Jeremy Balan, Editor-in-Chief

Despite a disappointing season, in which PCC baseball finished with a 7-36 record, the program continues to funnel players into the next level of competition. Six sophomores have already signed with four-year universities, and three others are either between schools or weighing their options.

“I consider [moving players on] my primary responsibility,” PCC Head Coach Evan O’Meara said. “It’s not my job to just win, its to get them prepared for the next level.”

With four players from his tenure in Major League Baseball’s minor leagues, and a consistent flow of transfers to four-year universities, O’Meara seems to be doing well, even though the wins still haven’t come in bunches. [Read more →]

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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 different light, the 19-year-old freshman is now able to play leader on PCC’s baseball team.

Despite intimidation by the other players’ performances during tryouts at PCC, Zialcita made the team. “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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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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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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Ryan Nunez, Staff Writer

PCC plummeted further down the South Coast Conference baseball standings Thursday, losing to the Cerritos Falcons 6-2, in a dramatic fashion. The loss dropped PCC’s record to 4-29 overall and 4-10 in conference play. It was the Lancers’ second loss to Cerritos in three days and gave Cerritos a 3-0 season series sweep.

The Lancers held Cerritos to three runs over eight innings, but were held scoreless themselves through six. They were down 3-0 in the seventh, when they finally broke loose for two runs on RBI’s by freshman Roderick Martinez and sophomore Brian Ladeira. But the bats were unable to break the inning open and the bullpen finally gave way, as the Falcons exploded for three runs in the ninth to seal the win. [Read more →]

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Rodrigo Mejia, Staff Writer

With minds still lingering on the emotional fallout of Saturday’s 14-13 defeat to a rallying Mt. San Antonio College team, players for PCC’s baseball team found it difficult to focus as they lost a game of fundamentals 13-2 to East L.A. College on Tuesday. [Read more →]

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