Legendary PCC swimming coach Ron “Sticks” Ballatore died April 27 after a long battle with bone cancer in Gainesville, Fla. He was 71.
Campus hosts LA Sparks in international exhibition
PCC got a taste of professional, international basketball on May 5 when the school hosted the Los Angeles Sparks and the Chinese national team faced off in an exhibition game in the Hutto-Patterson gym. The Sparks won handily, 98-71, in a game where the Pasadena community witnessed an Olympic appetizer.
Baseball loses final game
The Lancer baseball team concluded its nightmare season with a 3-6 home loss to the visiting Warriors of El Camino on April 27.
Badminton wins again
The badminton team beat East Los Angeles College 19-2 on April 11.
Swimmer wins breastroke at invitational
At the PCC Swim Invitational where the swim team raised $3500 in their annual raffle, Lancer Cario Liu won first place on the men’s 200 Breaststroke.
Men’s Baseball Suffers Brutal Shutout
The men’s baseball team suffered their worst shutout of the season April 3 at Fullerton College, falling 12-0 to the home team Hornets.
A hot weekend proves to be a learning experience for the Track and Field team.
The men finished second in the 4×100 meter relay with a time of 41.08 falling just short behind the CSULA team who finished with 40.90. It was a wire-to-wire race with CSULA edging PCC to take the trophy.
Swim teams mixed results in triple meet
A triple swim meet held at Long Beach City College on Friday saw the women’s swim team win both meets against Long Beach City College and Los Angeles Trade-Tech, while the men’s team found victory only against LA Trade-Tech.
Easy win for women’s badminton team
The women’s badminton team dominated the court when it faced the El Camino Warriors in their March 30 match. The final score was 19-2.
Skateboarding as a means of transportation
Skateboarding isn’t just a sport. It’s another solution students are using to transport themselves to and from school.