Community college football: OCC puts 10 on All-Conference teams

Orange Coast College’s Brandon Hall and Vince Strang headline a

cast of 10 Pirates who earned All-Mission Conference Central Division

laurels.

Hall, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound sophomore tight end, was OCC’s lone

unanimous selection for the first team offense. Hall, who was also an

honorable mention on J.C. Grid-Wire’s season-ending teams, finished with

295 yards and two touchdowns off 26 receptions.

Strang, a 5-8, 155-pound sophomore, was the only player to earn a spot

on two teams as he wound up on the second team as a wide receiver and on

the defense’s first team for his specialty as a punt returner. Strang led

the Pirates with 30 receptions, good for 602 yards and three touchdowns.

OCC freshman tailback Niles Mittasch, who started six games for the

Pirates, earned second-team honors, as did freshmen offensive linemen

Patrick Afif and Ed Fane and freshman punter Nick Ross.

Mittasch, from Oregon’s Churchill High, led the Pirates with 774 yards

and four touchdowns on 153 carries, averaging 5.1 yards per carry.

Four Pirates were awarded with second team defense status. Sophomore

defensive end Greg Smith and freshman defensive tackle Kyle Westman, a

Costa Mesa High product, represented OCC in the trenches, while standout

freshman linebacker and tackle machine Dan Steinau joined them.

Sophomore cornerback Tim Ogo, a leader in the Pirates’ secondary, also

made the second team.

OCC, the 2000 Mission Conference Central Division co-champions,

finished the season 3-7, 1-4 in the Central Division.

Sophomore defensive end Justin Shea, a Corona del Mar High product, of

Saddleback earned first team defense status.