BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard NEWS & NOTES Lancers' Jaffarian steps down Edwin Jaffarian has retired after 22 seasons as head girls soccer coach at Churchill. Jaffarian led 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. to the playoffs in 21 of those 22 seasons and guided the Lancers into the state final in 1990. "It was just time," Jaffarian said. "I've done it long enough. I made my decision before this whole 4A, 5A, 6A thing, so it had nothing to do with it. I want to enjoy my daughter's senior year." His daughter, Kody Jo, plays soccer and tennis for the Lancers. Edwin Jaffarian will continue to serve as an assistant boys tennis coach at the school. Churchill went 5-1-2 to finish second in the Midwestern League this season and lost to Jesuit in the second round of the playoffs. The Lancers last won the league title in 2002. Churchill reached the state final in 1990 before losing 5-1 to Sunset. "It was very enjoyable and I'm going to miss it," Jaffarian said. "There were a lot of good years. In five of the first 10 years, we were district champions, and it has been real fun to have a lot of girls in the last few years continue on and go to college. There were a lot of highlights." Jaffarian will be replaced by Alan Cox
Alan Cox (born 1968) is a British computer programmer heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel since its early days (1991). , who spent the last two years as an assistant coach for the Sheldon girls soccer team. He was with the Irish when they won the state title in 2004. "I see some good players I will be working with and that is exciting," Cox said. "I am aware of the program and I was always impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with the way the program was organized and structured." Cox, 22, was born and raised in England and played soccer in high school and at the club level before playing for a semipro sem·i·pro adj. Informal Semiprofessional: a semipro baseball player. sem team. After suffering an injury, Cox began coaching in England before moving to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. two years ago. JC hires girls soccer coach Ahmed El-Sayad has been named the new girls soccer coach at Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, . El-Sayad has been an assistant at Junction City the last two years and before that he served as an assistant for one year with the North Eugene girls team. He is a social studies teacher at Junction City. "The program has been around for 13 years and in 10 of those we have finished in third place, so we are fighting to start a new tradition in this program of trying to win more games and create a culture of championships," El-Sayad said. Junction City finished third in District 5 last year with a 10-4 mark and is expected to return four players who earned all-league honors last year. El-Sayad said he thinks the program could have more than 40 girls next year. El-Sayad, 37, was born in Egypt and has played recreational soccer for most of his life, including stops in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Africa. Junction City also announced that Earl Fellows will retire after serving as an assistant boys basketball coach for the past 26 seasons. Fellows was a longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective counselor at the school who has served as an assistant to Craig Rothenberger. Fraser to play at SOU Bandon senior Trenton Fraser will play basketball at Southern Oregon University Bachelors and master's programs are offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business, and School of Education. History SOU began as Ashland Academy in 1869 in Ashland by the Methodists. next season. Fraser, a 5-foot-11 point guard, was a four-year starter at Bandon and averaged 15.8 points per game as a senior while leading Bandon to a share of the Big Fir League title. He was a first-team all-state selection. Fraser averaged 22 points, five assists and three steals as a junior when he was the league MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. . Marist wins another Cup Marist finished first in the Oregonian Cup standings among 3A schools for the third year in a row. The award honors activities, athletics athletics or track and field also track-and-field games Variety of sport competitions held on a running track and on the adjacent field. It is the oldest form of organized sports, having been a part of the ancient Olympic Games from c. and academics equally as schools earn points based on their finish in all state championships as well as the academic all-state program. A sportsmanship component is included as well. Marist won state championships in football, boys golf, and girls track and field. A total of six sports - boys soccer, girls soccer, football, volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. , band, and boys track and field - finished among the top four in the academic all-state program. Gannon signs with Beavers Joshua Gannon, a two-time Class 3A state champion from Elmira, has signed a letter of intent to wrestle for Oregon State next fall. Gannon won the 171-pound state title as a junior for the Falcons. He then moved up to 189 pounds his senior year and won his second crown. |
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