Share: PCC’s women’s soccer team has sniffed success, but never got to fulfill their dream of state champs. This season, dreams could become reality. This year, the soccer team has shown its defensive prowess in the backline, along with the great wall of Yui, in combo with their fast-paced hard hard-hitting offense all season. All of the momentum throughout the season has led to this moment to secure a state championship. To get to the state playoffs, PCC played 3 SCC tournament games in just …
Battle of the brushes: PCC’s Art War was a mission success
Share: On the glorious day of October 21st, the battle of the century took place in the quad of PCC, and to make matters worse, it was a civil war. The feud began in a meeting of the art club, where members prepared for the art war by picking a team after a long discussion. The final two options were kraken vs giant squid or count chocula vs boo berry, and just when it looked to going in the kraken’s favor, an argument was proposed …
Acai and Afrobeats: Melanin Monday plants connections at PCC
Share: On October 20th, students filled the Black Student Success Center for fresh acai, also sitting down at tables littered with papers, pens, and art supplies in the quad, ready to create something that expressed who they were, or wanted to be. . Melanin Monday, a series of events that the BSSC holds, invites students of all backgrounds to come together and celebrate community. The different events allow for creativity and culture to intersect with the variety of students that may not feel otherwise seen. …
Lancers run down Roadrunners to regain rankings
Share: Coming off a loss that ended the undefeated streak of the Lancers soccer team, Head Coach Francisco Cantero had to channel his inner Big Sean and try to bounce back against Rio Hondo. The Roadrunners are a team that, despite their record, played with the tenacity and aggression of an undefeated team while the Lancers looked to prove their loss was a fluke. “Coming off the first loss of the season, and this was our first conference game, so what we wanted to do …
‘She’s Rhythm and I’m Flow’: Warriors slain by PCC women’s soccer
Share: With a 9-4 record, Pasadena City College women’s soccer team is looking to punch their ticket into the South Coast Conference tournament. To do that, the Lancers would need to win out, starting with a rematch against the Warriors of El Camino. A team that, despite the scores, comes to battle every game, and this game was no different. From the start of the game, it was clear that Robinson Stadium had been transformed into a battlefield. The overcast blocked any chance of sunlight, …
Lancers run-down Roadrunners to regain ranking
Share: Coming off a loss that ended the undefeated streak of the Lancers soccer team, head coach Francisco Cantero had to channel his inner Big Sean and try to bounce back against Rio Hondo. The Roadrunners are a team that, despite their record, played with the tenacity and aggression of an undefeated team while the Lancers looked to prove their loss was a fluke. “Coming off the first loss of the season, and this was our first conference game, so what we wanted to do …
Hoo can stop women’s soccer? Definitely not the Owls
Share: Coming into this game, the Lancers Soccer team was ranked 12th in the state with the ambition to climb higher in the rankings with a win against the Citrus College Owls. With this in mind, PCC stepped onto the field with killer instinct, and as soon as the whistle blew to start the game, the Lancers started their onslaught of the Owls. With the sun shining bright down onto Robinson field, the lancers put up shots like Ronaldo shooting anything that came close to …
Lancers water polo tries to stay afloat after fourth loss of the season
Share: Despite not having the most players, coaches, or even a pool to call home, the Lancers water polo team refuses to sink. This team has faced some hard times from understaffed, to undersized, to underperforming, but Coach Terry Stoddard and the Lancers have dealt with it all. Through all the tough times and turmoil, the bench’s energy was still as high as ever. The team’s pregame was in the pool, warming up with smiles from ear to ear as if they were undefeated, having …
Meet the Lancer leaders spearheading this year’s student body
Share: Last spring the associated students (ASPCC) executive board elections took place and this fall we have a completely new board! It’s time to get to know this year’s PCC’s student government representatives’ plans and goals for fall semester. The Office of Student Life (OSL), was designed to oversee our clubs, leadership opportunities, and school involvement here at PCC. Through the OSL themselves a program was created for the student voices to be amplified past the Pasadena community. Hence the creation of the associated students, …
Lancers locked in with latest lineup after losing season
Share: One of the worst things a college coach can do is have a losing season. The only thing worse than that is having two losing seasons, and Coach Peron for PCC, with his tenacious attitude, is determined not to let that happen. Last year, PCC’s women’s basketball teams lost multiple sophomore players before the first tip, leaving a team full of freshmen to try and lead the team. The Lancers struggled last year, ending with a 5-23 record, the worst under Coach Peron. When …