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Sonia Marquez, 8 and Amanda Gomez, far right, defend a spike from AVC Valerie dluzek.

Volleyball team finishes strong in conference play

As the season draws to a close the Lady Roadrunners are looking to finish the season strong. They took a big step forward in finishing the season strong by winning their last home game against the first place team in the Foothill Conference Antelope Valley College in four sets, 3-1 (18-25, 27-25, 25-19, 25-16) on Nov. 11. "It felt fantastic. Our team played so fantastic tonight and everything we've taught them and worked on during the season finally gelled and clicked and we did it," said coach Teddi Esko after their big win.

Delaney Cosgrove

Tough stretch for Lady Roadrunners

Volleyball team has lost three of last four games

The Lady Roadrunners have lost three of their last four matches against Antelope Valley 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 28-26), College of the Desert 3-1 (22-25, 26-16, 25-20, 25-13), Chaffey 3-1 (25-15, 25-10, 12-25, 25-20) and their one victory over Victor Valley 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-22).

The Roadrunners are rolling

The women's volleyball team's last match ended with a much needed victory over visiting Mt. San Jacinto in three sets (25-21,25-15,25-14) on Oct. 12. "First time home after two games on the road and two tough loses against two pretty good teams so coming back to Rio was a nice thing", said coach Teddi Esko. 

Carrie Baltazar

Q & A

One on One with Carrie Baltazar

Carrie Baltazar is a sophomore on the Rio Hondo women's volleyball team. She is the setter for the Lady Roadrunners and one of the captains of the team. She graduated from Whittier High School and her dream school is San Francisco State but doesn't know yet where she will attend after Rio Hondo. 

Volleyball team wins Foothill Conference home opener

The lady Roadrunners opened Foothill Conference play against College of Desert on Sept. 30 and won in a thrilling five game match-up 3-2 at home. The Roadrunners were off to a fast start, winning the first two games 25-16 and 25-14, but slowed down and allowed COD to even the match-up by winning the next two games 25-20 and 27-25.

Carrie Baltazar

Women’s volleyball team 2011 preview

"A fantastic year", were the words used to describe the women's volleyball 2010 season by head coach Teddi Esko. The team progressed after each game which helped them take second place in the Foothill Conference.  Team unity built over the summer and regular season was crucial to their success.

  • Basketball J'Qauandrei Ellis Battle of the Roadrunners

    It was a Roadrunner eat Roadrunner type of match on Feb. 8. The Rio Hondo gym hosted a men's basketball Foothill Conference match-up against College of the Deserts (COD) Roadrunners. Even though Rio had hecklers from COD in the bleachers, they still managed to walk away with a win, 86-80.

  • Bryce Rutherford Rio battles but comes up short against Canyons

    Rio Hondo's baseball team's first three games of the season are against teams ranked in the top 20 of Southern California. They matched up against number 11 ranked Canyons College on Feb. 4 at Rio and lost in a nail biter, 7-6.

  • Giants win Super Bowl 21-17

    A replication of a championship

     

    The New York Giants were able to replicate their magic championship run of 2008 by, once again, beating Tom Brady and the New England Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI to create another chapter in what has become a rivalry match-up for these two storied franchises. The Giants' defense was responsible for the first score of the game by pressuring Brady into an intentional grounding penalty inside New England's end zone to make the score 2-0 in the first quarter.