CHATTER: CAUTIOUS CANYONS TOPS NATION.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer Everything about Tuesday was routine for the players and coaches on 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 - the morning classes, the weight room workout, the film session, the afternoon practice - but with one tremendous exception. For the first time in school history, the Cougars went through their day as the nation's top-ranked community college team. After defeating Mission Conference powers Pasadena and Palomar to open the season, Canyons leapfrogged Coffeyville (Kan.) to move into the top spot in the weekly JC GridWire rankings. ``It's pretty cool,'' sophomore quarterback Jason Beck said, ``but it doesn't mean anything. We're only 2-0. It's how you end up at the end of the year.'' Added sophomore wide receiver Trevor Brackett: ``Come to us in 13 or 14 weeks. Hopefully, we'll be blessed enough to be ranked No. 1 in the country then, and I can say all the things I want to.'' Canyons coach Chuck Lyon did not even inform his team of the news, lest it become a distraction before Saturday's game against Pierce. But it marked another milestone for the college, which reinstated its football program in 1998 and was last year'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, champion. In addition, the Cougars became the first Southern California team in at least five years to be ranked No. 1 during the season. The rest of the top five: City College of San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Butler County Butler County is the name of eight counties in the United States:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. JC GridWire publisher Hank Ives The news was tempered, however, by Lyon's discovery during the day that Canyons would not be eligible for the top seed in this year's new eight-team Southern California regional playoffs even if the Cougars finish 10-0 during the regular season. The top seed in the playoffs will go to the team from the conference with the best winning percentage in the season-opening crossover Crossover The point on a stock chart when a security and an indicator intersect. Crossovers are used by technical analysts to aid in forecasting the future movements in the price of a stock. In most technical analysis models, a crossover is a signal to either buy or sell. games, which were completed last week. Canyons is a member of the Western State Conference, which was the worst of the three conferences with a 9-18 record. It means Canyons could be seeded lower than Palomar or Pasadena come November. The best the Cougars can hope for is a No. 3 seed in the playoffs, and they could play on the road for the semifinals and finals. ``That's the way I read it,'' Lyon said. ``Can you believe that?'' ... Two-time All-CIF and Cal Hi Honorable Mention All-State softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' player Alexis Garcia of Faith Baptist High of Canoga Park has four trips planned within the next two months. This weekend she will be visiting the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She plans to visit Wisconsin, Ole Miss, Utah and Illinois. Alexis plays for the respected Puerto Rican Puer·to Ri·co Abbr. PR or P.R. A self-governing island commonwealth of the United States in the Caribbean Sea east of Hispaniola. women's national team The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . ... Slam Jam basketball will have a Junior Showcase on Oct. 26 at Cleveland High of Reseda and a Senior Showcase on Nov. 2 at a site to be determined. The event is an opportunity for the top players in Southern California to show there stuff in front of college coaches from every division. Information: 818-680-3923. Vincent Bonsignore, (818) 713-3612 vincent.bonsignore(at)dailynews.com |
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