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   Ex-BC star Crawford ready to build on successful rookie season with Cowboys

   BY STEVE HUNT Special to The Californian

   Monday, Jun 17 2013 06:59 PM

   IRVING, Texas -- Tyrone Crawford's first year in the NFL went about as well as the former Bakersfield College standout could have expected.

   Crawford made 20 tackles in 16 games. But the 25-year-old defensive end is looking to have an even bigger impact this season.

   "I'm really comfortable with this defensive scheme," he said at the team's recent mini-camp. "I've gotten better and more comfortable just being in the game and just playing in the NFL. "But I still have a long ways to go. I feel good about going into this year. I like the scheme, like the players that I'm playing beside. I'm super excited."

   Crawford is glad he's no longer a rookie, which means no more carrying shoulder pads, ball bags or getting food for the veterans in...

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2. Bette Addington: New website for Mexican-American Bowling Association

   X Pete Montalvo, director of the Mexican-American Bowling Organization, announced that MAMBO now has a new website: www.mambo.org. Regarding the upcoming annual MAMBO tournament at South Point in Las Vegas, there are still a couple...
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   Centennial's Painton, Watson still alive in College World Series

   A year ago, Tyler Painton had just finished up a season where he pitched for his father, Tim, the coach at Bakersfield College. He could have returned to BC, where he was 8-1 with a 1.69 ERA. "I realized there wasn't much more I could...
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   BC disputes violations in 77-page appeal

   Bakersfield College President Sonya Christian said Thursday morning that most, if not all, of the alleged infractions by the BC football team did not occur. The Renegades' football team has been accused of seven violations of California...
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   BC files appeal for football penalties, sanction

   Bakersfield College on Wednesday formally appealed the sanctions and penalties assessed by the Southern California Football Association against the BC football team that led to the forfeit loss of all games the last two seasons and the...

6. Sound splits with Barons in opening two games

   The Los Angeles Barons pounded out 14 hits en route to a 14-2 victory over the Bakersfield Sound in Tuesday's California Collegiate League game at Bakersfield Christian. The Sound committed three errors behind starter Seth Varner, who gave...
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   Local report: Liberty grad Bell an All-America pick in softball

   Liberty High graduate Cassidy Bell, a senior outfielder at Penn State, was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America first team, it was announced Wednesday. Bell set a program record in batting (.456), home runs (20)...
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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...

10. 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...

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

    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...
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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...