Men’s basketball
Titans fall to SWOCC in contentious battle
After a heated halftime exchange in which Laker fans were ejected, Titans took a loss The Titans took a serious blow beyond an 80-77 loss when racial slurs erupted in a dispute between players and fans during their Feb. 15 game against the Southwestern Oregon Lakers. For the second time in two weeks, things,...
Women’s Basketball Titans beat lakers with 46-point lead
Lane heads to fourth Championship in a decade By Lindsey Kidwell The Titans secured a playoff berth Feb. 11 with a victory against the Chemeketa Storm, 80-71. And for the second time in two weeks, the Lakers ran into a buzz saw when facing the ex- plosive Titan offense. On Feb. 13, Lane walked off...
The Fox Trot
Three-year journey comes to end
As cliché as it may sound — all good things must come to an end. I have been The Torch’s sports editor since the spring term of 2010, but I have decided to move on and pursue my journalistic career through another avenue. Before my tenure at The Torch, the paper lacked a sports section...
Men’s Basketball
Brothers bounce between sports
When basketball players and brothers Tyler and Alex Coleman touch the court for the Titans, you can see them automatically click as if they had been playing the game they love together forever. Yet that isn’t the case. Tyler (5’11’,’ 170 pounds), who is 25, attended Eugene’s Marist HighSchool and graduated in 2004, where he...
Women’s Basketball
Twin talents take court for Titans
Twin sisters Jordan and Kersey Wilcox always dreamed they’d go to college together. When LCC came calling with athletic scholarships, they knew they’d found their new home in Eugene. What sets these twin sisters apart from the rest is their love and friendship for one another. Even at 19, they argue as sisters do, but...
Women’s Basketball
Titans send Roadrunners packing 77-54
The Titans sent the Linn-Benton Roadrunners (10-12, 3-6 Southern Region) on the road, running back to Albany after a 77-54 win on Feb. 8 while continuing a six-game winning streak. The Titans improved to 18-4 and 8-1 in conference. For the crowd, the game appeared to be an easy win for the Titans, never holding...
Lindsey’s Line
Passionately driven to report
As a woman going into the world of sports journalism, I often get asked what motivates me and how far I want to go with it. It seems to surprise everyone that a young woman cares so much about the sports industry — but for me, it’s a way of life. I’ve lived and breathed...
Men’s Basketball
Colemans erupt with 30 points against Roadrunners | Titans one game away from final playoff spot.
Lane’s men’s basketball team picked up a big win on Wednesday night, defeating Linn-Benton Community College 72-55, inching closer to that final playoff spot for the Southern Region. The Titans (10-11, 4-5 Southern Region) moved within a game of the last playoff spot while knocking down the second-place Roadrunners to third, only two games behind...
The Fox Trot
Aldridge rises up
When the Portland Trail Blazers selected Tyrus Thomas with the fourth overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft, fans in the Rose City began to grumble with the thoughts of draft mismanagement once again, for their beloved team. Moments later, those thoughts were washed away when former Trail Blazers General Manager Kevin Pritchard traded the...
Men’s basketball
Titans put Panthers on endangered
species list
According to Lane head coach Bruce Chavka, the men’s basketball team would have to get contributions from everyone in order to win on Jan. 28 in Portland. “With Tyler (Coleman) out sick with strep throat, we were going to need our entire team to step up tonight,” Chavka said. All 12 Titans scored and played...
Women’s basketball
Titans score 101 against Panthers
Freshman guard Danielle Schmidt proved she isn’t your ordinary reserve player for Titans’ head coach Greg Sheley. Schmidt scored 18 of her game-high 20 points in the second half, to help the Titans win their third straight Southern Region game 101-47 over the struggling Portland Panthers on Jan. 28. It was the most points the...
Lane scores 532 for the community
What a night! The fifth annual Jam the Gym, hosted by the Lane Community College athletic department on Jan. 21, has been a success every year, according to Athletic Director and women’s basketball coach Greg Sheley. “Like the past couple years, we once again had a great turnout and were able to fill up three...

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