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Haylie Wagner’s blog on the road to WCWS: Day 2

May 21st, 2013, 9:59 pm by

Michigan pitcher Haylie Wagner, a former three-time All-County selection from El Modena High, will be providing OCVarsity with a daily blog throughout the NCAA softball championships and hopefully into the College World Series.

Hello There!!

Today has been a great day for Michigan Softball! We all got to practice and were really pumped we are 1 of 16 teams left!

As we all got really excited to start practice, we realized that our managers weren’t there to set anything up and Hutch said we didn’t need anything.  We were all really confused but we just played along.

We started with a stretching session with our awesome strength and conditioning coach, Lew! After that, Hutch pulled us together, gave us a little pep talk and told us, “Today we are going to have a unique practice, go put your stuff away, go in the locker room, put on shorts and running shoes, and get into one of the coaches car. We are going on a field trip.” So my team is all about surprises and we get giddy about everything, so we all tried guessing what it is….many teammates guessed ice cream, yoga, boxing session, Hutch’s house, and a lot of other random things that it would never be (like skydiving!). As we wait patiently, enjoying the car ride, we end up at Zap Zone!! We were going laser tagging!! WOOOHOOO! This was an awesome surprise and we were ready to shoot, attack, and just have a great time!

We made 2 teams. The Blue team: Staff and Freshmen vs. Red Team: Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.  Red team(my team) won the first round and we were really pumped! We were on fire but the Blue team came back and won the next two games. GRRRR! Jen Brundage, the pitching coach, Dan, our trainer, and Lew were on fire the entire game! Even though my team lost we still had an absolute blast and will definitely have a rematch in the future! But hey….The Blue Team Always wins! And we are all on the Blue Team here! :) So our fun was over and we all thought we were just going back to the field, but then all of a sudden we whip into Dairy Queen!! Ice cream again, 2 weeks in a row! This isn’t heard of but we loved it! And of course love our coaches and Hutch!! This really was an amazing practice day!!

Overall, we had an fantastic day and we had our “unique” practice Hutch promised us.  Wish we could go laser tagging everyday!

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Softball: Wagner’s road to WCWS blog

May 20th, 2013, 10:27 pm by

Michigan pitcher Haylie Wagner, a former three-time All-County selection from El Modena High, will be providing OCVarsity with a daily blog throughout the NCAA softball championships and hopefully into the College World Series.

Hi Everyone! My name is Haylie Wagner and I play softball at the University of Michigan. I am from the City of Orange and a proud El Modena Alumni! Woohoo! Go Vanguards!

Every year my team and I always have the same goal; win a National Championship in Oklahoma City, and we are on the road to just that.  I am going to give you an inside look on Michigan Softball and keep you updated through the tournament on all the fun and action we have!  I hope you enjoy it!

This past weekend we came together as a team and ended up beating Cal to be Regional Champs, which is the first step to OKC.  Now if you watched, you all saw the action on the field but you don’t know what goes on behind the scenes between games and game days.  Before the tournament began Thursday night our coaches took us out to dinner and then we had an ice cream and movie night with the team and coaches.  We watched Cinderella Man and everyone was really inspired by the movie.  We have all come to realize that a team and being able to win games all comes from within and doing everything you can to fight and win no matter what the obstacles are.

Now we are onto the next chapter, Super Regionals, and I am blessed to be able to say that Michigan Softball is 1 of 16 teams left to practice Tuesday afternoon! Can’t wait to tell you more tomorrow! I hope everyone has a wonderful day and GO BLUE!

Haylie Wagner

Michigan Softball #17

Follow Wagner on Twitter @haywags17.

Softball: El Modena vs. Canyon Live Blog Remix

April 23rd, 2013, 10:06 pm by

I did a live blog from the Century League showdown between bitter rivals Canyon and El Modena on Tuesday at El Modena High. Here’s how it all went down:

LIVE FROM EL MODENA HIGH

I have the Mobile OCVarsity Press Row set up at El Modena for the latest installment of the Canyon-El Modena blood feud.

This has been one of the best rivalries in the county for a long time, but lately the Comanches have been beating up on the Vanguards.

Canyon has won the past five meetings against El Mo, including two this season. El Mo hasn’t beaten since a 7-6 victroy at Canyon on April 19, 2011. Believe me, that does not sit well with El Mo coach Steve Harrington.

Dan Hay’s Comanches had a dismal showing at the Michelle Carew Classic, but they have rebounded with a three-game winning streak.

Canyon (14-9, 6-1) still has Century League title aspirations, while El Mo is (12-10, 3-4) is fighting for its playoff lives. The to three teams in the Century League are guaranteed playoff berths and the fourth place team usually gets an at-large berth in Division 1. Harrington said his teams have never missed the playoffs in his 20-plus years of coaching.

This game is all about “pride.” Can El Mo get some payback or will Canyon continue its domination?

IT’S TIIIIIIIIIIIME!!!

Canyon, are you ready?

El Mo, are you ready?

LET’S GET IT ON!!!!

Canyon’s already got something going in the top of the first.

Sophomore Brianna Betschel bloops a one-out single up the middle and El Modena-transfer Paulina Anasis walks to give the Comanches runners on first and second with one out.

Maddy Neales is throwing for the Vanguards. Neales gets Utah-commit Hailey Hilburn on a called third strike with a pitch on the inside corner of the plate. Two down.

Michigan-bound Taylor Swearingen is one of the top hitters for Canyon, but she has been having an up-and-down season. Let’s see if she can come through with a clutch hit. I wonder how Canyon girls basketball coach Matt Dale missed Swearingen on campus. She’s tall and athletic.

Neales walks Swearingen and … THE BASES ARE JUICED!!! Top of the first and THE BASES ARE ALREADY JUICED!!!

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El Modena stays alive with win over Canyon (video)

April 23rd, 2013, 9:07 pm by

Canyon had won the five previous games over El Modena but not this time. The Vanguards defeated the Comanches 4-2.

Interviews with Madelyn Neales, Victoria Zamora, and Steve Harrington.

Video by Jonathan Khamis, OCVarsity.com.

Click here to read the game recap.

Click here to read the story.

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Girls water polo: El Modena captures Falcon tournament title

January 12th, 2013, 9:28 pm by

El Modena’s girls water polo team defeated University, 9-7, in a matchup of improved squads in Saturday’s final at the Falcon tournament at Santa Ana Valley.

Tustin defeated the host Falcons, 5-2, in the third-place match.

Confer to coach cross country and track at El Modena

November 7th, 2012, 10:00 am by

El Modena athletic director Steve Bernard has confirmed that Thom Confer will take over as the school’s track and field and cross county head coach.

Confer will begin his coaching duties for the Vanguards in 2013.

Confer replaces current cross country and track and field head coach Tom Casto, who stepping down from the position to pursue college coaching opportunities and to spend time with his family.

Casto has served as head coach both programs since 2010, but has been involved with the each program since 2008.

Century League: 2012 El Modena football schedule

July 2nd, 2012, 12:28 am by

Here is the 2012 football schedule for El Modena.

Schedules are subject to change. All games are scheduled for 7 p.m. unless noted.

EL MODENA

(Home games on campus; *league game)

  • Aug. 24 vs. Yorba Linda
  • Aug. 31 vs. Cypress
  • Sept. 7 vs. Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College
  • Sept. 14 vs. Northwood at Irvine High
  • *Sept. 20 vs. Villa Park
  • *Sept. 27 vs. Foothill
  • *Oct. 5 vs. El Dorado at Valencia High
  • *Oct. 12 vs. Brea Olinda
  • *Oct. 19 vs. Canyon
  • *Oct. 25 vs. Esperanza

All 2012-13 football schedules

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Softball: Rumble in the Hills Live Blog Remix

May 8th, 2012, 10:03 pm by

I did a live blog from Canyon vs. El Modena: Rumble in the Hills on Tuesday at Canyon High. Here’s how it all went down:

LIVE FROM CANYON HIGH IT’S ‘THE RUMBLE IN THE HILLS’

Alright O.C. softball fans it’s FIGHT TIIIIIME!!!!

There’s nothing like the epic rivalry between Canyon and El Modena in Century League softball. This fight, err, game always has huge implications on the league title picture, rankings, bragging rights, playoff seedings and the safety of the known universe. OK, maybe, that last one is a bit much, but it’s huge in the softball community.

In the first meeting, which was dubbed The Beatdown in O’Town.Canyon rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh to deliver The People’s Elbow on El Modena and defeat the Vanguards, 11-10.

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Softball: Live from Canyon High it’s ‘The Rumble in the Hills’

May 8th, 2012, 3:38 pm by

Alright O.C. softball fans it’s FIGHT TIIIIIME!!!!

There’s nothing like the epic rivalry between Canyon and El Modena in Century League softball. This fight, err, game always has huge implications on the league title picture, rankings, bragging rights, playoff seedings and the safety of the known universe. OK, maybe, that last one is a bit much, but it’s huge in the softball community.

In the first meeting, which was dubbed The Beatdown in O-Town, Canyon rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh to deliver The People’s Elbow on El Modena and defeat the Vanguards, 11-10.

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Baseball: El Modena’s David Hill signs

May 7th, 2012, 10:19 pm by

El Modena pitcher David Hill signed his letter of intent with Long Beach State. The Vanguards announced Monday.

Hill has a 5-2 record, 2 saves and a 1.03 ERA. He also has 61 strikeouts in 61 1/3 innings. El Modena clinched a playoff berth Monday with a 4-2, 10 inning victory over Brea Olinda.

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Softball: Beatdown in O-Town live blog remix

April 12th, 2012, 9:44 pm by

I did a live blog of the latest chapter in the Canyon-El Modena rivalry on Thursday afternoon at El Modena High. Here’s how it all went down:

LIVE FROM EL MODENA HIGH

Finally, it’s TIIIIIIIIIIME!!!! I love the Canyon vs. El Modena Century League rivalry. It’s the best in the OC. El Mo coach Steve Harrington vs. Canyon coach Dan Hay … it’s awesome. These guys will beat each other.

These games always go down to the wire. Harrington’s Vanguards have won 7 of the past 10 meetings. That can’t sit well with Hay. This is where I go to The Rule of Ric Flair. This is a very important rule. It’s a rule I live by. To be the man, you have to beat the man. Wooooooo!!!

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Baseball: Century League teams to meet in OCNissan final

April 3rd, 2012, 9:51 pm by

Canyon will face El Modena Wednesday night at 6 p.m. in the final of the OCNissan Select Invitational at Hart Park.

El Modena defeated Long Beach Wilson 1-0 in one semifinal and Canyon defeated Santa Margarita 6-4 in the other semifinal.

Canyon won the first league meeting, 7-5, March 23.

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