Community College football

Ventura 26, Pasadena City 20: VC shows hunger by Loren Ledin in Pasadena and Big second half not enough for Lancers by Keith Lair, Pasadena Star-News.
College of the Canyons 31, Moorpark 17: Moorpark can't keep the pace by Joe Curley in Moorpark.
Bakersfield 31, Hancock 24: Stand and Deliver by Jeff Evans, Bakersfield California and Bulldogs come up short after frantic finish by Kenny Cress, Santa Maria Times.

NCAA Division III

Cal Lutheran 48, Pomona-Pitzer 14: CLU executes plan of attack by David Lassen in Claremont.

Community College football

Cerritos 36, Ventura 35: VC tries for 2 and loses by 1 to Cerritos by Joe Curley in Ventura.

Santa Ana 51, Moorpark 36: Shultis' huge day not enough as Moorpark loses by David Lassen in Santa Ana.

Sophomore Will Faiivae and freshman Randy Hunter had 12 points each as the Ventura College men's basketball team won its eighth straight game, 72-57, at Imperial Valley Saturday night.

Ventura, ranked No. 15 in Southern California, is now 9-3.

The Oxnard College men's basketball team fell to No. 4 San Bernardino Valley, 87-71, Saturday night in the second semifinal of the Condor Classic.

Bernard Burrell scored a team-high 23 points and Jonathan Johnson and Marc Pujund added 17 and 12 points, respectively.

That wraps up the pairings for Sunday.

Condor Classic
1 p.m. -- Consolation final: West Los Angeles vs. Los Angeles Harbor
3 p.m. -- Third-place game: Santa Barbara City at Oxnard
5 p.m. -- Championship: Ventura vs. No. 4 San Bernardino

VC-Kiwanis Tournament of Champions
12 p.m. -- Consolation final: Imperial Valley vs. Contra Costa
2 p.m. -- Third-place game: San Jose vs. No. 11 Canyons
4 p.m. -- Championship: No. 1 Mount SAC at No. 2 Ventura

LOS ANGELES -- Two of the first five plays from scrimmage are interceptions as Cary Harris leaps to intercept Jimmy Clausen's third down pass and, two plays later, Robert Butler jumped all over a slant route on Mark Sanchez's first pass of the game.

One day after suffering its first loss of the season, the Moorpark College men's basketball team rebounded with a 84-65 win over Los Angeles Southwest in the consolation game of its Thanksgiving Classic.

Other early scores from the holiday tournaments.

Condor Classic consolation semifinals

West Los Angeles 70, Compton 59
Los Angeles Harbor 78, Vandenberg AFB 68
West L.A. and L.A. Harbor will have an all-Los Angeles consolation final Sunday at 1 p.m.

VC-Kiwanis Tournament of Champions

Contra Costa 63, Porterville 57
Imperial Valley 59, Taft 53
Contra Costa and Imperial Valley advance to Saturday's noon consolation final.

In a matchup of the No. 16 and No. 17 teams in the state, Moorpark College men's basketball team is struggling tonight against Fullerton in the semifinals of its Thanksgiving tournament.

The Raiders (6-0) have only converted four field goals and trail 41-23 at the half.

The first half was marred by four technical fouls

Chanelle Brennen had a team-high 19 points as the Ventura College women's basketball team, ranked No. 2 in the state, moved to the semifinals of its Tournament of Champions Friday night witha 87-51 win over visiting Taft at the VC Athletic Event Center.

Erika Ward had 18 points, Julie Heurung had 17 points and Amanda Padilla added 10 assists for the Pirates (6-0).

No. 1 Mount San Antonio College and No. 11 College of the Canyons advance in the first two games of the VC-Kiwanis Tournament of Champions Friday afternoon at the VC Athletic Events Center.

Mount SAC (7-0) hammered Porterville, 78-42. Canyons (5-3) pounded Contra Costa, 92-34.

They will contest an anticipated 5 p.m. semifinal Saturday.

Here are the community college men's basketball previews, which ran over the past week:

Moorpark College: Contender or pretender? by Joe Curley
Ventura College: VC pressing on as issues from last season linger by Joe Curley
Oxnard College: Oxnard expects road will be bumpy by Joe Curley

Click on the jump for the preview boxes for all three schools.

It's official. For the second straight year, the Ventura College football team lead the state in pass defense this season.

The Pirates topped the state in yards allowed per game (137.6), yards allowed per completion (10.3) and passing touchdowns against (6).

"The good news is that we've led the state in pass defense for two
years and hopefully have started a new tradition," wrote secondary coach Tom Lawrence in an e-mail.

"The bad news is we have to replace three starters in the secondary."

Star safety Travaun Nixon, who led the Northern Conference in tackles, will be the only returning starter in the secondary next fall.

The Moorpark College women's volleyball team, ranked No. 5 in the state, is swept out of the Southern California regional playoffs by No. 13-seed Cypress Tuesday night at Raider Pavilion.

Cypress wins 25-20, 26-24, 27-25.

The Moorpark College women's volleyball team, seeded No. 4 in the Southern California regional playoffs, trails No. 13 Cypress 22-17 in the first game at Raider Pavilion.

Rough start for the Ventura College women's soccer team, which falls behind San Diego Mesa 1-0 in the first 60 seconds in the teams' Southern California regional semifinal Tuesday night at the VC Sportsplex.

Ventura College freshman safety Travaun Nixon is the local highlight to the inaugural All-Northern Conference football team.

The Hueneme High product, who led the conference with 81 tackles and finished third with three interceptions, was the only local unanimous first-team All-Northern Conference team.

Two other Pirates, receiver Nick Karam and defensive end Ricky Grant, joined Nixon on the first team.

Karam led the conference in kick returning (27.5 yards per return) and finished third in punt returning (12.2 yards per return).

Moorpark had five second-team selections, quarterback Donald Senegal, center Steve Josker, receiver Mark Urbina, defensive end James Brito-White, and linebacker Miller Aupiu Jr.

Ventura had six players on the second team, quarterback Lee Mondol, running back Michael Lee, defensive tackle Josh Aguirre, linebacker Trevor Lyne, cornerback Byron Sells and punter Alvaro Perez.

Mondol lead the conference in passing yards (2,128), touchdowns (22) and finished second in total offense (217.9 yards per game).

Moorpark star running back Danny Mosier, who rushed for 640 yards and eight touchdowns despite missing nearly half the season, was left off the team.

The Moorpark College women's volleyball team was seeded No. 4 in the Southern California regional playoffs Sunday.

In search of its first trip to the state championships since 2003, the Raiders (20-4) will host No. 13 Cypress Tuesday night at 7 at Raider Pavilion in the regional semifinals.

Jocelyn Coney pounced on a rebound in the 89th minute to put the No. 2-seeded Ventura College women's soccer team into the regional semifinals with a 2-1 win over No. 15 Southwestern Saturday night at the VC Sportsplex.

The deciding goal caused some controversy as Coney put away a loose ball that the Southwestern goalie had fumbled. The referee and linesman conferred before allowing the goal.

"I'm being really honest with you, it was a goal," said Ventura coach Steve Hoffman.

"Their coach was more complaining about the first goal."

Ventura's first goal came with a Southwestern player down behind the play.

"We haven't gotten the luck in the playoffs over the past five years," said Hoffman. "We'll take it."

Ventura will play No. 7 San Diego Mesa, which beat Santa Barbara City 1-0, Tuesday night at 7.

The Ventura College women's basketball team, ranked No. 2 in the state, improves to 5-0 with a 58-49 win over Antelope Valley at the VC Athletic Event Center.

Donielle Griggs had a team-high 16 points and Michelle Santizo added 14 points for the Pirates, which beat the Mauraders twice in five days.

The Oxnard College men's soccer team was eliminated by Los Angeles Harbor, 3-0, Saturday evening in the first round of the Southern California regional playoffs.

The Condors (10-8-3), who remain winless on artificial surfaces this season, couldn't overcome the sending off of midfielder Jonny Martinez in the 10th minute.

Attempting for two straight wins over the Mauraders, the Ventura College women's basketball team leads visiting Antelope Valley at the half, 34-28, at the VC Athletic Events Center.