CANYONS HAS PLENTY OF LEG WORK TOMPKINS GETS HIS KICKS THANKS TO PROLIFIC OFFENSE.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer VALENCIA - Jason Tompkins wouldn't have lasted a day at his new job if he didn't like to stay busy. A freshman placekicker for the 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 team, he's been kicking extra points at a ridiculously fast pace for a high- powered offense averaging 52.1 points through its first seven games. Tompkins has made the most of his opportunities, converting 44 of 45 PATs, and he is 7 for 17 on field-goal attempts, two of which were blocked. ``I love it,'' Tompkins said. ``I don't even get a chance to warm up half the time. I start to warm up as soon as we get to midfield, but we score on two plays all the time. We score on 70-yard touchdowns constantly, so I'm never warmed up.'' A former Frazier Mountain Frazier Mountain is a mountain (or peak) that is located near Frazier Park, California and Lake of the Woods, California to the north. Frazier Mountain is 8,026 feet (2446 m) High standout in football and soccer, Tompkins made a name for himself when he kicked a 57-yard field goal his senior year, a kick believed to be the seventh-longest in California high school California High School (commonly referred to as Cal High) is a public school located in San Ramon, California, a suburb of San Francisco, Oakland, and Silicon Valley. Its mascot is a Grizzly Bear. The school's newspaper is The Californian which is published monthly. history and the longest ever made without using a tee. Kickers are allowed to use a two-inch tee in high school, but Tompkins chose not to because he wanted to show prospective college recruiters he wouldn't have to make the transition to kicking without one. Tompkins was a first-team All-State selection among small schools his senior year and a second-team overall selection. He's hoping to parlay An open programming interface (API) to a service provider's network (the network operator), developed by the Parlay Group (www.parlay.org). By enabling the customer's application to talk directly to the network, it allows the end user to have greater access to network information as well his career at Canyons into a scholarship at a four-year school. Tompkins said he'd like to play at a smaller Division I program such as San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. State or San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State, where he'd more likely be allowed to play soccer, a sport he enjoys more. ``I'm cheering and rooting for the team on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. , but I'm not passionately into the game like I am in soccer, where you're playing 90 minutes of wall-to-wall soccer,'' Tompkins said. ``My part is so small in football. I'm on the field eight or 10 times a game.'' Tompkins might not be as involved in football games as he is in soccer, but he does his best to stay in the game and takes his role on the team seriously. ``He has a good practice mentality,'' Canyons center/long snapper snapper, name for members of the Lutianidae, a family of spiny-finned food and game fishes found chiefly in tropical coastal waters. Snappers are carnivorous, active, and voracious, with large mouths and sharp teeth. Most species travel in dense schools. Shawn Huntsinger said. ``He's ready to go in practice every day. He just wants to get better. He's a hard worker. He can kick really well.'' And even though many of his kicks come in meaningless situations, none are meaningless kicks. ``To him it's a big deal every time he goes on the field, and it should be,'' Canyons coach Chuck Lyon said. ``He's a competitor, and he really does compete well.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: College of the Canyons kicker Jason Tompkins is 44 of 45 on extra-point attempts and 7 for 17 on field-goal attempts. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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