Volleyball
Marauder sweep Foothill Conference Awards
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Ashley Marroquin (S, 5-7, SO, California City (Mojave ’08)), the Marauders' setter and therefore team leader and "quarterback" was named the third Marauder Foothill Conference Player of
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the Year. The other two were Jennie Nua in 2005 and Aimee Sayles the setter from the undefeated in the regular season 1993 team.
FIRST TEAM: Named to the first team were Jeannette Niswonger (S/OP, 5-10, SO, California City (Mojave ’96)) who led the Marauders in kills, kill percentage and service aces, Kahli Remy (OP, 5-10, SO, Leona Valley (Quartz Hill ’08)) who was switched midway in the season to libero and led the Marauders in digs and Priscilla Hall (MB, 5-10, SO, Lancaster (Littlerock ’08)) who was second in points and stuff blocks.
SECOND TEAM: Tabbed for second team honors were Tatiana Wesley (MB, 6-0, SO, Lancaster (Antelope Valley ’08)) who led AVC in stuff blocks, Ashley Robinson (MB, 6-2, SO, Lancaster (Lancaster ‘08/Norfolk St.)) who was second in total blocks and Paige Hobson (OP, 5-11, SO, Lancaster (Desert Christian ’08)).
HONORABLE MENTION: Hannah Mira (DS, 5-5, FR, Littlerock (Littlerock ’09)) was named honorable mention.
COACH OF THE YEAR: Jane Cwayna was named Coach of the Year for the fourth time. She also received the honor in 1982, 1993 and 2004.

Football
Marauders land 11 on first time All-American Pacific including Defensive MVP
The Marauders did well in the All-Conference balloting, picking up 11 first team honors including the Defensive Player of the Year.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: The Marauders’ leading defensive point getter Chris Whitney (LB, 5-11, 215, SO, Greenville, SC (Byrnes '08)) became the third straight Marauder to be named conference Defensive Player of the Game, following Troy Butler last season and Eric Leon in 2007 who was the first
Whitney • Martin • Joiner • Mims • Williams

Lott • Dominguez • Compraran • Clyton • Davis • Quintero
Marauder to be named Defensive Player of the Year since Daron Rogers in 1991.
FIRST TEAMERS: Besides Whitney others named to the first team included Mike Miller (DL, 6-3, 245, SO, Palmdale (Pete Knight '07)) who led the team in tackles for a loss, Chasman Davis (LB, 6-1, 215, SO, Fort Pierce, FL (W. Centennial '06)), who was named unanimously and was fifth in defensive points, Donald Williams (LB, 6-0, 228, FR, Palmdale (Palmdale '09)) who led the Marauders in tackles with 58 and sacks with 6.5, Tramel Joiner (DB, 5-9, 175, SO, Palmdale (Highland '06)), Armando Quintero (P, 6-2, 215, FR, Rosamond (Rosamond '09)), who was named unanimously as punter, Anthony Clayton (OL, 6-1, 260, SO, Lancaster (Antelope Valley '08)) as offfenisve guard and Alex Dominguez (OL, 6-4, 280, SO, Ridgecrest (Burroughs '08)) as offenisve tackle, Kené Martin (RB, 5-10, 165, SO, Lancaster (Antelope Valley '08/Sequoias)) who led the Marauders in scoring and rushed for 100 yards or more in five straight games, Brandon Lott (DL, 6-0, 255, SO, Lancaster (Antelope Valley '08)) and Brandon Mims (QB, 6-2, 180, FR, Palmdale (Palmdale '09)) for all-purpose. Mims scored nine touchdowns, the most for the Marauders and led AVC in receiving with 41 receptions for 415 yards.
SECOND TEAMERS: Named to the second team in a division flush with top quarterback and receiver teams were Josh Firm (QB, 6-3, 200, FR, Quartz Hill (Quartz Hill '09)) who moved into the No. 3 position for Marauder passing in a season and Taveon Burke (WR, 6-0, 175, SO, Lancaster (Lancaster '08/Canyons)) who pulled down 33 passes for 612 yards - the best yardage by a Marauder receiver this season. Also on the second team were JC who was injured in the East LA game and saw no more action, Ronald McLaughlin (DB, 6-1, 170, SO, Palmdale (Palmdale '05/LA Valley)) as a return specialist and Wayne Ennis (DL, 6-1, 145, SO, Lancaster (Lancaster '08/Minn Crookston)), who had 5.5 sacks and nine tackle for a loss.

Soccer
Six named to All-Foothill Conference teams; Stupar Coach of the Year
FIRST TEAM: Named to the first team were forward Shannon Cox (D/MF/F, 5-4, SO, Lancaster (Quartz Hill ’07)) who was named first team for the second season, defenseman Chelsea Porter (D, 5-5, SO, Quartz Hill
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(Quartz Hill ‘08)) who was second team last season and goal keeper Thannia Huerta (F/GK, 5-8, SO, Lancaster (Antelope Valley ‘06/COC)).
SECOND TEAM: Tabbed for second team honors were Rosana Reyes (MF/D/F, 5-2, FR, Palmdale (Palmdale ’06)), Denise Perez (D, 5-5, SO, Quartz Hill (Quartz Hill '08)) and for the second straight season Rheanna Crawford (F/MF, 5-3, SO, Palmdale (Quartz Hill ’08))
HONORABLE MENTION: Both Kelsey Wiles (D/F, 5-2, SO, Acton (Quartz Hill ’08)) and Lauren Miszklevitz (MF, 5-9, SO, Lancaster (Quartz Hill ’08)) were honorable mention
COACH OF THE YEAR: Jerry Stupar was named Coach of the Year, the first time a Marauder coach has been so honored.

Soccer
Next Game -- at Ventura, first round state playoffs, Sat., Nov. 21, 7 p.m.
For the first time in the history of the program, AVC will be in the playoffs. The Marauders are seeded No. 15 and travel to play the No. 2 Pirates.

Football
Last Game -- AVC 41, LA Valley 10
The Marauders did what they needed to do. With their win over LA Valley and LA Pierce's loss to Santa Monica, AVC wins it's third consecutive conference title.
But because of last week's loss to LA Pierce, which puts the Brahmas in the playoffs, they just have to sit and wait and see if they have played their last downs of the season or will be invited to a bowl game.
AVC's defense all but shut down Bret Visciglia, the No. 3 passer in the state, holding him to 239 yards - 80 yards short of his average - and the Marauder offense picked up 447 yards for the win.
Kene Martin gained 129 yards on 22 carries, to go over 100 yards rushing for the fifth consecutive game.
Josh Firm ended the night with 251 yards on a 21 for 31 passing night with three touchdowns, and moved into the third spot for a Marauder passing season, just 19 yards short of a 2000 yard season.
Devan Mattox caught six passes for 86 yards while Brandon Mims caught four for 33 yards. That puts Mims seventh on the AVC season reception chart and Mattox eights one behind with 40.
Taveon Burke gained 95 yards on seven catches for two touchdowns, giving him seven on the season the most for any Marauder receiver this season.
The Marauder defense, led by Kyle Swanson with eight tackles held the Monarchs to just 33 yards rushing on the game, and sealed the game with 7:31 left when Chris Whitney swatted a Visciglia pass and Brandon Lott grabbed the interception and rambled 40 yards for the score.
LA Valley had made the game interesting when Visciglia hit Traviion Odem for their only touchdown of the game, making the score with 12 minutes left 22-10 AVC.

Cross Country
Next Meet -- Sat, Nov. 21, State Championships, Fresno
The Marauders men and women teams will compete - the women for the first time since 1996.
Last Meet -- Southern California Championships
For the first time since 1994 both the mens and womens cross country teams qualified to run as teams in the State Meet. The meet finished 13th and the women were 16th. It marks 20 straight years that the Marauders have sent either a team or individual to the State Meet.

Soccer
Last Game -- AVC 6, Mt. San Jacinto 0
Marauder soccer beat the Eagles 6-0 to record their ninth shutout - just upping their record, and winning their 12th game. That 12 wins ties the record for wins in a season that was set by last year's squad. Denise Perez got the scoring underway in the 20th minute, and three minutes later Shannon Cox connected with her second penalty kick in as many games. Valerie Arciga scored twice, and Adri Ruiz - last season's record breaking goalie - had an assist.
In goal, Thannia Huerta continued what should be a record breaking season, shutting out the Eagles for 75 minutes before being relieved by Breanna Dundes.

Track
Russ named All-America in two sports
Eddie Russ Jr. took third in the state 400 meters with a 47.25 clocking in the state championships in San Mateo.
The top four are considered to be All-America, meaning the Russ has been named All-America as a football return specialist for the 2008 football season and now as a track athlete.
It is the first time a Marauder has been name All-America in two sports, and the first to be named such in the same season.
His time was only .03 of a second off his school record time.
Butts wins state long jump title
Ryan Butts soared 25 feet 4 and three-quarter inches in the state long jump championships to reset his own school record and become the fourth Marauder man to win an individual championship.
Butt's leap was his first over 25 feet in his career at AVC to be the first Long Jump state champion from AVC. He finished fourth in last week's southern California championships with a 24-0 jump.

Fastpitch
Nine named to All-Foothill Conference team
The Marauders put nine players on the All-Foothill Conference teams Wed. after a fifth-straight conference title. For the first time in five years, AVC did not receive any of the top awards of Player, Pitcher and Coach of the Year.
FIRST TEAM: Being named to the first team were player of the year nominees Cassandra Lewein (ss, 5-2,

Bailey • Lewein • Sandberg • Mauldin • Anchondo
SO, Lancaster (Quartz Hill ‘07/Hope Intl Uni.)) who led the Marauders in hits, singles, triples, walks, stolen bases and hit by pitch and Shannon Bailey (C, 5-2, SO, Lancaster (Quartz Hill '07)) who led the Marauders in slugging percentage and RBI. The only reason Bailey didn't receive a second straight Catcher of the Year nod was because the conference dropped the award after last season. Heather Sandberg (P/IF, 5-5, FR, Lancaster (Lancaster ’08)), AVC's nominee for Pitcher of the Year who was tops for the Marauders in wins (8) and ERA and had 61 strikeouts was named to the first team as was pitcher Marisa Anchondo (P, 5-5, FR, Victorville (Silverado ’08)) who was second in ERA and Ikea Mauldin (3b/ss, 5-5, FR, Lancaster (Lancaster ’08)) who was second in hitting.
SECOND TEAM: The Marauders landed four others on the second team list, including last
season's first team choices Candice Miller (1b/3b, 5-4, SO, Quartz Hill (Quartz Hill '07)), Vanessa Guevara (OF, 5-6, SO, Saugus (Saugus '07)) and, Jade Terry (2b/3b, 5·3, SO, Burbank (John Burroughs '07)) as well as Courtney Evans (P, 6-0, SO, Boron (Boron '07)).

Fastpitch
Fastpitch's conference win streak snapped at 71
The Marauder Fastptich team lost for the first time in conference since 2004, losing 4-1 to Mt. San Jacinto in Menifee and ending a 71 game conference winning streak.
AVC last lost in conference on Apr. 7, 2004 when they lost 9-4 to Chaffey in Rancho Cucamonga. They would beat San Bernardino Valley 10-0 to end the year, then went 12-0 in 2005, 21-0 in 2006, 14-0 in 2007 and 2008 and were 9-0 going into today's game.
It is the first time a Cindy Vargas only-coached team has lost a conference game. Vargas was co-head coach from 2003 to 2005. Still the Marauders are 82-15 in conference in her seven seasons.
The loss put the Marauders into a tie with Mt. San Jacinto for Foothill Conference lead, but AVC could still win their fifth straight title by beating Chaffey and San Bernardino Valley to close out the conference season.

Track
Eddie Russ Jr. breaks 400 meter record
Eddie Russ Jr. broke the AVC 400 meter record in the Orange Coast Classic in Costa Mesa with a 47.25 clocking.
That breaks George Daniels' 1996 mark of 47.74. It is the second fastest community college 400 meter in the state so far this season and the eighth best time in the nation.
Russ was fifth in last year's state championship meet in the 400 meters.
During the football season Russ did something no one has done on any level above high school - return six kick offs for touchdowns. He was also the 2008 Marauder Football MVP.

Women's Basketball
Marauders end "second best" season ever
The Marauders ended their second best season ever losing to SJ Delta 60-54 in the quarterfinals of the state tournament. AVC was 28-10 overall and 11-3 and champions of the Foothill Conference. This Marauder team scored more points -- 2526 -- than any other AVC squad.

Women's Basketball
Florida Siaosi ends season with several records
Florida Siaosi (F/C, 5-11, SO, Hesperia (Sultana ‘06/CS Bakersfield)) became the Marauders' and Foothill Conference's first State Player of the Year. She set school records for season points -- 701, becoming the first Marauder to reach 700; season field goal shooting percentage -- .634, beating out Paula Page's 1990-91 record of .559; season offensive rebounds -- 169; season defensive rebounds -- 320; season rebounds -- 489; and season rebounding average -- 12.87, eclipsing Kim Fairchild's 1987-88 12.62 rebounds per game mark. She is now third in season points per game with 18.45 per game.

Men's Basketball
Season Ends
The Marauders ended their season 21-15 in a 80-78 overtime loss at San Diego City. Rod Singleton scored 24 points for the fourth time in his career and Raymond Cody scored 19 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in his last game as a Marauder. But Marquintice Davis hit just his third three pointer of the season with 2.8 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime and then an off-balance two pointer with .8 seconds left in overtime to win it for the No. 4 seeded Knights.

Men's Basketball
Four Marauders named to All-Foothill Conference teams
They finally announced the All-Foothill Conference teams, and it was pretty much what one would expect. Named to the first team were Rod Singleton (PG, 5-10, 185, Fr, Los Angeles (Fairfax ‘07)) who led the Marauders in scoring and Kyisean Reed (F, 6-7, 190, Fr, Palmdale (Highland ‘08)) who led the Marauders
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in rebounds and blocks while setting the game block record with six in three games.
Named to the honorable mention squad was the two sophomores, Raymond Cody (G, 6-5, 185, So, Lancaster (Antelope Valley ‘07)) and Jerome Moton (F, 6-8, 210, So, Palmdale (Pete Knight ‘07)).

Women's Basketball
Six Marauders named to All-Foothill Conference teams; Siaosi MVP
After coming up Foothill Conference champions for the seventh time in the program's history, the Marauder women's basketball team had their best-ever showing in the All-Foothill Conference team, garnering the conference's MVP with Florida Siaosi, three others on the first team and two on the honorable team. In fact all six of those who were regular starters picked up All-Conference honors. The only thing that kept it from being a sweep was Rio Hondo's Kathy Pudelko being named Coach of the Year.
<--Florida Siaosi (F/C, 5-11, SO, Hesperia (Sultana ‘06/CS Bakersfield)) was named the Marauders fifth conference MVP after leading the conference in rebounding and was second in scoring. She had huge games in wins over Chaffey, Mt. San Jacinto and Rio Hondo. She has broken the Marauder season records for rebounding and points, and should break the field goal percentage mark. She was named All-Tournament in four of the Marauders' six tournaments, and was the MVP of the AVC Holiday Tournament
She scored the third highest number of points in Marauder history – 35 – and pulled down 17 rebounds in Foothill Conference opener against Mt. San Jacinto. So far she has 17 double-doubles, scored 20 points or more 16 times, scored 20 points or more and pulled down 20 rebounds or more twice, pulled down 14
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rebounds or more 16 times and pulled down 20 rebounds or more three times
In addition to Siaosi, AVC's first team honorees includes Tijera Mathews (F/C, 5-10, FR, Palmdale (Palmdale ’08)) who was the Marauders' second leading scorer and rebounder and best free throw shooter and shot blocker, Siedah Wilson (PG, 5-7, FR, Lancaster (Palmdale ’08)) who was second in three pointers and Lucia Puchelova (G/F, 5-11, SO, Ruzomberok, SVK (NBK Ruzomberok/Colby, KS)) who was third in three pointers.
The only two Marauders to make the first team All-Foothill Conference last season were named to the honorable mention team this season: Brittney Lloyd (PG/G, 5-5, SO, Palmdale (Palmdale ’07)) who was third in scoring for the Marauders and Carleigh Hobson (G-F, 5-10, SO, Palmdale (Desert Christian ’07) who led the Marauders in three point shots and was fourth in scoring.

Women's Basketball
Next Game -- TBD, Playoffs
The Marauders will out their playoff seeding on Monday.
Last Game -- *Rio Hondo 60, AVC 54
It was a great day for the Marauders - Flordia Siaosi set the season scoring mark and AVC clinched a share of the Foothill Conference title.
But it was the Roadrunners who had a better day, as Cynthia Duarte scored 17 points and Rio Hondo picked AVC's pockets 12 times to clinch a third place spot in conference as well as the best overall record in the conference.
For the Roadrunners, it was their seventh straight win, losing last to AVC in Lancaster, that included the two conference champions in the last two games, and it broke an 11 game winning streak by the Marauders against them.
The Marauders knew coming in the game that Mt. San Jacinto had beaten San Bernardino Valley, meaning AVC was conference champs win or lose. But AVC, who last Saturday seemed completely out of the title hunt, had the chance to win it outright. No matter, it still marks the seventh title in the 28 years of the program, the fifth in the nine seasons John Taylor has coached the Marauders and the fifth in the last seven years.
For Siaosi, she scored 20 points and pulled down 20 rebounds. It was her second 20-20 performance of the season, and the 16th time this season she has scored 20 or more. The 15 point, a lay-in with six minutes to go, was a big one, as she passed Paula Page for the season scoring mark with 636 points. She now has 641 points, and already a season record 438 rebounds.