CANYONS RALLIES IN 2ND HALF : CANYONS 46 SANTA BARBARA 18.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer So now 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. knows how adversity feels. Trailing through the entire first half to winless Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , the Cougars woke up in the second half and earned a 46-18 Western State Conference Northern Division victory Saturday. Kevin Carrasco threw for 256 yards and two touchdowns, Jason Parks rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns, and backup quarterback Chris Kobe threw for two scores. The defense sacked Santa Barbara's quarterback six times. So it might appear the Cougars (6-1, 3-0), ranked sixth in 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, , 10th in the state and 25th in the nation, were balanced in victory. In fact, that was the case for just the second half. Santa Barbara (0-6, 0-2) had scored just 29 points this season and never more than 12 in a game, but the Vaqueros scored on their first drive and led 12-0 in the first quarter. As memorable as Canyons' victory last week against Hancock, the first half Saturday was as forgettable for·get·ta·ble adj. Fit or apt to be forgotten: a movie with very forgettable characters. Adj. 1. forgettable - easily forgotten unforgettable - impossible to forget . First, Canyons rushed for minus-9 in the first half. Santa Barbara scored not only its first first-half touchdown this season, the Vaqueros scored their first points in the first quarter all year - on the game's first series, no less. Shawn Brantley caught a 19-yard pass from Danny Nunez for a 6-0 lead. Just to prove it wasn't a fluke, Santa Barbara scored again late in the first quarter to take a 12-0 lead. Matt Tobin caught a 10-yard pass from Nunez. There was more, unfortunately for Canyons. A defensive holding call nullified nul·li·fy tr.v. nul·li·fied, nul·li·fy·ing, nul·li·fies 1. To make null; invalidate. 2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of. Kevin Giberson's interception. And Carrasco was sacked three times for 28 yards in losses. Late in the first half, Canyons reached Santa Barbara punter Ruben Gomez before he could punt, giving the Cougars a first down at the 9-yard line. But they could only move 4 yards and settled for a field goal. And then there was Santa Barbara blocking a punt, which Ben Ewing fell on in the end zone for a score and an 18-7 lead. And Parks fumbled inside the Vaqueros 5-yard line. There were some good points for Canyons, however. Besides the above-mentioned punt, the defense stopped Santa Barbara three times inside the Canyons 4. And Santa Barbara had a holding call nullify nul·li·fy tr.v. nul·li·fied, nul·li·fy·ing, nul·li·fies 1. To make null; invalidate. 2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of. a 43-yard punt return In American and Canadian football a punt return is one of the punt receiving team's options to respond to a punt. A player (usually a second or third string wide receiver or running back) positioned many yards from the line of scrimmage will attempt to catch or pick up the ball by Calim McClelland (although Tobin scored on the ensuing drive anyway). In the locker room at halftime, Canyons coach Chuck Lyon, who had yelled throughout the first half, was quiet. ``We challenged them at halftime to play like a ranked team,'' Lyon said. ``All week, we told them you might have a letdown. It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to play. If you do, you win. If you don't, you lose.'' Canyons shut Santa Barbara down in the second half, limiting the Vaqueros to 105 second-half yards. Parks had an 84-yard touchdown run, helping the Cougars score 36 second-half points. |
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