WALNUT – Reigning California Community College Athletic Association football champion Riverside City College (10-2) will defend its title against seven-time champion and undefeated City College of San Francisco (12-0).

The showdown begins Saturday at 1 p.m. at Mt. San Antonio College’s new stadium in Walnut

• Riverside defeated two unbeaten teams en route to the title game: Ventura, 41-21, and then Golden West, 27-23, in the Southern California championship game on Saturday, December 4th. That avenged an earlier 37-20 non-league setback for the Rustlers that had ended the Tigers’ state-leading 16-game winning streak (and included a 13-0 title campaign in 2019). This was the last CCCAA championship season before COVID.

• CCSF finished 2019 state runners-up College of San Mateo’s 4-season Bay 6 Championship, 31-27 (then ranked 1st state and nation) in the regular season finals. The Rams repulsed the Bulldogs 20-17 again at the Northern California Championships after defeating American River 35-17 in the semifinals.

San Francisco finished the regular season 10-0 and ranked #1 in the JC Athletic Bureau’s poll of California Community College football coaches. Riverside was No. 4 at 8-2.

This is effectively the national 2-year college title game as well, with CCSF having the nation’s best record at 12-0. The vast majority of America’s 117 teams play in the CCCAA, 63 in 2021 (plus Cabrillo and College of the Redwoods, who are on hiatus here). The National JC Athletic Association has just 54 football teams, with Iowa Western being the only undefeated – at 9-0.

Both teams are coached by former All-Star CCC quarterbacks who have played for legendary coaches: Riverside’s Tom Craft of the Monterey Peninsula (for the late Chris Pappas) and CCSF’s Jimmy Collins (for George Rush).

Note: Last Saturday’s first Chris Pappas (Memorial) Bowl was won by Contra Costa, 28-19, over Foothill – the end of the American Division season.

Offensive: CCSF is the state’s highest-scoring National Division team with 45.0 points per game; also compiles top yards per game, 458.8. The breakdown is 316.8 passing (#1 overall) and 142.0 rushing.

Riverside is 33.4 ppg, 440.1 yards per game (No. 2). Breakdown: 262.8 passing, 178.3 rushing.

Defense: The Rams defense is No. 2 in the state overall at 11.7 ppg (behind San Mateo, 11.0 — but against whom they scored 51 points in their two meetings of the season). CCSF held CSM to 42 net rushing yards in the NorCal title game.

Def. meters: 220.7 (53.9 rush, 166.8 pass).

Riverside has allowed 22.5 ppg. Def. meters: 338.6 (118.8 rush, 218.8 pass)

• QB Jack Newman (6-1, 190, Sun.), Bay 6 offensive POY; has the best collegiate efficiency rating in the National Division, 184.5, and leads all in passing yards, 3,359: 227 of 335, 36 TD, 5 int.

• WR Jeffrey Weimer (6-2, 205, Sun.), Unanimous All Bay 6: 75 pc (No. 1 State), 1,253 yards. (#1 state, person over 1,000 yards only), 16.7 average, 17 TD (#1 state).

• RB Shawn Allen (5-8, 170, Fr.), All-Bay 6: 100 tcb, 774 yds., 4.7 avg., 60.3 y/g, 10 TD.

• RB Devan Walker (5-9, 180, Sun.): 100 tcb, 454 yds., 4.5 avg., 6 TD.

• OL Munko “Buffalo” Kruize (6-6, 275, Sun.) All-Bay 6.

• DB D’Andre Greeley (6-0, 180, Sun), All-Bay 6, leads the state with nine interceptions, including those that ended the season from San Mateo with 5:35 left in the NorCal showdown -Title finished. After that, the Bulldogs never saw the ball again.

L DL Jahvius “JJ” Leui (5-11, 455, Fr.), Unan. All-Bay 6: 54 Tkls., 8 sacks, 18.5 TFL.

• LB Frederick Thompkins, Jr. (5-11, 225, Sun.), Unan. All-Bay 6: 55 tkls., 4.5 TFL.

• RB Lawrence Starks (5-10, 190, Sun.), Central League Co-Offensive POY: 95 tcb, 537 yds., 5.7 avg., 53.7 y/g., 5 TD; 221 rec. Meter.; 220 meters. on KOR (24.4 average); 978 general purpose (97.8 average).

• QB Jordan Barton (5-9, 180, Fri), All-Central: 155 of 229 (67.7%), 2,164 m, 19 TD, 5 ints, 170.1 eff. He won the MVP award at the regional title game, finishing 28 of 38 for 312 yards, 2

• WR: Jamal Houston (6-2, 185, Sun), 41 pcs, 678 yards. (3.7 average, 61.6 y/g), 5 TD. (Key 74-yd. TD in Reg. Finals).

• RB: Thomas Kinslow (5-10, 210, Sun.), 117 tcb, 501 yds., 5.3 avg., 2 TD.

• Orienteering: Anthony Lafrance (6-5, 290, Sun.), Unan. all-central.

• PK Ricardo Chavez (6-2, 165, Sun.), Unan. All central: 19 FG, lg. 56, 31/31 EP, 88 TP.

• MLB Noa Purcell (5-10, 240, Sun.), Central Defensive POY: 60 Tkls., 5.5 tpg, 2 FF.

• CB Carlton Johnson (6-1, 170, Sun.), All-Central: 2 int., 39 tkls.

• DB Demarco Moorer (6-1, 165, Fri.), 3 int., 41 tackles.

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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif .– (BUSINESS WIRE) – Nov. August 2021–

Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT), a global diagnostics company, announced today that it has been named a Top Workplace by the Bay Area News Group for the eighth consecutive year.

The annual award is based solely on employee feedback collected through an anonymous third-party survey conducted by Energage, LLC, a leading provider of technology-based engagement tools. The survey measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to business success, including alignment, execution, and engagement.

The employees of Veracyte, who took part in the survey about the top jobs in 2021, rated the company as the best for the efficient and good completion of tasks, for the fact that executives who understand the processes in the company hold meetings that the Make good use of employees’ time, have strong cross-departmental coordination, step in the right direction and act according to strong values.

“The results of this survey suggest that Veracyte employees at all levels believe in the quality of our work, our leadership and our processes and believe in our strategy,” said Marc Stapley, Chief Executive Officer of Veracyte. “As we continue to expand globally, we are committed to ensuring that Veracyte remains a top job for each of our employees around the world. This has been a core Veracyte value since the company was founded in 2008 and will be critical to achieving our vision of improving outcomes for patients around the world every step of their journey. “

The Bay Area News Group released the full list of the winners of the Top Workplaces 2021 on Sunday, August 22nd. The list is available on the Bay Area News Group website.

Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company that improves patient care by providing answers to clinical questions and providing diagnostic and treatment decisions throughout the patient journey for cancer and other diseases. The company’s growing range of genome tests leverages advances in genomic science and technology so that patients can avoid risky and costly diagnostic procedures and reduce the time to appropriate treatment. The company’s tests for lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, thyroid cancer, bladder cancer, colon cancer and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are available to patients, and its kidney cancer and lymphoma subtyping tests are under development, the latter as companion diagnostics. With Veracyte’s exclusive global license for a world-class diagnostic instrument platform, the company is able to deliver its tests to patients worldwide. Veracyte is based in South San Francisco, California. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com and follow the company on Twitter (@veracyte).

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