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Saugus high alumna Hazel Rhodes repeats as state champion with COC 

June 2, 2026 3:36 pm

Saugus High alumna Hazel Rhodes made history for the College of the Canyons women’s track and field program, winning back-to-back California Community College Athletic Association state titles after she secured the win in the 400-meter in the 3C2A track and field individual state championship in May.   “All the races this season led up to that moment. I’ve learned so much in such a short amount of time at College of the Canyon,” Rhodes said

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COC hires Matheson to lead swim & dive program 

August 1, 2025 3:53 pm

The College of the Canyons Athletic Department has announced Erik Matheson, former associate head coach of Loyola Marymount University women’s swim team, as the next head coach of the Cougars’

Samantha Miranda Rodriguez, a two-sport student-athlete at College of the Canyons, is achieving her dream of becoming a firefighter after graduating from COC. Photo courtesy of COC.

COC athlete plans to ‘firefight like a girl’ 

June 18, 2025 5:49 pm

News release  Samantha Miranda Rodriguez, a two-sport student-athlete at College of the Canyons, is ready to redefine what it means to be a firefighter.  At just 21 years old, Rodriguez is

COC volleyball wins conference title 

November 14, 2024 2:53 pm

College of the Canyons women’s volleyball brought home its eighth Western State Conference championship on Wednesday.  The red-hot Cougars clinched the title after a 3-1 win over the visiting West

El Camino football crashes COC homecoming 

October 19, 2024 10:09 pm

Late turnovers and penalties gutted No. 8 College of the Canyons football on Thursday.  COC dropped its homecoming game, 27-26, to the visiting No. 15 El Camino College Warriors (4-2,

COC women’s soccer falls to Santa Barbara  

September 18, 2024 4:38 pm

Despite nearly a dozen shots on goal and intense play, College of the Canyons women’s soccer fell in its home opener to the Santa Barbara Vaqueros.  Santa Barbara blanked COC,