2017-18 Citrus College Baseball News

Citrus Baseball 2017-2018 Matriculated Athletes.
Diamond Owls Continue Long Tradition of Four-Year Matriculation

July 19, 2018

The Citrus College Baseball program has long been a known for moving its student athletes on to four-year colleges.  Since 2004, the Owls Baseball program has matriculated 109 student athletes into four-year schools, including 11 players from the 2017-2018 roster...

Marcos Campos was a two year starter for Citrus in 2016 and 2017. Campos was drafted by the San Francisco Giants earlier this week. Image credit: Mykenna De Avila
Former Owl Marcos Campos Drafted By San Francisco Giants

June 07, 2018

Marcos Campos, former Fighting Owl baseball standout, has been drafted by the San Francisco Giants. After matriculating to NCAA Division I Siena College and having a banner 2018 season for the Saints, Campos was picked up in the 29th round as the overall 856th pick...

Cabana's Dreams Come True, Because He Made Them
Cabana's Dreams Come True, Because He Made Them

May 31, 2018

Citrus Baseball player Kirk Cabana's dream of rekindling his career as a student athlete has become a reality...

Citrus Baseball Takes Home All Conference Honors
Citrus Baseball Takes Home All Conference Honors

May 22, 2018

The Western State Conference Eastern Division, 2018 All Conference Awards. Were announced recently. Ten different Citrus Baseball players were awarded on outstanding individual seasons...

Alexis Paz is ranked #3 in the state in hits with 68. Photo credit: Treyvon Watts-Hale
2018 Baseball Campaign Ends With Loss To Glendale

April 30, 2018

The Citrus Baseball team saw its 2018 season come to an end Friday when it lost the final regular season game to Glendale College, who consequently sealed up the WSC East conference title. The Owls dropped the contest 4-5, despite a short lived run in the bottom of the 8th that almost tied it up...

Sir Jordan Gomez has been the Owls top pitcher in 2018.
Title Chances Slip From Owls' Talons

April 25, 2018

With what was the blossoming opportunity to take at least a share of the WSC East conference title, the Citrus Owls fell short yesterday in the first of 3 games versus Glendale this week. A win would have been the first step in closing the gap on Glendale and Canyons, the #1 and #2 in conference, respectively. But the loss all but cements the Owls in the #3 spot...

Donvyn Curiel pulls a line drive to left field.
Owls Send Vikings Sailing

April 20, 2018

The Fighting Owls of Citrus College Baseball moved one step closer to challenging for a top 2 spot in the WSC East on Thursday, hosting and dispatching the Barstow Vikings in an 8-5 victory...

Thomas Chavez rounds first base on his way to a double.
Baseball Bashes Barstow

April 18, 2018

Baseball headed out to Barstow yesterday and got dizzy from running the bases in a 20-2 monster routing of the Vikings. The win snapped a four game losing skid that had cemented Citrus in the #3 spot in the WSC East, out of reach of the conference leader Glendale College...

Shota Usuda makes the stretch at first base.
Battle For Second Spot in WSC East Goes to Canyons

April 11, 2018

Citrus Baseball hosted WSC East rival College of the Canyons yesterday, in what was a battle for the #2 spot in the feisty conference...

Catcher Teppei Fukuda cracks his 4th homer of 2018. Photo credit: Treyvon Watts-Hale
Citrus Men Handle Business Against Victor Valley, Look to Finish Series Sweep Tomorrow

April 06, 2018

Citrus Baseball hosted WSC East Conference foe Victor Valley yesterday, hanging on to win a closely contested game, 6-4...

Donovyn Curiel has been hot from the plate in March.
Owls Exploit Pasadena Losing Streak

March 29, 2018

Citrus Baseball continued its 3 game non-conference stretch with a road win over host Pasadena City yesterday afternoon. Citrus mounted a 9th inning rally to take an 8-3 lead, and by the hair of their collective chins, staved off a Lancer run that put Citrus up against the wall. The Owls would ultimately limit the Lancer rally to just 2 runs, winning...

Andre Flores connects for a home run.
Mounties Insurmountable For Owls

March 28, 2018

Coming off of a season series sweep over conference foe Antelope Valley last week, Citrus had a bit of trouble keeping the energy going the right direction as they dropped an uninspired 3-11 loss to visiting Mt. San Antonio yesterday.

Pitcher Sir Jordan Gomez improves to 8-1 in 2018.
Citrus Sluggers Sweep Season Series Saturday

March 26, 2018

The young men of Citrus Baseball swept the 2018 conference series over Antelope Valley this weekend, culminating a 3 game series stretch that spanned last week. The two teams had squared off once previously in early March, a ten inning offensive battle in which the Owls prevailed 15-11. Perhaps miraculously, there were no weather...

Thomas Chavez is amongst the best hitters in the state in 2018.
Diamond Owls Route Visiting Marauders

March 21, 2018

Citrus Baseball came off a two game conference downturn yesterday in a 15-5 routing of visiting conference opponent Antelope Valley. The win keeps the Owls in the 2nd spot in the WSC East with a 4-2 conference record. Citrus also plants Antelope Valley into the 4th spot as the Marauders drop to 2-4 in conference play...

Kristian Scott bombs a monster 400 foot homer on Saturday.
Glendale Leaves Owls Scratching Their Heads, Citrus Stays 2nd In WSC East

March 20, 2018

Citrus Baseball hosted WSC East conference leader Glendale College on Saturday, dropping the contest 5-6 after a late rally by Glendale. Glendale maintains sole possession of the lead in conference play with an undefeated record. The Owls drop to 3-2 in conference, enough to tie Citrus with Canyons for a share of second...

Head Coach Steve Gomez motivating his guys in the dugout.
Conference Win Eludes Owls

March 16, 2018

Despite a 4 run lead going into the 7th inning, Citrus Baseball opened the door for visiting conference opponent Barstow College yesterday and the Vikings promptly kicked the door in. Citrus dropped the contest 5-6, falling to 2nd place with a 3-1 record in conference play.