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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...

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...

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...

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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...
Lane slides into spring Titans off to strong start with two wins.

Lane slides into spring
Titans off to strong start with two wins.

This spring, the Titans will be as new to the program as their uniforms when they take to the field with hopes of reaching the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges championship tournament at the end of the year. “My prediction for the team is we come to play day in and day out and...
Titans ready to run against state competitors Lane hopes for NWAACCs play and region title

Titans ready to run against state competitors
Lane hopes for NWAACCs play and region title

As cold weather turns to warm, and lifeless plants turn into beautiful blooming gardens, track and field begins. The Lane Titans track and field teams began the 2012 season hosting the Lane Preview on March 9 and 10 at Titans Track. Some Titans competed unattached as they work their way to eligibility to suit up...
Former track star moves from athlete to coach Sean Cohen rebounds from an injury to help lead a new team

Former track star moves from
athlete to coach

Sean Cohen rebounds from an injury to help lead a new team

LCC assistant track and field coach Sean Cohen brings a new dynamic to the sport. Just last year, Cohen, 32, was competing for the Titans after enrolling at LCC for winter term. It was his first time in uniform in 12 years since graduating from Redmond High School in 1998. But a freak accident in...