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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
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Winter play preview “The Royal Family” comes to Pierce College
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Makayla Nichols (19) forward goes for the ball during a playoff game against Moorpark College in The Pit at Pierce College on Nov. 24.
Soccer wins Western State Brahmas add tenth conference championship, but drop chance to win state title against Moorpark
MEGAN MOUREAUX Editor-in-Chief @meganlmoureaux MITCH NODELMAN Reporter @mitchnodelman
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omen’s soccer added a 10th Western State Conference - North cham-
pionship to finish its season with a (13-2-6) record, but fell short of adding its first state title since 2003. The Brahmas played the Los Angeles Valley College Monarchs in the first round of playoffs on Nov. 21 and won 3-0. Pierce faced Moorpark College on Nov. 24 in the second round of the Southern California Regional Playoffs, but the offense was shutdown in a season-ending 1-0 defeat. The school’s soccer team is the
only one from Southern California community colleges to make the playoffs for 15 straight years, and it has never been ranked lower than second. Head coach Adolfo Perez, who’s been with the program since its start in 2001, has kept the team consistent while being a part-time coach, as opposed to most successful teams having a full-time coach. “It’s tough. I’ve been here 15 years and this was probably the
most special set of group we’ve had,” Perez said. “I really thought this year we had a team that could possibly compete for a state-title, and that’s what hurts the most.” The Brahmas played the Raiders twice in the regular season and tied both times, but the third time seemed to be the charm for Moorpark. [For the full story visit theroundupnews.com]
This season the Theater Department went with something old and something new—and all things funny. The new was “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” which ran in October. The old is “The Royal Family,” written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, which premiered on Broadway in December of 1927, and is being directed at Pierce by Anita Adcock, an instructor in the Theater Arts department. “It’s a classic American-comedy set in New York and written in the 1920’s,” Adcock said. “The Royal Family” is a play about the Barrymore family’s acting dynasty. Kaufman could not say the play was based on them so he called them the Cavendish family. “We have a lot of older subscribers [to the theater] who will love the setting of it because it is very opulent and we also have 1920’s music,” Adcock said. “After our last really modern play, it gives a completely different vibe to the theater.” The play is difficult with a lot of stage direction and running around for General
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the actors. One of the more difficult scenes involves a sword fight coming down a staircase. Tamarah Ashton is the lead actress and plays Julie Cavendish who is based on the actress Ethel Barrymore. “Julie is the person that tries to keep everything together,” Ashton said. “Throughout the show, the audience gets to see where her limit is and how much she can take. She has to be the star, the caretaker and all of their best friend so everybody expects a lot of things from her. Actor Scott Aaronson plays Julie’s brother Tony Cavendish. “I have a sword fighting scene that goes down a staircase,” Aaronson said. “It’s stage combat so it is all choreographed. That will be the first time I have ever done a fencing scene like that.” Aaronson and Ashton said that the play is physically intense and chaotic but that when everything goes right the audience will enjoy themselves. “Once it gets going and everybody knows their lines, it just creates this incredible synergy,” Ashton said. “It’s something bigger than all of us and then all of a sudden the actors themselves become a family.” The play will run from Dec. 4 through Dec. 13. You can go to info. piercecollege.edu/theater for tickets and more information.
The Royal Family Dec. 4 - Dec. 13
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
Performing Arts Mainstage
6201 Winnetka Ave, Woodland Hills, Calif Tickets at Brownpapertickets.com or call 818-719-6488
Brothers on and off the field Football players take sibling rivalry to a new level MITCH NODELMAN Reporter @MitchNodelman Under the Saturday night lights at a Pierce College football game you may see the versatile and competitive Kanteman brothers making plays on both sides of the field. The Simi Valley brothers, 21-year-old Trevor and 19-yearold Tanner, have been around the gridiron since the seventh grade and are now, finally, competing on the same Brahmas football team, but playing on different sides of the field. “We were always around each other, but we were never on the same team,” Tanner said. “This is our first year playing together. We are blessed with the opportunity of playing on the same team.” The brothers have a passionate competitiveness and tenacity that has head coach Jason Sabolic marveling about the presence they bring to the team. “If my kids turn out to be like those kids, I would be a happy man,” Sabolic said. “Their passion is unparalleled. I don’t think there are very many kids on the team that would outwork either one of them.” Trevor is a blocking and passcatching tight end on the offensive
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side of the ball. Tanner is a hard-hitting and punt-drilling linebacker who is also the punter for the defensive and special teams. Trevor said that Tanner has always played both sides of the ball, and has used his speed and physicality to convert over to linebacker. Tanner said his brother has always been more of an offensive-minded person; playing quarterback in high school and having it translate over to the tight end position.
ball on me - it stings a little, but I know it’ll come back and get him the next play,” Tanner said. Despite the matchup and competitiveness, the brothers said they will always have each other’s undeniable support on and off the field. “There is always competition in anything we do,” Tanner said. “We’re the only two brothers in our family. Whether it is pingpong or basketball there is always competition. Those matches mean a little bit more for bragging rights.”
“If my kids turn out to be like those kids, I would be a happy man. Their passion is unparalleled.” -Jason Sabolic Football head coach
“It definitely gets competitive,” Trevor said. “I don’t want him to beat me. I go as hard as I can against him compared to everybody else. I don’t want to go home knowing he beat me today.” Tanner acknowledges that there is sibling rivalry that has brewed among the brothers. However, he is determined to not let his big brother beat him. “If we go against each other and if he were to win, and catch a
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“I love Tanner’s drive. Whenever he commits to something he goes 100 percent to it,” Trevor said. “I always feel like I’m lecturing him. I don’t want to. I just want him to be successful.” “Our teammates have our back and everything, but brotherly bonds are a little more than that,” Tanner said. [See BROTHERS, pg. 7]
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Tanner Kanteman (left) tackles his brother Trevor (right) on the grass field at Pierce College on Nov. 23
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