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Assistant football coach Nate Garnica dies at 34 years old

Thomas Anthony, Staff Reporter | April 8, 2019

De Anza College students and staff mourn the loss and remember the life of assistant football coach Nate Garnica, who died on March 17. He succumbed to heart failure at his grandmother’s house and...

De Anza College Football saved

Christian Trujano, Editor-in-Chief | December 3, 2018

After two weeks of strategic planning, the De Anza College football program has been saved from elimination, for now. The Instructional Planning and Budget team voted Nov. 27 to give award-winning...

Playoff bound De Anza football team may be doomed

Christian Trujano, My Do, and Tyson Tsoi | October 31, 2018

Two weeks after impassioned pleas to keep De Anza’s football program because of the diverse students it serves, the committee charged with making cuts voted against the team. The football team is...

De Anza beats Los Medanos 34-25

Julian Mathis, Staff Reporter | October 13, 2018

Opinion: NFL kneeling ban unfair

Jeffrey Windham, Staff Reporter | June 18, 2018

The National Football League’s attempt to stop its players from kneeling during the national anthem is nothing less than unfair bullying meant to appease its predominantly white fanbase. Starting...

Former De Anza football player shot and killed

Taylor Bicht and Jacob Sisneros | February 18, 2015

A 23-year-old man named Phillip Watkins was shot and killed by San Jose police Wednesday evening Feb. 11, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Watkins played football for De Anza College in 2012. “We...

Not time to hit the panic button on 49ers season

Jacob Sisneros, Managing Editor | November 11, 2014

To say the first half of the season has been turbulent for the San Francisco 49ers would be a vast understatement. With Ray Mcdonald’s arrest on suspicion of domestic violence, the suspension of defensive...

Last-Minute Touchdown Costs Dons Victory

October 6, 2014

De Anza fumbles away home opener

Jacob Sisneros, Managing Editor | September 22, 2014

In a game that had nine turnovers, two costly mistakes spelled defeat for the De Anza College Dons as they lost their home opener 49-28 against the American River College Beavers on Saturday Sept. 13. A...

Bryan Fobbs pushes hard to succeed: Wide receiver leads in NorCal conference, No. 2 in the state

Patricia Nguyen, Sports Editor | October 28, 2013

The No. 1 wide receiver in the NorCal conference of community colleges, sophomore Bryan Fobbs, started his football career by trying out his freshmen year of high school. The twist? “I wasn’t...