College Football

For the first half of the season the Glendale Community College football team's mantra has been improvement from week to week. There's certainly been progress, as the Vaqueros' two wins so far have already matched the team's win total of the previous two seasons combined, but it's on the heels of back-to-back losses that Glendale enters its bye week with a record of 2-3 and 0-2 in the Pacific Conference American Division. Still it's with a glass-half-full attitude that the Vaqueros are approaching the week in which they've had a chance to heal up while reflecting on the past five weeks and looking ahead to the home stretch of conference games, as even the team's losses have offered glimpses of things to build on. "We have felt that even though we had a two-game slide, we felt that those teams were the top two team in our conference," said Glendale Coach Rome, whose team has opened conference with losses to Antelope Valley and defending-champion Santa Monica by a combined 15 points.

TODAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL  Glendale Community College at Allan Hancock College, 6 p.m.   GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL  Crescenta Valley and Hoover in Crescenta Valley Tournament, TBA  Webb at Flintridge Prep, 11:30 a.m.  Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in Redondo Tournament, TBA   CROSS-COUNTRY  Flintridge Prep in Prep League finals at L.A. Pierce College,...

Instead of going to a NCAA Division II football program, Tyler Marona decided to start his college football career at Pasadena City College out of St. Francis High. "There were people and coaches all over the place telling me I shouldn't do that, [junior colleges] aren't an option," said Marona, a defensive lineman who hoped he'd garner some Division I interest after his freshman season. The former Golden Knight also started questioning if he made the right decision around winter break when he hadn't heard from any Division I schools, and about three weeks ago Pasadena City College Coach Fred Fimbres sat down with Marona and his parents in an attempt to reassure them.

It became a familiar story line each time Bill Stokes took the field. Call it the art of intimidation. Get to the line of scrimmage and quickly try to find a way to upset the timing of the opposing teams' offensive line before ultimately finding a hole to make life miserable for a quarterback by recording a sack. Stokes mastered that talent throughout his high school and college careers, which included a stellar two-year stint as an outside linebacker with the Glendale Community College football team.

Andy Reid might not be out of work much longer. After being fired as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday following a second disappointing season, Reid, a former Glendale Community College standout football player, appeared on the verge of becoming the new head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. According to multiple media outlets, Reid was on the verge of ironing out a contract with the Chiefs. According to espn.com, several high-ranking Kansas City officials traveled to Philadelphia to meet with Reid.

After 14 seasons as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, which included a trip to the Super Bowl, Andy Reid's tenure ended Monday when he was fired. Reid, a former Glendale Community College football player from 1976-77, was let go by Philadelphia owner Jeffrey Lurie after Philadelphia's season came to a close Sunday with a 42-7 road loss against the rival New York Giants. The Eagles finished a disappointing 4-12 after going 8-8 in 2011, when they were picked as a prohibitive favorite to win the franchise's first Super Bowl trophy after acquiring several high-priced players.

Going into their season finale against L.A. Pierce College Saturday, there are several things that the members of the Glendale Community College will try to accomplish. They range from trying to win their first home game to attempting to derail Pierce's bid to gain a piece on the American Conference Pacific Division championship. Both figure to be tall tasks for Glendale, which will meet Pierce at 1 p.m. at Sartoris Field. “It's been a frustrating season, but there's still the pride factor that comes into play and trying to finish up strong at home,” said Rome, whose team is 2-7, 0-6 in the division for last place.

It would be hard to imagine the Glendale Community College football team having anywhere to go but up at this point in the season. The Vaqueros have lost five straight and are coming off a game against Los Angeles Valley College in which the previously winless Monarchs set a season-high for points scored in a game by the end of the first quarter en route to a 57-18 win. “Halloween came early,” Glendale Coach Rome said of the nightmare loss....

For the first half of the season the Glendale Community College football team's mantra has been improvement from week to week. There's certainly been progress, as the Vaqueros' two wins so far have already matched the team's win total of the previous two seasons combined, but it's on the heels of back-to-back losses that Glendale enters its bye week with a record of 2-3 and 0-2 in the Pacific Conference American Division. Still it's with a glass-half-full attitude that the Vaqueros are approaching the week in which they've had a chance to heal up while reflecting on the past five weeks and looking ahead to the home stretch of conference games, as even the team's losses have offered glimpses of things to build on. "We have felt that even though we had a two-game slide, we felt that those teams were the top two team in our conference," said Glendale Coach Rome, whose team has opened conference with losses to Antelope Valley and defending-champion Santa Monica by a combined 15 points.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE - Four games into the season, the Glendale Community College football team had alternated winning and then losing games to come into Saturday night's American Division Pacific Conference contest against visiting Santa Monica College at .500. The Vaqueros dropped their league opener last week, so it appeared it was time for another victory even though their latest opponent was the reigning conference champion that had not lost a game in Pacific play since 2010. The contest turned out to be so close.

PASADENA -- History would be made at Robinson Stadium on Saturday night, as the Pasadena City College football team hosted Cerritos College.  It would not be the kind of history that Lancers Coach Fred Fimbres wants to remember, as the Falcons defeated the Lancers, 65-14. This loss goes down as the biggest deficit, 51 points, at Robinson Stadium.  It would also be the most points, 65, given up by the Lancers in the stadium's history.  Robinson Stadium was built in 1999. “Any loss is a tough loss,” Fimbres said.