CS Championship — Breathtak-ing! Captivating! Scintillating!Attach those adjectives to theBCS Championship game as theAuburn University Tigers eked

out a dramatic 22-19 victory over the Ore-gon Ducks on the lastplay of the game, a 19-yard field goal by WesByrum. The anticipatedhigh-scoring affair nev-er came to fruition. Itwas Oregon flash anddash versus Auburn’sgranite defensive line.And the Tigers stoned‘em! Auburn’s true fresh-man running backMichael Dyer put Ore-gon in dire straits whenhe rambled for a 37yard, booth-reviewedgain late in the gamewhich put the Tigers infield goal range. But I believe his mostimpacting run came three plays later ashe ran up the gut for 16 yards to the 1/2yard line to all but clinch their National

Championship. It wasn’t the best gameever played by any means, but the last fiveminutes were classic. Auburn held Ore-gon’s vaunted running attack to a pedes-trian total of 75 yards rushing. That’s twochampionships in a row for the state ofAlabama after ‘Bama’s Crimson Tide pre-vailed last year. Congratulations, Auburn.War Eagle!

Pro football — Well, the playoffs havefinally arrived and there will not be arepeat Superbowl winner as the NewOrleans Saints suffered a rather humiliat-ing loss at the hands of the Seattle Sea-hawks. Seattle’s 7-9 regular season recordwas deemed pitiful by NFL standards, yetearned them the home-field advantage asdivision champions. And that was pre-cisely the difference vs. the Saints as theloudest stadium in the league played hav-oc with New Orleans’ play-calling ability.The ‘Hawks now travel to Chi-Town toface the angry Bears whom Seattle beat inthe regular season. Sorry Seahawks! In theother NFC matchup the Green Bay Packerdefense stole the show and doggedMichael Vick all afternoon long as thehigh-scoring Philadelphia Eagles took the

loss. Aaron Rodgers was nails for the Packas he tossed three TD passes. Green Baynow travels to number one seed Atlantawhere the Falcons are nearly unbeatableat home. Look for that pattern to continueas Green Bay has actually played twoplayoff games in a row — having to beatthe Bears in the season finale just to getinto the playoffs. How in the world couldthe Colts’ defense let the Jets move intofield goal range, at home, in the waningmoments of their loss to New York? NickFolk’s kick as time expired eliminatedIndianapolis. The Jets’ reward comes inthe form of facing one Tom Brady and hisleague-leading Patriots in New England.No love lost there! Jet’s QB Mark Sanchezwill feel the pressure and New Englandwill advance to the AFC championshipgame. And no rivalry matches what willtake place in Pittsburgh as the BaltimoreRavens come storming into Heinz Field.Baltimore’s defense was all the rave asthey forced the Kansas City Chiefs intofive turnovers for the wild-card route inK.C. It’s gonna be a knock-down, drag-outin Pittsburgh. They tangled twice in theregular season and each team won on the

road. Expect that trend to continue ... butbarely.

30 for 30 — Hey, have you had anopportunity to watch any of the “30 For30” programs running on ESPN over thepast several months? Great viewing! Theyare short (one-to-two hours) documen-taries on very profound subjects — eachof which digs to the core of the matter.Among others, there are stories onNASCAR driver Tim Richmond who diedof AIDS from leading a rock star lifestyleas the top driver of his era, the dramaticrise and fall from grace of Olympic goldmedalist Marion Jones, the pompous atti-tude and devil-may-care flippancy of theUniversity of Miami Hurricanes footballprogram, the squandered career of highschool football legend and University ofOklahoma running back Marcus Dupreeand the poignant story of the relationshipof pro basketball players Vlade Divac andDrazen Petrovic. Catch ‘em if you can.

Miscellaneous — Stanford UniversityQB Andrew Luck, assuredly the projectedoverall #1 NFL draft pick, decides to stayin school to get his architectural degree.Or was it to pick up next year’s Heisman

trophy? I know it’s cliche, but the MiamiHeat are literally on fire. LeBron James,Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh are jellingand hitting stride as mid-seasonapproaches and threatening to break theLakers record of 16 consecutive road vic-tories. European professional golfer IanPoulter looks like a young Rod Stewart.Wonder if HE knows a Maggie May? JimHarbaugh was a hiring coup for the ‘Nin-ers but they need a top-flite signal callerin order to turn things around. The AlexSmith experiment should have beenshelved a couple of years ago, or more.Surprise: The Garces girls basketballersactually lost a game! That seven-girl rota-tion has been phenomenal. Speaking of,it’s surprising to see the Garces boy’s teamlooking just mediocre. Unbelievable jobcoach Gino Lacava has done with thatprogram over the years. Pro golfer RobertGarrigus misses a three-foot putt to losein a playoff at the initial PGA Tour event ofthe year in Hawaii. I kid you not when Isay that his putter is shorter than thelength of that missed putt!

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CCI Fastpitch Girls play it toughFROM WWW.MYBAKERSFIELDSPORTS.COM

reg Craley, president of Central Cal Intensity(CCI), would rather see one of his teams loseto a strong competitor than defeat a weakone. That’s why the schedules call for gamesagainst some of the toughest teams in the

state.“We enjoy winning like everybody else, but playing

against strong opponents is a great way to get better,”said Craley, in his first year as the CCI leader. “A lot ofthe softball organizations in the Central Valley don’tgo south to play the very tough teams in the LosAngeles area, but we do.

“Sometimes we get wiped out, but we competehard and we learn from our losses. Bringing our girlsback year after year is important, and the best way todo that is not necessarily with a great win and lossrecord, but with knowledgeable coaches and with agood, ethical brand of softball.”

Of course, CCI’s girls teams win their share ofgames. A 12U team (Olson) and the 16U team bothadvanced to the nationals in Park City, Utah, in July.In September, the 18U team placed second, the 14Uteam finished third and the 12U team was eighth in aPFX tournament at Clovis. On Oct. 2-3, two CCIteams — 12U Olson and 18U — competed at theTriple Crown Sports Best of the West Tournament.

“I came to play for CCI, on my own decision,because of the group’s spirit and never-quit attitude,”said CCI player Aryka Chavez. “Practices are intense,we field the most competitive teams in town and weplay the toughest teams around.”

CCI was founded to address the need for moreoptions when it came to quality softball organiza-tions in the Bakersfield area, as well as, to ease someof the travel expenses associated with trips to Fresnoand further north, and to San Diego and south. Priorto CCI being established, it was common to see mul-tiple players competing on teams based 100 or moremiles away from their homes.

“We also established CCI to help young ladiesnourish a firm belief in community and responsibili-ty,” said Keith Symonds, former CCI president andcurrent 12U Symonds team head coach. “Around1,700 girls play softball here in the Bakersfield area,spread out among various recreational leagues. Trav-el organizations assist in giving more young ladies inour community the opportunity to play travel softballat a higher level.”

CCI’s teams play year-round, with the spring/sum-mer season running from January through Augustand ending with nationals, and the fall season goingfrom September through December. There is one10U team, two 12U teams, one 14U team and one18U team.

In addition, the organization conducts clinics twoor three times a year. They are open to everyone for asmall fee, and guest speakers have included MeganLangenfield from UCLA, Christie Hill from Cal State-Bakersfield, Traci Jones of Independence High Schooland trainer Aaron Gillies.

“We hold tryouts periodically for girls in Bakers-field, Taft, Delano and other areas,” Craley said.“About 30 to 40 percent of those who try out make ateam. We do some recruiting, but not much. We justhad three of our players leave the program becausethey got a chance to play for the Firecrackers and theBat Busters, which are among the top three SouthernCalifornia teams.

“Those were tough losses for us, but we’re here forthe girls to get better, and when the best teams arerecruiting your players, it shows we’re doing ourjobs.”

Among the community events in which CCI partic-ipates are Relay for Life. The organization also deliv-ers food to needy families at Thanksgiving.

Those interested in learning more about CentralCal Intensity Fastpitch may visit:www.eteamz.com/centralcalintensityfastpitch.

CSU Bakersfield announces 2011Alumni Hall of Fame recipients

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COURTESY OF CAL STATE BAKERSFIELDhe California State University, BakersfieldAlumni Association will induct its fifth annualclass of accomplished alumni into the Alum-ni Hall of Fame on Saturday, February 19,during a black-tie ceremony at the Petroleum

Club. “The Hall of Fame event recognizes alumni who

have made significant contributions in their chosenfield of endeavor or in their community, and whoseaccomplishments and careers have brought honorand distinction to the university,” said Nancy Chaffin,CSUB alumna and chair of the Hall of Fame commit-tee. “The 2011 CSUB Alumni Hall of Fame class mem-bers are role models. They have made a significantand lasting impact in their professions and in theircontributions in our community.”

This year’s four inductees:Christine Frazier —

Frazier received herteaching credential in1984 and her Master’s inEducation in 1985, bothfrom CSUB. On June 9,2009, Frazier was namedKern County’s 20th Super-intendent of Schools. Fra-zier has worked ineducation for more than30 years — as a teacher,principal and school dis-trict superintendent. Shetaught in Arizona andnorthern Californiabefore moving to Shafterin the early ‘80s where shetaught for 12 years. She joined the Superintendent ofSchools office in 1996, and from 2005 to 2009, was theassociate superintendent. Her career has involvedboth instruction and fiscal management. Her priorityis to encourage more youth to view high school grad-uation not as an end to classroom instruction butrather a first step toward higher education.

John Hefner — Hefnerreceived his teaching cre-dential from CSUB in1976 and his Master’s inEducation in 1983. Heretired from FruitvaleSchool District in 2007after 30 years of service.During his tenure hereceived numerousrecognitions, some ofwhich include: MiddleSchool Principal of theYear by West Kern ACSAin 2004; ACSA Region 11Administrator of the YearAwards for 2003-2004;Constitutional RightsTeacher of the Year for his History Day successes;Leader of the Year by Kern Political Education Center;Beautiful Bakersfield Award for the World War IIMemorial fundraising drive which included an invita-tion to him and four students to the White House byPresident Clinton. Hefner was a “110 percent” sup-

porter of the CSUB Facility for Animal Care and Treat-ment (FACT) for over a decade working countlesshours with Dr. Ted Murphy. He received an award forhis work with FACT in 2001. Hefner is also a vice pres-ident of the Bakersfield Sister City Project.

Ben Stinson III — Stin-son is a 1979 graduate ofCSUB, with a degree inBusiness Administration.A Bakersfield native, Stin-son is president of Stin-son Stationers, a familyowned business thatstarted as Stinson Gro-cery Company in 1916 byhis grandfather, Ben F.Stinson, Sr. Transferringthe lessons learned fromhis father, son Ben Jr.established Stinson Sta-tioners in 1947. By 1952,the business moved tothe corner of Baker and Kentucky, where extra squarefootage allowed for the addition of a warehouse anddelivery service. In 1966, the business grew to its cur-rent location, with expanded delivery to officesthroughout Kern County. In 1981, Ben III becamepresident of the now-incorporated company. Thespirit and tradition continues today as Stinson’s cele-brates 60 years of service to the community. Stinson isvery involved with CSUB as a Foundation BoardMember and also serves on various boards in the Bak-ersfield community.

Jon Van Boening —Van Boening is a native ofBakersfield and receivedhis Master’s in HealthCare Management fromCSUB in 1992 and hisPharmacy Doctorate atUniversity of the Pacific.He is a registered phar-macist and president andchief executive officer ofBakersfield MemorialHospital. Van Boening ismarried to Phillis andthey have four children.Van Boening also serveson the CSUB FoundationBoard.

“We are pleased to recognize four more outstandinggraduates of CSU Bakersfield,” Chaffin said. “Chris-tine, John, Ben and Jon exemplify professional suc-cess as well as personal integrity. Each has excelled intheir chosen field and has been generous in theircommitment of time and resources to the communityand the campus. We couldn’t ask for a more distin-guished group of individuals to represent CSUB.”

The community is invited to join in celebratingthese distinguished alumni. Single tickets are $100; atable of eight is $700. A social hour starts at 6:30 p.m.,with dinner and the program beginning at 7 p.m.

Sponsorship levels range from $500 to $10,000. Pro-ceeds from the event benefit the CSUB Alumni Schol-arship Fund.

For more information, call 654-3211.

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