Valley's baseball team looks to pick up the momentum nearing the end of their second month of preseason baseball as they prepare to start Western State Conference play. By Alejandro Garcia, Sports Editor The Valley College men's baseball team is closing off their second month of the new season on the wrong foot.  After a competitive start to the season, winning three of the first five games played, the Monarchs have dropped two of their last three games to Modesto Junior Coll

The Monarchs drop their last six games and head to Santa Monica Thursday for a match against the Corsairs. By Marta Cherniak and Alejandro Garcia, staff writers The Valley College softball team lost a double header to Santa Barbara Community College on Tuesday by the combined score of 24-10. The two losses dropped the Monarchs to 4-14 in preseason play. The Monarchs pitching staff allowed 17 hits in the first game and 12 hits in the second, for a total of 29 hits across two g