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Lady Renegades fall at home Ohlone loses to Santa Rosa 3-1 LOUIS LAVENTURE Editor-in-chief Santa Rosa College came to Fremont with one thing in mind: win. They were able to do just that, defeating Ohlone 3-1 on Tuesday. It was a tough loss for Ohlone, especially with a dazzling pitching performance from freshman RaeAnn Garza.
Garza went the distance for the Lady Renegades and despite a strong performance, couldn’t secure a victory. “We made some mistakes out there but I can always do better and make better pitches out there,” Garza said. “My defense talking to me really helps during tough spots. Sometimes I just have to step back and tell myself, what I am doing wrong and regroup.” Continued on Page 7
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Ohlone catcher Bianca Zelaya misses a tag on a close play at home plate in a 3-1 loss to Santa Rosa College on Tuesday.
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Kyle Yoshikawa and David Gunnar try to get a rally started during a home game on the Fremont campus. The baseball team is now 5-1 with their next home game at 2 p.m. on Feb. 21 against Feather River College.
Ohlone baseball victorious in walk-off Renegades mount comeback in bottom of ninth inning, defeat Contra Costa College 6-5
The Ohlone College baseball team earned its most exciting victory of the early season in walkoff fashion, defeating visiting Contra Costa College 6-5 on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth. The Renegades improve to 5-1 on the season after catcher Josh Egan hit a towering fly ball to center field, plating Isaiah Bond for the go-ahead run and walk-off win.
“I love it. I live for stuff like that,” Egan said. “When they intentionally walked my teammate in front of me it felt great because I want to be in that moment.” Egan was referring to the intentional walk that third baseman Brock Pradere received to load the bases and set up the game-winning hit for Egan. “I felt good up there but I understand what they were trying to do,” Pradere said. “You get a lot of feelings Continued on Page 7
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Ohlone players celebrate a victory on their home field, improving to 5-1 on the season.
I was flipping through the channels on one of my much-needed days of rest over the weekend and several times I caught a really interesting commercial. There’s snow, crowds, yelling, screaming, flipping, flying, gliding, skating, spinning and sweeping. Wait. What? Sweeping? Yes, it is not a misprint. I said sweeping. Curling finally makes its way back to the human lexicon, thanks to the Winter Olympics, which will be held in Sochi, Russia, over the next few weeks. For those of you who aren’t familiar, curling is the sport where a stone is pushed down the ice toward a target while two teammates sweep frantically in front of the stone as it glides toward its mark. The exciting part is when the stones hit and knock one another around – all in the name of points, of course. This is one of the most obscure sports I have ever seen and this is why the Winter Olympics will never be as revered as its older, hotter sibling, the Summer Olympics. There are certain winter sports that I will not even consider watching while any Summer Olympics sport seems to captivate me and have me glued to my chair. I may tune in to see “The Flying Tomato” Shaun White do his thing on a snowboard, or even watch speed skating or the biathlon, which incorporates skiing and shooting guns. While there are niche sports that can grow on you, the winter games just don’t have the same appeal that the Summer Olympics do. With the billions of dollars that go into creating this event every four years, it is surprising that more money isn’t spent on how to incorporate and include more appealing sports and events for the everyday sports fan. Why not include something that everybody could relate to, like a snowball fight? How cool would it be to see an Olympic gold medal awarded to a champion snowball team? Very cool.