Chico State

If the Cal Poly Pomona men's basketball team has a home away from home, it is Bellingham, Wash. Since Greg Kamansky became Cal Poly's coach, the Broncos have won all eight games they have played at Sam Carver Gymnasium on the campus of Western Washington University. Cal Poly would like to extend that streak by three games at the NCAA Division II West Regional. The Broncos, 27-2 and regular-season and tournament champions of the California Collegiate Athletic Assn., are seeded No. 2 in the regional.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - With All-CCAA guard DeRonn Scott out because of a foot injury, the call came from the Cal Poly Pomona coaches for someone to step up. Terrence Drisdom answered the call and scored a career-high 26 points Friday, leading the Broncos to a 69-61 first-round NCAA Division II victory over Chico State. Chico State took an early 17-9 lead, but Cal Poly Pomona closed out the first half on a 20-4 run. "This just shows how tough we are," Drisdom said "When we're down like that, we don't hang our heads and go through the motions, we just try to keep playing tough.

Cal State Northridge will be out to end its two-game losing streak when it plays host to Chico State in a nonconference football game tonight at 7 at North Campus Stadium. Northridge (2-5) has not lost three in a row during a season since 1988. Chico State is 3-3.

If the Cal Poly Pomona men's basketball team has a home away from home, it is Bellingham, Wash. Since Greg Kamansky became Cal Poly's coach, the Broncos have won all eight games they have played at Sam Carver Gymnasium on the campus of Western Washington University. Cal Poly would like to extend that streak by three games at the NCAA Division II West Regional. The Broncos, 27-2 and regular-season and tournament champions of the California Collegiate Athletic Assn., are seeded No. 2 in the regional.

Chapman's football team is taking it a little easier this week because they have Saturday off, Coach Ken Visser said. The Panthers next play Chico State Oct. 5 at home. Visser is concerned with how his team will respond. "Chico State will have four games under their belt," Visser said. "They should be hitting their midseason stride whereas we are still searching a little bit to see what we are about." Chapman has defeated Eastern Oregon State, 24-6, and Redlands, 57-7.

Chico State beat Cal State Fullerton, 21-20, in a nonconference wrestling match Friday night in Titan Gym. Junior Mitch Pagano led the Titans, winning the 158-pound weight class over Chico's Neal Cardero, but it wasn't enough for Fullerton (4-3). The Titans wrestle San Francisco State Monday night at 7:30 in Titan Gym.

Chico State, a Division II team, served its purpose. UC Irvine, which didn't get its first--and only--victory until Jan. 23 last season, pulled away down the stretch for a 74-66 victory at the Bren Center. The victory ended the Anteaters' 14-game losing streak. Irvine was 1-25 last season. Junior Bond made two free throws to give the Anteaters (1-2) a 63-62 lead with 5 minutes 11 seconds left. It began a 13-4 run.

Earlier this week, a number of Cal State Northridge women basketball players gathered outside the gym and lit up victory cigars a la Red Auerbach of the Boston Celtics. They had just beaten Cal Lutheran by 34 points. The Lady Matadors lit up again Friday afternoon and snuffed out previously unbeaten Chico State, 61-46. "Our defense worked really well," said CSUN Coach Leslie Milke. "This was our best defensive performance.

Julie King scored 17 points to lead Chapman College to a 73-60 victory over Chico State in the championship game of the Chico State women's basketball tournament Saturday. Ruth Akahoshi scored 16 points for the Panthers. Chapman is 6-1 on the season. In the Mid-American women's basketball tournament: Missouri 71, Cal State Fullerton 55--Marcia Brooks, the tournament's most valuable player, had 30 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Tigers to the championship of their tournament in Columbia, Mo.

Freshman catcher Brian Chwan went two-for-four with three runs batted in as Cal State Los Angeles defeated Chico State, 11-5, in a nonconference game Thursday at Cal State Los Angeles. Chwan hit a solo home run--his first of the season--in the bottom of the sixth inning to extend the Golden Eagle's lead to 6-0. Left fielder Anthony Canela went two-for-five with two RBIs for Chico State.

The president of Cal State Chico has threatened to shut down any fraternity or sorority that doesn't abide by strict new rules, including a ban on alcohol at recruiting events. Paul Zingg told a crowd of about 1,000, most of them members of the university's 37 fraternities and sororities, that the "Animal House" ways would no longer be tolerated. "To the extent that you are now," he said, "you will no longer be drinking clubs masquerading as fraternities and sororities."

I found the March 29 story, "Hazing Death Highlights Chico's Greek Life," which highlighted the death of a Chico State student and the "darker" side of the university, to be unfair to the university and the town of Chico. I grew up in Chico and am proud of my roots. After high school, I headed to UCLA and found the students to be similar to the students at Chico State -- there were students who wanted to party, students who wanted to learn and some students who wanted to do a little of both.

Baseball Coach Lindsay Meggs of Chico State keeps reaping benefits from his Southland connections. Meggs, a former assistant at Cal Lutheran and coach at Oxnard College, recruits heavily in the Valley and Ventura County region. The Wildcats this season feature five players from the area, with Kurt Probasco and David Arroyo making the biggest impact. Probasco, a junior catcher-third baseman, leads Chico with a .368 batting average and Arroyo, a senior right-hander, is 3-0 with a 1.

At only 5 feet 8, Marissa Bradley still stands tall among the best women's basketball players to ever take the court for Chico State. The former Brea Olinda standout played her final game for Chico State on March 3 against Cal State Stanislaus, and she finished as the school's all-time leading scorer. She also set four other school career records for the Wildcats, who play in NCAA Division II. "That last game was a great way to go out," Bradley said.

SONOMA STATE (4-6) at UC IRVINE (2-7), 7, KUCI-FM (88.9 Irvine)--Another Division II confidence builder for Irvine, which has already beaten Chico State. Sonoma State, though, played St. Mary's tough, losing in overtime, 88-84, in November. John McCoy averages 12.3 points to lead the Cossacks.

Chico State, in the end, served its purpose. UC Irvine, which didn't have a victory until well after the holidays last season, had reason to celebrate early this season after a 74-66 victory Friday in front of 1,110 in the Bren Center. OK, this was not 16th-ranked Utah, which Irvine plays next Saturday. Division II Chico State might have two Division I transfers, but Anthony Lambert (Cleveland State) and Andre Speech (San Diego) didn't exactly get to pick from a wide range of offers.

Chad Briscoe made nine-three point baskets in scoring 35 points to lead Grand Canyon to a 106-83 victory over Chapman University Wednesday in the consolation final of the Chico State tournament. Jeff Gardner had 18 points and Richie Bethune 16 for the Panthers (3-7). Glen Greene had 11 points and five assists and Brian Kennedy had 10 points, including two three-pointers, for Chapman. Gardner, a 6-foot-3 forward, and Bethune, a 6-7 center, each had six rebounds.

The Cal Poly Pomona women's basketball team had not played in nine days and it showed in its NCAA Division II West Regional title game against Chico State. Pomona committed 24 turnovers and made only 38.6% of its shots, but the Broncos still managed to score a relatively easy 56-44 win over Chico State Tuesday night at Kellogg Gym in Pomona.

Chico State, a Division II team, served its purpose. UC Irvine, which didn't get its first--and only--victory until Jan. 23 last season, pulled away down the stretch for a 74-66 victory at the Bren Center. The victory ended the Anteaters' 14-game losing streak. Irvine was 1-25 last season. Junior Bond made two free throws to give the Anteaters (1-2) a 63-62 lead with 5 minutes 11 seconds left. It began a 13-4 run.

The Chapman football team could use a challenge and briefly Saturday night Chico State appeared to be the team to provide it. But the Panthers quickly reverted to their norm, scoring 31 consecutive points on the way to a 44-15 victory in front of 3,205 at Chapman. It was Chapman's 11th consecutive victory over two seasons, including a 10-7 victory over Chico State last year.