COC BEAT: SHE PULLS NEW PROGRAM TOGETHER : AFTER UNUSUAL RECRUITING, STANICH BUILDS WATER POLO TEAM AT COC.Byline: Scott Magoloff Staff Writer First-time water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. coach Diana Stanich has launched her COC See chip on chip. women's program with success. This summer she could be found asking people in shopping centers shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into and supermarkets if they were interested in playing. Now, despite only two players on the team having any experience, Stanich has a full program up and running. ``Our goal was just to improve and we're doing better than expected,'' Stanich said. ``Everyone on the team is a freshman, including myself.'' Stanich, COC's swimming/diving coach, is as new to the sport as the majority of her players. The program has benefited from playing against more established teams such as Ventura and Mt. San Antonio College Mt. San Antonio College (commonly called Mt. SAC; pronounced as the word "sack") is a community college located in the Los Angeles suburb of Walnut, California, next to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which is just over a hill. Mt. . In those games, both losses, the opposing players and coaches offered tips to COC's players to help them learn. Of course, the tutoring only started once the games were well in hand. Stanich also takes her players to certain tournaments not to play, but to watch how other teams play. ``We're really trying to learn the game and we're getting more experience each game,'' she said. ``Some of the real powerhouses are helping us in the water. They're still tough on us - after they score heavily, they help the young ladies. There's a nice camaraderie ca·ma·ra·der·ie n. Goodwill and lighthearted rapport between or among friends; comradeship. [French, from camarade, comrade, from Old French, roommate; see comrade. ; I've had a good time coaching.'' Stanich has had such an enjoyable time coaching that she tried out as the team's goalie. She was planning to enroll in 12 units (the necessary amount to be eligible for a sport) and suit up as a coach/goalie. A torn back muscle ended Stanich's goalie experiment and left her with a healthy respect for water polo. ``I guess I'm too old,'' she joked. ``I appreciate it much more. It's a hard sport.'' The Cougars have placed well in their past two tournaments for a first-year program, finishing sixth out of nine in the Ventura tournament and eighth out of 16 in the Mt. SAC tournament. Alemany graduate Angela De La Torre La Torre is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 357 inhabitants. has played a large role in COC's relative success. She has scored 15 of the team's 21 goals this year. Christine Halty, also an Alemany graduate, has four goals. The two bring the only legitimate experience to the COC program. Water polo coming: With the addition of the sport to COC's athletic department, Stanich is in desperate need of a development program. Most junior colleges with a team are in a recruiting district in which high schools also field water polo teams. COC is not, making recruiting almost impossible. ``We've had one home game and we lost to Ventura,'' Stanich said. ``We had a great crowd. They seemed to enjoy the game. We just wish the local high schools would pick it up.'' In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , Stanich is starting an under-14 club team this summer. She hopes that a successful showing there will put pressure on the high schools to consider adding it. Scorching scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. : The COC football team's scoring in Saturday's 59-20 win against Pierce were not a school record. Following the 52-50 loss to Allan Hancock two weeks ago, the 109 points in consecutive games is not even a record. In 1970 the Cougars defeated Mt. San Jacinto San Jacinto, river, c.130 mi (210 km) long, rising in SE Texas as the West Fork and flowing S to Galveston Bay. Its chief tributary is Buffalo Bayou, and both the bayou and the lower river are used for the Houston ship channel. 73-29, followed by a 63-0 win against, yes, Pierce. Canyons (3-2, 1-3) racked up nearly the same amount of yards in its last two games, with 529 against Hancock and 530 against Pierce. Rest needed: The long week the women's soccer team has (it had a bye Tuesday) will be well-received by the team and especially coach Phil Marcellin. The Cougars (10-2-1, 3-2-1) haven't been scoring goals at the rate that had resulted in their No. 6 ranking 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, last week. The minor slide - COC is 2-2-1 after starting the year 8-0 - has coincided with the birth of Marcellin's first child, Sophia, who was born Sept. 12. The two could have a cause-and-effect relationship. ``We've been in a funk Funk , Casimir 1884-1967. Polish-born American biochemist whose research of deficiency diseases led to the discovery of vitamins, which he named in 1912. lately,'' Marcellin said. ``We haven't been scoring a lot, I'm not getting a lot of sleep, I'm tense. When I'm fArustrated, they're 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: , but we have to put it all in perspective and find out who we are.'' Marcellin has tried to bring fun back into the game by allowing his team captains to run practice at times. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) Canyons (3-2, 1-3) racked up nearly the same number of yards in its past two games, with 529 against Hancock and 530 against Pierce. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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