Softball: Vaqs Move Winning Streak to 4 Straight

The Glendale Vaqueros increased on the winning streak to four straight after another dominant one against the Monarchs of LA Valley 8-2.

Down 1-0, Azusena Lopez increased her hitting streak to 21 consecutive games with a two-run single scoring Valerie Montes and Mia Jurado in the second inning and in the end Lopez recorded three runs batted in. Jazmin Jaquez provided the insurance the Vaqs much needed with her three run homerun in the fourth. Catarina Anzalone and Mia Jurado finished with two hits apiece. Anzalone and Annaliese Ruiz each scored twice. 

Mimi Sanchez was dominant in the circle, going all seven innings with nine strikeouts allowing two runs to pick up her 11th win of the year. 

GCC (18-9) will next be in action this Saturday, March 28 against the Chaffey College Panthers apart of a doubleheader that will begin at 12pm. The next home game will be on Tuesday, April 7 against conference rival Antelope Valley College Marauders with first pitch slated for 2pm.

Softball: Vaqs Back on Track with 1st WSC Win

Story Written by Eric Owens 

The Glendale Vaqueros returned back home to the friendly confines of the Sports Complex on Tuesday afternoon where they entered their fifth Western State Conference Southern Division matchup against the Eagles from nearby LA Mission. Sophomore Azusena Lopez was clutch once again - registering her ninth career contest with at least three hits or more and the eighth time this season and in the bottom of the fifth inning, she walked off the eight-run mercy with her sixth homerun, snapping a 13-game losing skid dating back to 2017 campaign to the Eagles. 

Alyssa Perez got the scoring started in the opening inning with a bases loaded hit by pitch that scored Catarina Anzalone. Mia Jurado had two of the Vaqs’ eight hits in the second inning that sent 12 batters to the plate, bringing home seven runs. Jurado and Olivia Ziebell-White each recorded their second homeruns of the season. Jazmin Jaquez collected her first career 3-hit game that included a triple, run scored and drove in two runs. 

Mimi Sanchez was dominant in the circle, going all five innings with seven strikeouts allowing two runs to pick up her 10th win of the year and at the plate tripled once that brought home both Jaquez and Annaliese Ruiz. 

The Vaqueros (17-9 overall) will next be at home on Thursday, March 26th for another WSC South game against the Monarchs of LA Valley with first pitch slated  for 2pm. Just a reminder for all fans going to the last few home games this season, parking is limited due to improvements being made to the facilities. 

Baseball: San Fernando Valley Edition

Minors: AWM vs Bubblegum Bombers 

Majors: Gangi hosting Small & Camara 

Juniors: GCC Vaqueros hosting BTP (CV) 

Pierce Brahmas vs. Pasadena City Lancers 

World Baseball Classic: LA Dodgers vs Mexico

Baseball: GCC Vaqueros JC & Jrs fall in home DH

Stengel Field was the site of the first ever GCC Vaqueros double header involving the 3C2A squad in a State Top Six showdown with the 2nd ranked Dons of Santa Ana College and the first Crescenta Valley Little League Juniors Division contest of the season between your GCC Vaqs and Race Imagine. 

The Junior Vaqueros are lead by former six-time Western State Conference Coach of the Year at Glendale turned Athletic Director Chris Cicuto. Cicuto was a catcher at Agoura High School with stops at the collegiate level at Ventura Junior College and UC Riverside and assistant Jeff Myers was a basketball standout at CVHS. Race Imagine is coached by the CVHS duo of Kirk Hagge and Mark McCauley. Hagge was an infielder drafted out of high school in the 19th round of the MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers. McCauley helped guide the Falcons to a CIF Southern Section Championship as a sophomore in 1998 and later went onto play at Los Angles City College, USC and Cal State University Northridge. 

Softball: Glendale, LA Mission and LA Valley

The Glendale Community College Vaqueros traveled to Orange County to take on the Orange Empire Conference's Santiago Canyon College Hawks. This, after being off for ten days and having five games canceled due to rain. 

Colorado State University Pueblo transfer Mia Sanchez got the job done in the circle pitching her third seven-inning complete game of the season striking out eight and her two run double to right center in the third inning gave the Vaqueros the lead for good in route to the teams 13th win in 15 tries with the 6-1 victory. Annaliese Ruiz made her career debut hitting in the lead off position. Ruiz did a great job at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three runs scored and swiped two bases. Azusena Lopez extended her hitting streak to nine straight games after having two doubles. Jazmin Jaquez recorded her fifth multi-hit game. JorJa Hernandez swiped two bases. 

LA Mission powers their way to the second straight double header sweep of the season after Tuesday’s 16-0 and 11-3 decisions against the Dons of Santa Ana. Erika Deniz had a team-high six hits and scored five times in the DH sweep at Sylmar Independent Baseball League field. Deniz got the win in the circle in the second game as she pitched five innings. Tatiyana Valenzuela finished second in hits with five, had four runs driven in, doubled three times & homered once. Rachel Lowry drove home four runs and knocked in a bomb in each game. The 🦅 had 18 extra base hits on the day (including 13 doubles and 5 homeruns). Mission improves to 6-9 overall.

LA Valley were swept at home in their double header vs. Western State Conference Northern Division rival in the Vaqueros of Santa Barbara City. The Monarchs were outscored 24-10 and are now 4-14 overall and 2-6 against the North. Jovanna Ross finished in a tie with Briana Fierro with four hits. Tarryn Macias had three hits including a home run and a double. Ross and Macias each drove home two runs.

Baseball: Sixth 3C2A Ranked Glendale falls 6-4

Baseball: #1 Glendale Battles WSC rival Valley

Pasadena City vs Cerritos (JC)

LA Mission DH at Cypress (JC)

Canyons hosts Irvine Valley (JC)

CSUN 3-1 away to Saint Mary's (D1)

Cal Tech hosts Cal Lutheran 5-1 (D3)

Softball - CSUN NS Doubleheader (D1)

Basketball: Glendale, Moorpark and Canyons

GCC Men vs Citrus

GCC Women vs Citrus 

MC Men vs Pierce

MC Women vs LA Mission

COC Men vs Bakersfield

COC Women vs Bakersfield

Recap: Tennis, Vball, Flag FB, Swim, Hoops

The Cal State Northridge Matadors women's tennis were looking to improve on their 3-1 start against fellow Division 1 rival San Jose State Spartans. CSUN's three victories have come by scores of 7-0 against the Monmouth University Hawks (D1), Westmont College Warriors (D2) and California Institute of Technology Beavers (D3). CSUN wins it 7-0.

Occidental Mens' Tennis fell to Brandeis 5-2

CSUN Womens’ Beach fell to Concordia 3-2 

Masters Womens' Beach fell 4-1 & won 5-0

CSUN Mens' Volleyball sweeps UC Merced

Cal Lutheran Mens' VB wins it in five sets 

Masters Mens' Volleyball sweeps Vanguard 

CSUN Womens' Water Polo won vs CSF 10-6

Glendale Womens' Tennis fell to 🍊 Coast 6-3

Glendale Mens' Tennis won versus 🍊 Coast 9-0

Glendale Womens' Beach fell 4-1 both matches 

LA Pierce Mens' Volleyball swept by 🍊 Coast 

East LA & Ventura Flag FB still waiting for stats 

WSC Swim Meet at Valley still waiting for stats 

East LA, PCC Hoops (ELAC men got the Dub)

LA Valley at AVC Basketball fell in both games 

Basketball: Pasadena City, Occidental Women

Tennis: CSUN and Cal Tech Women earn wins

Baseball: Canyons Suffer First Extra Inn. Defeat

Softball: Valley Monarchs Battle Rain Showers

Baseball: #1 Glendale Rallies Late Vs #2 Pierce

Ziebell-White & Jaquez Go Deep in Home Split

Basketball: East LA, LA Mission & LA Pierce

Softball: Vaqueros Blank Allan Hancock Twice

The Glendale Vaqueros pitching staff threw two five inning shutouts against the Bulldogs of Allan Hancock 10-0 and 9-0 on Thursday. Behind the arms of sophomores in transfer Mia “Mimi” Sanchez and Annaliese “Annie” Ruiz, the Vaqs improved their home unbeaten streak to nine straight wins to start the season. They have also broken the record for the best start through 12 games in program history, going 11-1 overall. 

In the first game, Catarina “Cat” Anzalone finished with two hits, three runs scored and doubled once. Anzalone has reached base with eight walks in the last five games and leads the team with 24 runs scored. Ariel “Shorty” Flores collected her first multi-hit game of the season, scoring twice. Sanchez improved to 5-1 overall in the circle tossing four no-hit innings, while striking out nine in the first game. Sanchez increased her lead in the Western State Conference with 58 strikeouts in 33.1 innings thrown. 

In the second game, Olivia “Liv” Ziebell-White recorded her second career three-hit game of the season. Ziebell-White tripled and drove home two runs. Mia Jurado was perfect at the plate going 2-for-2 with a double and two runs scored. Jeyslen Orial tripled with two runs driven in. Ruiz moved to 4-0 in the circle after hurling four innings, allowing only a bunt single in the fourth frame. She retired the first nine batters faced, while striking out three. Ruiz also combined for three hits at the plate in the doubleheader. 

Glendale will be home against the Mt San Jacinto College Eagles as part of their fourth straight DH on Saturday, February 14th, with the first game slated to begin at 12pm and the second to start approximately 30 minutes after that. 

Softball: Glendale Improves to 9-1 Overall

The Glendale Vaqueros continue to roll at home improving to seven straight wins to start the year after a doubleheader sweep of Victor Valley 9-7 in seven innings in the first game and 11-3 in a five-inning, eight-run ruled contest to move their record to 9-1 joining NoCal's Cosumnes River and Hartnell for the most wins in state.

Azusena Lopez finished the doubleheader with seven hits in eight at bats, to go with six runs driven in, four runs scored, homered once and tripled twice. Lopez wrapped up with week going 13-of-20 in five games played. This is the second time that Lopez has had 10 RBIs in a single week, she last did so in the opening weekend of the season at the 21st annual Dave “Hawk” Wilder Tournament. Lopez currently leads the 3C2A in RBIs with 22. 

Catarina Anzalone had great plate discipline by drawing five walks and scoring five times. Anzalone finished the week with coming across home ten times and also had eight hits and reached base six times via a walk. 

It was the ‘Mia’ show in the second game as the trio of Jurado, Allinson and Sanchez combined to drive home six of the 11 runs. Jurado crushed her first career homer in the third inning to lead off a five-run outburst, later in the same inning - Allinson doubled home pinch hitter Valerie Juarez and catcher Grace FitzRandolph. Former WSC all conference selection Arlene Islas was 2-for-3 at the plate for Glendale. 

In the circle, Sanchez and Annaliese Ruiz each got the start going four strong innings to secure the victory on single earned runs apiece. Sanchez went 18 and a half innings over the week striking out 24 batters with wins over host Oxnard on Tuesday and VVC in the second game. Ruiz picked up her third victory of the season in the first game against VVC with Jazmin Jaquez getting the three-inning save.

Glendale, the 3C2A leader in runs scored with 103, will next be in action against their Western State Conference North rival Allan Hancock College Bulldogs on Thursday, February 12th with first pitch slated for 1pm in the first game of the doubleheader with the second game approximately 30 minutes after. 

In other softball news, Zee’s former Roosevelt High of Eastvale teammate Priscilla “Persy” Llamas and No. 14 ranked Ole Miss won three of their first five games to open the season with two wins against 1-4 CSUN 13-1 on Friday and 10-1 on Saturday. Llamas was 10-for-18 for a .556 average to go with seven RBIs, five runs scored, doubled twice and homered once. Ruiz’s former St Genevieve High teammate Natalie Ascencio (LA Mission 2025) is currently a junior at NAIA program Doane and they are off to a 3-1 start. Ascencio is sporting a 2.10 ERA in the circle and has logged ten inning striking out five batters faced in two games. San Fernando Valley native Vivian Little (Polytechnic 2018 and LA Mission 2024) is currently a senior at NAIA and 21st ranked Hope International and they are off to a 6-2 start. Little is 11-for-22 in seven games played to go with six RBIs, five runs scored and four doubles at the plate and is sporting a 1.93 ERA in three appearances in the circle. The Eagles of Mission (2-7) are struggling to get quality wins as they were swept in a road doubleheader against 3C2A powerhouse Palomar by the scores of 9-1 and 11-3. Eagles will return back to their new home field at SIBL on Tuesday, February 10th to face-off against S.D. Mesa in a doubleheader that will begin at 12pm with the second game approximately 30 minutes after. 

Softball: Valley’s Macias cycles in a 16-8 win