Jose Panuco, Arts & Entertainment Editor

PCC shortstop Justin Zialcita once played his favorite sport in a country that made 17-year-olds play in little leagues and in crowds that threw food and trash at the team.

Now living in a country that views the game in a more serious light, the 19-year-old freshman is now able to play leader in PCC’s own team.

Despite intimidation by the other players’ performances during tryouts at PCC, Zialcita made the team as shortstop. “I wasn’t confident in making the team. [Other players] were good, but I realized it was about who wanted it more,” he said. [Read more →]

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Richard Quinton, Chief Photographer

Leading three other track and field athletes, freshman Chris Hicks came out on top winning the Southern California High Jump title on Friday, while advancing to the State Championships.

Sporting a haircut with stars on the side of his head, Hicks made the winning jump of 6’11” after hitting the bar twice at the same height previously.

Trying to raise the final mark, Hicks battled with Long Beach’s Vannie Prudhomme trying to make 7’ 1,” but the pair came up short with three attempts each. [Read more →]

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Jeremy Balan, Sports Editor

The three remaining sophomores from this season’s women’s basketball team have all yet to sign letters of intent to four-year universities, but all have Division I aspirations.

Lynette Jacobs has already verbally committed to Texas Southern, a Division I program in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), but still has visits to Robert Morris (Moon Township, PA) and Xavier of Louisiana.

“I’m still going on visits to see my options,” Jacobs said. “But I’m [probably going] to Texas Southern.” [Read more →]

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Jeremy Balan, Sports Editor

PCC baseball’s Head Coach Evan O’Meara summed up this season with one word.

“Disappointing,” O’Meara said. “This team was the most talented team I’ve had in [my] four seasons.”

O’Meara’s talented group finished with a 7-36 record going 7-17 in South Coast Conference (SCC) play, to finish seventh out of nine teams. [Read more →]

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Stacey Wang, Editor-in-Chief

Even with a less than normal performance from members of the men’s and women’s track and field teams, five athletes will be advancing to the Southern California Preliminaries Meet on Saturday. [Read more →]

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Ryan Nunez, Staff Writer

The Lancer bats broke out early for six runs in the first inning and yet PCC still found a way to lose, falling 13-10 on the road to East L.A. College on Tuesday.

Head coach Evan O’Meara was visibly distraught after the game, pacing up and down the third baseline after he watched his club give up 13 runs and a season-high 21 hits. PCC had 10 runs but stranded runners in key situations.

ELAC (28-14, 15-7) scored runs in six of the nine innings and chipped away at the Lancer lead with four runs in the fourth and two runs in the fifth, then cut PCC off with three runs in the seventh and two runs in the eighth. [Read more →]

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Allan Santiago, News Editor

While Los Angeles dealt with the unforgiving heat, stand-up skateboarders, mocking the “watch downhill speed” road sign, breezed through the day at “Dump Road” on Sunday. [Read more →]

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Jeremy Balan, Sports Editor

Florence Wilson, the starting center for the women’s basketball team at the beginning of the season, will be transferring to Division I Arkansas-Pine Bluff on a full scholarship to play basketball.

The Golden Lions finished with a 12-19 record last season with a 9-9 record in Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) play and expect Wilson to contribute immediately.

“She is going to be in a position to start,” Pine Bluff Head Coach Danny Evans said. “She’s the tallest kid on our team and has great hands and footwork for a post player.” [Read more →]

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Professional Drifter Juggles School, Career

Stacey Wang, Editor-in-Chief

After his car plummeted from a cliff last year, the 21-year-old PCC student took only a quick moment to shake off the shock before he thought of continuing the race.

Illustrating the unexpected detour he took in his 2000 Subaru Impreza, Ken Gushi recalled how he plunged off of a turn called Engineer’s Corner with the car hitting a tree in mid-air. It snapped and broke the fall, dropping him and his navigator unscathed at the base of the mountain. [Read more →]

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Franco Sui Yuan, Staff Writer

The effective batting in the first two innings led the East L.A. College Huskies to a 10-3 victory over PCC’s softball team Tuesday at Pasadena’s Brookside Park.

With the loss, the Lancers finished their season with an overall 13-24 record, 4-11 in the South Coast Conference, while the Huskies picked up their first conference victory, improving their record to 14-24, 1-13-1 in the SCC.

The end of the season also marked the farewell of sophomore players Kimberly Aviles, Danielle McCullin, Veronica Peru, and Jessica Torres. [Read more →]

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