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Titans sink their teeth into Cougar Open, Oregon Relays Athletes set personal records after a weekend of strong competition.

Titans sink their teeth into Cougar Open, Oregon Relays
Athletes set personal records after a weekend of strong competition.

The Titans track and field team had a busy weekend. Parts of the team traveled to both Hayward Field and Oregon City to compete in the Oregon Relays and the Cougar Open.
Titan signs with Warner Pacific After two-year stint on Lane's soccer team, Kiki McDonagh looks forward

Titan signs with Warner Pacific
After two-year stint on Lane’s soccer team, Kiki McDonagh looks forward

Sophomore Kiki McDonagh has finally signed the dotted line, and she will play for Oscar Monteblanco and the Warner Pacific Knights in Southeast Portland.

Hats Off
O’Connor pushes Titans to their limits

Student-athletes come and go, especially at the community college level. Some move on and compete at a four-year college or university, while others find a different path in life. Titans head track and field coach Grady O’Connor gets the most out of his athletes. And he deserves a lot of credit for helping his athletes...

Clubs look to boost presence
Earth Day now an annual event

Asian Pacific Islander Student Union representative Matthew Yook wants more visibility for clubs. Yook wants to increase exposure with advertising. He said his goal is for all clubs to create posters and brochures to raise awareness. “I’m in full support of this idea,” said Colette Buchanan, co-chair of Native American Students Association. The clubs agreed...

Titans get reality check
Lane splits consecutive doubleheaders

The Titans baseball team took advantage of its opponent’s sloppy mistakes in game one of a doubleheader against the Chemeketa Storm on April 17, only to lose in game two. The team improved to 14-6 overall and 8-2 in the Southern Region. In game one, the Titans picked up a 6-4 victory in the pouring...

Lane flies high at Chico Twilight
Titans record ‘about a dozen’ personal bests

Finally, the moment had arrived. Freshman Brandon Nash (6’1″, 155-pounds) had been flirting with 6’6″ in the high jump during the Titans’ last two track and field meets. This time, Nash surprised himself with a personal record in Chico, Calif. He cleared 6’9 .75″ to finish tied for second at the Chico Twilight on April 15....

Coach: Team ‘progressing nicely’
Titans prepare for Chico Twilight

It’s still early in the season, but Titans head coach Grady O’Connor is taking everything in stride. On April 7 the track and field team traveled to McMinnville to compete in the Linfield Jenn Boyman Invite. The team had five individuals take home first-place honors in the meet. “We’re progressing nicely,” O’Connor said. “It was...

Hats Off
Titans show baseball’s beautiful side

There are so many beautiful things about the game of baseball. It’s not a single play or a single game or records being made and broken. It’s not even about winning and losing. Though some would argue against that point. It’s the idea that a group of nine players take to the field and play...
Shortstop makes most of position Brazilian finds new home at Lane

Shortstop makes most of position
Brazilian finds new home at Lane

While many in Brazil grew up enchanted by soccer and the culture that surrounded it, others found a different sport. LCC sophomore shortstop Daniel Katayama was that exception. Katayama found his niche in baseball while growing up in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He said the country isn’t known for baseball historically, and the most popular sport...
Lane improves to 6-0 Clutch pitching cinches back-to-back Titan wins

Lane improves to 6-0
Clutch pitching cinches back-to-back
Titan wins

The Lane Titans continued its winning ways with a doubleheader sweep of the Clackamas Cougars on Tuesday April 11 in Oregon City. They’re now 6-0 in the Southern Region and 12-4 overall. “It’s better than 5-0, it’s better than 5-1,” first-year head coach Josh Blunt said. “It’s a little difficult with the weather to juggle...

Titans tested early, eager to start
Southern Region

Lane finishes preseason 6-4

Sophomore pitcher and Eugene native Zach Kayser likes his team’s odds going into Southern Region play after a solid preseason. The Titans finished the preseason 6-4, but lost three out of its last four meetings during back-to-back nine-inning doubleheaders on March 24 and 25. “The biggest thing I learned from this team from the preseason...
Lane back on track to NWAACCs Titans look to defend eight-year title

Lane back on track to NWAACCs
Titans look to defend eight-year title

The Titans’ eight-time defending Southern Region champion track and field team took to the track on March 30 and 31 and had a good showing during the Willamette University Invitational. Titans head coach Grady O’Connor said he likes where his team is headed now that they’re getting into the bulk of the season. “We made...