The Bear Cubs came to play, their overwhelming speed and endurance a tremendous advantage in wearing down Feather River. “Our fitness is really good. We keep it close in the first half and we can get after them in the second half,” freshman Trevor Hurst said.

The Bear Cubs dominated on defense. “I always coach defensively. We’ve led the state for the last eight years in goals allowed; that’s easily our best attribute,” Head Coach Marty Kinahan said. The Bear Cub defense is notorious for rarely giving up goals.

Kinahan’s defense has proven its worth many times over with his impressive coaching record of 156 wins and just 26 losses in 10 seasons. His record at SRJC alone demands praise with his leading the 2001 and 2002 teams to state titles, along with leading the 2001 Bear Cubs to a national title.

Kinahan says the Bear Cubs tight and aggressive play requires teammates to be both dedicated and bounded. He added, “Team chemistry is great. It’s an easy team to coach.”

The Bear Cubs have a strong bond and have to depend on each and every player to do their part in order to maintain the dominating course they are on. “It’s a collaborated effort, we’re all friends and there is a lot of different personality types but we are coming together really well, we all have fun together and we all love to play the game,” sophomore Diego Marroquin said.

The Bear Cubs are the perfect example of a powerhouse team with team work as their absolute priority. “Everyone focuses on what they need to do to put the team first instead of focusing on individual goals,” Hurst said.

Overall, the Bear Cubs are as strong as ever and are showing very little weakness. It seems the legacy of SRJC soccer will continue to devour doubt as well as the competition.

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