The Oxnard College Athletic Department is proud to announce the reinstatement of Women’s and Men’s Basketball for the 2014-15 school year. Reinstating Oxnard College’s Basketball programs will provide an opportunity to extend the mission of being a multicultural, comprehensive institution of higher learning. Oxnard College empowers and inspires students to succeed in their personal and educational goals.

Meetings were held with students, faculty, staff, and friends to gather feedback. A variety of factors were considered in making the final decision, including the impact on student life, college-community relations, and the role of athletics as a rallying point for the vitality of the institution.

The Condors will field both Women’s and Men’s Basketball teams for the 2014-15 season. Scheduling, recruitment of student-athletes, and many other pertinent logistical details will need to be addressed soon. Plans are underway for a full coaching staff to be in place before the end of spring semester so that recruiting can take place.

“It’s a breath of fresh air for our department and college,” said Athletic Director, Jonas Crawford. “This reinstatement is a great sign that our institution is on the rise and shows the tremendous value our administration has for athletics.” Oxnard College President, Dr. Richard Durán, commented, “I am pleased to be able to restore two athletic programs to provide opportunities to develop students outside of the classroom.”

If anyone is interested in playing for the Condors next season, please contact the Oxnard College Athletic Department at (805) 986-5825 or email Jonas Crawford, Athletic Director, at jcrawford1@vcccd.edu.

After a two-year hiatus, the springtime cracking of bats hitting balls will return to Moorpark College in the 2015 season. And, the women’s cross country runners will soon have male accompaniment on their hilly runs through Moorpark. On Thursday, it was announced that baseball and men’s cross country will be reinstated at Moorpark College. Both programs were victims during California’s worst budget crisis in history two years ago.

“It is an unbelievable feeling to have these opportunities restored to the deserving student athletes of East Ventura County,” said Athletic Director Howard Davis. “While we suffered the darkest days in Raider Athletic history two years ago, we will not only put this crisis behind us, but it will serve like the pruning of a fruit tree. Our athletic program will come back stronger, healthier, and more fruitful than ever before.”

The two sports were reinstated through the college’s annual program planning process. Men’s Track and Field was also considered and will be re-evaluated using the same process next academic year. “The state revenue generated from the added baseball and cross country students won’t reach our campus for 18 months,” said Davis. “So, there will be a time gap between paying the bills and getting paid. Nonetheless, adding these sports is in the best interests of Moorpark College on many fronts, including financially.”

In announcing the reinstatement, College Interim President Dr. Bernard Luskin and Executive Vice President Dr. Lori Bennett noted several ways in which these programs meet the strategic planning, enrollment planning, and the student success and equity goals set by Moorpark College.

For the near future, the athletic department will be responsible for non-salary operational costs associated with these programs. “We are already planning major fundraising events to capture the excitement of the campus and the community in bringing back these programs,” said Davis. “When they were suspended, we heard from hundreds of devastated community members. We hope and believe the same people, and many others, will be there to assist us in our fundraising efforts.”

“Since these programs were cut, we have received great on-campus support, developed corporate partnerships, and enhanced community ties,” said Davis. “The loss of these programs, especially America’s pastime, at Moorpark College shocked many people. But, it also served to enlighten them to the need to become more involved in decisions being made on our campus. That has been, and will continue to be, the rainbow in this horrible storm.”

Recruiting will begin immediately. Mario Porto will return as head baseball coach. Traycie Kephart, head women’s cross country coach, will also coach the men’s cross country team. In its last baseball season, 2012, the Raiders were champions of the WSC. Summer session training courses will be offered for student athletes in both sports.

The Fillmore Flashes mens basketball team took the court against the Camarillo Scorpions. The Scorpions took control early and never looked back. The Scorpions were up by 23 points after 1 quarter of play. The Flashes went nearly the whole second quarter with out a single point, however they scored their first 4 points of the quarter in the last 20 seconds. The Scorpions were up by a comfortable 50 points at halftime with the score being 58-8 in favor ot the Scorpions. The Scorpions kept their foot on the gas pedal taking an 80-20 lead into the 4th quarter. Camarillo went on to win by an astounding 63 points. The final score was 92-29. Fillmore travels to Nordhoff next Thursday the 26th for their annual Nordhoff tournament. Their next game after that is the annual Alumni game on the 4th at 5:30. Then they open up league with Carpentaria at home. GO FLASHES!

The Lady Flashes took on Roseville on Saturday. Fillmore was able to keep up with Roseville as the Flashes were only down by 2, 14-12, at the end of the first quarter. Roseville expanded their lead to 8 at the half. The Lady Flashes were down 24-16 at halftime, despite the fact that they missed some easy shots. Roseville asserted themselves in the third quarter taking a 36-22 lead into the 4th. Roseville finished strong to take the win with the final score being 46-31 in favor of Roseville. The J.V team takes the court on the 30th against Ventura at 11:30, and again on the 4th against Saint Bonaventure on the 4th at 2:30. The Varsity Flashes next game is the Alumni game on the 4th at 4pm. They open league against Santa Paula at Santa Paula on the 7th.

The Fillmore Youth Condors cross country team competed in San Antonio, Texas, at the Unites States of America Track and Field (USATF) Junior Olympics National Cross Country Championships on Dec. 14th 2013. After competing in two meet qualifiers, association and regional, the condors were able to take fifteen athletes to nationals and compete against the best in the country “it wasn’t easy , but we knew we had the talent and self motivate athletes to go to nationals” the coaches said. This program has been active for ten years and since the first year they started they have been able to take athletes to compete at the national level. They have ran at Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and USATF national cross country meets for the California Comets, a team formed by all the teams from the SCUSATF conference. However, this year was special one, the Condors competed at the Nationals as “Free Spirit Condors” taking fifteen athletes and represented themselves as one team. Andrea Laureano, Haley Wilkinson and Yarabi Herrera ran in the 8 and under Division. Haley Wilkinson place 13th and Andrea Laureano placed 21st out of 194 girls and both runners became an All-American. All-American is an honorary athlete recognition given to only the top 25 outstanding athletes in the nation at this meet. For the boys division ages 9 to 10, Camilo Torres, Alexander Gurarie and Rey Laureano competed against 329 kids and placed in the top one hundred. In the girls division ages 9 to 10, Jordyn Walla placed 31st and Vanessa Cabral 85th out of 308. For the girls ages 11 to 12 division, Nevaeh “Nieves” Walla placed 21st and also was named All-American, Carissa Rodriguez place 31st, Syenna Ponce, Gema Toledo, Rebecca Schultz, and Hannah Wilson ran in the same race in which 405 athletes competed. For the boy’s age’s 13 to14 division Joaquin Rodriguez placed 110 out of 415 athletes. “We are very happy that we were able to go as Condors, we believe we have given these kids a great experience that they will never forget.” They are very glad that several organizations from Fillmore and people from our community have helped to make this happen and they want to thank them: Fillmore Rotary Club, Fillmore Fire Department, Chuy from El Pescador,Heritage Valley track club, The Fillmore Lions Club, and everyone in our community that helped with the fundraisers. The Condors have a saying “PAIN IS TEMPORARY AND PRIDE IS FOREVER”.

The Fillmore men`s basketball tournament took place this weekend. The Flashes ended up taking home 4th place. Fillmore played the first game of the tournament against Santa Ynez. The first half of the game was a defensive battle as both teams were tied 21-21 with 1 minute left before halftime. It appeared that both teams would go into the locker room tied at half, but Santa Ynez made a shot in the closing minute to take a 23-21 lead. Fillmore came into the third quarter looking recharged as they took the lead 35-30 going into the final quarter of play. However Santa Ynez made the plays that mattered most in the 4th quarter en route to a 52-47 victory over the Flashes.

In the second game of the tournament the Flashes battled the C.I Raiders. Fillmore came out aggressive as they lead 22-7 at the end of the first quarter. The Flashes kept coming as they built a 22 point lead in the second quarter, and took a 38-20 halftime lead. Fillmore never looked back as they trounced C.I for their first win in the tournament.

In the third and final game of the tournament Fillmore took on Rosemond. Despite a slow start from the Flashes, they still found themselves tied with Rosemond at 13-13 at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter Rosemond started to assert themselves. Fillmore found themselves down by 5 at halftime with the score 29-24 in favor of Rosemond. Fillmore couldn't get anything going in the third quarter, scoring only 7 points. Rosemond found themselves up by 17 at the end of the third quarter, and they kept pouring it on as they went on to beat the Flashes 65-41. Fillmore got 4th place in the tournament.

Fillmore next game is against Camarillo on Wednesday the 18th at Fillmore high school. GOOD LUCK AND GO FLASHES!

Kiana Hope. She qualified to the State Championship Meet at Woodward Park as an individual.
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This past Saturday, the Fillmore boys and girls Cross Country Team travelled to compete at Mt. San Antonio College at the CIF Southern Sectional Finals. Both teams were fierce in competition. The boys finished 11th overall with front runner Jesus Mendoza, a senior and first year runner with an incredible performance of 16:35. Juniors Jorge Hurtado, Dominick Gonzalez and Francisco Erazo were close behind with times of 16:41, 16:47 and 16:55. These runners have made huge gains throughout the season and will be runners to watch next years as seniors. Seniors Justin Beach ran a 16:51, along with senior Mario Gaspar with a time of 17:49. Once again, the boys had an amazing season. Congratulations to all.

The girls program showed many gains throughout the season. The girls finished 13th at CIF finals, gaining 3 spots from last year. The lady flashes were led by senior Kiana Hope with a time of 18:26, she placed 4th overall in her race with an individual qualification to the 2013 Division IV State Cross Country Championship meet. Teammates Alexis Tafoya, a junior, was the 2nd for the lady flashes with a time of 20:25. Running together at the end, senior Jordyn Vassaur and sophomore Briana Segoviano were 3rd and 4th for the lady flashes with times of 20:50 and 20:51. Rounding out the lady flashes were junior Sofia Gallardo and freshman Marisol Martinez with times of 22:31 and 23:43.

Kiana will continue on to the 2013 State Championships this Saturday, Nov 30th at Woodward Park in Fresno California. As a sophomore, in 2011 Kiana advanced to the CIF Prelims, as a junior in 2012 she competed at the CIF Finals. Now as a senior, she will go on to compete at the State Championship meet. We are truly proud of her accomplishments and want to wish Kiana the best. Way to go Kiana!

The Team began the Ventura Fall Classic in pool play by defeating Aztecs 4-0, Crazy Eights 15-0 and Snipers 12-0 shutting out all teams and only allowing 2 hits. In elimination the team faced Crazy Eights for the semi final and defeated them by a score of 10-0, leading them to to the championship game vs Aztecs.In the Championship game Lady Menace shut out the Aztecs by a final score of 6-0.

Our young ladies performance was outstanding by leaving every team faced scoreless and only allowing 3 hits in 5 games! Our pitching staff consisted of Kayleen Jacinto, Natalie Sanchez and Dominique Medina of which combined a total of 52 strike outs.

Team Members are: Liliana Arana, Anahi Arreola, Alexis Carillo, Amber Cervantez, Savannah Higgins, Kayleen Jacinto, Marissa Lugo, Analise Luna, Dominique Medina, Natalia Montelongo, Liliana Murillo, Tamara Rodriguez, Natalie Sanchez and Julyssa Tobias. Coaches: Jose Arreola Emilio Jacinto, Eddie Lugo and Hector Sanchez

HOME OF THE 10U WESTERN NATIONAL CHAMPS!
FILLMORE GIRLS SOFTBALL
MINI-SOX & T-BALL

Softball Registration fee: $120 + $40 Pre-Paid Raffle Ticket Fundraiser + $40 Snack Bar Fee
Mini-Sox/T-Ball Registration fee: $100 + $40 Pre-Paid Raffle Ticket Fundraiser + $40 Snack Bar Fee

Your player fee includes: Uniform Jersey & Visor/Hat, field usage, insurance, umpire fee, ASA fees & award

Each player will be required to sell 40 raffle tickets (given at sign-ps)
Anyone interested in Coaching? Please bring copy of DL and your ASA background check. Forms may be printed at: http://www.socal-asa.com/index.php
Under: ASA Background Checks

REGISTRATION DATES: ***EARLY BIRD FEE in Dec. minus $20***
 ***12/7/13 Saturday @ Shiells Park 10:00am to 1:00pm
 ***12/14/13 Saturday @ Shiells Park10:00pm to 1:00pm
 01/4/14 Saturday @ Shiells Park 10:00am to 1:00pm
 01/08/14 Wednesday @ El Pescador 6:00pm to 8:30pm
 01/11/14 Saturday @ Shiells Park 10:00am to 1:00pm
 01/15/14 Wednesday @ El Pescador 6:00pm to 8:30pm
 01/18/14 Saturday @ Shiells Park 10:00am to 1:00pm

$25 late fee assessed after 1/18/14, late sign ups will be accepted at assessments

PLEASE BRING A COPY OF YOUR CHILDS BIRTH CERTIFICATE;
REQUIED AT TIME OF REGISTRATION

Who’s Eligible?
Boys ages 4 ½ to 6 years as of April 30, 2014
Girls ages 4 ½ to 14 years as of January 1, 2014
Other Important Dates:
 01/25/14 Softball Assessments @ Shiells Park
(Mini-Sox & T-Ball DO NOT
need to attend)
8U & 10U 12:00pm - 2:00pm and
12U & 14U 2:00pm - 4:00pm
 01/28/14 Parent Meeting @
Memorial Building Hall 6:30pm -
8:00pm

FGS will accept donations of used
equipment; Bats, gloves, helmets etc...

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TEMPORADA 2014 ESTA AQUI...

¡CASA DE LOS 10U OCCIDENTAL CAMPEONES NACIONALES!
El BEISBOL de CHICAS de FILLMORE,
MINI-SOX y T-BALL de Niños

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The Flashes season came to a screeching halt last Friday night when they lost to the Citrus Valley Black Hawks by a score of 41-14.

The game started out as a defensive struggle as both teams didn't allow a point. That all changed when Black Hawks quarterback Lance Douglas ran the ball for a touchdown. Citrus Valley missed the extra point and went up 6-0. The Flashes answered back on a kickoff return for a touchdown by Hayden Wright to give Fillmore a 7-6 lead with 7:30 left in the 2nd quarter. The Black hawks answered back on their next possession to go back on top 13-7 with 4:10 left in the 2nd quarter. He Flashes got the ball back, however, they were forced to punt the ball away on 4th and 1. Citrus Valley scored another touchdown just before half to take a 20-7 halftime lead. Fillmore kicked the ball off and Citrus Valley went straight to work scoring another touchdown to take a 27-7 lead with 8:23 left in the 3rd quarter. Fillmore tried to get something going to help make it a game, however, they were forced to punt on their next 2 possessions, and went into the 4th quarter down 27-7. The Black hawks scored again with 11:46 left in the game to extend the lead 34-7. Fillmore got the ball back, but they punted it back to Citrus Valley. The Black hawks ran the ball 30 yards down to the 1 yard line and scored a touchdown on the very next play to extend the lead to 41-7 with 7:47 left in the game. The Flashes scored a touchdown on a run by Adam Jimenez. However it was to little to late as the Flashes lost the game 41-14. Good luck to Citrus Valley as they go on to play at Big Bear next Friday night. Fillmore had a good season. They never gave up. GOOD LUCK NEXT YEAR FLASHES!