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Football out duels College of the Desert in 44-43 thriller JOSHUA MANES Editor-in-Chief @TheManesEvent
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o ACME products or painted tunnels were needed to catch the Roadrunners Saturday night when football traveled to face College of the Desert. The Brahmas outlasted the Roadrunners in a back-and-forth 4443 battle that came down to the final seconds. Despite the harsh conditions of the desert, 93 degrees at the 7 p.m. kick off, the Brahmas looked comfortable throughout the game. “I told the guys to start hydrating on Monday, and, as you can see, towards the end of the game I think we only had two guys cramp up,” head coach Carlos Woods said. “[I’m] very grateful for our training staff they're on top of keeping the guys healthy. This is all hands on deck and that's what it takes in order to have a winning organization.” The ground game set the tone for the Brahmas offense. Running back David Kates found the endzone three times for the Brahmas, adding 89 yards on 12 carries. “I came out feeling loose and my line was getting stronger and better as we went through,” Kates said. Doma Morris carried the ball 13 times, racking up 109 yards, and the
deciding touchdown with less than two minutes to play. Brahmas quarterback Jonathan Saavedra went 20-34 for 247 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions. Saavedra took all but one of the offensive snaps for the Brahmas against Desert, a change of pace from the first four games. Another change from Woods was getting defensive back and explosive return man Dehron Holloway some looks on offense. Holloway caught a touchdown, but the play was called back for an ineligible man downfield. “He's a big play player. You watch his highlight film from high school, he's all over the field. Playing secondary, playing running back, playing receiver, a return specialist,” Woods said. “We've got to figure out how to get that ball even more. I'm really proud of his development. We challenged him to get in the playbook and he has.” The Brahmas hit the ground running to start the game, driving 65 yards in under three minutes, and Kates scored his first touchdown. Less than a minute later the Brahmas were back on the scoreboard when Dimetri King intercepted Roadrunners quarterback Noah Shoeman and returned it 21 yards for the pick-six. The interceptions was King’s conference leading fourth on the season, but the first time he has found the end zone. “You are you going to go feel a lot
more [excited],” King said. “I'm just trying to get an interception and make a play for my team each and every play.”
“This is all hands on deck and that's what it takes in order to have a winning organization.”
- Carlos Woods Head coach
The Brahmas added a field goal, and Saavedra connected with receiver Christian Graves for a touchdown near the end of the half to send them into the locker room up 24-21, marking the highest scoring first half for the Brahmas this season. “We have to really work on having a fast start,” Woods said. “We also worked on our conditioning. We did like the hill behind our practice field before we started practice so they're already zonked.” The Roadrunners took the lead in the third quarter, and the fourth opened with the Brahmas down 30-
24, with possession on the Desert oneyard line. Two plays later Kates scored for the second time on the night. Desert struck right back, driving 63 yards on seven plays before scoring to reclaim the lead at 37-31. The teams traded punts before Kates capped off an 83-yard drive with his third score, this one from 29 yards out with 4:17 left to play. The Roadrunners wasted no time. Running back Tony Williams took it 69-yards on the first play to give the lead back to Desert. Down five with under four minutes to go, the Brahmas started at their own 29-yard line. Aided by three Desert penalties for 30 yards, Pierce made its way to the four-yard line with less than two minutes to play. Morris made sure those yards counted, scoring from four yards, giving the Brahmas a 44-43 lead. The Brahmas defense locked down the Roadrunners final drive, forcing a turnover on downs after allowing only three yards. A couple kneel downs sealed the victory for the Brahmas, sending them into the bye week with a 2-3 record. The Brahmas return to the field Oct. 13 when they host the Santa Barbara City College Vaqueros (1-4) at 6 p.m. to open conference play.
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David Kates, running back, rushes for a touchdown in the first quarter against College of the Desert on Sept. 29, 2018, in Palm Desert, Calif. Kates had three rushing touchdowns for the Brahmas in the 44-43 victory.
Records recieved late The String Family Players IGETC, other information arriving to transfer schools after deadlines CHRIS TORRES Reporter @chris̲t̲torres
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From top to bottom, David Young, Maryanne Steinbrenner, and Lynn Grants, performing a piece together. Sept. 27, 2018, at Woodland Hills, Calif.
Transferring from a community college to a four-year university is a team effort. It requires participation from many people with no room for error. When one person does not do their job, the whole process falls apart and the students ultimately suffer by possibly having their admission rescinded. Scott Prewitt, former Pierce College geography major, applied to graduate and transfer from Pierce to the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) this past February. It was not until late August that Prewitt received an email from UCSB saying that he only had a week to submit his approval of IGETC petition. Prewitt became worried and tried to contact the graduation office at Pierce to see what the issue was, but he was later informed that the graduation office was going to be closed for a few weeks. Prewitt took to social media where he stated that one member of the UCSB office of admissions went as far as to call Pierce College “notorious” for missing paperwork deadlines. “The UCSB administration office said that they had a lot of problems with Pierce and when I asked if they were notorious for this kind of stuff she said yeah,” Prewitt said. However, in a phone interview with the UCSB admissions office,
they said they have no knowledge of these claims of Pierce being “notorious” for late paperwork. They went on to say that it is very rare that they reject students’ admission because of late paperwork and that they do whatever they can to help the student. “Every year there is some,” said a member of UCSB admissions who requested to stay anonymous. “That’s part of the process now that school is starting and they are missing documents. Very rarely we do that and we try to work with the students as much as possible.” Prewitt does not want to point fingers at anyone but feels like the process is flawed and has too much room for error. “Somebody is accountable for the delays which are being called notorious,” Prewitt said. “And that somebody should be explaining why those delays are occurring and why they are specific to Pierce College.” According to Prewitt, Will Marmolejo, dean of student services, was the individual who helped resolve the whole situation. Marmolejo said that the process itself is not difficult, but because there are so many factors involved in the transfer process there is plenty of room for error. “It is not a complicated process but it is a process with a lot of moving parts,” Marmolejo said. “Grades, where instructors don’t submit grades on time. Students change their mind when they want to get their IGETC to one school then to a different school so they let a counselor know but they don’t let
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the graduation office know.” Marmolejo also cleared up that most colleges will give a deadline to submit their transfer records, but will almost always accept it after the deadline. According to Marmolejo, these deadlines are meant to light a fire and motivate the student to be proactive in the transfer process. “I know that a lot of times these dates are not set in stone and the student is not going to lose their certification for their IGETC,” Marmolejo said. “They aren’t going to lose their acceptance.” According to Marmolejo, this problem can be resolved by hiring more evaluators in the graduation office. The state of California is paying colleges more money depending on the number of students they graduate, said Marmolejo. With graduation in higher demand, the evaluators in the graduation office start to get overwhelmed. “We are working on trying to get an additional one or two evaluators,” said Marmolejo. “We have three evaluators. Schools of our size in our district have five evaluators.” Marmolejo advises students if they are experiencing a problem with their transferring process to go visit the graduation office since they are the ones with all the records and petitions. He also said that students should check their LACCD email and student portal regularly. “If ultimately, that is not productive then they can contact the Dean of Student Services, which is me,” Marmolejo said. ctorres.roundupnews@gmail.com