Golden West

When/where: tonight, 6 at OCC Key Pirates: So. WR Keali'i Doll (26 catches, 302 yards, two TDs); So. OLB Travis McNaughton (31 tackles); Fr. C Alec Davis; So. SS Bryan Pali (team-best 45 tackles). Key Rustlers: Fr. QB Raymond Huizar (1,055 yards, nine TDs passing); So. LB Raheem Ivey (team-best 72 tackles); Fr. WR Jared Cohen (28 catches, 351 yards, two TDs); So. WR Peter Adams (20.5-yard average on 25 catches). Breakdown: It's the 43rd meeting in what has become known as the West Coast Showdown between district rivals Orange Coast (2-6, 1-2 in the East Division)

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL Orange Coast def. Golden West HUNTINGTON BEACH - Dylan Emery had 25 kills to help lead the Pirates to a 26-24, 21-25, 30-28, 18-25, 15-13 Pacific Coast Conference win Friday. Chris Van Buren and Rusty Sary had 12 kills each, while Michael Ensign had 54 assists and seven digs for OCC (6-4, 3-1 in conference). "It was a battle," OCC Coach Travis Turner said. Golden West is 6-3, 2-1. OCC plays host to San Diego Friday at 6 p.m. * WOMEN'S WATER POLO Claremont Covergence Tournament POMONA - Hannah Croghan scored seven goals in two wins, helping UC Irvine to a 15-4 win over Pomona-Pitzer and a 19-5 win over Redlands Friday.

COSTA MESA -- Orange Coast College's women's soccer team scored four goals in the second half to run away with a 7-0 Orange Empire Conference victory over Golden West on Tuesday. Nichole Huff led the way with two goals. Kara Jenkins, A.J. Sellers, Diana Johnson, Meghann Ord and Kristen Lloyd all added goals for the Pirates. Lloyd opened the second-half scoring when she took a pass from Christine Crosson and found the back of the net. Huff scored her second goal of the game on an assist by Ashley Boyer.

Natalie Venegas With one game remaining in the regular season, the Orange Coast College women's basketball team fell to host Golden West, 77-73, in an Orange Empire Conference game on Wednesday. The Pirates (6-7, 16-12 overall) started out with a bang against their district rival, using quick ball movement to create open shots. In the first five minutes of play, OCC outscored the Rustlers, 13-2. The Pirates kept the lead the entire first half with forward Lauren Stepanski scoring 11 of her 20 points early on. With 3:56 remaining in the half, OCC's Christen D'Alessandro hit her second straight three-pointer, giving OCC a 32-22 lead and forcing a Golden West timeout.

SCORE BY QUARTERS Orange Coast 0 6 0 7 - 13 Golden West 0 7 3 10 - 20 SECOND QUARTER OCC -- Crowell 5 run (kick failed), 2:07 GW -- Obie 5 run (Lipton kick), 12:16 THIRD QUARTER GW -- Pines 27 FG, 9:23 FOURTH QUARTER OCC -- Welz 36 fumble recovery (Jaramillo kick), 12:03 GW -- Lipton 39 FG, 7:45 GW -- Delahoussaye 80 pass from Obie (Lipton kick)

Barry Faulkner The anticipation of Friday's football showdown between Golden West League unbeatens Costa Mesa High and Santa Ana was nearly enough to cost both teams a victory last week. But a Nate Hunter field goal with 11 seconds left sealed the Mustangs' 11-10 win over Westminster and a missed 43-yard field-goal attempt by Saddleback with no time left allowed the Saints to escape with a 21-19 triumph in Week 8. So, this 7 p.m. clash at Orange Coast College could decide the league's No. 1 berth into the CIF Southern Section Division VII Playoffs.

HUNTINGTON BEACH - Bullying has become a cause celebre, with stereotypical notions of intimidating actions and strong-arm tactics catching fire from society at large. But the sanctity of using physical and mental toughness as a means of showing superiority is not only protected, but celebrated in athletic competition. So it is that the Orange Coast College men's volleyball team found itself in position to look up to rival Golden West, after experiencing the equivalent of being knocked to the pavement, posterior first.

COSTA MESA — Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli said he really doesn't have a classic No. 3, cleanup, or No. 5 hitter this season, but rather a bunch of No. 6 and No. 7 hitters to fill in between the top and bottom of the order. Regardless, the Pirates are showing they are all about producing numbers from every region of the lineup, as was the case Thursday in their 14-6 win over visiting Golden West in the Orange Empire Conference opener for both teams. De facto OCC cleanup hitter Austin Saenz certainly acted the part against the Rustlers, driving in five runs and going three for five with a single, double and triple.

"Farewell, Fred Voodoo" By Amy Wilentz Simon & Schuster; 329 pages Fred Voodoo, we learn from Amy Wilentz's candid new book, is not a person but an epithet — the Haitian equivalent, more or less, of Joe Average. Wilentz spent years in Haiti as a foreign correspondent, and she picked up the term from fellow journalists who used it to describe their interview subjects. Watching those news reports, she grew to see the name as a form of packaging. "The objectification of the Haitians' victimization — that's one aspect of the Fred Voodoo syndrome," she writes.

COSTA MESA - The rowdy crowd inside the Peterson Gym wasn't enough to carry the Orange Coast College women's volleyball team over the hump on Wednesday night. Golden West spread the offense around and won the Orange Empire Conference title with a 25-21, 25-21, 25-23 win over the host Pirates. Alyssa Hubbard led the Rustlers (19-3, 13-1 in conference) with 12 kills, while Bethanee Boggs added 10 and Alicia Utke chipped in nine. For the Pirates (18-2, 12-2), Karlee Riggs led the way with 21 kills and six digs, but no other hitter was a factor in the offense.

COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College football team spotted rival Golden West a 13-0 lead over just more than the first 15 minutes and couldn't recover Saturday night. One might say that the Rustlers' 23-21 victory, its third straight in the series now billed as the West Coast Showdown, left the Pirates a Penny short. Sophomore tailback Robert Penny, who came in with 1,412 career rushing yards and five games with at least 100 rushing yards this season, was limited to four carries for 16 yards and one touchdown due to what Coach Mike Taylor said was a sinus infection.

ORANGE - The Orange Coast College women's cross country team won its 17th straight Orange Empire Conference team title on Friday, thanks to a dominating performance at the OEC Meet at Irvine Regional Park. The Pirates used a 1-2-3-4-6 finish to cruise to a dominating 16-point team score. OCC freshman Leanne Allen claimed the individual title, with a 5K time of 19 minutes, 29.98 seconds. Teammates Karen Silvas (19:38.38), Chelsea Clifford (19:44.77) and Nisreen Rizk (19:44.95)

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Orange Coast def. Cypress CYPRESS - Sophomore outside hitter Karlee Riggs had a team-high 18 kills as the Pirates swept, 25-21, 25-16, 28-26, the Orange Empire Conference match Wednesday. Dana Nicholson added 10 kills for Orange Coast (12-0, 6-0 in conference). Allison Lumsden had 37 assists and Andi Frisina added 12 digs. The Pirates play at rival Golden West on Friday at 6 p.m. in a first-place showdown. Golden West is also undefeated in conference, OCC Coach Chuck Cutenese said.

COSTA MESA - The road to the Orange Empire Conference men's soccer championship clearly goes through 17-time defending conference champion Santa Ana College. But, as Orange Coast College discovered Friday, Golden West may be hitting the Santa Ana recruiting trail in order to forge a pathway to making a run at the dynastic Dons. Golden West, with eight players on its roster who list Santa Ana as their home town, defeated host Orange Coast, 3-1, in a conference clash Friday to keep pace with Santa Ana atop the conference standings.

WOMEN'S SOCCER Orange Coast 7, Fullerton 0 COSTA MESA - Emma Pridmore scored two goals to lead the Pirates in the Orange Empire Conference game Tuesday. Sarah MacArthur, Madeline Edwards, Cindy Rubio, Courtney Garrity and Lauren Zapeda each added a goal and an assist for OCC, while Cindy Rubio added a goal for OCC (8-2, 3-2 in conference). Individual assists were turned in by Jessica Amaral and Devin Broederlow. Goalkeepers Megan Johnson and Emily Harrier each had two saves for the Pirates, who play host to rival Golden West on Friday at 3 p.m. * MEN'S SOCCER Orange Coast 3, Irvine Valley 1 IRVINE - Sophomore Baji Chela scored twice and sophomore Brandon Bauman had two assists to pace the visiting Pirates in an Orange Empire Conference match Tuesday.