CANYONS FINALLY RUNS OUT OF GAS : VENTURA 31, CANYONS 25.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer The season finally caught up with 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. . Playing 10 games without a bye, posting five fourth-quarter victories and suffering through numerous knee and ankle injuries wore out the Cougars, who limped home with two straight losses, the most recent being Saturday afternoon's 31-25 setback to Ventura. Once again, the Cougars (7-3, 4-2) were in the game until the end, but like last week, there was no miracle. A Heloyt Cervantes 33-yard field goal with 31 seconds left put the Cougars six points behind, but running back Maurice Atwood recovered the onside kick onside kick n. Football A kickoff in which the ball carries just far enough, at least ten yards, to be recovered legally by the kicking team. . ``When you go to the well five times, have no bye week, and you're playing the same 30 guys game in and game out, it's gonna gon·na Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today. weaken you mentally,'' Canyons coach Chuck Lyon said. The timing wasn't great because a win would have guaranteed the Cougars a bowl berth and kept them in contention for the Western State Conference Northern Division title. Now, Ventura (7-2, 3-2) likely will earn it, provided the Pirates This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, and others involved in piracy. This list includes both captains and prominent crew members. See also: pirates, wokou, buccaneers, corsairs, and privateers Ancient World Canyons has a bye this week, but since the overall record is strong enough, the team will practice in case it earns a bowl berth when they are announced Nov. 22. The best guess: the McDonald's Bowl in Lancaster or none. ``Now, we get to sit back and watch,'' a frustrated 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: linebacker Sean Cogswell said. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what else you need to motivate you to come out and play hard for four quarters but to go for a conference championship.'' Cogswell referred to some of his teammate's lack of focus. Seven times quarterback Kevin Carrasco's passes were dropped, including four by Mark Hamilton Mark Hamilton may refer to:
Hamilton nonetheless caught seven balls for 126 yards, but two drops could have gone for touchdowns. There were other factors, too. Carrasco was 17 of 48 for 312 yards and one score and one interception, but he played with an injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. thumb and admitted some of his passes weren't as crisp as he usually throws. The Canyons run defense did its job in slowing Ventura running back Travis Rogers. He finished with 140 yards but had only one long run. Unfortunately, the big one was a 34-yard touchdown run with 12 minutes, 55 seconds remaining that put the Pirates ahead to stay, 25-22. Running back Maurice Atwood, on the other hand, wasn't stopped well. He gained 122 yards on 12 carries, including an 85-yard TD that put Ventura up 31-22. |
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