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CHEERLEADING |
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RECORDS
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Sport (Season,
Conference W-L)
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Seasons completed |
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Baseball 18-18, 15-10 |
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Softball 20-12, 11-4 |
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Men's Tennis 9-5, 6-2 |
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Women's Tennis 20-1, 10-0 |
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W. Track & Field
2-1, 2-1 |
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Men's Golf 56-48-1, 34-36 |
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Men's Volleyball 4-14, 4-8 |
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Home contests in Bold |
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SAT., SEPT. 1
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FOOTBALL |
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at El Camin 7 p.m. |
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Murdoch Stadium |
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El Camino College, Torrance |
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1140 W. Mission Rd. San Marcos, CA 92069
(760) 744-1150 X 2460 FAX (760) 761-3512 Athletic
Director: Scott Cathcart
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Notable Palomar
sports alumni ...
JOHN FAIRCHILD, Former BYU basketball All-American and
ex-Los Angeles Laker
JON STANLEY, United States Olympic Team, Volleyball,
1968 and 1972; 7-time United States Volleyball Assn.
All-American; Inducted into National and International
Volleyball Hall of Fame, 1992
TOM DEMPSEY, Former New Orleans Saints, Los Angeles Rams,
Houston Oilers, Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles kicker;
co-holder of NFL record for longest field goal, 63 yards
RANDY JOHNSON, Former Atlanta Braves third baseman;
Former Assistant General Manager of the Detroit Tigers;
Currently Assistant to the General Manager of the Oakland A's
MARK WIEBE, Retired PGA Tour golfer
TOM PETRANOFF, Two-time World Record holder in the
javelin; No.1-ranked American in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987,
1989 and 1990
JOHN TUSHAUS, Former American Record holder in the
javelin; Former NCAA Record holder; University of Arizona's
first NCAA track & field champion in any event.
TROY AFENIR, Former Major League catcher for the
Houston Astros, Oakland A's and Cincinnati Reds
GEORGE HINSHAW, Former Major League second baseman for the
San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers
JIM
SCRANTON, Former Major League shortstop for the Kansas City
Royals
THOM KAUMEYER, Former Seattle Seahawks and New York
Giants safety; former Atlanta Falcons Assistant Coach; former
Defensive Coordinator, San Diego State; Current Defensive
Coordinator, Tulane University
BRAD HENKE, Defensive end for the Denver Broncos in
Super Bowl XXIV
KEITH MILLER, Former outside linebacker for the St.
Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks
KEVIN SWAYNE, Three-season NFL wide receiver for the
New York Jets
MITCH WHITE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive tackle
CHRIS CASH, Cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons; Former
corner for the Detroit Lions
PITA ELISARA, Former Washington Redskins offensive
guard and tackle
BILL
KUSHNER, Ex-punter, Buffalo Bills
MATT
GEORGE, Ex-kicker, Pittsburgh Steelers
CHRIS KELDORF, Former University of North Carolina
quarterback; 1996 ACC Player of the Year; 1997 Gator Bowl MVP;
holds 17 North Carolina passing records and eight total offense
records
KIM WARD, Two-time softball All-American at Oklahoma
State and former pitcher for the U.S. National Team; Associate
Head Softball Coach, Oklahoma State University
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CLICK HERE to view
an article on former Palomar swimmer Ana Maria
Salazar, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Clinton Administration.
CLICK HERE to view
biographical information on former Palomar football player
Dr. Scott Bowman, Ph.D.,
UCLA Professor of the Year, Policital Science Dept., 1993-94,
and Author of The
Modern Corporation and American Political Thought.
CLICK HERE to view a
biography of onetime Palomar basketball player
Dr. Ted Repa,
Ph.D., who retired
recently as Chair, Department of Administration, Leadership and
Technology, Steinhart School of Education, New York University.
The biography is from the NYU web site.
CLICK HERE to view a
professional biography of world renowned entomologist
David Faulkner, a
former Palomar football and basketball player.
CLICK HERE to view
an interview with former Palomar and University of North
Carolina quarterback Chris Keldorf,
1996 ACC Player of the Year, 1997 Gator Bowl MVP and holder of
17 Tar Heel passing records.
All about us ...
For useful information about
Palomar, our athletic program, a more complete list of notable
alumni and how to contact us
CLICK HERE
Did you know?
That
Palomar alum Tom Dempsey, who set an NFL record when his 63-yard
field goal gave the New Orleans Saints a last second-win over
the Detroit Lions back in 1970, was much more than just a kicker
for the Comets. He also started on the defensive line, was a
conference heavyweight wrestling champion and threw the discus.
TO READ CBS SPORTSLINE'S DESCRIPTION OF DEMPSEY'S NFL CAREER ...
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BASEBALL:
Pro Alumni Report
Vincent: big return to Triple-A; Ibarra,
Hadley, Saladino updates
BIRMINGHAM,
Ala. / TUCSON
/ OTHER LOCATIONS (5-21-2012) --
While
the Chicago White Sox have moved Tyler
Saladino (left) to the leadoff spot in the order for
Double-A Birmingham, pitchers Nick Vincent, Jeff
Ibarra and Marcus Hadley are among those also are in
the news among Palomar alums in pro baseall.
Vincent, a right-handed pitcher who was called up to
the San Diego Padres' Major League roster for two
days over the weekend, returned to Triple-A Tucson
in the Pacific Coast League on Sunday with a
hitless, scoreless relief inning against the
visiting Nashville Sounds.
Fresh off a flight from San Diego, Vincent retired
the Sounds in order in the seventh inning.
Other updates for former Conets:
Jeff Ibarra -- The left-handed
pitcher continues to impress for the Padres' San
Antonio farm club in the Class AA Texas League.
Ibarra,who pitched at NAIA national power Lee
University after two seasons at Palomar, has
an ERA of 0.67 out of the bullpen with 18 strikeouts
and only five walks in 20 2/3 innings.
Marcus Hatley -- Pitching for the
Tennessee Smokies in the Class AA Southern League in
the Chicago Cubs farm system, Hatley is 1-1 with 1
save, a 2.75 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 19 2/3
innings.
Tyler Saladino -- The ex-Summit
League Player of the Year at Oral Roberts
University, rated as one of the top prospects in the
White Sox organization, is playing both shortstop
and second base at Birmingham. He recently
cokmpleted a 10-game streak during which he batted
.361 for the Barons.
Bobby Shore -- The former Oklahoma
University alum has struck out 76 batters in 70 2/3
innings for the Seattle Mariners' Clinton
LumberKings farm club in the Class A Midwest League.
Shore has a 3.96 ERA in two seasons in the Mariners
organization.
PRO ALUMS UPDATED MAY 21, 2012
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Nick Vincent |
RHP |
Padres / Tucson (AAA) |
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Marcus Hatley |
RHP |
Cubs / Tennessee (AA) |
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Tyler Saladino |
INF |
White Sox / Birmingham (AA)) |
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Jeff Ibarra |
LHP |
Padres / San Antonio (AA) |
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Bobby Shore |
RHP |
Mariners / Clinton (A) |
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Brenden Webb |
OF |
Orioles / Delmarva (A) |
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Joe Ramos |
INF |
Independent / Lincoln |
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Jeff Nettles |
INF |
Independent / Somerset |
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Reece Alnas |
OF |
Independent / Hilo |
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Zane Chavez |
C |
Independent / Grand Prarie |
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Scott Clement |
C |
Independent / Rockland |
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Jeff Tezak |
INF |
Austrian Baseball League / Vienna |
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4-Year College Teams for Players in Pro Baseball --
Nick Vincent, Long Beach State / Tyler Saladino, Oral Roberts / Jeff
Ibarra, Lee University / Bobby Shore, Oklahoma / Joe
Ramos (Chico State) / Reece Alnas, Oklahoma
Baptist / Scott Clement,
UC San Diego, Cal State San Marcos / Jeff Tezak, Nebraska |
SOFTBALL:
Alumni Report
LeBeau ends '12 as Ohio State's
3rd-leading hitter with .319 avg.
 COLUMBUS,
Ohio (5-18-2012) --
Palomar transfer and two-time Pacific Coast Athletic
Conference Player of the Year Danielle LeBeau has
completed a big junior softball season for Ohio
State.
LBeau, the Buckeyes' designated player, hit .319,
third-best among Ohio State's hitters. She had eight
doubles, two home runs, 26 RBIs and a .422 slugging
percengage.
During a late-season run, the former National
Softball Coaches Association community college
All-American selection at Palomar went 2-for-4 with
a double against Buffalo, 3-for-3 with a double vs.
Nebraska, 2-for-4 with an RBI vs. Northwestern and
3-for-3 with a double and RBI, also against
Northwestern.
LeBeau, a Poway High School product who went
unnoticed by four-year college recruiters coming out
of high school, also helped lead Ohio State to two
road wins ito close the season at Penn State last
week.
LeBeau's RBI double gave the Buckeyes a 3-2 victory
over the Nittany Lions on May 11. She had a key
single as Ohio State beat Penn State again on May
13, this time 4-1. The wins gave the Buckeyes a a
two games-to-one edge in the final series of the
year to conclude their season 31-23 overall, 10-13
in the Big Ten.
BASEBALL:
Alumni Report
Padres call up ex-Comet Vincent from AAA to
Major League roster
 SAN
DIEGO (5-18-2012) --
The San Diego Padres have called up former Palomar
pitcher Nick Vincent. The 26-year-old right-hander
will be in uniform when the Padres host the Los
Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Friday evening.
He was on the club's
40-man roster in spring training and appeared primed
to make the opening-day roster whee he stepped on a
loose ball in the bullpen and injured an ankle.
Vincent returned to
action this past week, making three appearances in a
re-hab stint for Tucson of the Pacific Coast
League..
The Padres' Major League pitching coach is another
former Comet, Darren Balsley.
Vincent, a Ramona High School product, pitched two
full seasons and part of another at Palomar,
receiving a medical redshirt due to an arm injury as
a true freshman in 2005, when he began the year 5-1.
He pitched one season for Long Beach State in 2008
before being drafted and signed by the Padres.
Vincent compiled a Palomar career ERA of 2.11 from
2005-07, second best on the Comets' all-time list.
He holds the Palomar record for single-season
conference ERA (0.81 in 2005), is second all-time in
career wins (20) and second all-time in career
strikeouts (195).
... 2 days later, he's back in Tucson
SAN
DIEGO (5-20-2012) --
After spending two games in the San Diego Padres
bullpen, Palomar aluym was sent back down to
Triple-A Tucson on Sunday. He warned up in the sixth
inning Friday night in the Padres'game with
the Angels, but didn't get into the game.
JUNIOR SEAU MEMORIAL:
Qualcomm Stadium

Former Palomar middle linebacker Tyler Seau reacts
to the crowd while speaking at Friday evening's
public memorial for his late father, Junior Seau, at
Qualcomm Stadium. Tyler was chosen by the Seau
family as its representative to speak to the crowd
and TV audience. -- Courtesy photo
Ex-Comet Tyler Seau speaks for family at
Junior Seau memorial
SAN DIEGO (5-11-2012) --
Former Palomar middle linebacker Tyler Seau was his
family's representative to speak at his dad Junior
Seau's public memorial Friday evening at Qualcomm
Stadium.
Tyler Seau, 23, the eldest of Junior Seau's four
children, was chosen by the Seau family as its
spokesperson.
Some of Tyler Sea's remarks to the crowd at the 'Q":
"You (fans) have definitely made this process a little
easier. All the support and love you ... have given
us this week has allowed us as a family to
come together and be strong. ... Tonight is truly
amazing. (My father) has had an impact on every single one of
our lives today. He is truly a legend and he will be
with us forever."
The memorial was a "celebration of life" for the
former football and basketball CIF San Diego Section
Player of the Year at Oceanside High Schoo and
ex-USC All-American and All-Pro with the Chargers
and New England Patriots, Junior Seau's No. 55 was
retired at the memorial by Chargers President Dean
Spanos.
Tyler Seau did not have his dad's size, but
inherited his hitting ability. He came to Palomar
out of Mission Hills High School. After playing for
two seasons for the Comets, Tyler helped Delta State
Univeristy of Cleveland, Mississippi to the 2010
NCAA Division II National Championship Game, where
the Statesman lost to Minnesota Duluth 20-17 at
Florence, Alabama..
Tony Seau, Junior Seau's brother and Tyler's uncle,
also played football for Palomar and later was an
assistant coach for the Comets.
Junior Seau, one of the greatest players in Chargers
history and one of the NFL's all-time best defensive
players, shot himself in the chest on May 2 at his
house in Oceanside.
W. TENNIS:
ITA Region 1 Awards
Mancao is Coach of Year again;
Littrell region Sophomore of Yr.
 SKILLMAN,
New Jersey (5-13-2012) --
Palomar women's tennis coach Ronnie Mancao (left) repeated
as Intercollgiate Tennis Association (ITA) Community
College Coach of the Year for Region I (Western
United States) on Sunday, after also winning the
award in 2011. The Comets' Mardee
Litrell (right) was selected as Region I Sophomoire of the
Year.
Other 2012 regional Coach of the Year winners were
Jaime Donjuan (Laredo Community College, Laredo,
Texas) in Region II, Wandal McPahil (Meridian CC,
Meridian, Mississippi) in Region III and Mohamed
Nait Omar (Georgia Permiter College, Decater,
Georgia) in Region IV.
CONFERENCE:
Men's Coach of the Year

Palomar's Jem McAdams, who also coaches the Comets'
women's team (above), has been named Pacific Coast Athletic
Conference Coach of;the Year for all men's sports for 2011-2012.
He guided the men's team to second in the state meet behind
Santa Rosa.
PCAC names Comets' McAdams as Coach of Year for all sports
PALM SPRINGS (5-8-2012) --
Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Athletic Directors
selected Palomar head swimming & diving coach Jem
McAdams as the conference's Coach of the Year for
all 2011-12 men's sports on Tuesday.
McAdams coached the Comets to the PCAC team title --
then to second behind Santa Rosa in the CCCAA State
Championships at East Los Angeles College Swim
Stadium. Besides coaching both the Palomar men and
women (who were eigth), he also was meet director of
both events.
The Athletic Directors voted in McAdams at the final
2011-012 PCAC meeting at the Hyatt Regency Suites
where all Southern California community college
conferences gathered on Monday and Tuesday for their
final individual conference and joint meetings. It
was for all sports offered by All-PCAC colleges.
Baseball coach Buck Taylor was the last Palomar
men's winner, in 2008-09.
WOMEN'S GOLF: Pro Alumni Report
'Big Break' for Palomar's Hardin begins Monday on Golf Channel
THE
BAHAMAS (5-8-2012) -- Palomar
sophomore Meghan Hardin, who helped lead the Comets
to the 2011 State Community College women's golf
championship last Nov. 15 in Hanford, is seeking
fame and fortune on a very big stage.
The 19-year-old, who transferred from Cal State San
Marcos prior to the 2011 season and finished seventh
in the communiry college state tournament, has
turned pro, forfeiting her remaining collegiate
eligibility, to become the youngest female golfer
ever selected to play in The Golf Channel's
"Big Break" series, which begins its 17th season
next Monday, May 14.
"Big Break Atlantiss" was shot at the Atlantis
resort in the Bahamas, with Hardin attempting to
earn an exemption into an LPGA event later this year
-- among a plethora of other perks and prizes.
" 'The Big Break' is a once-in-a lifetime
opportunity Hardin told golf writer Marc Figueroa of
the North County Times. "There are
thousands of applicants who apply every year, and
for me to getchosen. I just knew I had to take (my
shot)."
Both literally and figuratively.
No one is saying how Hardin does in the taped event,
althugh the word on the street is that she played
well. For her part, Hardin isn't saying.
She'sprevented, in fact, from uttering a word, and
so is everyone else from The Golf Channel and the
show. She did tell Figueroa that it was a
"gruelling" experence.
Hardin received a golf scholarship to Cal State San
Marcos out of Rim of the World High School in Lake
Arrowhead, where she played on the boys team in the
rugged CIF Southern Section and was team
captain..She won a tournament playing for the
Cougars as a true freshman, but left the program
when the coach who recruited her left the school.
She transferred to Palomar to play for coach Mark
Eldridge and, after last Fall's state team
championship, things started to happen fast and
furious for the former Comet.
Figueroa quoted Eldridge as saying he was surprised,
"initially" when Hardin was selected to play on the
Big Break series from amog so many hopefuls.
"The odds of making it are huge," Eldrige said in
Figueroa's golf column. When he thought about it,
however, Eldridge wasn't surprised at all.
"She sees that carrot in front of her and she
doesn't quit until she gets what she wants,"
Eldridge added. "Her drive is not that common."
CLICK HERE
to read Mark Figueroa's column feature on Meghan
Hardin from the North County Times' May 2, 2012
edition
Above Photo courtesy of The Golf Channel
BASEBALL:
All-Conference

ABOVE: Palomar pitcher Julian
Esqjuibel has repeated a an All-Pacific Coast
Athletic Conference first-team selection. -- Photo
by Hugh Cox. BELOW LEFT: Nick
Carmichael. BELOW RIGHT: Audie
Afenir. Both also repeated as first-team selections.
Carmichael was named as a relief pitcher, Afenir at
designated hitter.
Carmichael, Afenir, Garbella, Esquibel, Cheek, Taylor picked
 SAN
DIEGO (5-03-2012) -- Palomar's Buck Taylor
shares Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Coach of
the Year honors in baseball with Southwestern's
Jerry Barow and San Diego Mesa's Kevin Hazlett. Five
Comet players were named to the all-conference first
team.
The first-team selections for the PCAC
co-champion Comets were sophomore Julian Esquibel at
a starting pitcher,sophomore Nick Carmichael at
relief pitcher, sophomore Audie Afenir at
designasted hitter, sophomore Tommy Cheek at third
base and freshman Nico Carbella in the outfield.
Afenir, Carmichael and Esquibel were also first-team
picks, as voted by conference coaches, a year ago.
Afenir made last season's team as a first aseman.
Esqjuibel (Vista High School), Carmichael (Rancho
Bernardo), Afenir (Escondido), Cheek (Cathedral
Catholic) and Garbella (Cathedral Catholic) all
local high school products. Cheek was a transfer
from the University of San Diego.
Palomor's honorable mention selections were Danny
Hawksley, Casey Munoz, Alex Cox, Chris Sanders, D.J.
Zapata,, Reggie Jones and Kyle Montiel.
WOMEN'S TENNIS:
Ventura 5,
Palomar 4


ABOVE: Palomar's Liesl
Galleisky hits an overhand shot for a point in
doubles action in Tuesday's Southern California
championship match. Her partner (background) is
Pamela Cademas. MIDDLE: Mardee
Littrell delivers a backhand for another point in
doubles. BELOW LEFT: Hillary
Ramage, who won in No. 4 singles. LOWER
RIGHT: Brittany Scism, who won in
No.6 singles and teamed with Tori Bohart for a
victory win in No. 3 doubles.-- Action shots by
Hugh Cox;
Scrism photo by Melinda Finn
Comets so near, yet so far in Southern Cal team title match
SAN
MARCOS (5-01-2012) -- After 4 1/2 hours of
highly-competitive play and constant twists, turns
and gut-wrenching momentum switches, it finally came
down to this as darkness was beginning to settle in
on Tuesday:
Visiting Ventura College finally escaped with
a
5-4 victory in a showdown of unbeaten teams to win
the Southern California community college team
championship.
In an epic struggle against the No. 2-seeded
Pirates, the No. 1-seeded Comets fell one win short
of the Palomar record of 21 victories set by the
1978 team and tied by the 1986 team.
Coach Ronnie Mancao's team finishes its dual season
with a 20-1 record, tying the 1982 squad for the
third-best record in Palomarr history, with the
Southern California and CCCAA state tournaments
still remaining. Ventura moves to 18-0 and will move
on to face the Northern California champion for the
state team title.
Sierra and Fresno City College will play for the
Northern California championship on Wednesday.
The Comets lost at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3
singles, but got big efforts from Hillary Ramage,
Pamela Cademas and Britanny Scism to win at
No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6, leaving the teams tied at
3-3 entering the doubles competition.
Ramage defeated Ventura's Layne Gallimore 6-1, 7-5.
Cademas defeated Carolyn Morris 6-0, 6-2. Scrism
beat Grace Hanamoto 6-4, 6-2.
Tori Bohart and Scism were the first doubles team to
finish, dispatching Morris / Hanamoto 6-2, 6-2 in a
quick straight sets to put Palomar up 4-3 with the
other doubles matches still going on.
Both the No. 1 doubles team of Littrell / Ramage and
the No. 2 team of Cademas / Liesl Galleisky led late
before finally falling in three sets. The Pirates'
Juliana Bacelar and Layne Gallimore finally
outlasted Littrell / Ramage 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Jessica
Worring / Sonia Landeros outlasted Cademas /
Galleisky 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
In No. 1 singles, Bacetar handed PCAC singles
champion and Player of the Year only her second loss
of the season 6-2, 6-1. Worring defeated Galkleisky
6-1, 6-0. Landeros turned back Bohart 6-2, 6-3
in No. 3 singles.
FOOTBALL: NFL Signing

Saalim Hakim, who signed with the Dallas Cowbloys on
Monday, breaks a tackle after catching a pass in
Palomar's 41-9 victory over Oange Coast in 2009.
Hakim caught two touchdown passes in the game for
the Comets, who advanced to the Southern California
Championship Game, finished 8-3 and were ranked No.
8 in the nation. -- Photo by Hugh Cox
Ex-Comet receiver Saalim Hakim signs contract with Cowboys
DALLAS,
Texas
(4-30-2012) --
Former Palomar wide
receiver Saalim Hakim signed with the Dallas Cowboys
on Monday.
Hakim,
younger brother of former San Diego State and NFL
receiver Az-Zahir Hakim, never played
football prior to his freshman season with the
Comets in 2008. He came to Palomar from Palo Verde
High School in Las Vegas, where he was a soccer
player.
Hakim had 28 receptions for 379 yards
and six touchdowns as a sophomore for the Comets in
2009. He played for Tarleton State in 2010, tried
to commit to the NFL draft after the season but was
too late and played this past season for the Las
Vegas Locomotives in the United Football League.
Hakim returned to Tarleton State for its NFL Pro Day
on March 8 of this year, when he ran a 4.23 in the
40.
Projected by some sources to be drafted as high as
the third or fourth round over the weekend, Hakim
signed with the Cowboys as a free agent after his
name wasn't called.
"Saalim isn't one of those guys they're looking at
because of their production. He's one of the guys
they want because of potential," Tarleton coach Cary
Fowler told the Stephenville (TX) Empire
Tribune. "He can fly, he can catch and he's got
size (6-foot-2, 195 pounds)."
SWIM & DIVE:
CCCAA State Championships

Sophomore Kody Moffatt places second in the
200 individual medley at the state community college
meet. Moffatt also anchored Palomar to first place
in the 800 freestyle relay, helping lead the Comets'
men's team to a second-place team finish behind
Santa Rosa. -- Photo by Hugh Cox
Palomar men take 2nd in state; Comet women finish in 8th
MONTEREY PARK
(4-26-2012 / 4-27-2012 / 4-18/-012 --
Palomar's men's team swam to a second-place finish
in the CCCAA State Community College Championships
that concluded a three-day run on Saturday at East
Los Angeles College Swim Stadium.
Led by a first-place finish by their 800-yard
freestyle relay team,
the Comets overwhelmed
four-tine defending state champion Orange Coast,
which finished third, fourth-place finisher Ventura
and fifth-place Grossmont among 34 scoring men's
teams.
Santa Rosa won the state championship
with 602 points. The Comets scored 408 points,m
Orange Coast 283, Ventura 276 and Grossmont 266.
Santa Monica, Diablo Valley, Golden West and Cuesta
placed seventhh-through-ninth, respectively.
Riverside City College, Foothill and West Valley
tied for 10th.
Palomar's women's team finished eighth with 196
points. Orange Coast won the women's meet with 431.5
points, followed by Diablo Valley, Ventura, Shasta,
Riverside and Santa Rosa. Santa Monica and Cypress
finished ninth and 10th. Pacific Coast Athletic
Conference champion San Diego Mesa was 11th in a
34-team field.
MEN'S STATE FINALS
Kody Moffatt, who led the Comets to the PCAC
championship, also provided the biggest impetus to
Palomar's second-place state team finish.
Moffatt anchored the winning 800 free relay team,
which also included Kevin Reichel, Misaki Onoue and
Wyatt Woodward on the first three legs. The Comets
were timed in 6:47.66 in defeating runner-up Santa
Monica, which filnished in 6:49.51. It was the only
men's relay event that Santa Rosa, which won the
other four relays, didn't win.
Moffatt placed second in the 200 individual medley,
swimming a 1:55.31 in finishing behind event winner
Jef lum of Santa ;Monica 1:49.43). Moffatt was
fourth in the 100 freestyle in 48.30.
Moffatt anhored the 200 free relay team to a
near-upset of Santa Rosa. The Comets swam 1:23.60.
Thomas, Chaffin Blake and Reichel swam the first
three legs.
Moffatt helped the 400 medley relay team to third place in
3:27.48, anchored the 400 free relay team to fourth
in 3:05.69. Rcichel, Blake and Thomas swam the other
three legs in the 400 medley relay. Thomas, Reichel
and Blake swam the first three legs in the 400 free
event.
Also for the Comets, David Betts finished third in
the 200 breaststroke in 2:05.93, with Blake sixth
with a 2:10.60. Misaki Onoue was fourth in the 400
IM with a 4:17.29 and sixth in the 500 ree in
4:44.20. Liam Acosta swcored 223.95 points to finish
seventh in 1-meter diving. Woodward swam to an
eighth place in the 200 backstroke in 1:58.96.
WOMEN'S STATE FINALS
Kyle Brown, the PCAC Swimmer of the Year, had the
best finish for the Comets, a fourth in the 200-yard
freestyle in 1:55.30.
Charlie Warburton swam a 1:00.60 to take fifth in
the 100 backstroke and a 28.39 to place fifth in the
50 backstroke.
Laura Bryant finished seventh in the 400 freestyle
with a 5:12.13.
Melanie Consiglio, Kristen Maples, Bryant and Brown
turned in the best relay finish for Palomar, a sixth
in the 400 free event in 3:40.63.
Warburton, Maples,Kimi Walters and Consiglio were
seventh in the 200 medley relay at 1:52.59.
Consiglio, Maplles, Warburton and Brown placed
seventh in the 200 free relay in 1:41.47.
Warburton, Walters, Brown and Consiglio finished
eighth in the 400 medley relay with a 4:10.77
BASEBALL:
Palomar 5, Southwestern 1

ABOVE: Palomar closer Nick
Carmichael, appearing in a non-save situation,
delivers the final pitch of the game in
title-clinching 5-1 victory over Southwestern on
Friday. He retired the Jaguars'; Sammy Montalvo on a
called third strike. Carmichael shares the PC career
saves record of 10 with three other pitchers. --
Photo by Hugh Coix. BELOW: The
Comets pose after Friday's win. -- Courtesy photo by
Russ Scoffin (Southwestern College). LOWER LEFT:
Starter and winning pitcher Julian Esquibel.
LOWER RIGHT: Reggie Jones, who had
three hits in the game
Comets win to cap improbable late-season run, tie for PCAC title
CHULA
VISTA
(4-27-2012 /
(UPDATED 4-28)
-- Palomar
capped an improbable late-season run Friday by
beating Soiuthwestern 5-1 in a rain make-up to tie
for the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference baseball
championship.
The Comets, pronounced dead on multiple occasions
during a season which saw them struggling at seven
games under .500 on March 2, share the title with
the Jaguars and San Diego Mesa. The Olympians lost
3-1 at Grossmont on Friday.
Palomar is hoping to advance to the Southern
California playoffs as an at-large play-in team, as
the conference's No. 3 representative (the
tie-breaker for a three co-champions is overall
winning percentage. It was incorrectly reported on
the conference level on Friday that the tie-breaker
was run-differential among the co-champions).
0 The Comets, who won 7 of their last 8 regular-season
games and 10 of their last 12, got outstanding
pitching from winner Julian Esquibel, who
.threw seven innings of one-run, six-hit ball, and
relievers Alex Cox and closer Nick Carmichael.
Carmichael, appearing in a non-save situation, came
on to to get the last three outs of the afternoon on
two groundouts and a strikeout, the latter when
Southwestern's Sammy Montalvo looked at a called
third.
Reggie Jones led Palolmar at the plate by going
3-for-5. Chris Sanders went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Tommy Cheek was 2-for-3 with a sacrifrice bunt and
also reached base as a hit-batter. Danny Hawksley
went 2-for-5 and drove in a run. Audie Afenir and
Casey Munoz also hit safely.
Palomar won the season series from Southwestern,
which won the tie-breaker for the conference's No
1 playoff seed, 5 games to 0.
FOOTBALL: 2012 Schedule

Chad
Dobbins, shown powering into the end zone for his
second tourxchdown in Palomar's 41-27 victory over
Cerritos last season, will return at runing back
this upcoming Fall. Palomar announced its 2012
schedule on Monday. -- Photo by Hugh Cox
Comets will open on the road vs. El Camino College, Riverside CC
SAN
MARCOS
(4-09-2012) --
Palomar will kick off its 2012 football season with
back-to-back back-to-back road match-ups against El
Camino College on Sept. 1 and Riverside City College
on Sept. 8, both at 6 p.m.
Coach John Featherstone's Warriors are a traditional
national community college power while RCC, under
former Palomar coach Tom Craft, is coming off an
11-0 season.
Coach Joe Early's
Comets also will play Southwestern in their home
opener at Wilson Stadium in Escondido on Sept.15
before opening Southern Conference play at Orange
Coast on Sept. 22.
Following another conference game vs. Golden West on
Sept. 29, Palomar will host Cerritos in a
non-conference game on Oct. 6 before returning to
conference action at Fullerton on Oct. 20, at home
with Saddleback on Oct. 27, at home to Santa Ana on
Nov. 3 and at Grossmont on Nov. 10.
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DATE OPPONENT |
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Sept 1 -- at El Camino |
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Sept 8 -- at Riverside City College |
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Sat, Sept 15 -- Southwestern (Wilson
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6 p.m. |
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Sept 22 -- at Orange Coast |
1
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Sat, Sept 29 -- Golden West (Wilson Stadium) |
6 p.m. |
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Sat, Oct. 6 -- Cerritos (Wilson Stadium) |
6 p.m. |
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Oct. 12 -- at Fullerton |
6
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Sat, Oct. 27 -- Saddleback (Wilson
Stadium) |
6 p.m. |
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Sat, Nov 3 -- Santa Ana (Wilson Stadium) |
6 p.m. |
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Nov.10 -- at Grossmont |
1
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Games in BOLD |
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Stadium, Escolndido Hgh School |
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Palomar 33rd of 43 scoring teams, CCCAA State
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PITCHER DAWSON IS HEADED TO S.F. STATE
SAN FRANCISCO (5-21-2012) --
Palomar relief pitcher Callan Dawson
(left)
will move on to the NCAA Division II level at San
Francisco State.
Among 2012 sophomores, both outfielder Casey Munoz
and starting pitcher D.J. Zapata previously signed
with Division I Santa Cl;ara.
In two seasons for the Comets, Dawson, a
right-handed side-armer, was 1-0 in 19 appearances
out of the bullpen, throwing 19 1/3 innings with a
4.66 ERA.
He pitched for Carlsbad High School.
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FAAPOULI, BOUVATTE.
SANGER ALL
TAKE 7TH
NORWALK (5-19-2012) --
Palomar's Solianna
Faapouli (left,
Karthryn Bouvatte and Katie Sanger all placed seventh
in the CCCAA
Sstate Community College Track & Field finals
that concluded a two-day run on Saturday at
Cerritos College's Falcon Stadium.
Faapouli had a throw of 107 feet, 6 inches to take
seventh in the javelin.
Bouvatte ran a 39:10.66 to place seventh in
the 10,000 meters.
Sanger ran an 11:39.86 to finish seventh in the
3,000-meter steeplechase.
Palomar's women wound up 33rd among 40 scoring teams
with 6 points. Laney College of Oakland won the team
title with 78 points, ahead of second-place
Cerritos.
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3 COMETS QUALIFY FOR STATE
SAN DIEGO (5-12-2012) --
Palomar placed 20th with 12 points in the Southern
California Community College Women's Track & Field
finals that concluded Saturday at San Diego Mesa
College.
The Comets qualified three athletes for the
CCCAA State Championships this upcoming Friday
andSaturday at Cerritos College.
Kate Bouvatte dvanced by placing fourth in the
Southern Cal 10,000 finals on the first day of the
SoCal meet on May 5.
Katie Sanger finished eighth in the 3000-meter
steeplechase
Saturday in 11:36.50, qualfying because not enough
runners in the Northern California meet met the
state meet qualifying standard.
Soli Faalpouli advanced in the javelin with
by surpassing the state qualifying standard earlier
in the season. She placed ninth but four other
athletes did not meet the qualifying standard.
Cerritos won the Southern California championship
with 75 points.
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LITTRELL FALLS IN QUARTERS
SAN DIEGO (5-11-2012) --
Palomar 's highly successful women's tennis
season
came to an end on Friday in the CCCAA State
Individual Tournamen at the Balboa Tennis Club..
The Comets' Mardee Littrell (left) defeated Robin
Zhou of De Anza 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in her first singles
match. But Littrell lost to Jessica Worring from
Ventura 6-2,6-2in the quarterfinals.
In doubles, Pamela Cademas and Liesl Galleisky were
eliminated by Sierra's Jessica Ho / Chlob
Vicari 7-5, 7-6(3).
Ventura. tje team that defeated the Comets 5-4 for
the Southern California Team championship, downed
Northern Cal champion Sierra by the same 5-4 score
for the state title on Thursday, also at the Balboa
Tennis Club.
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BOUVATTE TAKES 4TH IN SO CAL
SAN DIEGO (5-5-2012) -- Palomar
's Kate Bouvatte ran to a fourth place in the 10,000
meters, the only final event of the day, in the
Southern California Community College Track & Field
Prelims on Saturday at San Diego Mesa College.
She
was timed in 38:56.80, a personal best, in
qualifying for the CCCAA State Meet May 18-19 at
Cerritos College.Palomar is third with 5 points
entering Saturday's Southern Cal finals, also at
Mesa.
The Comets' qualifiers for Saturday were Katie
Sanger (5th-best mark of 11:35.59 in the 3,000-meter
steeplechase), Elena Jefferson (6th best mark in the
long jump at 17 feet, 10.6 inches 7th in the 100
meters at 12.40; 11th in the triple jump at
35-11.5); Deanna Doss (4th in the hammer throw at
146-6.5 and 1wth in the discus at 113-8.5) and
Solianna Faapouli (5th in the javelin at 112-2.5).
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COMET T.E.
SOTO SIGNS WITH LAMAR
BEAUMONT, Texas
(5-03-2012) -- Palomar tight end
Cory Soto has signed a
letter
of intent to play football at Lamar University.
Soto, a 6-foot-8, 255-pound sophomore from La Costa
Canyon High School, is expected to play a key role
in turning around the fortunes of the Football
Championship Subdivision (I-AA) program. The
Cardinals went 4-7 last season.
Lamar will play in Honolulu the third week of the
season against the University of Hawaii, which along
with Michigan State were Football Bowl Subdivision
schools that intitially had Soto high on their radar
before he was just short of being able to transfer
at the semester in time for spring football.
Lamar players in the Southland Conference.
Comets who previously signed and / or transferred to
the four-year college level were Alex Wheat (Utah
State), Nigel Westbrooks (Nevada), David Fisher
(Kent State/, Adam Witzmann (La Costa Canyon),
Jeremiah Kose (Montana), Devin Taverna (South
Dakota) and Dallas Butler (University of San Diego).
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EX-COMET WALTER
IS KILLED
PEARL, MS (5-3-2012) --
Former Palomar baseball star Mike Walter, who
pitched for seven seasons in the Houston Astros
organization and was elevated to the Astros' 40-man
Major League roster in 2000, has been killed in the
line of duty in Mississipi, where he was a police
officer.
Walter came to Palomar from Rancho
Bernardo High where he pitched for former Comet Sam
Blalock, the winningest high school baseball coach
in San Diego County history. He was shot to death as
he and two other officers were attempting to serve a
warrent on convicted felon and sexual battery
suspect Carnell Gaines Jr. Gaines pulled a gun and
shot all three officers, killing Walter and wounding
the other two. One of the other olfficers was able
to return fire, killing Gaines.
Walter, 37, who joined the Pearl Police Dept. in
2008 and was promoted to investigator in 2010, is
surved by his wife Jeanne, and 11-year-old daughter
Baile
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PEARCE MISSES CUT FOR STATE
GLENDORA (5-07-2012) --Palomar's Chris
Pearce failed to make the cut for next week's CCCAA
State Men's Golf championships in Santa Maria when
he shot an 81-74 -- 165 on Monday in the Southern
Caliofornia Regionals.
Pearce placed 34th in the tournament field at
Glendora Country Club.
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PALOMAR PLAYERS MAKE STATE
PALM
DESERT / IRVINE(5-04-2012) --
Palomar advanced Mardee Littrell in singles and
Leisl Galleisky / Pamela Cademas in doubles through
the Southern California women's tennis tournament at
the Marriott Hotel / Tennis Resort in Palm Desert
into the CCCAA State cham;pionships this upcoming
weekend at the Balboa Tennis Clubin Sanreel won in
the next two rounds, then was eliminated
Diego.
After receiving a first-round bye, Littrell won
twice before being eliminated from the
Southern Cal tourney 6-1, 1-0 retire by Santa
Barbara City College's Sophia Angner, a player she
had beaten 10 days earlier in the Southern Cal team
semifinals.
Galleisky / Cademas advanced to the quarterfinals,
where they lost to opponents from Glendale.
In the Southern Cal men's tournament at Irvine
Valley College, Palomar's Tracy Beblie advanced to
the Round of 16, where he lost to Santa Barbara's
Josh Crisp-Jones 6-1, 6-1.
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3 COMETS FIRST TEAM IN SOFTBALL
SAN DIEGO
(4-26-2012) --
Palomar landed three players on the All-Pacific
Coast Athletic Conference softball first team
selected by conference coaches.
IInfielder Raea Tanielu, outfielder Jasmine Vogel and
utility player Katie Wilford were all first-team
selections.
Pitcher Bree Burns, first baseman Samantha Avii and
infielder Courtney Krauss made secvond team. Mia
Sprau received honorable mention.
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NO BID FOR BASEBALL IN
REGIONALS
SAN MARCOS
(4-29-2012) -- Less than 48 hours
after they were mistakenly notified that they were
the conference's automatic No. 1 playoff seed
and would host a best-of-3 first-round series next
weekend, Palomar's PCAC baseball co-champions found
themselves out of the playoffs on Sunday.
Theconference tie-breaker
for three teams tying for the championship, when
none of them has a season series advantage over the
other two, turned out to be best overall season
record, not season run differential between the
three. So co-champion Southwestern goes in as the
PCAC's No. 1 seed and San Diego Mesa, the
third co-champion, goes in as the conference's No
2 seed. Palomar, which was only 18-18, does not even
get a play-in game and the Comets' seaon is over.
Southwestern is seeded No. 8 in SoCal and will host
No. 9 El Camino in a best-of-3 series next weekend.
Mesa is seeded 12th and will visit No. 5 seed
Glendale in a best-of-3 series. Orange Coast
(34-4-1),
a team the Comets lost to by one run on he road,
will host a series against the winner of a playoff
game Tuesday between Los Angeles Valley and
Bakersfield.
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SOFTBALL LEFT OUT OF PLAYOFFS
MISSION VIEJO
(4-29-2012) -- Palomar, which finished in a tie for second place in
the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference, did not
receive a bid to the Southern California community
college softball playoffs on Saturday.
The Comets were nudged out of the No. 2 seed out of
the conference by the team they tiod with for second
place, Southwestern. The Jaguars had the tie-breaker
on the Comets as they won the season series between
the two teams 2 games to 1.
It appeared Palomar was headed to the
postseason as an at-large team, but it was ruled
that a 4-inning, 12-0 win in the San Diego City
College tournament could not be counted as a victory
for seeding purposes because it was halted by time
limit before the teams could begin the fifth inning.
Citrus thus received the playoff bid the Comets were
expecting.
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PEARCE TO SOCAL FINAL IN GOLF
CHINO
HILLS
(4-30-2012) -- Cody Ek shot a 77 on the
North course and a 73 on the South course as
Palomar's leader at 150 for 36 holes in the OEC
men's golf tournament on Monday at Los Seranos CC.
Richard Kearns carded a 73 on the North course and
an 80 on the South course to finish at 153.
But Chris Pearce, who saw his streak of two straight
69 rounds ended in back-to-back 18-hole matches that
made up the conference finals, was the only Comet to
qualify for the Southern California community
college finals.
Pearce shot a 74 on the North course and an 80 on
the South course for a 154 total on the day..
Individual qualifiers are determined from
season-long averages in OEC play, and Pearce was
third in the conference on the year with a 74.9
average. Pearce was selected all-conference, an
honor that goes to the top 10 finishers.
Orange Coast won the day's match on the North course
with a 360 and Cypress won the match on the South
course with a 374. The Comets (389-390) finished
seventh of eight teams on the North course and six
on the South course to complete its OEC season at
34-36.
Other Palomar scores from Monday (North course
scores listed first) were Eugene Wang at 79-75
-- 154 and Jordan Brown 86-82 -- 168. Jake Mancini
withdrew from the match on the North course and shot
an 82 on the Suth course. ,
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