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Gang took over the athletic director duties this month, after previous athletic director Gary Garabato left for another athletic director position.
“Tom Gang has proven his leadership and organizational abilities with our football program. I am very confident he will bring the same qualities to the job of interim AD,” said Mendocino College Vice President of Education and Student Services Meridith Randall.
Garabato, who served as the Mendocino College athletic director for the last 18 months, left to take the same position at College of Marin.
Gang just finished his fifth season as head football coach and has led Mendocino to two Bay-Valley Conference Championships in 2005 and 2007.
“It is a honor to serve this college in this capacity,” Gang said.
The search for a permanent athletic director will begin this spring.
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Another member has given a verbal commitment for future attendance in the fall.
Sophomores Steven Joachim (Miami, Fla.), Drew Blundell (Potter Valley), Nick Fross (Ukiah), Gary Miller (Ukiah) and Greg Tompkins (Arcadia, Fla.) are enrolled for the spring semester at their respective schools.
Joachim is attending the University of Memphis (NCAA DI-FBS). He was a two-year all-conference selection at receiver and finished this season with 50 receptions for 627 yards and nine touchdowns. The University of Memphis competes in Conference USA and played in the New Orleans Bowl in December.
Blundell, a 12-game starter on the offensive line, is attending Quincy University (NAIA) located in Quincy, Ill. Quincy University competes in the Mid-States Football Conference and finished this past season at 6-5.
Fross is attending Minot State University (NAIA) in Minot, North Dakota and was a 21-game starter at center for the Eagles. Minot State competes in the Dakota Athletic Conference and finished this past season at 6-4.
Tompkins is attending Charleston Southern University (NCAA DI-FCS), in Charleston, South Carolina. Tompkins had 54 tackles and three interceptions while playing safety for the Eagles. Charleston Southern finished 5-6 while competing in the Big South Conference.
Miller is attending Bemidji State University (NCAA D-II) in Bemidji, Minn. Miller, who was all-conference, had 58.5 total tackles and four sacks this past season while playing linebacker. Bemidji State University finished the season at 7-4 and competes the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
Sophomore Jermaine Jacobs (Sacramento) has given Portland State University (NCAA DI-FCS) a verbal commitment and will begin school there next fall. Jacobs had 34.5 total tackles and seven sacks and was selected as the conference defensive player of the year this past season. Portland State, which competes in the Big Sky Conference, finished the year at 3-8.
“Since my tenure began here at Mendocino College, we have made it a priority to prepare all student/athletes for the opportunity to earn an athletic scholarship to a four year university,” said Mendocino College Head Coach Tom Gang. “These young men have done a great job and the entire college community should be proud of this accomplishment.”
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The bass folks are striking out soundly on artificials. This is the “throw the tackle box at ‘em” type of fishing that we struggle with each year when the water temp drops to the low 40s.
Minnow anglers reporting in late Thursday indicate that the minnow bite may be on a definite upswing. Several sets of anglers reported catching fish from 10 to 20 feet deep, in rocky areas, on just about every minnow they put in the water. That’s a GIANT improvement over just two or three days ago. The next few days should get pretty interesting …
Crappie anglers are searching for a bite with little or no luck. None of the key spots that normally hold crappie are producing – right now. We expect this condition to change dramatically – hopefully we’ll see the bite turn back on soon. This may be an all of the sudden kind of thing … Stay tuned – if we get good word of a crappie bite we’ll kick out a special report to let you know. Shoot us an e-mail (
Catfish anglers are quietly enjoying a decent bite. Cut bait and nightcrawlers are the top baits. Shore anglers have been having the best success – which tells us that the bite is in close to the shoreline. Look for stained water where a fresh food supply has washed into the lake.
Bob Rider owns Lakeshore Bait & Tackle in Clearlake. Visit his Web site at www.994fish.com or call him at 994-FISH (3474).
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While we were gone, the storms came in here at Clear Lake. High winds and copious amounts or rain made for a pretty miserable week here – or so I’m told.
This week, the winds have subsided, but the rain continues … And for that we’re actually quite grateful. Our marvelous lake has risen over a foot in the last 10 days with water continuing to stream in from the watershed. We’ve had only a few reports so the actual fishing report pretty thin.
Look for a decent bite to kick in as the weather improves into this coming weekend and beyond. (At least, that’s what the weather guessers are saying it’s going to do.) Minnows and nightcrawlers should get hammered as well as drop shot rigs and slow moving plastics. The lake will be muddied up a bit so you may have to adjust colors to suite the current conditions.
The crappie fishermen are hoping for a big return as the lake fills and once popular fishing holes spring back to life. We’ll keep you posted as things develop …
Catfishermen know – they just know – that heavy rain means a big upswing in activity for hungry whiskerfish. We’re looking for this bite to swing into gear also. Now, all we need is a few nice days to get anglers back into the swing of things and start getting some solid reports.
For up to the minute reports, email
Bob Rider owns Lakeshore Bait & Tackle in Clearlake. Visit his Web site at www.994fish.com or call him at 994-FISH (3474).
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