fresno, the second-place team in conference play. Rams

Head Coach Tiffany Mariano told the Guardsman, “We tied the match in the first round to 3-3 and then we lost a doubles match which put us down 5-3; they won 5 out the 6 singles matches.”

Heading to the Coast Conference tournament on May 5 and 6, the Rams gear up with their best players Kelly Yau, Carolyn Nguyen, Kayla Mann, Yuchu Huang with high hopes they will all qualify, challenged to win the CCCAA State Championship happening during May 11 through the 13th. “We are putting four of our women into the Coast Conference and we hope they qualify for the State Tournament and chances are pretty high,” said Mariano.

Ebric - Student, Architecture and Design

In-person classes are much better. Because I major in Architecture and Design, I have more opportunities to learn with the teacher/instructor in-person that I wouldn’t have online. I live in a city called san Leandro, and I heard about the school from some past relationships of mine out here. I took two years of classes online and my first time in-person was last Fall.