AT T.O., 2 IS MAGIC NUMBER; LANCERS DUO DOES IT ALL ON THE FIELD.Byline: Jim Inghram Daily News Staff Writer As in every season, there are several outstanding running backs in the Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. . Every team has the one go-to guy to get the tough yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. . Some are better than others individually, but the best tandem, by far, is at Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. High, where Joey Casillas and Wes Cobos form an outstanding one-two punch one-two punch n. 1. A combination of two blows delivered in rapid succession in boxing, especially a left lead followed by a right cross. 2. Informal An especially forceful or effective combination or sequence of two things. for the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. . One, Casillas, has size and strength. The other, Cobos, is swift and elusive. Together, they cause all types of problems. ``We're really starting to get in sync,'' said Casillas of himself and Cobos. ``We play off each other. If he gets a big run I want to break a big run. If he doesn't, then I try and pick him up, but that doesn't happen very often.'' Cobos' admiration of Casillas is mutual. ``Joey is great guy and a great lead blocker,'' Cobos said. ``I know the first guy is never going to get me, because Joey always takes him out. He's a great running back, too. He's a bug guy. If he doesn't want to make a cut he doesn't have to, because he has the size to run over people. He'snot slow either.'' With the duo, Thousand Oaks coach Mike Kelly This article is about the newspaper columnist. For the baseball player, see Mike Kelly (baseball). Mike Kelly is a columnist for the The Record, a newspaper serving Bergen County, New Jersey. knows he count on his rushing offense to gain yardage. ``It's pretty tough to key on one of them,'' Kelly said. ``You design a defensive scheme to stop Wes and Joey can burn you. Try and stop Joey and there's Wes. It's almost a given (rushing) in our offense, but we still like to have a nice balance of the rush and pass.'' Cobos, a 5-foot-10, 165-pound senior, has rushed for 522 yards on 69 carries with five touchdowns. He had his most productive game last week, when he gained 234 yards on 17 carries against Agoura. His total includes a paltry pal·try adj. pal·tri·er, pal·tri·est 1. Lacking in importance or worth. See Synonyms at trivial. 2. Wretched or contemptible. 24 yards on two carries from the opening week. ``We just weren't running the ball in that game,'' Cobos said. ``Our line was having some problems. Now the line is doing a great job and I feel really comfortable with where I'm at. Anyone can always get better, but I feel like I've progressed.'' Casillas, a 6-foot-2, 205-pound senior, has 251 yards on 38 carries and also has five touchdowns. He is averaging 6.6 yards per carry and about 62 yards a game. Many of them, in the tough short-yardage situations. As much as the pair has produced on offense, they are especially tenacious te·na·cious adj. 1. Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive. 2. Holding together firmly; cohesive. tenacious viscid; adhesive. on defense. Both play in the defensive backfield, and the speed they use on offense to elude e·lude tr.v. e·lud·ed, e·lud·ing, e·ludes 1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill: The suspect continues to elude the police. 2. pursuers helps them on defense to catch who they're after. The pair also earned the prestigious Green Helmet award after the third week. The tradition dates back to 1971 and is reserved for the best of the best on Lancers' teams. The recipients are distinguished by their green helmets, while the rest of the team wears white. Last year only one player (Glenn Perrault) received the Green Helmet. This year, it's just Casillas and Cobos. ``It was an honor and I was excited to get it,'' Cobos said. ``It means all the coaches agreed that Joey and I show a lot of desire and dedication.'' CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) COBOS (2) CASILLAS (3) Thousand Oaks' Joey Casillas uses both size and strength to rattle defenses. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Special to the Daily News |
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