Rio Hondo Roadrunners Sports Preview
Ignacio Cervantes, Contributor
September 8, 2017
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Rio Hondo College has four teams that have begun their season with three sports beginning by the end of this month. Volleyball and Soccer have begun for the women’s with water polo and soccer having started for the men’s. Men’s basketball, wrestling, and women’s water polo will follow suite...
Dodgers Go Extra Innings Against the Pirates
Jonathan Manjarrez, Staff Writer
May 15, 2017
Filed under Sports
Yesterday in Chavez Ravine had fans of the Dodgers and Pirates staying longer than expected when the Dodgers needed extra innings to finish off the Pirates. The Dodgers needed extra innings and to expend every position player possible to beat the Pirates last night. Starting pitcher, Julio Urias,...
Roadrunners baseball team lose opening game of series against Chaffey College
Crystian Mendoza, Sports Editor
May 2, 2017
Filed under Sports
Rio Hondo College’s baseball team hosted Chaffey College April 25 for the first game of a three-game series as the Roadrunners closed out their conference play. After snapping El Camino’s 25 game winning streak with back to back wins April 18 and April 20, Rio Hondo looked to keep up the momentum ...
Rio Hondo’s Baseball Team Defeats Chaffey College in Final Game of the Series and Season
Crystian Mendoza, Sports Editor
May 2, 2017
Filed under Sports
Another high scoring game between Rio Hondo College and Chaffey College saw the Roadrunners beat the Panthers in their final home game of the season April 28. Rio Hondo closed out their season with an overall record of 19-17 and an 11-11 record in conference play. The Roadrunners opened the scoreboard in the...
Late game heroics in the jungle as Roadrunner’s baseball team beat El Camino College
Carlos Diego Sanchez, Staff Writer
April 25, 2017
Filed under Sports
The conclusion of the two game series involving the Rio Hondo Roadrunners and the El Camino Warriors ended with a walk-off victory by Rio Hondo. Not only was it a nail-biting win, but the Roadrunners showed their fearlessness to take down the undefeated Warriors not just once but twice. The game re...
LA Times’ national baseball reporter speaks at Wray Theater during ‘Writes of Spring’
Victor Lozano, Staff Writer
April 25, 2017
Filed under Sports
The Wray Theater hosted its annual two-day event, Writes of Spring festival, that celebrated writers and writing Apr 19 and 20. and was host to an Los Angeles Times national reporter on the second day of the event. Originally, sport’s writer Dylan Hernandez, an L.A. Dodgers beat writer, was going...
Roadrunners Baseball Team Suffers Close Loss in Extra Innings Against Antelope Valley College
Carlos Diego Sanchez, Staff Writer
April 19, 2017
Filed under Sports
The Rio Hondo baseball team fell short in a fourteen inning loss to Antelope Valley College April 11 at The Jungle. The Roadrunners tallied up ten runs on nineteen hits but couldn’t hold off the Marauders. RHC trailed behind AVC the entire game starting off in the top of the first inning. Second...
Roadrunners baseball team get back to back conference losses against PCC
Carlos Diego Sanchez, Staff Writer
April 17, 2017
Filed under Sports
After a three game series against Pasadena City College the Rio Hondo College baseball team has an overall record of 16-13 and a conference record of 8-9. They end their series against Pasadena City College with a two game losing streak. April 8 the Roadrunners had a noon start time home game against ...
The Roadrunners Come Up Short Against ECC Compton
Carlos Diego Sanchez, Staff Writer
March 21, 2017
Filed under Sports
In the Jungle Mar. 16, the Rio Hondo College baseball team lost to El Camino Compton College by a score of 9-6. The game was filled with plenty of action, hits, and pitching. Compton had a total of nine runs on 21 hits while Rio had six runs on 10 hits. The Roadrunners used a total of seven pitchers. T...
Fly The W: The Chicago Cubs are World Series Champions
Xavier Alatorre, News Editor
November 9, 2016
Filed under Sports
108 years ago, women were not allowed to vote. Today, woman are allowed to vote and some Americans will vote for the first female president. 108 years ago, Ford released the Model T, the country’s first affordable automobile. Today, the Interstate Highway system dominates ground travel in the United...
Kershaw powers Dodgers to 1-0 victory over Cubs; series now shifts to Los Angeles all tied up
Ramon Alvarado, Staff Writer
October 17, 2016
Filed under Sports
After losing game 1 of the NLCS to the Cubs due to a late pitching collapse, the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw pitched a shutout Sunday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The shutout powered the Dodgers to a 1-0 victory and the Boys in Blue have now tied up the series with the Cubbies at 1-1. The serie...
Blue Jays need extra innings to defeat Orioles in the first game of the MLB postseason
Ramon Alvarado, Staff Writer
October 5, 2016
Filed under Sports
The AL Wild Card game between the Orioles and Blue Jays was last night and the MLB postseason is now officially underway. It was a cool, clear night at the Rogers Centre in Toronto and it provided the perfect setting for a win-or-go-home baseball game. The two participants in this year’s first po...
