2009 News and Press Releases

Glendora, CA (Football) -- Seven Citrus College football players were named to the All-Central Conference team yesterday. The seven nods dwarfs last year’s two, and included players from both the offensive and defensive units.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- It took nearly 33 minutes, but once the Citrus College offense got a full head of steam they were like a runaway locomotive and nearly impossible to stop. The Fighting Owls went on a 26-3 run over the final 27 minutes of Saturday’s season finale against Riverside, and went out on top with a 26-16 victory over the Tigers.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- When you try and compete with the best of the best, it’s tough to stay neck and neck when you give up big plays. Unfortunately for Citrus, that’s exactly what happened, as the Fighting Owls lost 35-12 to #5 El Camino on Saturday night.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- After taking a trip to the Twin Cities this weekend, sophomore defensive back Christyn Lewis has come back and decided to commit to the University of Minnesota where he has been offered a scholarship. Lewis becomes just the second Fighting Owl since 2002 to accept a scholarship offer from a Big 10 School.

Rancho Cucamonga, CA (Football) -- Quarterback Byron Ingram connected with Tyra Waits on a 41 yard strike with 3:52 left in the game to put Citrus up by three points, and that’s all the Fighting Owls would need as they stunned host Chaffey 20-17 on Saturday evening.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- Freshman quarterback Byron Ingram completed a program record 29 passes and sophomore wide receiver Matthew Cheaney had 151 yards receiving (also a program record), but it wasn’t enough as the Fighting Owls failed in their upset bid of #3 Cerritos. The Fighting Owls struggled again in the red-zone going three for seven and falling to the Falcons 16-21.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- Freshman corner back Kevin Puckett Jr. was named the Central Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in Citrus’ game against Mt. SAC on Saturday. Puckett picked off two passes, broke up another two, and led the game with nine tackles (eight solo).

Walnut, CA (Football) -- Mt. San Antonio College, ranked #6 in the latest SCFA Southern California Coaches Poll, racked up almost seven hundred yards of offense, and held Citrus to under 150 in a 55-0 defeat of the Fighting Owls.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- If all you did was look at the stat sheet following Saturday afternoon’s football game between Citrus College and College of the Desert, you might assume that Citrus would have won.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- After suffering their third loss of the season at Allan Hancock on Saturday night, the Citrus College football team received some good news yesterday when Christyn Lewis and Brandon Stansell were both named Central Conference Players of the Week.

Santa Maria, CA (Football) -- The Citrus College football team went into Saturday’s contest with the 9th ranked Allan Hancock Bulldogs expecting a vicious ground attack from the South’s #3 ranked rushing attack. Instead, the Fighting Owls were blitzed by the Bulldogs passing attack which racked up 354 yards in the air in a 23-48 loss for Citrus.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- It wasn’t pretty, but the Citrus College Football team finally broke through on Saturday afternoon when they picked up a 32-24 victory over visiting LA Southwest College. The Fighting Owls committed over 120 yards worth of penalties and coughed up the ball three times, but as they say a win is a win and Citrus finally got just that.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- Freshman running back Brandon Stansell was named the Southern California Football Association Central Conference Special Teams Player of the Week yesterday. Stansell recorded 210 all-purpose yards including a 72-yard punt returned for a touchdown in Saturday’s loss to LA Harbor College.

Wilmington, CA (Football) -- After a disappointing season opener in which the Citrus College football team gained 130 yards of offense and gave up over 400 yards of it, the Fighting Owls turned their attention to Saturday night’s game in which they hoped to set sail at LA Harbor College. Unfortunately for Citrus, the Fighting Owls were harbored by the Seahawk offense (the State’s top-ranked attack) which racked up 560 yards of total offense in a 14-47 loss for Citrus.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- The 2009 Southern California Football Association season kicked off on Saturday afternoon, with the Citrus College Fighting Owls playing host to Santa Ana College. For the second year in a row, the Don’s played the Fighting Owls well in the season opener, taking another win, this time a 38-7 victory for Santa Ana.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- Former Citrus College football standout Devin Johnson has inked a scholarship offer with Utah State. Johnson, who recorded 64 tackles for the Fighting Owls during the 2007 season, was a 1st team All-WSC selection as a linebacker during his sophomore campaign.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- Former Fighting Owl Freddie Brown was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 7th round of the 2009 NFL Draft this past weekend. Brown was selected with the 252nd overall pick, and was one of eight former California Community College football players to be taken in this year’s draft.

Glendora, CA (Football) -- The Citrus College Athletic Department announced today, that it has hired Ben Noonan as its new football offensive coordinator. Noonan will come in and take over an offense that struggled in 2008, ranking last in..