October 29th, 2008 07:05pm
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Hawaii’s Greg Alexander was officially named the starting quarterback today for the Rainbows’ game at Utah State on Saturday.
Alexander, who played at Piner High, was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week after coming off the bench to throw two fourth-quarter touchdowns in Hawaii’s 38-31 over Nevada.
Alexander, a junior, completed 17 of 22 passes for 205 yards and tossed a 24-yard touchdown to Malcolm Lane with 20 seconds …
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October 22nd, 2008 07:31pm
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The Santa Rosa Junior College men’s soccer team has reached the state’s Final Four in seven of the past 10 years and won two state titles since 2001.
This year? Not much has changed.
After the Bear Cubs pounded Feather River 7-1 on Tuesday, they improved to 13-0-3 and they are ranked No. 2 in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll.Feather River coach Jason Wharton is definitely a believer.
“We’re …
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October 22nd, 2008 06:22pm
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will attend Santa Rosa Junior College’s game against Butte College in Oroville on Saturday to watch his younger brother, Jordan, make what is expected to be his first college start.
Jordan Rodgers, a redshirt freshman, will likely start in place of Ryan Ratekin, who suffered a sprained ankle in Butte’s 28-14 win against City College of San Francisco last week. Rodgers completed 10 of 19 …
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October 22nd, 2008 06:01pm
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Santa Rosa Junior college wide receiver Brandyn Reed is expected to play on Saturday at Butte College despite suffering a rib injury in last week’s 38-31 overtime win against College of San Mateo.
Bear Cubs coach Keith Simons said Reed suffered bruised ribs and some cartilage damagae. It was initially thought that Reed had fractured ribs.
Simons said that Reed is practicing and plans to play, despite experiencing a fair amount of …
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October 19th, 2008 01:45am
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Last year, the Santa Rosa Junior College football team lost four of its last five games. They didn’t just lose. They showed little heart or resiliency. Those aren’t great qualities in general. But they unforgivable sins in the ultra-macho world of football.
With that in mind, various Bear Cubs have made a point of saying things have changed. This year’s team is tough and together and has great character and …
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October 18th, 2008 04:42pm
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FINAL (OVERTIME)
AT SANTA ROSA
Santa Rosa 38, College of San Mateo 31
College
of San Mateo 14 14 3 0 0
– 31
Santa Rosa
7 14 3 7 7 — 38
SR – Brandyn Reed 15 pass from Adam Froman (Ian Mullin kick)
CSM – Daniel Porter 7 run (Ernesto Lacayo kick)
CSM – J.T. Ramos 5 run (Lacayo kick)
SRJC – Froman 14 run (Mullin kick)
CSM – Ramos 1 run (Lacayo kick)
SRJC – Reed 40 pass from …
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October 11th, 2008 01:00am
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Ross Middlemiss has been so good this season, he’s getting abused.
Middlemiss, SSU’s senior center forward, scored a school-record four goals in the Seawolves’ 5-0 win against Cal State San Bernardino on Friday and has 16 goals this year, the four-highest total in SSU history.
Middlemiss is enjoying his success, if not some of the treatment that’s come with it. He entered the season with 11 career goals.
“Some teams have come out …
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October 10th, 2008 12:42am
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The Sonoma State women’s volleyball team entered last week off to the best mark in school history at 14-1 and it was also riding a 10-game winning streak, which tied a school record.
The Seawolves’ success was no mirage. Their wins over then-No. 15 Cal State Los Angeles and No. 25 Chico State proved their legitimacy.
SSU, which last had a winning season in 2004, is clearly better. But last week showed …
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October 4th, 2008 03:51pm
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FINAL
Santa Rosa
57, Mendocino 7
Santa Rosa
17 7 19 14 – 57
Mendocino 7 0 0 0 – 7
SR – Ian Mullin 19 FG
SR – Cooper Helfet 17 pass from Adam Froman (Mullin kick)
M – Ricky Roberts Jr. 33 pass from Jacob Laudenslayer (Mark
Pederson kick)
SR – Jarrel Davis 5 pass from Froman (Mullin kick)
SR – Matt Larson 3 pass from Froman (Mullin kick)
SR – Davis
19 pass from Froman (kick failed)
SR – Helfet 3 …
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October 4th, 2008 03:11am
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Sometimes you ask a question and are surprised by the answer.
That happened today when I asked Mendocino College football coach Tom Gang about the number of out-of-state players on his team. A few minutes later, he was taking a shot at SRJC coach Keith Simons.
SRJC visits Mendocino at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The Eagles’ 76-man roster includes 17 players from Florida, eight from Oregon, five from Georgia, four from Washington, one from …
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Eric Branch’s blog focuses on Sonoma State, Santa Rosa Junior College and former Empire athletes who are competing in college or professionally.
