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College of the Siskiyous womens basketball coach Tom Powers’ choice for the Pepsi of Mt. Shasta Lady Eagle Basketball Player of the Week is Hailey Wales. Wales put up 13 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, dished out 4 assists, and had only 3 turnovers–one apple, one cherry, and one mixed berry–against Lassen last Saturday.

“She had a great all-around game and got us off to a good start,” said Powers.

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College of the Siskiyous Eagle Taylor Cox has verbally committed to play football for the Division-I University of Kansas Jayhawks on a full-ride shcolarship. Cox met with new Jayhawk coach Charlie Weis on Monday at the COS campus.

Cox is the Eagles’ career rushing leader (2744), holds the single game rushing record (326), and the single game TD record (5). He is tied for the career TD record (28), and is second only to former Mt. Shasta High School and COS Eagle star Patrick Lunney in single season rushing yardage.

Coach Weis took over the Kansas program in December. Weis has been part of the coaching staff on four Super Bowl champion NFL teams. Weis was the National College Coach of the Year in 2005, and led Notre Dame to back-to-back BCS bowl game wins in 2005 and 2006, according to an article on the Kansas Jayhawk website. (more…)

The College of the Siskiyous Foundation announces scholarship applications for 2012/2013 are now available for Siskiyou County high school seniors (graduating June 2012) and current COS students who plan to attend COS during the 2012/2013 year.

As part of its commitment to student success, the COS Foundation annually awards scholarships to students who have a need for financial assistance. While each student’s background is indeed different, they share the common theme of having a desire to begin, or continue, their education. Scholarships are available to graduating high school seniors planning to enter COS in the fall following high school graduation, single parents striving for self-efficiency, young students supporting themselves while continuing their education, and continuing COS students. Scholarships range from $100 to $3,000. (more…)

The College of the Siskiyous Performing Arts Series tickets are on sale for the Let’s Go Science Show to be held on Sunday, March 4 in the Weed Campus Kenneth W. Ford Theater. The wacky and talented Professor Smart and Dr. Know-it-all join forces for an educational, entertaining, exciting and experiential extravaganza. Professor Smart shrinks his head, has toilet paper flying, juggles and has peoples’ hair standing on end all while demonstrating principals of physics. Researcher and comedic sidekick Dr. Know-it-all keeps the facts straight. During the Let’s Go Science Show children of all ages (young, old, and somewhere in between) will learn science concepts through impressive and memorable demonstrations.

It is the mission of the College of the Siskiyous Performing Arts Series to annually deliver a Performing Arts Series of exceptional quality which will enrich the cultural lives of students and the community by expanding the appreciation of the performing arts in Siskiyou County while also providing exceptional family entertainment. Tickets are available from Nature’s Kitchen in Yreka, Village Books in Mt. Shasta, and the College of the Siskiyous Office of Institutional Advancement (Weed Campus). Cost to attend is $12 for children 12 and under, $19 for seniors, and $20 general admission. (more…)

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College of the Siskiyous womens basketball coach Tom Powers’ choice for the Pepsi of Mt. Shasta Lady Eagle Basketball Player of the Week is Hailey Wales. Wales averaged 13 points per game and 10 rebounds last week, while only committing one turnover per game, against Lassen and College of the Redwoods.

“She’s solid every night,” said Powers.

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After dropping their Golden Valley Conference opener to Shasta last weekend, the College of the Siskiyous Eagles have won two in a row. COS defeated Lassen 79-71 on Wednesday in Susanville and then cut down the College of the Redwoods Corsairs, 63-57, on Saturday at home.

The Eagles found themselves trailing 20-15 with under nine minutes to play in the first half, but back-to-back 3-balls from Eric Moore put COS on top 21-20. Jeremy Robinson followed with a trey, to up the Eagle lead to 24-20, with 5:49 left in the half. After the Corsairs scored to make it, 24-22, Moore hit again from downtown, extending the COS lead to five points, 27-22. Two from Ronnie Fields made it 29-22. Redwoods dropped in a 3-pointer, 29-25. Fields put one in from the charity stripe to give the Eagles a 30-25 halftime lead.

The Corsairs battled back to take the lead, 47-45, with 8:43 to play in the game. With 7:31 to play, Redwoods had a 52-48 advantage. However, the Eagles would hold Redwoods to just five points for the remainder of the game, while adding 15 of their own. (more…)

It was another case of “It wasn’t even that close,” as the College of the Siskiyous Lady Eagles sunk the College of the Redwoods Lady Corsairs, 96-61, on Saturday afternoon in Weed. The Lady Eagles were able to score at will, and likely could have topped the century mark with ease had they chosen to do so.

COS led 9-8, when the Lady Eagles went on an 11-0 run. Back-to-back buckets by Hailey Wales got things going, to make it 13-8. Leona Steel made it 17-8. Lauryn Lesina nailed a 3-ball, upping the advantage to 12 points, 20-8, and capping the run. (more…)

College of the Siskiyous is pleased to announce a brand new, three-unit, class to be offered this spring that meets requirements for office administrative certificates as well as business degrees. Electronic Office (BA 0951-01 / #3510) will begin Wednesday, January 18 and will continue to meet for the semester on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 11:00 am to 11:50 am in the Weed Campus Temp Building, room 30. Sandee Dillon is the instructor.

This new course will provide comprehensive training that utilizes hands-on applications and evaluations that will assist the student in developing the knowledge and skills that are required in today’s changing and emerging office occupations. Workplace skills consisting of business-related problems and scenarios that incorporate the use of technology, written and verbal communications, job search applications, electronic calculators, and using electronic filing systems along with human relations, teamwork, time and resource management and customer service projects will be taught. (more…)

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Registration for the Spring 2012 Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) class is now open and class will begin on January 18, 2012. An orientation for the class will be held on Wednesday, January 11, from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm in the Yreka Campus Rural Health Sciences Institute (RHSI), room 1-124.

This is a short-term, sixteen-week course. Theory classes will be held from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm and clinical classes will be held from 6:00 am to 2:30 pm (students will receive a class schedule of theory and clinical days).

Students interested in registering for this class should complete the COMPASS assessment test (contact the Counseling and Advising Office at the Weed Campus by calling 938-5353) and will need to successfully complete a background clearance and drug screening. Information about both these processes will be given at the orientation. The Department of Health Services requires that students show English comprehension at the sixth grade level by the time they complete the CNA class. This can be done by receiving a COMPASS writing score of 35 or higher, or successful completion of ENGL 96; receiving a COMPASS reading score of 71 or higher, or successful completion of READ 62. (more…)

College of the Siskiyous women’s basketball coach Tom Powers has selected Joeterricka Grant as the Pepsi of Mt. Shasta Lady Eagle Basketball Player of the Week. Grant had a big second half in the Lady Eagles win over 3rd ranked Fresno last week, with 12 points and 8 steals in the half. (more…)

The College of the Siskiyous women’s and men’s basketball teams hosted the Shasta Knights on Saturday night to open Golden Valley Conference play. The Lady eagles rolled to an 82-56 win, that was an even more dominating COS performance than the score indicates. The Eagle men led 34-32 at the half, but faded late in the fourth quarter, losing 67-54.

With the score tied 6-6 in the first half of the women’s game, COS went on a 30-11 run to take a 36-17 lead. The Lady Eagles led 45-25 at the half. COS nailed six 3-balls in the first half, with Lauryn Lesina accounting for four of them.

Lesina led COS with 18 point on six 3-pointers. Anna Cameron and Shyanna Ashworth each put up 13 points. JoJo Grant scored 11, and Hailey Wales added 10 points.

Shasta was led by Ravien Lawson with 12 points. Former Tulelake High School Lady Honker Gabby Rascon scored 10 points for the Lady Knights, including two 3-pointers. Chante Dale had 8 points. (more…)

College of the Siskiyous Eagles running back Taylor Cox has been voted to the 2011 All-America Community College Football Team by the California Community College Football Coaches Association.

Cox was second in the state of California in both total yards in the regular season (1507) and yards per game (150.7). Those numbers were the best in Northern California.

Cox also set the COS single game rushing record this season with 326 yards against College of the Redwoods. He set the Eagles’ single game rushing TDs record in 2010, with five against Mendocino. Cox also holds the COS career rushing record of 2744 yards, and tied the career rushing TDs record of 28. Cox is second only to former Mt. Shasta Bear standout Patrick Lunney (1564, 2009)  in single season rushing yardage.
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WEED – The College of the Siskiyous Eagles learned a math lesson on Wednesday night against the Umpqua River Hawks: shoot about 30% from the field + turnovers + allow fifteen 3-balls = 78-74 loss.

COS led most of the early part of the first half, and had a chance to go into the intermission at least tied and possibly with the lead. However, with the score 34-34 and about four seconds left in the first half, the Eagles turned the ball over, leading to a Riverhawk fast break and bucket, giving Umpqua a 36-34 lead at the half.

After a Riverhawk hoop to open the second stanza, Eagle Treece Singleton-Lynch nailed a 3-pointer to make it a 1-point game, 38-37. That, however, was as close as COS would come for the remainder of the game, despite a furious come back attempt late in the fourth quarter. The Riverhawks led by 12 points, 64-52, with just over nine minutes to play. Trailing by 11 points, 68-57, with seven minutes to go, the Eagles made their move. (more…)