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Feather River opens Conference play with sweep of Lassen College

Quincy, CA - The Golden Eagle softball team opened up Golden Valley Conference play this Thursday March 11th vs. Lassen College. The Golden Eagles would dominate the first game of the doubleheader behind the strong pitching of Erica Wieck. Wieck would go on to throw her first college no hitter while striking out 13 and walking only 2. Head coach Josh Taylor said, rubio "Erica was fantastic today. She had command of her fastball and got ahead of hitters all day". Feather River would jump on the board first as Brittany Potter would start the scoring with a 2 run home run in the first. The scoring would not stop there as the Golden Eagles would add 4 runs in the 2nd, 5 in the 3rd and 3 in the fourth. Offensively, Feather River was lead by Dani Ming who collected 2 hits and a walk, Leah Justice with 2 doubles, Brittany Potter had 3 hits including 2 doubles and a home run, Chelsea Venable with 3 hits including 2 doubles and a triple, and Alisha Perry with 3 hits. Also contributing offensively with one hit each was Shelby Watts, Tess Oliphant, and Erica Wieck. Feather River would go on the win the game 14 - 0.

Game 2 would include much of the same as game 1. Annalee Rubio would also throw a no hitter as she dominated the Cougars throughout the game. Rubio would be perfect as she walked 0 while striking out 8. Rubio would face the minimum amount of hitters (15) on her way to the perfect game. Offensively the Golden Eagles would once again be to much, jumping out to an early 1 - 0 lead in the first on Brittany Potters ground ball to the shortstop. Dani Ming would once again led the attach collecting 4 more hits in the second game including a walk off triple in the 5th. Chelsea Venable and Brittany Potter would add 2 hits each while Tess Oliphant, Kayla Rozelle, Alisha Perry, and Erica Wieck would each collect 1 hit each. Feather River would go on to win the game 8-0. Feather River will travel to Fremont on Saturday for the March Madness Tournament. They will be matched up vs. San Mateo, Diablo Valley and Gavilan College on Saturday the Golden Eagles next home game is March 19th @ 12 and 2pm. .

Thursday games moved to Feather River College

Quincy, CA - The softball games originally scheduled to be played at Lassen College on March 11th have been moved to Feather River College. This will be the first home game of the season for the Golden Eagles. Game times are 12 & 2pm. See you at the ballpark.

Wednesday March 10th Games @ Lassen College moved to Thursday March 11th

Quincy, CA - The games scheduled for Wednesday March 10th at Lassen College have been moved to Thursday at Lassen College. Game times are 12pm & 2pm. See you at the ballpark.

Feather River Beats Contra Costa/Drops Heartbreaker to 2nd Ranked Delta

Stockton, CA - Feather River traveled south to Stockton California on Saturday March 6th to get back to action after a 15 day layoff. The Golden Eagles would knock off the rust against Contra Costa behind a srtong pitching performance by Annalee Rubio. Rubio would surrender only 5 hits while striking out 5 in route to her second shutout of the season. The offense, led by Dani Ming's 3 hits, would finally get going in the 5th inning scoring 3 times behind RBI doubles by Brittany Potter and Chelsea Venable. They would add one more run in the 6th to finish the scoring for the game. The Golden Eagles would go on to win the game 4 - 0 pushing their record to 10-2. Game 2 would match up the 2nd ranked team in the North and 4th ranked team in the state, San Joaquin Delta Colelge vs. Feather River. The Golden Eagles would get on the board first with an RBI double by Brittany Potter scoring Dani Ming from 1st. Feather River would hold the lead goin into the 5th inning behind an impressive pitching performance by Erica Wieck. Wieck would go the distance giving up only 4 hits and 0 earned runs. It would be the Eagles defense that would be the difference. A one out error in right field would set the table for the Mustangs to tie the game in the 5th. Wieck would do a great job getting out of the jam in the 5th to leave the game tied 1-1. In the 6th inning the Golden Eagles would once again make a 1 out mistake to give the Mustangs the 2-1 lead which would eventually end up being the final score. Coach Taylor states that "when playing against teams of Delta's caliber it is the team with the least amount of mistakes that usually wins". That statement held true as the Golden watts eagles did have the tying run on third in the 7th but could not get her in to score. The Eagles would go on to lose the game 2-1. This pushes the Golden Eagles record to 10-3. Feather River will begin Golden Valley Conference play this Wednesday March 10th at Lassen College. To keep up to date on the Feather River College softball program you can visit jcscores.com for all the latest polls and statistics. See you at the ballpark.

Butte College Double header re-scheduled for March 27th

Quincy, CA - The Feather River College home opener vs. Butte College has been re-scheduled for March 27th. First pitch will be at 12:00pm.

Home Opener vs. Butte Postponed

Quincy, CA - Due to poor weather conditons the Feather River College softball home opener has been postponed. A make up date has not been set, but will be posted as soon as a date is decided. The Golden Eagles next game will be at San Joaquin Delta College on March 6th.

Golden Eagle Home Opener Pushed Back to Thursday Due to Poor Weather

Quincy, CA - The Feather River College home opener scheduled for this Wednesday March 3rd vs. Butte College has been moved to Thursday March 4th due to incliment weather conditions. Thursday's game times will be 1pm and 3pm. We hope to see you at the ballpark.

Feather River Softball Sweeps American River & Merced

Feb 18 Sacramento Ca.- The Golden Eagle Softball program traveled to Sacramento to take on the 13th ranked Beavers of American River College on Thursday February 18th in a non - conference double header. Game 1 featured strong pitching, solid defense and timely hitting as Feather River beat American River 5-0. Erica Wieck proved to strong in the cirlce as she threw a complete game shutout allowing only three hits while striking out four. All three of the hits Wieck surrendered were singles. Offensively, Chelsea Venable would provide all the offense that Feather River would need collecting two hits, one of which was a two run home run. Leah Justice, Dani Ming, Brittany Potter each had one hit each. Justice

The second game would prove to be much of the same as the Golden Eagles would once again beat the Beavers 9-1. Annalee Rubio allowed only one run on four hits while striking out two and walking zero. Chelsea Venable would once again have a big game at the plate claiming two more hits, including a three run home run, three RBI's, and two run scored. Leah Justice, Brittany Potter, and Brittany Hill would also collect one hit each. The Feather River defense would finish the day making zero errors.

Feb 19 Merced Ca. -Feather River would travel south to take on the Blue Devils of Merced College in another non - conference match up. In game one the Golden Eagles wasted no time as they jumped out to a commanding 5-0 lead. After a Dani Ming lead off walk the Eagles would follow with two doubles, two triples and a single. Leah Justice would lead the hitting attack with three hits, followed by Brittany Potter and Chelsea Venable collecting two hits each. Dani Ming, Shelby Watts, Amanda German, Kayla Rozelle, and Erica Wieck would all collect one hit each. Erica Wieck was also spectacular in the circle allowing only one run on two hits while striking out six. This win took Wieck's season record to 5-0. The Golden Eagles would go on to win the game 10-1.

Game two would prove to be just as difficult for the Blue Devils as Annalee Rubio dominated in the circle. Rubio gave up only one hit while striking out six. This win was Rubio's fourth on the season. The offense would wieck get kick started in the first with Leah Justice's solo home run to get Feather River on the board first. The Eagles would score one more in the second, five in the fourth and finish the game just as it started, with a solo home run off the bat of Dani Ming. Leading the offense in hits was Dani Ming and Brittany Potter with two each, followed by Leah Justice, Chelsea Venable, Erica Wieck, Cait Convay, Tess Oliphant, Belen Munoz, and Kayla Rozelle with one each. The Golden Eagles, currently 9-2, will play its first home game of the season vs, Butte College on March 3rd. This will also be the first Golden Valley Conference match up of the season. Game times are 12 and 2pm. See you at the ballpark.

Feather River Softball Opens Season Strong

1-30-2010 – The Feather River College softball program opened their season this past Saturday with wins against West Valley College and Mission College. In the first game vs. West Valley the Golden Eagles would dominate, holding West Valley to only two hits while banging out seventeen hits of their own. Lead by Quincy High School graduate Brittany Potter (3 hits) the offense opened up a three run lead in the third inning and would never look back. Annalee Rubio’s strong pitching performance, giving up only two hits while striking out nine and giving up no runs on her way to her first collegiate victory, would set the tone for the entire game. Alisha Perry (Palo Verde High School), Dani Ming (Spanish Springs High School), Annalee Rubio (Spanish Springs High School) and Shelby Watts (Oroville High School) would also contribute offensively with two hits a piece. The final score ended in a 14 – 0 win for the Golden Eagles.

In the second game of the day the Golden Eagles, lead by a strong pitching performance from Erica Wieck (Pleasant Valley High School), would once again gain control early in the game, scoring four runs in the first, five in the second and two in the third. Wieck would strike out six of the nine batters she would face in route to her first victory of the season. The offense was lead by Chelsea Venable (Arbor View High School) pounding out a double and a triple in her only two at bats. Leah Justice (Gresham High School) had a triple in her only at bat while Erica Wieck knocked out to hits. Feather River would go on to win the game 11 – 0.

1-31-2010 – The Golden Eagles would face a familiar foe in the first game of day two. Siskiyous College, ranked number one in the state of California for all of the 2009 season and Golden Valley Conference opponent would match up with the Golden Eagles during the first game of the day. This game proved to be a pitching duel from start to finish. Annalee Rubio and Siskiyous Jordon Brown would battle back and forth for most of the game. With the game tied at zero in the third inning, Siskiyous would get on the board first with a no out triple in the right center gap by Amanda Krueger. Krueger would score two pitches later on a ground out to shortstop Dani Ming. With a 2 – 0 lead Siskiyous would add another run in the fourth inning to go on top 3 – 0. Feather River would answer in the fifth inning with a 2 out single by Kylee Rogers (Las Plumas High School) to score Brittany Potter. That is as close as the Golden Eagles would get as they fell for the first time this season 1 – 3.

The second game of the day would prove to be a much better outcome for the Golden Eagles. Once again the Golden Eagles were lead by strong offensive performances from Brittany Potter and Chelsea Venable, each claiming a double and a triple a piece. However, it was Monterey Peninsula College that would take the early lead, jumping out to a 3 – 0 lead in the third inning. Feather River’s bats would finally heat up in the third with an RBI double by Potter, scoring Kayla Rozelle (Elko High School) for the Golden Eagles first run of the game. It didn’t take long for Feather River to take the lead and keep it as the added four more runs in the fourth inning. Singles by Alisha Perry, Shelby Watts and Kayla Rozelle and triples by Venable and Potter would prove all the Golden Eagles would need as they went on to win the game 5 – 3. Erica Wieck had a strong pitching performance going seven innings while striking out three and giving up only six hits. It was Wieck’s second win of the season. The Golden Eagles play again February 5th at Santa Rosa College. For a complete game schedule and to keep up with the 2010 Feather River College Softball team visit our website at www.frc.edu.