Raider basketball starts strong
by Ryan Patterson
Collegiate Staff Writer

Men’s Basketball 3-1 in this early season.

The men’s basketball team has started strong by going 3-1 in their first four game averaging 96.75 points per game.

The men’s basketball team started their 2007-08 campaign with a 31-point victory over Oakland Community College 107-76.

The Raiders had five players score in double figures, led by Jance Payne with 20 points, while Bradley Whity had 15, Tylor Trobaugh added 12 points and Brad Schnyders put up 10.

Keithan Jackson had himself a double double with 18 points and 12 rebounds.

The Raiders then traveled to Toledo, OH to play in four-team tournament put on by Owens Community College (OH).

Their first game of the tournament would be against Hillsborough Community College (FL) where the Raiders were defeated by a score of 89-87 giving the Raiders their first lost of the season.

In the consolation game the Raider played the host school Owens Community College (OH) and were able to come away with a victory 91-85.

The Raiders came back home with a record of 3-1. Their next contest would be against Delta College (MI). The Raiders came away with a victory 102-84.

The Raiders had six players score in double figures led by Jance Payne and Santonio Martin with 17. Bylnn Hatcher and Bradley Whitby respectively added 14 points each.

Jamel Pittman put up 11, while Tylor Trobaugh added 10 Keithan Jackson led the team in rebounding with 11 improving their record to 3-1 in this early season.

The Men’s Basketball team will have go on a seven game road trip including a tournament in Kalamazoo, MI their road trip start Dec. 1, and will return to Ford Fieldhouse until Jan. 9 against Lansing Community College. Go Raiders!

Women's volleyball wraps up season
By Derek Lamb
Collegiate Staff Writer

The GRCC volleyball team wrapped up their tremendous season with their first appearance in the NJCAA national tournament.

GRCC ended their outstanding year with a tough loss to #7 Iowa Lakes CC on Nov. 16. The team kept it very close losing the first game 30-29, the second game 30-24, and the third game 32-30.

Even though they didn’t win, Sami Hausmann feels it was a good experience for the team.
“The experience is priceless. To play teams that have been ranked all year and do well against them has shown us how good of a team we really are,” said Hausmann.

Had the Raiders been able to win that match they would have advanced to the 9th/10th place match in the final day of the tournament. Despite losing, the Raiders played their best and are looking forward to being even better next year.

“The highlight of the tournament was playing the number 7 team and doing well! We played really well and only ended up losing by 2. Now we just have to work hard and know that we can be better and beat them next year,” Hausmann said.

GRCC was seeded #14 and had a difficult task to begin the tournament facing the #3 seed Cowley County CC. The Raiders lost their first match to Cowley 3-0. Then the following day the Raiders took on 11th seeded Macomb CC and defeated them in three games.

Sports Briefs for Nov. 28, 2007
Compiled by Collegiate Staff

GRCC PEP band
Student Congress and the GRCC music department have put together a proposal and
passed it to form a pep band for sporting events at GRCC.

The plan includes t-shirts for the members and a $10 stipend for those who play in the band after a commitment of 10 games for the season.

Look for more of this story in the next issue of the Collegiate.

GRCC men’s and women’s basketball play Delta College Dec. 1
Raiders begin the next leg of games on the road.

The first game will be against Delta College GRCC men’s record is 4-1 and the women’s
is 5-2.

The teams hope to contiue the winning streak.

Miles' career could come full circle, back to Michigan
“It’s fundamental that we’re Michigan,” he said of his family. “We’re rooting for the Blue.
There’s no question.”

And now the Michigan head coaching job is open for the first time since Schembechler
came from Miami, Ohio, in 1969. At 54, this is likely Miles’ only chance to get it.

He’s such a foregone conclusion in the mind of many Michigan fans that support signs are
appearing everywhere, including in the crowd at a Michigan basketball game last week in
Anchorage, Alaska.

But he’s not talking about it, at least not yet.

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