Sports View

By Nicholas Orozco, Sports Editor

Nicholas Orozco, Sports Editor

Valley College Football is hosting their final home game of the season Saturday. The game will honor their sophomores, and instead of calling it “sophomore night,” they are calling it the “Monarch Pride Classic.” With their four-month long season coming to end. The team plans to recognize the sophomores before the game. Monarch Football currently sits with an overall record 1-7, and they are 0-3 in conference. The team’s only win, 45-32, dates back to Sept. 17 at a home game against LA Southwest College. Their other matchups have been blowouts except one, against Victor Valley by the score 38-28. Valley looks to close out the season by adding two more wins to their record. Saturday’s match up they will be hosting Santa Monica College at 1 p.m.

Men’s water polo has made their way into the playoffs. With an overall record of 18-7 and conference record of 3-1, the Monarchs are peaking at the right time. The Monarchs achieved a perfect home record, and dropped seven games on the road. The men in green have built an impressive record as they have been participating in multiple high-level tournaments. Competing in the Golden West College, Cuesta College and Riverside College tournaments. Posting a perfect record in the Riverside tournament, the Monarchs have shown they are a force to be reckoned with. In the first week of conference play, the California Community College Athletic Association ranked the Monarchs at eighth, and as the regular season wraps up, the Monarchs find themselves ranked fourth. The Monarchs reached the finals in 2018 against Golden West College. That battle found the two top teams pitted against each other, but Golden West got the best of Valley. The squad will begin their trek back to the conference finals, in hopes of reaching state, with a match against Santa Monica, Saturday at Cuesta College beginning at 1:30 p.m. In their most recent match up the Monarchs blew out the Corsairs 23-4.

Monarch women’s soccer currently sits with an overall record of 5-12-2. In conference play, their record sits at 2-9. The only two wins in conference, come from teams with losing records. Their first conference win was a 4-1 victory over West LA College who have a current record of 1-15-2. The second triumph saw the Monarchs defeat Glendale College 8-0. Glendale sits at 0-15 and sits in last place in the conference. Two Monarchs lead the pack on the current roster. Angie Diaz and Melanie Velasquez are currently ranked at two of the top 30 players in the state in the California Community College Athletic Association. Diaz is ranked 23rd with 13 goals, while Velazquez is ranked 27th with 12 goals. The two combined for 25 of the team's 37 total goals. The team will face West LA for their final home game on Friday at 4 p.m.