Thursday, January 19, 2012

Condor Center will be silent next school year and beyond - Ventura County Star

The 16-year-old Oxnard College gymnasium will no longer be home to intercollegiate athletics as school administrators told staff Wednesday the school would suspend its three indoor sports — men's basketball, women's basketball and women's volleyball. In addition to slashing its budget by $150,000, Ventura College has decided to suspend its men's cross country program. The decisions mean all three Ventura County Community College District schools will cut athletic programs. The cuts are effective for the 2012-13 school year. Moorpark College President Pam Eddinger announced in November the school would cut three sports — baseball, men's cross country and men's track and field. She repeated her decision at Tuesday's board of trustees meeting. Moorpark shed men's and women's tennis in 2001 and men's and women's golf, as well as its wrestling program, in 2008.