Release: #0215
November 24, 2002

Contact: Dr. Joanne Fortunato
Phone: 916.444.1600

NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

California Community College Football Bowl
Game Participants Announced

Sacramento, CA . . . The California Community College Commission on Athletics (COA) Football Bowl Game Selection Committee today announced the participants in this year's crop of football bowl games. Bowl participants, with host college in parenthesis, are:

Northern California Championship (Reedley College)
December 7, 2002 - 1 p.m.
#1N Reedley (10-0) vs. #2N Fresno (9-1)

Capital Shrine Bowl (Sacramento City College)
November 30, 2002 - 12 p.m.
#7N Sierra (9-1) vs. #11N Laney (6-4)

Cerritos Strawberry Bowl (Cerritos College)
December 7, 2002 - 7 p.m.
#7S Cerritos (8-2) vs. #8S Saddleback (8-2)

CLO Bowl (Santa Rosa Junior College)
December 7, 2002 - 1 p.m.
#9N Santa Rosa (7-3) vs. #14N Feather River (6-4)

East County Bowl (Los Medanos College)
December 7, 2002 - 1 p.m.
#13N Los Medanos (6-4) vs. #16N Hartnell (5-5)

Pacific Graffiti Bowl (Modesto Junior College)
December 7, 2002 - 1 p.m.
#12N Modesto (5-5) vs. #15N Shasta (5-5)

San Francisco Hawaiian Punch Bowl (City College of San Francisco)
December 7, 2002 - 1 p.m.
#6N CC San Francisco (8-2) vs. #8N San Mateo (8-2)

Shrine Potato Bowl (Bakersfield College)
December 7, 2002 - 1 p.m.
#5S Moorpark (9-1) vs. #6S Pasadena (8-2)

Silicon Valley Bowl (Foothill College)
December 7, 2002 - 1 p.m.
#5N Foothill (8-2) vs. #10N West Hills (6-4)

Southwestern College South County Bowl (Southwestern College)
December 7, 2002 - 5 p.m.
#3S Palomar (9-1) vs. #4S Grossmont (9-1)

Tri Counties Bank Holiday Bowl (Butte College)
December 7, 2002 - 12 p.m.
#3N Butte (9-1) vs. #4N San Joaquin Delta (9-1)

US Bank Beach Bowl (Santa Monica College)
December 7, 2002 - 1 p.m.
#11S Los Angeles Harbor (7-3) vs. #12S Mt. San Jacinto (6-4)

Verizon Southern California Bowl (Chaffey College)
December 7, 2002 - 1 p.m.
#1S Chaffey (10-0) vs. #2S Canyons (9-1)

Western State Bowl (Hosted by Compton College. Game site is Long Beach City College Veterans Stadium)
December 7, 2002 - 7 p.m.
#9S Long Beach (7-3) vs. #10S Compton (7-2)

The winners of the Northern California Championship and the Verizon Southern California Bowl will advance to the California Community Colleges Commission on Athletics Football Championship presented by Blue Diamond Growers and the Bakersfield Sports Marketing Council on December 14, 2002 at Bakersfield College's Memorial Stadium in Bakersfield, California.

For more information on the California Community Colleges Commission on Athletics Football Championship presented by Blue Diamond Growers and the Bakersfield Sports Marketing Council, as well as news and updates of all 23 COA sanctioned sports, visit www.coasports.org.