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The Lassen College Lady Cougar’s basketball team traveled to Chabot College, Wednesday, (01/06) for a non-conference game with the Gladiators.
Final Score
Chabot – 60
Lassen – 47
Savannah Carlo led Lassen with 19 points and 12 rebounds.
The Lady Cougars (5-10), face Ohlone, Thursday, January 7th.
Lassen opens Golden Valley Conference play, January 13th, at Shasta College. The Lady Cougars next home game is scheduled for January 20th, against the Butte Roadrunners.

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The Lassen High Grizzlies advanced to the finals of the Anderson High Holiday Invitational tournament with wins in the first two rounds. (See previous posts)
Championship Game
West Valley – 75
Lassen – 28
Lassen falls to 6-5 in the preseason.
Commentary from Lassen head coach Leo Bennett…
In the Championship game at the Anderson Invitational we came out flat and stayed flat throughout. We went down 28 to 75 to West Valley. It is a game that will resonate in my head. More importantly though it is a game that I want the players to move away from not look back upon. We made great strides as individual basketball players and became a more cohesive team during the Anderson Tournament. One game will not define us as a team or deter us from our goals. As a coaching staff and players, we will use the upcoming practices over the Christmas break to continue to improve and mold into the team we want to be when league begins.
We will be at home against Las Plumas on the January 4th. All of us look forward to playing in front of a great Lassen crowd.
JP Faulkner was named to the five player All Tournament Team.

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Todays song in our “25 Days of Christmas” celebration is for the ladies, although, as has already been stated, it’s one of my all-time favorite Christmas songs. Trust me, it won’t be the last version of “Blue Christmas” you hear. We still have 11 days…

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It’s all about basketball on this Saturday morn, (12/05). 

Lassen College Results from Friday, (12/04)
Lassen Lady Cougars @ Hartnell College Tournament
Lassen – 72
De Anza – 58
Savannah Carlo led the Lady Cougars (4-4), with 22 points. Dani Case added 14 points. Lassen plays in the tournament’s semi-final game, Saturday, (12/05). 
Lassen College Men 
American River College – 85
Lassen College – 73
“We’re playing much better though” was the comment of Lassen head coach, Mark Nareau. The Cougars (4-7), face Sacramento City College, Saturday, (12/05) at 2:00 p.m. at American River College.

Lassen High Lady Grizzlies (12/04)
Lassen played Pleasant Valley High School in the semi-finals of the Pleasant Valley tournament, Friday night, (12/04).
Pleasant Valley – 50
Lassen – 40
Lassen’s Carlotta Kloppenburg poured in 14 points before leaving with an ankle injury in the final minute of the first half. Lassen drops to 2-1 on the season, and will play in the consolation game of the Pleasant Valley tournament, Saturday, (12/05).
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The Lassen College Lady Cougars traveled to the southern edge of Sacramento, Tuesday, (12/01), for a college basketball showdown with Cosumnes River College.
Final Score
Cosumnes River – 64
Lassen – 61
Lassen held a three point lead with 2:00 minutes to play but could not hold off the Hawks. More details to come.

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After accumulating 234 wins as head women’s basketball coach at Lassen Community College, Mark Nareau was, “mildly” searching for a new challenge. Monday, (06/08) he found it.

 
Lassen Community College President, Dr. Douglas Houston, confirmed to Lassen Sports Network (LSN), that Nareau would be taking over the Lassen College men’s basketball program, replacing Ben Riley, who stepped down in May.
Filling the void left by Nareau’s move to the men’s program will be Dorinda Schaffer. It will be Schaffer’s second stint as the Lady Cougars head coach. Schaffer led Lassen to the final eight in 1994, losing to eventual state champion, L.A. Harbor.
“I’m really excited.” Said Schaffer in a phone conversation. “I love to coach at the junior college level. It really challenges me.” Schaffer again stated, “I’m truly excited to be back coaching the Lassen College women.”
Schaffer has also worked as an assistant coach under Nareau and former Lassen College head coach Gary Kloppenburg, and has been the head coach of the Lassen High School Lady Grizzlies.
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Lassen College Lady Cougar standout, Jessica Nolan, has verbally committed to play basketball and continue her education at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Ca.

Nolan was a two-time selection to the All-California State basketball team (including a unanimous choice following the 2008/09 season) while at Lassen. Nolan was also the Most Valuable Player in the Golden Valley Conference this past season. Nolan helped lead the Lady Cougars to consecutive conference titles in her two years at Lassen College. Nolan was recruited out of Australia by Lassen head coach, Mark Naraeu.
The Academy of Art Urban Knight women’s basketball program is run by former Stanford standout, Lindsey Yamasaki, who played for the Cardinal from 1998-2002. Yamasaki was then drafted by the WNBA’s Miami Sol. She would play four years of professional basketball.
Yamasaki became the first women’s head basketball coach at the Academy of Art University in 2008.

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The Lassen College Lady Cougar basketball team heads into the 2009 California Community College basketball playoffs as the #8 seed, this the result of the selection committee meeting that took place, Monday, (2/23). 

The top eight spot earns the Lady Cougars a home game against #9 Skyline College, Friday night, Feb. 27th, at the Lassen College Sports Complex. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. This will be the first meeting of the year between the two teams, but there is some history between the two schools.

“We don’t know a lot about them this year,” said Lassen head coach Mark Nareau, “but they’re more of a perimeter team offensively, with their two guards being their leading scorers.” Lassen wrapped up the regular season, Saturday, (2/21) with a 79-50 win over College of the Redwoods. The Lassen ladies finished the regular season with an 18-11 record, and a share of the Golden Valley Conference title.

“I think we’re peaking at the right time.” Said Naraeu. “Defensively, we’ve only allowed about 50 points a game over the last three games, and offensively, we’re getting out and pushing the ball up the floor as well as we have all year.”  

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Head coach Mark Naraeu and the Lassen College Lady Cougar basketball team finished up the regular season Saturday, (2/21) with a road win over GVC doormat, College of the Redwoods.

Lassen was led by Jessica Nolan’s 22 points as the Lady Cougars cruised to a 79-50 victory. Savannah Carlo scored 21 for visiting Lassen, while point guard Lorena Torres added ten points. The win clinches a piece of the Golden Valley Conference title for the Lady Cougars. Both Lassen and Shasta College finished the conference schedule with 8-2 records. (The teams split their two regular season games). Lassen’s final overall season record is 18-11. 

Both teams must now await word from the playoff selection committee, which will meet, Monday, Feb. 23rd, in Sacramento. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. “I see us somewhere between the number seven and ten seeds.” Said Naraeu. The top eight seeds receive opening round home games.

Sunday, (2/22), GVC individual awards were handed out and Lassen players earned their share of the hardware. Jessica Nolan was named the Most Valuable Player of the conference. Meanwhile, guard, Oceana Johnson and forward, Savannah Carlo were both named to the all-conference first team. Earning Honorable Mention all-league honors were: Julissa Reynoso, Dani Case and Lorena Torres. Naraeu won the  … Click the headline to continue reading this LSN Story

Lassen College head basketball coach, Ben Riley, dismissed starters Darius Stewart and Omarri Williams from the team for “violations of team policy.”

The two Cougar starters will not be eligible to play in Lassen’s final two games of the regular season, or the playoffs, should the Cougars make it that far. Stewart and Williams, walked off the court in the second half of Lassen’s 12 point road loss to Butte College, Wednesday night, (2/11).

NOTE: I’da left ‘em in Oroville…(spell-check didn’t like that at all).

Lassen plays it’s final home game of the season, Saturday, Feb. 14th against the Shasta College Knights, (7:30 p.m.). The Cougars close out the regular season, the following Saturday, Feb. 21st at College of the Redwoods. Lassen must win both games to have an outside chance at making the playoffs for a second straight year.

Prior to the Lassen men’s game, the Lady Cougars will battle Shasta College, with first place in the Golden Valley Conference at stake. Currently, Shasta is 7-1 in GVC play while the Lassen ladies are 6-2. One of Lassen’s two conference losses came at the hands of Shasta, (1/24) in Redding. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. at the Lassen Sports Complex.

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