The Raiders lost their first match of the season to the Golden West Rustlers in straight sets Wednesday night at the Raider Pavilion. The Raiders were in each set, losing two by two points, and one by three points, but could not find a way to get those extra points in order to win it. “We have to win the...
By Alan Ruiz (Matt as desk editor) + 2 others for Moorpark Reporter - 3 min read
Moorpark College defeats Santa Barbara Community College 79-46 this past Saturday at Raider Pavilion. Moorpark came out shooting lights out in the first 5 minutes of the game as they started a 15-3 run. The Raiders were led by Jeremiah Gray who came out on fire in the first half with 20 points, converting 6 3 pointers. The Raiders had...
By Alan Ruiz (Matt as desk editor) + 2 others for Moorpark Reporter - 3 min read
Moorpark College’s women’s basketball team loses close game to the Vaqueros of Santa Barbara 63-61 this past Saturday at Raider Pavilion. Moorpark opened up the first 5 minutes of the game leading 10-9. After that Moorpark had trouble converting shots as they were getting open shots but they weren’t going in. Santa Barbara started picking up full court which caused...
By Tyler Irvin (Matt as desk editor) + 2 others for Moorpark Reporter - 2 min read
The game was called at the end of the fifth inning after the Moorpark College Lady Raiders mercyed the Chaffey College Panthers. The Lady Raiders used the long ball to account for four of their runs, and had a seven run fourth inning to seal the deal.“You can tell their was great energy even during the pregame warmup,” said coach...
By Matt Levine (Matt as desk editor) for Moorpark Reporter - 3 min read
Raiders fall to L.A. Valley College
In a game dominated by solid pitching and defense, Los Angeles Valley College outplayed Moorpark 2-1, and brought home the winning run on a key squeeze play in the seventh inning at Raider Stadium Thursday. Moorpark’s Chase Fredrick, who picked up the loss, pitched a solid game into the seventh inning and was replaced by Michael Deleon who gave up...
By Tyler Irvin (Matt as desk editor) + 2 others for Moorpark Reporter - 2 min read
The Moorpark Lady Raiders routed the Pierce College Brahmas by 33 points Wednesday night, with a final score of 87-54. The Moorpark Lady Raiders came to Winnetka Avenue with a lot of confidence, after beating the Brahmas by 41 points their previous meeting. Just like their last meeting, the Lady Raiders started on fire, and within the first five minutes,...
By Lauren Ducasse (Matt as photographer) + 2 others for Moorpark Reporter - 2 min read
Raiders basketball defeats Pierce in close game
Photo credit: Matt Levine
The Men’s Moorpark basketball team celebrated their victory on Feb. 4 on the road against Pierce College. The final score showed the Raiders defeating Pierce 67-63. The Raiders started the game off strong, but Pierce made an 18-5 run to close the gap. Pierce's comeback worked as they went into the second half up 37-33.“We turned the ball over a...
By Alan Ruiz (Matt as desk editor) + 1 other for Moorpark Reporter - 2 min read
The Lady Raiders basketball team defeated Allan Hancock 65-54. The Lady Raiders came out shooting lights out as they drove to the rim and kicked it out to an open Ashley Ontiveros. The Bulldogs of Allan Hancock College had no defensive answer for Ashley Ontiveros who had 10 points at the half and Dagmar Ramirez who scored a buzzer beater...
By Matt Levine (Matt as desk editor) + 1 other for Moorpark Reporter - 3 min read
Moorpark was cruising to an easy, 12-1, home victory with two outs in the ninth inning, when the Raiders pitching suddenly collapsed. East LA batted around to get nine runs but eventually fell to the Raiders 12-10. Freshman starter Wyatt Berg pitched six strong innings, giving up just one run, for his second win of the season. Freshman Jake Eaton...
By Tyler Irvin (Matt as desk editor) + 2 others for Moorpark Reporter - 3 min read
Raiders volleyball with experience, and new coach aim for playoffs
First year coach Aaron Hedland has high hopes for the Moorpark College Men’s Volleyball 2015 season, as the start of the season dips below two weeks away. The Raiders fell short of the playoffs by one game last season and look to build on last season with 10 returning players. “Going to the playoffs is definitely our number one goal...
