Chris Spencer's two-point conversion run in overtime pushed Golden West past the Ventura College football team, 37-36, at the Orange County Rooster Bowl at LeBard Stadium in Costa Mesa. .

Playing in the 10th bowl game in school history, Ventura finished its season 7-4, despite quarterback Antavius Sims completing 16 of 25 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns and running for another 92 yards and a score.

Just getting to overtime took a special finish for the Pirates.

Trailing 29-26 in the final moments, Sims was tackled out of bounds with no time on the clock on the Golden West 27.

But a personal foul on his tackler gave the Pirates an untimed down on the Rustlers' 12, which enabled Tyler Stampler to force overtime with a 30-yard field goal.

On the first possession of overtime, Sims found tight end Michael Holcomb for a 11-yard touchdown pass, but Golden West matched it with a 23-yard Mike VanDeripe strike to Matt James.

Golden West kicker Eric Torres was roughed on the extra point and Nick Mitchell elected to give Spencer the chance to decide the game from a yard-and-a-half away.

The CLU football team dropped its NCAA Division III first-round playoff game at Linfield, 38-17, Saturday afternoon.

On his blog, Star columnist David Lassen gave this summary at the final whistle:

"Linfield's defense had four interceptions, sacked CLU quarterback Jericho Toilolo eight times and held CLU to 220 total yards, which was more than enough to protect the 31-3 lead Linfield built in the second quarter.

Linfield quarterback Aaron Boehme passed for 114 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for 99 yards and another score to lead Linfield (10-0) into a second-round game with Mary Hardin-Baylor of Texas next week. The site will be announced today.

More to come later, and in Sunday's edition of The Star."

The Ventura College men's basketball team falls to No. 3 Antelope Valley 69-59 in the consolation final of the "We Play Hard" tournament.

The Oxnard College men's basketball team currently trails 41-39 to Orange Coast at halftime of the third-place game.

Mixed results in the second day of the "We Play Hard" men's basketball tournament at Ventura College today.

Moorpark College dropped to 0-3 with a 78-73 loss to No. 3 Antelope Valley. Two tough losses this weekend for the Raiders

In the other consolation semifinal, a 16-3 run allowed Pasadena City to pull within 72-70 of Ventura College with 6:39 to play.

But the Pirates (1-2) held on for their first win of the season, 88-82, over the Lancers. Troy Watson had 20 points and Jordan Harris had 17.

Ventura will play Antelope Valley in Sunday's consolation final at noon. AVC eliminated VC in the state quarterfinals in 2005 and state semifinals in 2007.

Oxnard trails Los Angeles Valley, 44-38, in the first semifinal. James Ennis has 10 points.

Molly Carson had 12 points, Bev Lamphear had 11 points and Reyneisha Mays had 10 points and seven rebounds as the sophomores led the Moorpark College women's basketball team to a season-opening win, 65-50, Tuesday night over visiting College of the Sequoias at Raider Pavilion.

Freshman Irene Lopez added six points and 14 rebounds. Moorpark (1-0) led 32-17 at the half. The Raiders open up the Santa Barbara tournament Saturday against Orange Coast.

Alley Reeves had a game-high 13 points for Sequoias (1-1).

So Bakersfield and Hancock have wrapped up the playoff berths with consecutive wins over Ventura entering rivalry week. Hancock finished its regular season by holding off the Pirates. The Bulldogs can share the conference title with Bakersfield if the Renegades fall at Canyons Saturday. Ventura can clinch rival Moorpark's first winless season with a second straight Citrus Cup win. San Gabriel Valley rivals Pasadena City and Glendale will play for fifth place.

Week 9 Scores
Hancock 28, Ventura 21
Glendale 41, Moorpark 27
Canyons 29, Pasadena City 22 (OT)
Bakersfield, bye

Week 9 Standings
Bakersfield 8-1 5-0
Hancock 9-1 5-1
Ventura 6-3 3-2
Canyons 6-3 3-2
Pasadena City 4-5 1-4
Glendale 4-5 1-4
Moorpark 0-9 0-5

Week 10 Schedule
Ventura at Moorpark
Bakersfield at Canyons
Pasadena City at Glendale
Hancock, bye

GLENDALE -- A tipped pass doomed the Moorpark College football team's bid for its first victory Saturday night.

With the two teams locked in fourth-quarter deadlock, Glendale College's Osa Aikhionbara picked off a tipped pass from Raiders' quarterback Ian Shultis and returned the interception 23 yards for a touchdown to propel host Glendale to a 41-27 victory Saturday night.

Moorpark faced a third and 13 from its own 6-yard line, when Shultis' pass was tipped by the intended receiver and settled into the waiting arms of Aikhionbara. The interception and return broke a 20-20 tie with 11:06 remaining.

Anthony Dawkins' second touchdown of the night, a 2-yard run with 3:04 remaining, and a 67-yard fumble recovery by Max Williams with 57 seconds upped the lead to 41-20.

Shultis' 9-yard completion to Chris Gant with 15 seconds left provided the final margin.

Moorpark will enter Saturday's Citrus Cup game with Ventura 0-9 overall and 0-5 in the SCFA Northern Conference. Glendale College improves to 4-5 and 1-4.

Shultis had another big night, completing 34 of 64 attempts for 351 yards and two touchdowns. Justin Bradley caught 11 passes for 129 yards, and Chris Gant had 11 catches for 133 yards

(From Loren Ledin in Glendale)

Running its win streak to seven games, the Cal Lutheran football team clinched at least a share of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title with a 45-3 win at La Verne Saturday.

CLU (7-1, 5-0) can claim the title outright, and earn its first NCAA Division III playoff berth, with a win next Saturday against Redlands.

On a day when the Kingsmen were able to clear their bench, Antoine Adams ran for two touchdowns, Bobby Rodrigues and Derek Martinez had one each, and Jericho Toilolo -- the first of five CLU quarterbacks -- threw for a score. But the biggest play was Derek Wilson's 89-yard kickoff return, erasing a short-lived 3-0 La Verne lead.

(From David Lassen in La Verne)

The Leopards are now 0-8, 0-6.

Kendall Dreyer scored two second-half goals on assists from Sinead Vaughn as the Moorpark College women's soccer team maintained their two-point lead in the WSC North ahead of Friday night's showdown with Ventura with a 3-0 win over visiting Cuesta.

Lindsey McClellan opened the scoring in the 42nd minute on an assist from Christian Cameron for Moorpark (12-0-3, 7-0-1 WSC North). Katie Rappazzo and Brooke Nixon combined for the shutout in goal.

Jazmarae Strozier, Taylor Benton and Ashley Gnagy scored as the Ventura College women's soccer team won their fifth straight game 3-0 over Oxnard Tuesday.

Taylor Steele, Yadira Toraya and Kristi O'Connor picked up assists for Ventura (13-3, 6-1 WSC North). Aslyn Rau and Adi Pimental combined for the shutout in goal.

Bakersfield clinched a share of the Northern Conference by clubbing Ventura in the showdown of the conference's last two unbeatens. In its bid for its first win, Moorpark was foiled in the fourth quarter at Pasadena. Hancock clubbed Glendale to set up a battle for second place Saturday at Ventura and a battle for last place Saturday at Glendale.

Week 7 Scores
Bakersfield 44, Ventura 14
Pasadena City 27, Moorpark 20
Hancock 55, Glendale 27
Canyons, bye

Week 7 Standings
Bakersfield 8-1 5-0
Hancock 8-1 4-1
Ventura 6-2 3-1
Canyons 5-3 2-2
Pasadena City 4-4 1-3
Glendale 3-5 0-4
Moorpark 0-8 0-4

Week 8 Schedule
Hancock at Ventura
Moorpark at Glendale
Canyons at Pasadena City
Bakersfield, bye

The Moorpark College women's volleyball team walked the service line
in Tuesday night's Western State Conference showdown.

The Raiders, ranked No. 3 in the state, used effective serving to keep
the WSC's top two hitters, Jen Waddill and Nicole Bergmann, off
balance in a four-game win over No. 7 Santa Barbara City at Raider
Pavilion.

"That was really one of the key things," said Moorpark coach Steve
Burkhart. "We had a really good gameplan going into this match and we
really executed it."

Middle blocker Rachel Olinyk had 16 kills and four blocks, outside
hitter Shakila Balkhi had 16 kills and libero Mimi Sandler had 39 digs
as Moorpark (13-1) improved to 3-0 in WSC North play with a 25-20,
24-26, 25-22, 25-18.

Despite the top two hitters in WSC hitting percentage, Santa Barbara
fell to 12-2, 1-1.

"We got it done," saud Burkhart. "Our overall team passing and defense
really was the best it's been."

Ventura 3, Hancock 0: Sandra Alvarez had eight kills, Justine O'Connor had 22
assists, Andrea Bennett had 18 digs and Anne Westbrook had five blocks as Ventura (7-7, 2-1 WSC North) swept 25-20, 25-19, 25-18.

Cuesta 3, Oxnard 0:Outside hitter Andi Perez led the way offensively for Oxnard (6-5, 0-3 WSC North), which fell 25-16, 25-16, 25-10.

Taylor Benton scored inside six minutes and Hailey Wilson and Jazmarae Strozier added second half goals as the Ventura College women's soccer team cruised by Santa Barbara City in a key game in the Western State Conference North Division.

The win keeps Ventura (10-3, 4-1) within two points of leaders Moorpark (9-0-3, 4-0-1) and pushes Santa Barbara into third place.

Jose Garcia had a goal and an assist, Armando Gutierrez and Josh Hibbert scored and goalkeeper Victor Gonzalez added an assist to his clean sheet as the Moorpark College men's soccer team swept by visiting Citrus Tuesday afternoon.

Sam Nellis and Abel Pacheo each scored to pull host Oxnard within a goal at 2-1 and 3-2, respectively, but second-place College of the Canyons held on, 4-2, Tuesday afternoon.

Moorpark (6-5-1, 4-3) and Oxnard (7-5-1, 3-3-1) move to fourth and fifth place, seven and nine points behind leader Santa Barbara City (6-4-2, 6-0-1).

Juan Santiago and Adrian Llamas scored five minutes apart at the end of the
first half as the Moorpark College men¹s soccer team improved to 3-0 in the
Western State Conference with a 3-2 win over visiting Hancock on Tuesday
afternoon.

Santiago opened the scoring in the 39th minute. After Hancock immediately
equalized, Llamas dribbled 40 yards and finished the restore the Raiders
lead.

Kevin Sanchez added a third six minutes after the half for Moorpark (5-2-1,
3-0), who travels to Oxnard on Friday for the Ventura County derby.

Oxnard (5-4-1, 1-2 WSC) fell to visiting Los Angeles Mission (5-4-1, 2-0-1), who sits alongside Santa Barbara City in second place with seven points.

The Oxnard College women's soccer team fell 3-1 at Cuesta. Liz Gouvea scored in the 88th minute for the Condors (2-6-2, 1-2).

Gabe Bostic rushed for 98 yards, Dominic Morris rushed for 76 yards and quarterback Antavius Sims added 59 yards and a touchdown as the Ventura College football team put its helmet down and pounded out out a 20-13 win over gritty Glendale Saturday night at the VC Sportsplex.

The Pirates (4-1, 1-0) kept the ball on the ground 46 times for 228 yards, allowed placekicker Tyler Stampler to knock through a pair of field goals and limited Glendale (3-2, 0-1) to just 145 yards of total offense.

The defense propped up an offense that only mustered a pair of field goals on possessions it opened on the Glendale 11-, 21-, 39- and 47-yard lines.

Instead, the Pirates took control the hard way, driving 97 yards on 13 plays to take a 13-6 lead on Sims' 10-yard touchdown pass to Morris with 4:12 left in the first half.

Shaklia Balhki had 10 kills, Rachel Olynik had six kills and two blocks and Olivia White had 22 assists as the Moorpark College women's volleyball team swept Los Angeles Pierce, 25-17, 26-24, 26-24, Wednesday in Woodland Hills.

Vanessa Valdez and Shanna Wright led the Oxnard College women's volleyball team to a sweep of West Los Angeles, 27-25, 25-18, 25-16, Tuesday in Culver City.

Meanwhile, Ventura College fell in three games at Glendale Tuesday, 25-13, 25-22, 25-16, despite 19 assists and eight kills from Justine O'Connor, three blocks by Anne Westbrook and six digs from Jessica Lara.

Moorpark (8-1), Oxnard (5-1) and Ventura (5-6) are all in action Friday night.

The Ventura College water polo teams opened Western State Conference play Wednesday with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Los Angeles Valley.

Spencer McGrath scored five goals, Jonnie Pare had three goals and two assists and Hayden Adler and Tyler McClure each added two goals as the VC men's water polo team won, 15-10.

Goalie Cody Womack had six blocks for Ventura (6-2, 1-0). L.A. Valley is 4-6 and 0-1.

Carly Clark scored five goals and Kelsey Michon, Rachel Davis, Mary Dugan, Kayleigh Jeffries, Emily Allen and Courtney Thomas also scored as the VC women won, 11-4.

Goalie Marissa Herold had nine saves for Ventura (3-2, 1-0).

Sophomore Alberto Anguiano's goal two minutes into second half stoppage time ensured the Oxnard College men's soccer team opened Western State Conference play with a win, 1-0, against Citrus.

After 91 minutes of scoreless soccer, freshman midfielder Jose Rivelo chipped a ball behind the Owls' defense. Anguiano ran onto the pass, beat one defender and cut inside to score the game-winning goal.

Oxnard improves to 5-2-1, 1-0 in the WSC.

The net result of a wild, 50-point fourth quarter (27 points for Moorpark, 23 for Santa Ana) was Moorpark's fourth loss, but also a record passing day.

The Raiders passed for 461 yards, with quarterback Ian Shultis throwing for 432, setting team and individual marks for passing yardage. Shultis finished 25 of 38, with Justin Bradley catching 12 passes for 201 yards and a TD and Chris Gant collecting nine passes for 190 yards and three TDs.

Thanks to David Lassen for a great job with the updates.

Freshman Yadira Toraya followed her own rebound to score the game-winning goal with seven minutes to play as the Ventura College women's soccer team beat host Bakersfield, 2-1, Tuesday night.

Taylor Benton opened the scoring in the 49th minute from Kristi O'Connor. Aslyn Rau made six saves for Ventura (6-2-0).