Athletics News
September 8, 2009
Good Day Sacramento Visits Sierra College Aquatics Complex
ramsswim, Placer Herald
… Sierra College is the home of the top-ranked Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving and Water Polo teams, the Rocklin Aquatics Masters Swimming (RAMS), Sacramento Water Polo, and the upstart Wolverine Aquatics Club (WAC)... With top-notch coaching from Scott Decker, Bruce Hastie, Chris Breitbart, and Roland King (Diving), athletes from all over are heading to Sierra College for some of the finest coaching in the area. … Read the article.
June 24, 2009
Former Sierra, Thunder star will play for Sonoma State
By Russ Edmondson, The Placer Herald
Softball star Rochelle Vanyi will enter her third college in three seasons later this year.
She has left a major impression on her first two softball programs.
Vanyi, a Rocklin High graduate, was a star at Youngstown State University as a freshman and she just completed a record-breaking season at Sierra College this spring. Now Vanyi will play softball on a partial scholarship at Sonoma State University. … Read the article.
June 23, 2009
Guilmet, Saukko on same Single A ball field Tuesday
By Kurt Johnson: Speaking Kurtly, Roseville Press Tribune
Former Oakmont High right-hander and recent Cleveland Indians draft pick Preston Guilmet made his professional debut Tuesday with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in Single A.
An interesting side note – the centerfielder for the State College Spikes, the Single A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was Kyle Saukko, a 2007 Granite Bay High graduate who played one season at Sierra College in 2008 before being selected by the Pirates in last year’s draft. … Read the article.
June 24, 2009
No Kicking Back
Once he figured out his next destination, Scott Enos couldn't wait to get started on his Division I career.
The kicker out of Sierra (Calif.) College signed a scholarship agreement with UH last month and moved to Hawaii to start summer school about a week later. … Read the article.
May 27, 2009
Sierra College Athletics Ranks Third in the Nation … Again!
Only 2 points behind the #1 college
The California Community College Commission on Athletics and National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) has named Sierra College third in the nation for overall athletic excellence.
“This will be Sierra Colleges 4th Trophy in the last 6 years since the NATYCAA CUP has been in existence. One 1st ; one 2nd; and two 3rd place finishes. Our coaches and athletes have done a great job. I couldn’t be prouder. We’re going to need a bigger office soon to display all the trophies…not that I’m complaining!” commented John Volek, Dean of Athletics. Since the establishment of the NATYCAA cup in 2003-04, Sierra College Athletics has ranked in the top four positions.
This year the first place cup went to Mt. San Antonio College with a score of 168.5 points. Finishing second was Cerritos College with 168 points, followed by Sierra with 166.5 points. A college is awarded points based on its teams’ final positions in post-conference competition. Each college’s top-five men’s and top-five women’s team results count toward the school’s overall point total. Complete standings, scoring criteria, and a history of the NATYCAA Cup are available on the CCCAA Web site, www.coasports.org.
The 2008-09 winners will be recognized at the NATYCAA Awards Luncheon, held during the 2009 NATYCAA Convention, June 18-21 at the World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Florida. Awards will be presented to the top three colleges, and the top twenty schools in the division will receive recognition.
NATYCAA is the professional organization of two-year college athletic administrators and membership is open to all two-year institutions from throughout the country. The awards were designed to recognize and reward overall program excellence at the two-year college level. The criteria for the State Associations division were developed by the COA in conjunction with the California Community College Sports Information Association (CCCSIA).
To view the latest news, information and updates of all 23 COA sanctioned sports, visit www.coasports.org. For more information about the Sierra College Wolverine Athletic Sports Programs click on the Events & Athletics tab above.
Sierra Softball finished #2 in the State
The highest finish in the history of Sierra Softball and the most wins with 44
All State Tournament Winners:
Most Valuable Pitcher
Sam Baker - Reno High School
Golden Glove Award
Rochelle Vanyi - Rocklin High School
All Tourney Team
Hailey Stockman - Catcher - Placer High School
Sam McMahan - Utility - Rio Linda High School
Christina McMillan - 1st Base - Sheldon High School
Individual Award Winners
State Player of the Year, All American & Conference MVP
Rochelle Vanyi - OF/Inf - Rocklin High School
1st Team All State
Megan Renn - OF - Roseville High School
1st Team All Nor Cal
Hailey Stockman - C - Placer High School
1st Team All Conference
Sam Baker - P - Reno High School
Karra Leota - OF - Foothill High School
Megan Renn - OF - Roseville High School
Hailey Stockman - C - Placer High School
2nd Team All Conference
Christina McMillan - P - Sheldon High School
Olivia Rocha - 2nd Base - Fairfield High School
May 12, 2009
Sierra Fourth at State Golf Tournament
On Monday, May 11, 2009 the Sierra College men’s golf team finished tied for fourth at the state community college tournament. Fresno City posted an 8 under par 712 while cruising to a 21-shot win at the par 72, 6488 yard Sierra View Country Club in Roseville.
The Wolverines’ Kevin Lucas (sixth place overall 72-69) and Stephen Edman (71-70) played solid golf over the 36-hole tournament, but it wasn’t enough to carry the other Wolverines.
“We were 14 shots back after the morning rounds, we had to go low and get into red figures for the afternoon round to have a chance,” said Sierra coach Tim Hovancsek. “It got exciting following Kyle Chatelain’s birdie on No. 10 that put him at six under through 10 holes coupled with Stephen, Kevin and Ryan Miller’s under par golf put the team in a position to break par and sneak into a medal position. The guys hung tough and fought back with three of six scores under par, but it just wasn’t enough.”
Sierra won the Big 8 conference and the NorCal Championships for the third straight year. At the previous week’s NorCal tournament The Wolverines defeated Fresno City by 23 stokes.
Team Results Score
Fresno City 712 (358-354)
Palomar 728 (372-356)
Ventura 729 (372-357)
Sierra College 733 (372-361)
Chabot 733 (360-373)
College of Canyons 734 (369-365)
Santa Rosa 738 (370-368)
Santa Barbara City 739 (366-373)
Medalist Score School
Kendall Jenkins 140 (73-67) Riverside Community College
Sierra College Scores
Stephen Edman 141 (71-70)
Kevin Lucas 141 (72-69) * 6th Place Medal, “All State” Team
Kyle Chatelain 146 (76-70)
Eric McIntosh 153 (76-77)
A J Hasegawa 158 (77-80)
Ryan Miller 156 (81-75)
The Sierra College Rocklin Campus is located at 5000 Rocklin Road in Rocklin. For more information, call the P.E & Athletics Division office at (916) 660.8102. For information on the athletic programs offered at Sierra
College, look us up on our website at www.sierracollege.edu.
Compiled by Scott Johnston
May 6, 2009
Sierra Wins Third Straight NorCal Men's Golf Championship
On Monday, May 4, 2009 the Sierra College men’s golf team captured its third straight Northern California Junior College Championship defeating Fresno City 728 to 751 at the Par 71, 6527-yard Mira Vista Country Club.
“I'm am very proud and pleased for this team,” said Sierra coach Tim Hovancsek. “They stayed focused and achieved a lofty goal.”
Led by sophomore Kevin Lucas, who was the NorCal overall medalist with rounds of 67-70, and second place finisher Ryan Miller (72-71) Sierra posted a 23-shot margin of victory of the Rams. Sierra freshmen Kyle Chatelain (73-76) and Eric McIntosh (77-72) also posted strong scores for the Wolverines.
“We just stuck to our game plan and didn’t try to do anything to crazy,” said Sierra sophomore AJ Hasegawa, who posted a two-round total of 153 (75-78). “We went into the day confident and we knew how the course was playing. Kevin was awesome and he basically played mistake-free for two rounds.”
Santa Rosa (754) finished third to qualify for next week’s state championships while Chabot College (757) edged Cabrillo (756) by one shot to earn the final qualifying spot.
The 36-hole state championship match will be held Monday, May 11 beginning at 7:30 a.m at Sierra View Country Club in Roseville. Awards will be presented at 6 p.m.
Team Results
- Sierra College* 728 (363-365)
- Fresno City* 751 (378-373)
- Santa Rosa* 754 (378-376)
- Chabot College* 757 (381-376)
- Cabrillo College 758 (380-378)
- Butte 763 (384-379)
- Foothill College ; 781 (389-392)
- Delta 790 (384-406)
*Qualified for State Championship
Medalist
- Kevin Lucas* 137, (67-70), 1st place, Sierra
Sierra College Scores
- Stephen Edman 152 (76-76) T18
- AJ Hasegawa 153 (75-78) T23
- Kyle Chatelain 149 (73-76) T11
- Eric McIntosh 149 (77-72) T11
- Ryan Miller* 143 (72-71) T2
* ALL NorCal Team
The Sierra College Rocklin Campus is located at 5000 Rocklin Road in Rocklin. For more information , call the P.E & Athletics Division office at (916) 660.8102.
May 4, 2009
Sierra Wins Third Straight Big 8 Conference Men's Golf Championship
On Tuesday, April 28, 2009, Sierra College men’s golf team captured its third straight Big 8 Conference championship. Playing solid golf down the stretch, the Wolverines won the last two league tournaments to over take rival Santa Rosa.
Led by freshman Kyle Chatelain’s 2-over -par 74, Sierra posted a team total of 376 at the par 72, 6790 yard Catta Verdera Country Club in Lincoln. The balanced scoring of Kevin Lucas and Ryan Miller’s 75s along with 76s posted by two- time Big 8 Conference most valuable player Stephen Edman and Eric McIntosh led the Wolverines past second place Delta (381) and third place Santa Rosa (385).
“The guys are peaking at the right time,” said Sierra coach Tim Hovancsek, who was named Big 8 Conference coach of the year for the third consecutive season.
Edman’s season stroke average of 72.2 earned him the Big 8’s top individual honor for the second time, a first in the history of the Sierra men’s golf team. Edman, who sat out the 2008 season, also won the award in 2007. Lucas, who finished just .02 strokes behind Edman, was named to the All-Big 8 team along with Chatelain (4th overall in the conference) and AJ Hasegawa (8th overall).
Sierra will look to defend its Nor Cal Championship May 4 at the Mira Vista Country Club in El Cerrito, California. The state championships will be held at Sierra View Country Club in Roseville on Monday, May 11.
Big 8 Conference team results:
- Sierra 376 (Total points: 136)
- Delta 381 (Total points: 109)
- Santa Rosa 385 (Total points: 128)
- Modesto 396 (Total points: 66)
- American River 401 (Total points: 47)
- Butte 402 (Total points: 96)
- Napa Valley 405 (Total points: 36)
Overall medalist:
Sierra College scores:
- Kyle Chatelain 74
- Kevin Lucas 75
- Ryan Miller 75
- Stephen Edman 76
- Eric McIntosh 76
- AJ Hasegawa 78
The Sierra College Rocklin Campus is located at 5000 Rocklin Road in Rocklin. For more information, call the P.E & Athletics Division office at (916) 660.8102.
May 4, 2009
Sierra Swimmers Smash 8 School Records, Finish Second at Big 8 Conference Championships
On Saturday, April 18, 2009, the Sierra College women’s swimming and diving team finished second to Santa Rosa Junior College at the Big 8 Conference Swimming and Diving Championships.
The Wolverines posted a strong overall team effort, with all 26 swimmers that competed notching at least one season or lifetime best mark. Despite the strong showing Sierra finished 86 points behind Santa Rosa at Sacramento City College.
Leading the way for the Wolverines was sophomore All-American Alyssa Woodliff (Skyline High), who had a hand in rewriting six new school records. ;Woodliff set new records in the 50-meter backstroke (27.68), the 100-backstroke (57.25) and the 100-butterfly (57.98) and was also part of three school relay records; the 200-medley relay (1:48.02), the 400-medley relay (3:56.16) and the 400-free relay (3:31.61).
Teaming with Woodliff in the 200-medley relay was sophomore All-American Rachel Holm (Rocklin), freshmen Julie Maginnis (Del Oro) and freshman Amanda Holpuch (Rocklin). In the 400-medley relay Woodliff joined Holm and fellow sophomore All-Americans Danielle Comforti (Ygnacio Valley) and Katie Black (Fairfield). The final record in the 400-free relay featured Woodliff, All-American sophomores Natalie Berge (El Camino) and Black and freshmen Michelle Berrios (Bella Vista).
Individually, Black captured the Big 8 title in the 500-freestyle, posting a personal best of 5:09.94 and was second in both the 200 and 100-free events with lifetime best times.
Divers Jodie Darnell (Whitney), Morgan Dentinger (Roseville) and Sascha Smith (Cerritos/Kodiak) placed in top five on both the one and three-meter boards. Darnell was the Big 8 champion at three-meters with a score of 222.05.
May 12, 2009
Sierra men tie for fourth in state golf tournament
By Steve Pajak, Sacramento Bee
Sierra College was after a state community college men's golf title.
The Wolverines will have to settle for improvement – of sorts.
Sierra, the Northern California champion the past three years, finished tied for fourth Monday in the state tournament at Sierra View. That's better than the past two years when the Wolverines finished fifth and sixth, respectively. … Read the article.
January 13, 2009
Sierra to honor two longtime coaches, Roz Goldenberg & George Goto
By Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee
The skinny: Years of profound coaching impact prompted Sierra athletic director John Volek to have the school's basketball court named in honor of retired coaches Goto and Goldenberg. The Goto/Goldenberg Court will be officially named during a formal ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Friday between the men's and women's games against Santa Rosa. … Read the article.
More of Moore in 2009?
The skinny: (Carl) Moore (Sierra College, 2008) accepted a scholarship a year ago to Florida – USC, LSU and an army of others were also in hot pursuit – largely because he wanted to catch the deep ball from Heisman Trophy-winning passer Tim Tebow. He did in the regular season this fall, … Read the article.
January 7, 2009
Fucci molded into a mat star
Colfax grad pondering his next move after capping a stellar wrestling career at Sierra College
By Ray Hacke Journal Sports Writer
Mike Fucci was hardly one of California’s most dominant wrestlers during his days at Colfax High.
His two seasons at Sierra College have been a much different story.
Fucci became a two-time junior college All-American in December when he finished second in the 174-pound weight class at the California State Championships in Victorville. He placed fourth at the state community college tournament in 2007 as he helped Sierra win the team title. … Read the article.
November 12, 2008
Congratulations to the Women's Water Polo Team!
The women's water polo team won the Big 8 Conference title. Named to the First Team All Conference were Whitney Bell, Katie Black and Brittany Adams. The Second Team included Danielle Comforti and Rachel Holm. Coach Scott Decker was named co-coach of the year. The Big 8 All Tournament Team included Katie Black and Brittany Adams.
Athletic Programs at Sierra
- Baseball 2008 STATE CHAMPIONS! Overall Record 39- 15
- Basketball, men's
- Basketball, women's
2007-08 highlights:
- 27-7 overall, 12-2 Big 8 Conference
- Received #3 seed in Northern Region Playoffs
- Ranked #10 or higher in the state the entire season
- WBCA All-American honorable mention, Tamar Gruwell
- 3 players voted onto Big 8 All-Conference Team, Tamar Gruwell, Katie Keilig, Annelise Miller
- 2 players on All-State Team, Tamar Gruwell & Katie Keilig
- Finished 2nd in Big 8, "toughest conference in the North"
- 2 players on Big 8 All-Academic Team, Tamar Gruwell & Michelle Cassilagio
- 100% transfer of sophomores to 4-year universities
- 4 sophomores receiving athletic scholarships
- Cross Country & Track, women's
- Football
- Played in the Hawaiian Punch Bowl 2007
- Golf, men's
- 2008 Northern California Champions
- 2008 Big 8 Conference Champions
- 2008 Finished 7th at State
- Golf, women's
- #4 in the State 2007
- Northern California Champions
- Robin Fernstrom #1 Medalist
- 2007 Big 8 Conference Co-Champions
- Karen Linde - Conference Co-Coach of the Year
- Overall Record: 92 - 23 - 1
- Soccer, women's
- Softball, women's
- 2008 Record: 38-16
- Nor-Cal Elite 8 participants
- # 6 in Nor-Cal
- #12 in the State
- Swimming & Diving, men's & women's
- Men: 6th place tie in the men's State Championships
- Men: 18 All-Conference Athletes
- Men: 7 Community College All-Americans
- Women: 2nd place - Big 8 Conference Championships
- Women: 2nd place - State Swimming & Diving Championships
- Women's Coach Rowland King named CCCAA's Coach of the year
- Women: 10 Community College All-Americans
- Tennis, men's
- Tennis, women's
- 2008 Big 8 Conference Champions
- Top 8 in the state
- 2007 State Team Champions
- Volleyball, women's
- Water Polo, women's
- Women's - 4th in the Northern California Championships 2006
- Wrestling
- 2007 STATE CHAMPIONS!
- 9 of 10 wrestlers medaled
- 6-1 in Big 8 Conference matches, 11-1 overall
- Chauncey Phillips two-time All-American at 125 lbs
- Travis Wood also became a two-time All-American
- Mingo Grant All-American Honors. Also two-time Academic All-American.
- Chris Stanana and Mike Fucci All-Americans
- Erik Nye finished off his career at Sierra undefeated
- The State Coach of the Year Award - Head Coach Ken Wharry; the Assistant Coach of the Year Award - Don Martinez III.
Sports Camps for Children
Many sports camps are offered through the Sierra College Community Education program. Visit their website for upcoming camps.
Wolverine Athletic Association (WAA)
The WAA is the fundraising organization of the Sierra College Foundation for the department. The primary purpose of the WAA is to provide additional funding support for the men's and women's intercollegiate sports at Sierra College. Anyone can become a member to support Sierra College athletics. A Wolverine Hall of Fame, begun in 2005, honors former coaches, athletes and contributors.
John Volek, Athletic Director,
jvolek@sierracollege.edu; 916-660-8102.
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