A stellar offensive performance on the pitch this season has earned Orange Coast College women’s soccer freshman forward Eden Makaafi a student-athlete feature. 

As the playoffs begin, the Orange Coast College men’s and women's water polo teams led by coach Dan Matulis have become the squads to beat.

Through exceptional individual and team performance, Coast Report’s first feature athlete of the fall season is Orange Coast College women’s volleyball freshman team captain and libero, Emily Payne.

The NFL and NCAA football are back and that means that fantasy football and sports betting return in full effect. Millions of people around the country treat this as a religion, and every Saturday and Sunday they put their money down and set their lineups in fantasy with hopes to win big.

Think of what you can buy for $2,700. 

This NFL season, the NFC East has been unforgivably bad, and the idea that one of the four teams making up this train wreck of a division will be playing playoff football come January is laughable. 

The dream of collegiate athletes being able to profit off advertisements and endorsements is quickly becoming a reality in California.

The Lakers celebrated their 17th championship win in franchise history and 12th crown in the City of Los Angeles this past Sunday. 

Just over a month ago, NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) colleges and universities played their first games in 2020. A month before that, most of the Power Five Conferences were ready to postpone the entire 2020-21 athletic season. 

Juggling tragedy and a global pandemic, Orange Coast College Baseball’s first-year head coach Nate Johnson hopes to get his team ready for the approaching spring season.

Sports was one of the first facets of society to feel the wrath of COVID-19. Even before schools shut down, the biggest leagues in the world fell like dominoes; the NBA, MLB and even MLS all followed suit. About seven months later, the world finds itself slowly easing back into our normal state.

As the pandemic continues, Orange Coast College women’s basketball head coach Sammy Doucette, added a new hobby: beginning her very own podcast. 

Across two years at Orange Coast College, volleyball standout Hunter Dickey excelled on and off the court, before capping off his stay with a transfer to Stanford University.

The collegiate athlete has not had an easy seven months since the coronavirus pandemic closed schools and canceled sports seasons. 

Samantha Doucette knew she would never make the WNBA — she was too short — but her basketball IQ allowed her to play four years at Vanguard University, an NAIA Division 1 program.

Following Orange Coast College’s baseball team winning its seventh state baseball championship in May, head coach John Altobelli was selected as the American Baseball Coaches Association as the National Coach of the Year.

In the famed words of Babe Ruth in “The Sandlot,” “heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”

Nothing can stop Mike Thornton. He knows what he wants.

For most kids growing up in picturesque Newport Beach, if dreams of Olympic gold medals are at play, they typically include a sport where balmy temperatures and cloudless skies set the stage. For Carlo Valdes, however, Olympic greatness is dependent on the one thing that Orange County cannot…

Orange Coast College volleyball standout Jordan Hoppe gets his motivation from the people he has looked up to in life but the first year captain, nicknamed by his team Hop, has led his team by example.

Orange Coast College’s women’s volleyball assistant coach Adrian Delgado had a summer most in his position might envy -- he traveled as an assistant coach to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics with the Mexican National Men's Volleyball Team         

Dominant, consistent and humble are just some of the words that women’s head coach Chris Ketcham used to describe Orange Coast College female athlete of the year Clarisa Colling.

If you missed seeing Laird Hayes paddling the Newport Beach waves Friday morning, you may be able to watch him on NBC on Sunday night.

After struggling through a major knee injury and extensive surgery, Orange Coast College student Curtis Taniguchi has finally been able to lace up his soccer cleats after nearly a year.

The Orange Coast College men’s crew team has a new coach leading the way this year.

A hard-nosed, gritty baseball player who was always driven and extremely eager to get after it, John Altobelli now focuses his time teaching the intricacies of the game at Orange Coast College.

Second-year southpaw pitcher and 21-year-old Orange Coast College student Dominic Purpura can often be seen dominating hitters on the baseball diamond, but behind his sweat-stained cap and No. 31 jersey is a businessman who has learned the ins and outs of creating and maintaining a business.

Another Orange Coast College football standout is moving on as sophomore defensive end Re’shon Howard accepted a full scholarship to continue his athletic and academic careers at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minn., according to OCC head coach Kevin Emerson.

For Orange Coast College men’s tennis standout Elmer van Butselaar, the road to Costa Mesa began all the way in Rhenen, Netherlands, where he began playing tennis at 12.

Mark Munson, a skilled journeyman receiver, is an essential piece of the Orange Coast College football team, who has proven his ability through his numbers so far this season.

The punter in football is someone who doesn’t always get a lot of credit. Sure, the punter is someone who can kick the ball far, but the punter isn’t making the game winning touchdown catches or forcing fumbles as a linebacker.

David and Jacob Hill, not only twins but star ball players, have become the Orange Coast College baseball version of a one-two punch on the pitcher’s mound.

Orange Coast College dug into its past this spring when they hired renowned ex-student athlete and state champion Michelle Esquivel to replace the long-time women’s tennis coach who retired after last season.