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Cats gone wild

Student hopes efforts will save lives of feral cats on campus

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Walking through Solano Com-munity College's main campus, you may notice a variety of cats of all ages and colors in the vicinity. Some of the cats are friendly, some more feral than others, but each of these cats has the chance to have a better life thanks to Wendy Phil-lips.Phillips is a student on campus who has been involved in TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return/Release)

for approximately nine years. Moving from Texas to California, she was initially hesitant to begin where she left off, but after see-ing enough cats and kittens on campus in need of better care, her heart was moved. "Every one of these cats has a sto-ry," Phillips said. "All I want to do is help...they deserve a better life."There are many organizations that seek to help campus cats. Fix our Ferals is one of the organizations located in Alameda and Contra Costa counties involved in TNR. Fix our Ferals has an informative

website (www.fixourferals.org) in which individuals can learn about how to go about the care and con-trol of feral cats. They also have a clinic in Berkeley that offers spay-ing and neutering of cats and in-cludes shots for $20. Closer to home, Solano Feral Cat Group (www.solanoferals.org) con-ducts TNR as well. Four of the kit-tens in Phillip’s care were spayed at their clinic and volunteers have been involved in helping campus cats and kittens. “These members of SFCG have so much experience, we're lucky to

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Math professor dies8SEE CATS, PAGE 5

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A feral cat reacts when people get too close

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Charlene Snow, math professor and inter-im dean of mathematics died Oct. 17 after a brief illness. “We will greatly miss Charlene: her energy, her no nonsense, professional at-titude, and, most importantly, her dedication and concern for students,” said Jowel Laguerre, superintendent-president of Solano College in an e-mail. “Many of you served as her family in California. We are grieving with you.”

Before being named interim dean of math-ematics, Snow was the president of the Solano College faculty association for a year; the union representing faculty at Solano College. “She came into the union leadership during a difficult time,” said Diane White, professor of history at Solano College. “She was honest, unpretentious, and no nonsense.” “She was a close personal friend; loyal, funny, and very kind,” said White. Snow was greatly loved by her family, File photo/Tempest

Math professor Charlene Snow teaches math to students

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6 SCTA: Theater deals with budget cuts

6 A guy’s guide to wearing Toms

6 Falcons soar in win

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Thu. Nov. 1Dr. SSEX Safe Sex Clinic10 a.m. - 1 p.m.1400 Lobby

Sat. Nov. 3French Immersion DayMain campusInfo: Lorna Marlow-Munoz, 864-7291

Sun. Nov. 4Daylight savings time ends

Tue. Nov. 6Election day

Tue. Nov. 6Free screening/discussion of “Hoodwinked” documentary9:30a.m.- 12p.m.1200 building main campus

Thu. Nov. 8Mr. CC Yin: “Entrepreneur, Civic Leader,& Immigrant”11a.m.- 12:15p.m.Rm. 1421

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Thu. Nov. 15Dr. Gloria Morrow: “Meeting the Mental Health Needs of African Americans”9am-12pm1200 building

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What should be done about the feral cats on campus?

“It’s nice to see them on campus, they are part of the school.”

Alexis Coyner18

Music

“I think they should stay be-cause they are not causing any

problems.”

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“At the very least, spray and neu-ter them or have the Feral Cat Group come pick them up.”

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“One cat can produce many offspring, so I believe the best

option is to spay and neuter the cats and release them back into

the wild.” Melinda Howell

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OPINIONToms, no socks: A guys guide to shoes

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Some guys have an issue with Toms. Do you?

Toms. It’s not just some guy’s name, it is a brand of shoe. It’s a very popular brand as well, especially with college students. Now, it would be easy for me to rant, rave and express to you through this article on how much I love Toms, I’d rather choose to con-trast this article with the argument that cir-culates around this particular shoe, and one I’ve had myself with friends – should guys wear Toms?

If you ask me, I’d say yes. However, if you ask most guys, and girls alike, they would say no. To be fair, the slipper style Toms seem somewhat feminine, yet they have a certain charm and casual appeal that both men and women should be able to share.

I think the first problem guys have with Toms is the no-sock style that goes hand-in hand with the brand, (Yes, that rhymed) Anyway, the average guy isn’t very keen on the no-sock thing. Ironically, women break this rule all the time and it is accepted as commonplace to their normal dressing hab-its. I always wondered, why not men? It’s not fair if you ask me. Let’s look at the Euro-peans. The men of Italy have always rocked the no-sock style with confidence. European men consider the no-sock style to be just as masculine as it is feminine, but don’t take my word for it. You don’t have to go to Italy. Designers have been throwing their male m o d e l s down the spring and f a l l runways bare-ankled and sockless.

It’s a high-fashion trend that thankfully is growing slowly more popular in America.

Don’t be afraid to join in on the fun, guys. With that being said, this isn’t a green light to throw your socks out of the window. I would defi-nitely recommend you wear socks while wearing closed shoes, except when wearing loafers, toms and moccasin-type shoes that are perfect for the no-sock style.

Now let’s talk about how to wear them, and the alternative to the no-sock rule. Let’s start with the “Don’ts”. First off, the pants you choose are important. Don’t wear baggy pants, or pants that flare at the bottom. Remember, Toms are a slip-on and are very sleek. These types of pants dwarf your shoes, resulting in you looking like a china doll. Also, when you’re wear-ing shorts, don’t pick socks that sit above the ankle.

Now for the “Dos”. Wear slim and skinny-fit jeans, and also invest in some chinos. The slim and skinny-fit jeans compliment the sleekness of the shoe perfectly. Chinos provide the wearability of both types of jeans all in one package while still complimenting the casual nature of the shoe.

Now for an alternative to the no-sock rule. If you must wear socks with your Toms, I’d advise you to wear the no-show sock. Why? They are super thin and light, and are great for fitting into an already tight-fitting shoe. They also sit below the ankle, which is great if you’re

wearing shorts. Why not regular socks? Well, they’re just too bulky, they bulge inside the shoe, they simply take away from the overall appeal of the shoe, causing

you to look silly.

Since we’re on the topic of socks, if you choose to still wear them with your loafers or Toms, then spice up your look with socks that stand out and pop. Let them comple-ment what you wear, and catch people’s eye. The point here is to pick flashy pairs on pur-pose, thus boosting the often overlooked ac-cessory for your outfit.

Remember guys, you must find your mid-dle ground when it comes to Fashion; seek no limits without becoming a try-hard. Do what comes comfortable and natural, yet keep and open mind when considering your own style. Fashion will always fade and change, and so should your taste in cloth-ing, hopefully. Trust me, you don’t want to

be the one stuck in one type of style or fash-ion period. Pick up a pair of Toms and rock them like you mean it.

As always, never blend in, always stand out and stay swaggy, Solano.

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Solano Community College once provided $750,000 a year to the Solano College Theater Associa-tion, but last semester a decision was made that cut SCTA’s funding drastically. On May 15, the governing board met to vote on the fate of the the-ater association. Dozens of impassioned support-ers came to the meeting. Many were Solano students who perform in the SCTA’s productions. Some spoke out against the cuts, sharing stories of how the SCTA changed their lives for the better; stories of how they found family and purpose within the theater community, how the arts helped them turn their lives around. The board delayed their final

verdict, a decision which incited cheers and applause from most of the attendees, but on June 20 the decision to cut the budget went through as planned. “Everyone lost their jobs that day. Seeing my beloved instructor Carla Spindt reduced to tears be-cause of the decision to end the SCTA has affected me in a way that I cannot put into words,” said Princess Washington, local actress and student at Solano College, in an e-mail. “I was interviewed by OUR Gen-eration Y recently and brought cameras along to show the place where I received my training. The doors were locked. I couldn’t even get in to show the place that I loved and learned so much from,” Washington said in the e-mail. “Students who seek life changing events in this community will never get the

warm welcome “I once got during the end of my drug abuse days,” said fellow Actor Training Program alumnus Adam Wayne Gistarb. “Without art we as people have nothing. Art is the perfect route for sharing your emo-tions with visuals and sound.” Chris Guptil held the position of theater director from July 2006 until his position was terminated on June 6, of 2012 by a 5-2 vote from the school governing board. “Everyone who worked for the SCTA lost their job. The level of support and professionalism which students and faculty had received from the SCTA staff obvi-ously disappeared” Guptil said. The SCTA rectly used the Harbor

Theater for its produc-tion of ‘The Complete Works of William

Shakespeare [abridged]’ by special arrangement

with the college, said

Guptil. “The mission of the SCTA is to support theatre students of Solano College through scholarships, and the goal of ‘Complete Works’ is to raise money toward that end,” Guptil said in the same e-mail. ‘The Complete Works of Wil-liam Shakespeare’ will be the first

production from this new bereft incarnation of the SCTA, an orga-nization which now appropriately embodies the phrase, “The show must go on,” by adapting to, and persisting through disaster.

Living within their means: Solano College Theater Association and the loss of $600,000

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People gain job satisfaction in different avenues of work. Some people design bridges. Others pro-gram computers. Dr. Paul Linde? He changes people’s lives. As both a doctor and an author, Linde will present his book, Danger to Self: On the Front Line with an E.R. Psychiatrist to an accelerated English class at Solano College on Nov. 9. “I thought his book was very in-triguing,” said Carla Coury, the class’s English instructor, who

added Danger to Self to the class’s curriculum. “The students are really enjoying Dr. Linde’s book.” What makes Linde’s work so compelling? The doctor said he wrote the book to put a human face on the seri-ously psychiatrically ill. This is important, as those who are psychiatrically ill can be any-one. It can be a neighbor, a friend, or even a family member. In fact, according to the World Health Or-ganization, as many as one in three people are affected by psychiatric illness. Linde said these include schizo-phrenia, bipolar disorder, severe

anxiety, and severe depression. Because Linde deals with these sicknesses, he can never be sure what to expect. Linde said that any patient he works with “may be a violent patient, another who is traumatized and doesn’t want to talk, or someone who is resisting medical treatment.” “The list goes on,” Linde said. Of all these, however, Linde said having limited resources is the worst. “I hate sending people back out to the street with nothing in hand.” Because of state budget cuts, patients “recycle through jails, prisons, and medical E.R.’s.” While Linde faces many chal-lenges working as a psychiatrist,

what matters at the end of the day makes his hard work worth it. “It’s about caring about patients and doing what can be done to make people’s lives better,” he said. Linde said he gets patients to the next step in their lives, advocating for people that “nearly everyone else has given up on.” These are the people in jail or the hospital who may have the potential to be-come upstanding citizens: clean, sober, and productive. Linde’s Danger to Self not only illustrates their journey, but revolutionizes people’s views on psychiatry.

friends, colleagues and students, and will be sorelymissed, according to obituary submitted to the Vallejo Times Herald online. “Snow was a lifelong educator and shared her passion for math as an instructor at Solano Community College, where she recently became Interim Dean of Mathematics,” according to the same obituary. “She was also a proud athlete, and pur-sued soccer, hockey, Karate and Judo late into life.” In late June Snow was selected for the position of interim dean of mathematics after the resignation of Dr. Betsy Julian, dean of math and science. A memorial has been scheduled for Friday Nov. 30, said Ren-nee Moore, interim dean of science, in an e-mail to the campus community.

“We have also received suggestions that we endow a scholar-ship in Charlene’s name, probably for a re-entry female stu-dent as Charlene went back to school as an adult after her sons had grown, said Moore in the same e-mail. “We need to raise $3,000 to endow such a scholarship.”

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Memorial planned for professor

Doctor set to present book ‘Danger to Self: On the Front Line with an E.R. Psychiatrist’ to English class

“She was a close personal friend; loyal, funny, and very

kind.”

-- Diane White, professor of history

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have them locally,” Phillips said. “I will call someone from their group on a weekly basis to ask advice about a cat or kitten, trapping, etc.” One important feature of spayed/neutral feral cats is that many of them have notched or tipped ears in order to distinguish them from feral cats that have not been spayed or neutered. This is important to remember as these cats cannot reproduce and help stabi-lize the feline population. "The first week of school, one of the cats got run over by a car near the football field," Phillips said, speaking of the dangers of cats being on campus. Wild animal attacks are also common as well as overcrowding of the cat popula-tion if spaying and neutering does not take place (http://indyferal.org/index.php?page=TNR_works) but Phillips is confi-dent that there are a lot of good Samaritans willing to step up to the plate. On the other side of the issue, the horti-culture department on campus has seen the overcrowding of cats first hand and profes-sors are upset by the defecation of cats in their area. “We have had to resort to covering up all our open soil bins and we have to be very careful when working in a raised bed and not dig into some poop,” said horticulture professor Ken Williams.Overcrowding is an issue that can be com-bated with TNR and Phillips looks to work with the horticulture professors in an at-tempt to come up with a viable solution to

their concerns.SFSU and Mills College are two places in California where TNR has been a success. Instead of trapping the cats and taking them to a shelter where there is a likely possibility that they will be euthanized, these two col-leges, among many others, have integrated feeding stations and implemented TNR in order to stabilize the colony and keep the cats from becoming a nuisance. The Daily Texan student newspaper re-ported the capture and euthanization of 14 cats during one winter break and in turn, The Campus Cat Coalition was formed to find a way to better way to deal with stray cats on campus. While the administration on campus did not intend for these cats to be killed, the cats were feral and considered “unadoptable,” leading to their euthaniza-tion. While there is not a club at Solano yet, Phil-lips is in charge of the Campus Cat Coali-tion at Solano and has been working dili-gently to find loving homes for the kittens on campus.Phillips hopes to gain support from Superin-tendent-President of Solano College, Jowel Laguerre as well as other administrators on campus in her effort to help control the cat population and provide safe, loving homes for many of the campus cats.Contact Phillips at Wendy.Phillips@mind-spring.com.

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The Solano College police department is ex-pected to hire eight new officers: four part-time sworn officers and four community service officers soon. “I’m very pleased with the candidates we have,” said Edward Goldberg, interim po-lice chief, at the Oct. 3 governing board meeting. “We will have the staffing that we need.” Goldberg hopes to have the first part-time sworn officers begin at Solano on Jan 15. In addition, the department is pursuing to hire two full-time sworn officers in the near future, said Goldberg. At the same meeting, Goldberg announced his intention to have Solano College officers utilize Segways, have the CSOs be taught to take latent fingerprints, and process crime scenes. “This lets people know that we are not just taking reports,” said Goldberg in the same meeting. Goldberg also informed the governing board that the new camera surveillance sys-tem installed on the main campus had al-ready helped solve a crime. Per Measure G funding, 35 security camer-as were installed on the main campus earlier this semester in phase one of a three phase project. Goldberg was named the interim police chief at the Oct. 17 governing board meet-

ing. His employment will run from August 31, 2012 to March 30, 2013 with a salary not to exceed $39,000, according to the govern-ing board agenda. At the same meeting, the governing board accepted the resignation from Steve Daw-son, former chief of police at Solano Col-lege, effective Oct. 16. Dawson was placed on leave in early Sep-tember. Currently, the Solano college police de-partment employs two full-time sworn offi-cers, four part-time sworn officers, a parking enforcement officer, and two CSOs. Segways sell online for prices ranging from about $6,500 to $9,999.

Solano College police hiring new officers

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Not everyone pleased with cats on campus

Interim chief hopes to see Segways used by campus police

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by Sam ZaghloulFeature editor Szaghloul@solanotempest.net What happens when you mash together German expression-ism, film noir, and science fic-tion? You get the non-existent word “Germanexpressionism-filmnoirsciencefiction“. But if you want to watch a movie with all of these elements blended together like a cinematic smoothie, you should go see Dark City. The movie starts with man named John Mur-doch (Rufus Sewell)-at least, he thinks his name is John Murdoch. He doesn’t remem-ber anything before waking up in a hotel room…which is also occupied by a dead prostitute. After receiving a phone an anonymous phone-call telling him to leave the hotel immedi-ately, he is perused by several odd pale men, known as “the

strangers”. They control the city, mind, body, and soul. Every few hours they cause everything in the city to stop, and they alter the city to their whims-buildings are raised out of the ground, streets are rear-ranged, and people are placed into whole new lives, with the appropriate memories inserted. A janitor could wake up as a king and never know the dif-ference. John tries to discover what’s going on, he encounters the woman who might be his wife(Jennifer Connelly) , a police inspector (William Hurt) trying to solve a serial killer case, and a mysterious doctor

(Kiefer Sutherland) who seems to know more than he lets on. The movie is visually spectacu-lar, the city being this night-marish, art deco entity, and an exaggeration of New York or Chicago on a cold summer’s night during the height of the 30s or 40s, familiar yet alien. It’s like you’re seeing a coiling, monolithic concert serpent. It reminds me of the movie Me-tropolis or Tim Burton’s rendi-tion of Gotham City (that’s a good thing, by the way). The story is suspenseful and eerie, with action, romance, and generally weirdness. With this high praise, it should come

to no surprise that one of the men who worked on the script was David Goyer, of Batman Begins and the Blade trilogy fame. The acting is moody and dramatic, but not inappropri-ately so. In fact, the only real problem I have with the movie isn’t really the movie fault; some executives tacked on a mono-logue that spoils the plot at the beginning of the film, because they assumed that the average movie goer is an idiot. There are two ways to avoid it: get the director’s cut or mute the movie ‘till there is a close up on a pocket watch.

Science fiction, expressionism and film noir, oh my!90s Cult Classic, “Dark City” has it all

Editor’s note: this is the second part of Max Shephard’s story about the film program.

By Max ShephardStaff WriterMshephard@solanotempest.net My final project for Cinema 015 was the first short film I ever made. The story was simple: a man had just committed a murder out in the hills, and now needed to transport a garbage bag full of limbs to an undis-closed location. We used Brad’s camera, a shiny new T2i (which were all the rage back then, but now only cost the number of minutes it would take you to dig one out of a Dumpster behind Fry’s Electronics) and I was forced to play the lead role. I covered myself in fake blood of my own concoction, and Brad and I spent six hours walking the hills of Mare Island in 100-degree heat. The fake blood, composed mostly of Karo syrup, attracted flies, and hardened over my skin like glue. It was uncomfortable. We traversed rough terrain and did battle with the indigenous wildlife. Eventually after the shoot had finished we headed back, and emerged from the woods into an up-scale golf-course. Old men clad in bright pants piloted carts through winding asphalt trails from hole to hole. Some would cast us inquisitive gazes, as though they found the sudden appearance of a blood-soaked stranger unusual. Ultimately I was unsatisfied with the film. I showed it to our professor, Meile Ornelas, in the

back room instead of playing it on the projector in front of class. Now it lies buried at the bottom of my hard-drive collecting digital dust. It was also during this semester where I once again encountered Alden “Alabaster MaGruff” Tatum. One evening Alden and I wrote a screenplay over a fifth of vodka. That screenplay was eventually adapted into the short film, “Love Roulette.” A man is sent a letter from the woman he loves telling him to meet her at an abandoned building, when he arrives he finds a trap. Gunmen lying in wait. After an intense shoot-out Tatum’s character is shot to death. “Love Roulette” was a success. Brad put his After Effects skills to tremendous use, rendering shockingly realistic gun shots and bullet impacts. The short was filmed in a stylish, “Sin City” inspired B&W with scattered bits of red. I had the honor of being killed twice, as two different characters, dressed in two different outfits. We ran out extras. “We were drunk as hell when we wrote it,” recalled Tatum. “Looking back that was the start of many good projects that stemmed from that specific film.” Daniel had no trouble recalling the shoot. “Filming in a place you aren’t allowed to be is a great way to get the blood flowing, and that’s just what we did in all of the shorts I was part of,” he said. I remember the stripped and crumbling buildings we braved to film that short. The ceilings were littered with holes as if the struc-tures were bombarded by me-

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teors, and tiny jungles of moss and mold spread across the floors and walls like a metastasizing infection. Entire sections were charred black from unknown fires. It smelled like a pond filled with trash and the excretions of vagrants and stray cats, but, as a guerilla filmmaker, you will quickly acclimate yourself to the pungent scent of the fluids of the homeless (both human and animal). It will be a necessary adaptation in order for you to effectively film in many low-rent locations. “I had to choreograph and film full cast and crew,” Daniel said. “In suits and ties, all carrying mock-up firearms, disaster was

imminent.” But disaster didn’t strike. Ev-erything just kind of worked out, mostly. Nobody fell through the floor or impaled themselves on rebar spikes, nobody got rabies from bats in the attic, we didn’t stumble upon a meth deal gone wrong or witness a murder, and we weren’t mistaken as an exceptionally stylish and heavily armed militant group hiding in an aban-doned building by the police and then gunned down in a blaze of glory. None of those things happened. Did they almost happen? Maybe. But ultimately everything worked out fine. Sometimes that happens, and it’s pretty cool.

Brad Daniel“Love Roulette’s” Cast and Crew take a moment to relax

New line Cinema

On reflection, a clock-shaped bed was not a good idea

“Looking back, that was the start of many good projects that stemmed from that specific film.” --Alden Tatum, film student

The movie is visually spectacular, the city being this night-marish, art deco entity, and an exaggeration of New York or Chicago on a cold summer’s night during the height of the 30s or 40s, familiar yet alien.

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The Solano Community College women’s volleyball team loses 2 sets to 3 in their match against Napa Valley College Friday Oct. 26, 2012. Napa won set one [14-

25], while Solano won sets two [25-21] and three [25-18], then Napa came back and won the final two sets of the match [15-25 and 13-15]. Some key players were Lainey Brown with two aces and 25 digs; and Courtney Sanchez who had two aces, 24 assists, and three digs.

Outside hitters Natalie Perry and Emily Skinner were also a big part of Solano’s game, Perry contrib-uted with two aces, 12 kills, and 13 digs; Skinner also got two aces, Skinner also got nine kills, and seven digs. After the match head coach Darla Williams said

“I wish we would have started a little faster, we started off really sluggish and really slow and that was evident in the first game, but otherwise I was happy with our level of play our passing was down a little bit, that we’re not used to, our passing is usually one of our

strengths… we need to make sure that is always crisp and sharp, but otherwise we cant change any-thing, I just wish we would have started off a little faster and not been sluggish at the beginning.”

“…We can’t change anything, I just wish we would have started off a little faster and not been sluggish at the beginning.”

Solano volleyball loses 2-3 against Napa Oct. 26

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Rockville — The Solano Falcons volleyball team beat College of Marin 3-0 in Bay Valley Confer-ence play October 19.

The Falcons recorded a victory with 25-17, 25-17, 25-18 sets over the Storm.

In the first set, Brittany Smith scored the first point of the game. With Janelle Williams spiking for

the third point, it helped Solano take a five-point run.

Solano would show domination as Marin fell apart during the beginning of the third set taking a 4-1 lead, Marin battled back just as the first two sets taking the lead. The match would go back in forth till Emily Skinner blocks a shot. Skinner would then push the ball over the net again for the next point giving Solano a 13-10 lead. The Falcons wouldn’t look back.

“It was a great adrenaline rush,” Natalie Perry said. “Every point

we had to fight for and my team made me rise to the occasion.” Perry finished with, “Being an outside hitter, you have to be an all around player. We have to play as good as we played tonight if not better if we want to make the playoffs.” Perry finished the game with nine kills and 12 digs.

“My hitting was a great contribu-

tion, with our solid serves, the defense being on and the setters doing what they had to do,” Skin-ner said, “overall, we played great as a team to lead us into next week against Napa and Yuba.” Skinner finished with 10 kills and seven digs.

“Glad we won because I think Marin is a strong team,” coach

Darla Williams said. “I think we need to focus on the entire match. We tend to let up.” Wil-liams finished with, “The end result is the win and keeps us at the top of the pack.”

Benjamin GognaSports editor/photographerbgogna@solanotempest.net

Rockville – The Solano Falcons woman’s soccer walked away with a 3-1 victory over Napa Valley in Bay Valley Conference play October 19.

The Falcons (6-4-3, 5-0-2BVC) domi-nated the first 13 minutes of the game against the Napa Storm. Falcons’ Sydney Sjoberg scored in the 40th minute help-ing Solano take a 1-0 lead. The Storm came on strong and showed a prevailing force in the last 10 minutes of the first half pushing the Falcons to play defense.

In the 56th min., Solano Mallory Creamer scored as the players had to adjust to the power of the wind taking its toll on the game.

The game was a battle of defense as the Napa coach could be heard cheering on his players about their defensive play on the field while coach Jeff Cardinal

watched cool and collectively with the confidence his ladies would take the victory.

In the last two minutes of the game, Creamer would score an insurance goal putting the Storm out of their misery. “The first one felt kind of lucky,” Creamer said. “But the second one felt really good because we had to work so hard for it.” Creamer followed with, “It was nice to solidify the win with a goal.”

Katie Wright played 90 minutes in goal for the Falcons with six saves. “Our girls didn’t play all that well in the first half,” coach Jeff Cardinal said. “In the second half they started possessing the ball bet-ter (and) up till that point it wasn’t the best game.” Cardinal finished with, “For some reason, we don’t play well against Napa.”

Solano’s remaining six games with five on the road will be a good rehearsal for the upcoming playoffs that start Novem-ber 17th.

SCC Falcons volleyball wins all three and sweeps Marin

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Falcons defense decides the victory as Solano wins

Solano Falcons’ Pilar Washington returns a rally against College of Marin October 19 in Rockville.

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Solano Falcons’ Sydney Sjoberg puts the ball past Napa in the 40th minute helping Solano take a 1-0 lead.