College football: They’re on the board

In its National Division, Northern Conference opener, College of the Canyons started the game sluggish, but caught fire and rallied to a 36-14 victory Saturday at Cougar Stadium.

College X-C: Familiar sight at Mustang Challenge

The inaugural Mustang Challenge cross country race hosted by The Master's College at Central Park in Saugus on Saturday afternoon went off about as well as the Mustangs could have hoped.

College volleyball: TMC back on its horse

As good as the start of the season has been for The Master's College women's volleyball, the second half of the season is really what's going to be where the team will have to separate itself.

College football: Shaky third hurts Canyons

A big second half for Desert College of Palm Desert was too much for the Cougars to overcome, as COC lost its third straight game to open the season.

COC football: Left in the dust

The College of the Canyons football team suffered another setback, this time 50-34 to state No. 15 Saddleback College on Saturday night at Cougar Stadium.

College football: Overtime woes

The College of the Canyons football team had high hopes of putting a subpar 2011 season in the rearview mirror as it hosted Golden West College in the regular-season opener.

COC football: Jake Woolley - Time is everything

There is a digital clock on the wall of the College of the Canyons football office that is relentlessly counting down the minutes remaining before kickoff of Saturday's 7 p.m. season opener against Golden West College at Cougar Stadium.

COC football preview: Aiming for redemption

Last season can't be ignored, especially with the standard that College of the Canyons football has set.

College cross country: Big turnout for XC summer series

Racers are turning out in record numbers at College of the Canyons this summer. The school's 39th Annual Cross Country Summer Series attracted a record-breaking 682 runners on July 19, and continues to bring hundreds of entrants to the weekly races held on COC's campus every Thursday. So far, four of the seven have taken place as part of a series created to raise money for COC's cross country program. "Over the last eight or ...

College baseball: Williams chooses COC over Pepperdine

Former Valencia slugger Trey Williams, once projected as a first-round pick in the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft, has decided to decommit from Pepperdine University and instead attend College of the Canyons, Cougars head baseball coach Chris Cota confirmed Thursday.

College athletics: TMC cuts 1, adds another

The Master's College athletics department has decided to make changes to its program offerings heading into the 2012-13 school year.

TMC product signs with independent baseball club

Tanner Leighton, a former outfielder for The Master's College, signed with the Washington Wild Things, a non-MLB affiliated professional baseball team based in Washington, Pa. this week, according to the school's website.

2011-12 TMC Year in Review: Running to the front

The 2011-12 year of athletics at The Master's College was highlighted mostly by the prowess of the cross country and track and field programs.

2011-12 TMC Male Athlete of the Year: John Gilbertson

Ironically, the best example of John Gilbertson's desire as an athlete can be summed up by what he might consider to be a failure.

2011-12 TMC Female Athlete of the Year: Holly Kopp

Holly Kopp went out on top. As a sophomore at The Master's College last fall, she anchored a historic finish for the women's cross country program, won All-American honors and then called it a career. Cross country head coach Zach Schroeder said Kopp got married and left the school after the fall semester. But it wasn't before she transformed the team into a nationally relevant squad. After a fourth-place team finish at the Golden State ...

Mason Nesbitt: Mustangs settle into Lewiston, Idaho

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of columns by The Master's College baseball player Mason Nesbitt who will be filing stories from Lewiston, Idaho - the site of the NAIA World Series. Nesbitt, who played baseball until his sophomore year for TMC, was asked to return to the Mustangs out of need. At the time, he was a contributing baseball writer with The Signal.

TMC baseball's A.J. Work: Homeward Bound

When A.J. Work last left Idaho as a high school baseball player, he was just a wide-eyed kid trying to figure out how he was going to compete with the "big boys."

College of the Canyons football adapting to slew of changes

COC Insider: Cougars close season with two state titles

TMC Insider: Athletes prepare for big week

We're down to two sports still competing for The Master's College.

COC's Tim White wins state triple jump title

One year later, Tim White wasn't going to let anyone get in his way of a state championship.

COC men's golf wins its sixth state title

College of the Canyons golf head coach Gary Peterson still vividly remembers when his men's golf team won its first state championship 20 years ago.

COC Insider: Spring sports coming to close

College of the Canyons saw two sports seasons come to a close last week and a few more are ready to wrap up this week. The men's track and field and men's golf teams have legitimate chances to bring COC's first state championship of the 2012-13 school year home.

COC softball knocked out of playoffs

It isn't the kind of repeat College of the Canyons softball was looking for.

Season slips away from COC baseball

Everything seemed to be set up perfectly for College of the Canyons baseball.

COC softball inches closer to state

Once again, College of the Canyons softball is one win away from making the state finals.

TMC baseball headed to NAIA World Series for first time since 2000

Waiting anxiously, the final strike could not come soon enough for The Master's College baseball players, coaches and faithful.

COC baseball in early hole at Super Regional

The College of the Canyons Cougars baseball team couldn't find an answer for Saddleback College Gauchos pitcher Evan Manarino on Friday.

TMC baseball on the cusp of NAIA World Series

Work guides TMC baseball in game 1 win

Along with having great ability, many ace starting pitchers possess the confidence to match their talents.