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    District, board of trustees non-commital about fighting BC football sanctions

    BY JEFF EVANS Californian staff writer
    Thursday, May 16 2013 10:59 PM

    Bakersfield College President Sonya Christian has been urged by many Renegade football fans to appeal penalties announced Tuesday that stripped BC of the state football title, among other sanctions.

    But whether to appeal is not Christian's call. That's the word from BC spokeswoman Amber Chiang, who noted that the first step in any BC appeal must come from the Kern Community College District Board of Trustees.

    Sandra Serrano, chancellor of the KCCD who works closely with the trustees, said Thursday afternoon no decision has been made on whether to appeal.

    "What I can indicate is we are evaluating options," she said. The seven-member board has called for an emergency meeting that will be closed to the public for 1 p.m. Monday to...

  2. Local report: State JC softball finals start today at BC

    Bakersfield College will host the state softball championships today through Sunday. The four-team, double-elimination tournament begins today with a 5:30 p.m. game between San Mateo (41-4), Northern California’s top seed, against Palomar...

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    District to appeal sanctions levied on BC football

    Bakersfield College officials are going to fight to get back the state football championship that was taken away last Tuesday. The seven-member Kern Community College District Board of Trustees unanimously voted Monday afternoon to appeal...

  4. Local report: Renegades' Wemhoff 5th in high jump at state meet

    SAN MATEO -- Bakersfield College athlete Bevan Wemhoff cleared 6 feet, 6 inches in the high jump as the Frontier High graduate placed fifth in the event at the California State Track and Field Championships at the College of San Mateo on...

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    Chudy, local supporters react to sanctions against Renegade football program

    Tuesday was a gut-wrenching day for Bakersfield College football coach Jeff Chudy. He learned his program was stripped of its 2012 state football championship by the California Community College Athletic Association. The Southern...

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    Jeff Evans: Athletic Association showed no mercy toward Renegades

    Bakersfield College has been stripped of last fall's state football championship. The 2011 and 2012 seasons are now officially 0-10 years. The Renegades are ineligible for the postseason in 2013. And for what? Some minimum-wage jobs for...

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    BC vacates 2012 state football championship

    Bakersfield College will vacate its 2012 state football championship and forfeit its regular-season wins from the 2011 and 2012 seasons because of California Community College Athletic Association rules violations. The football program...

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    BC football may face rules violations; concern expressed about state title

    Some players on last year's championship Bakersfield College football team may have been paid for on-campus jobs in a way that violates state athletic association rules and the team's 2012 title may be in jeopardy as a result, The...

  9. Local report: BC's Dial wins 800 to qualify for state meet

    LANCASTER -- Tejera Dial won the 800 meters to highlight a strong performance by Bakersfield College in Saturday's Southern California Track and Field finals at Antelope Valley College. Dial bested the field with a 2:16.90, qualifying...

  10. Local report: BC basketball player heads to NAIA school

    Bakersfield College basketball player Damian Robinson has signed a letter of intent to play at Montana State University-Northern, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics program that went 23-10 last season and reached the NAIA...

  11. Local college notebook: CSUB signs power forward to men's basketball team

    Cal State Bakersfield added size to its men's basketball team, signing of 6-foot-8 forward Antonio Jenifer to a letter of intent. Jenifer, from Potomac, Md., has two years of eligibility remaining. He played at Hagerstown Community...

  12. Local report: BC track and field athletes advance to SoCal finals

    LANCASTER -- Bakersfield College qualified several athletes for this week's Southern California Finals, overcoming extremely windy conditions in the prelims Saturday at Antelope Valley College. For the men's squad, Davis Loustalot (1:57...

  13. Local report: Garces grad Judge wins hammer title at GWC championships

    HUMBLE, Texas -- Cal State Bakersfield's Thomas Judge broke his own conference record and defended his conference title with a win in the hammer throw Friday at the Great West Conference Championships. The Garces graduate won the event on...

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