With the end of the winter semester fast approaching that means Cerritos college athletics is gearing up for the Spring sports schedule.
Though the semester doesn’t begin until Jan. 13th one sport is already underway, basketball which has seen the men’s team start with a 6-3 record while the women’s record sits at 3-6.
Coach Russ Mayes Men’s team is sporting three players averaging over 10 points per game, Sophomores Darron Henry, Spencer Ezewiro, and Andrew Mata.
Their production has allowed the Falcons to recover from their opening game loss to achieve a 6-3 record.
Though the women’s team has gotten out to a 3-6 start they were able to put together a three-game winning streak against the likes of Taft, Santa Monica, Southwestern.
Since then head coach Trisha Kozlowski’s team has dropped four straight but two of those games came in tournament play, and the team is hoping to find consistency after a streaky start.
Baseball will look to make a strong return this season after their impressive 38-10 record saw them go 19-5 in conference before losing 2-1 in the Southern California Regional finals to Saddleback College.
The season will begin for head coach Nate Fernly with scrimmage games against Glendale and Cypress before their first series begins with a two-game series at Mt. San Jacinto.
Softball is coming back from a 2-1 defeat in the second round of the Southern California Regional to Fullerton.
Kodee Murrary will return for her 23rd year coaching at Cerritos coming off of back-to-back 30 win seasons including 33 wins last year.
Of those 33 wins 14 were in the conference good enough for a fourth place finish in the conference.
Cerritos College Track and Field will make a return this Spring led by Head Coach Chris Richardson who was The United States world athletics U20 world championships men’s coach.
Women’s Track and Field finished 2nd place at the Southern California championships including 11 finishes in medal positions. Cerritos placed first in four of their 11 medal positions
Elena Mack finished first in the 400m, Dimitra Vitogiannis came 1st in discus, Milika Burdett came first in hammer, and finally Andrea Villalta finished first in the javelin toss.
Cerritos also finished second place in state last year with more impressive finishes in the 200m, 400m, 4x100m, high jump, discus, javelin, and heptathlon.
The men’s track and field team placed seventh place at the Southern California Championships last year finishing in medal position in two events.
The men’s 110m HH saw Juan Ward bring home second place while runners Jordan Crowdus, Caleb Dunomes, Konnor Handy, and Elijah Jones placed third in the 4×400 meter relay.
At state the team finished 16th only competing in three events however Ward placed second in hurdles once again.
Womens wrestling are defending back-to-back State Champions looking to uphold their status at the top led by Head Coach Dustin Kirk.
The program has dominated for the better part of the last two years including producing three state champions last year.
Rebekah Jimenez in 102 pounds, Natalie Resendiz at 148 pounds and Nile Jernigan at 180 pounds but to go with the state championships cerritos also pulled in five second place finishes.
Beach Volleyball finished with an 8-12 record last year and a 2-8 conference record which they will look to build upon.
Head Coach Kari Hemmerling will lead the team fresh off of the indoor volleyball season where they finished with a 20-4 record.
