CANYONS BECOMES PICTURE OF SUCCESS; COACH HAS SUPPORT - AND PLAYERS.Byline: Scott Magoloff Staff Writer It is Wednesday, the day before College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. football coach Chuck Lyon's imposed four-day Thanksgiving vacation for his players. The Cougars (7-3) had a solid three days of practice last week and will return Monday to their regular routine, leading up to Saturday's Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Bowl at Chaffey (7-3). Lyon sits in his office, struggling with a precious game film of Chaffey that has broken. He speaks about his young program, which has finished its first two regular seasons 7-3. ``The Ventura coach (Terry Morris) came up to me and he says `We've played you two years now,' '' Lyon said. `` `You're not very big and not very fast, but you're the toughest team we play.' ``I said two years ago the two criteria I want to see in this team was to play hard and with discipline. That's how I measure our success.'' Lyon - now with the Chaffey videotape videotape Magnetic tape used to record visual images and sound, or the recording itself. There are two types of videotape recorders, the transverse (or quad) and the helical. in pieces and preparing for a tape-splice - has also enjoyed the benefits of working with quality people, he said. At lunch with COC See chip on chip. president Dr. Dianne Van Hook earlier this week, the two spoke about where the program is headed. Van Hook told Lyon it would go only as far as he wanted it to go. This type of relationship is paramount to building a winning program. What it comes down to is support, and Lyon has the comfort of knowing that COC's first fan is behind him. Now snapping open a second videotape to transplant the spliced film into, Lyon begins to credit his coaching staff for its role. Lyon doesn't so much as peek at the week's defensive game plan. He leaves that up to defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a football team in the National Football League or college football who is in charge of the defense. This position aids the head coach a great deal in many ways by delegating play calling to other coaches and allowing the head Leon Criner, who receives input from Doug Socha (defensive backs) and Lolesio Takapu (linebackers). ``It usually takes about five years for a coaching staff to come together,'' Lyon said. ``This staff came together quick, which is really neat.'' Lyon, Criner, Socha, Chip Chavez (kicking), Matt Durant (receivers) and Garret Tujague (offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator typically refers to the coach on a football team in the National Football League or College football who is in charge of the offense. This position aids the head coach by designing and scripting plays, delegating work to offensive position coaches during ) have been together for two years now. Mike Kane (running backs), Keith Matkin (defensive line) and Takapu joined the staff this season. And then there are the players. Lyon - now in the final moments of his videotape repair job, for which he used pens, a butter knife and Scotch tape - would not have any wins at all without the players. Lyon had 14 All-Western State Conference selections on his team last year. This year, there are 16. And Lyon will enjoy what will be his final week with many of them. It will begin with practice Monday, followed by the team banquet that evening. ``That game Saturday (against Chaffey) is kind of the end of the beginning,'' Lyon said. ``The beginning was these sophomores. It's going to be tough on me, personally. Being 9-1 at home in two years, going to two bowl games and a 14-6 regular-season record for these sophomores, it's really the end of the beginning.'' As Lyon concludes his thoughts on his program's success, he snaps the two sides of the frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: videotape back together, puts the screws back in, and reapplies the label as he slides his chair up to the VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. . ``I don't think it's going to work, I'll tell you,'' Lyon says, as the machine accepts the tape. Success, as the pictures of Chaffey's game flicker clearly on the television screen. It's so fitting. All-conference: Selections to the All-WSC first team included Major Caldwell, RB; Jason Youngs, OL; Sean Cogswell, LB; and Joe Dunster, DE. Earning second-team honors were Todd Hourigan, LB; Mark Hamilton Mark Hamilton may refer to:
John Harrison (March 24 1693 – March 24 1776) was an English clockmaker who revolutionised and extended the possibility of safe long distance sea travel in the , LB; Jaime Garza, DL; and Haudarie Andrews, DB. Recruiting trail: Youngs (6-foot-7, 285 pounds), an athletic offensive lineman, was to make an official visit to the University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. during the Cougars' vacation. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Running back Major Caldwell was stopped on this play, but nothing could keep him from being named to the All-WSC first team. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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