COC FOOTBALL: CANYONS PROGRAM HAS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer Kevin Rhaburn felt he needed to inspire his new teammates. 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. had not yet begun its football season when Rhaburnfound the following affirmation in a daily calendar: I will never give up because if I do, I give up on the ones beside me. I will never give up because if I do, I give up on those who believe in me. If the person next to me is down, I will pick him up, and he the same. I will never give up. I will believe in the cause. I will fight to the end, and we will win. This I promise. ``When I brought it to the team, we had to do it,'' Rhaburnsaid. ``It brought tears to some of the guys' eyes.'' The team doesn't recite it often, but it was fitting Rhaburn brought it out after Saturday's game. After Canyons shocked Allan Hancock 42-41 Saturday, it is clear this team believes it can do anything - even beat a team that came in undefeated and ranked third 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, , fifth in the state (according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the California Community College Football Coaches Association) and 11th in the nation by JC Grid-Wire. Canyon coach Chuck Lyon received numerous calls from coaches and friends congratulating him and expressing surprise that David defeated Goliath. Included in the calls was Larry Reisbig, who used to coach at Canyons and now heads Long Beach's program. ``Larry called me and said that's the biggest win we've ever had,'' Lyon said. ``Nothing compares to the magnitude of the upset, that 50 freshmen in a first-year program can beat Hancock.'' Actually, Canyons has three sophomores, two of which played. One was quarterback Kevin Carrasco, who again led the team on its now-typical fourth-quarter comeback. He threw two touchdowns in 20 seconds to erase a 13-point deficit. Of course, the comeback would have fallen short had Jason Edwards Jason Edwards is a musician and producer born in 1969 in Tamworth, Birmingham, UK. He is most well known for being the guitarist in U.K hard rock/ metal outfit 'Wolfsbane', who had considerable success in the early 90s, signing to Rick Rubins 'Def American' label. not recovered an 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. . ``It was exciting, playing a team like Hancock,'' Carrasco said after the Cougars won by comeback for the fourth time this season. ``They're supposed to be the team to beat. Coach (Chuck Lyon) said if we kept it close, we'd win it.'' Around this team, keeping it close doesn't mean trailing by a touchdown or less. Canyons made up 13 points despite numerous injuries. Receiver Tim Feirfeil, offensive linemen Travis Knowles and John Bondarczuk and running back George Garcia didn't play against the Bulldogs. On Saturday, linebacker Kevin Giberson hurt his shoulder and lineman Iona Fuamatu hurt his neck. Giberson and Fuamatu are OK and will play this week, Lyon said. The statuses of Feirfeil and Garcia remain up in the air. The numbers dwindle dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. , but the wins keep piling up. One more, Saturday against 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. , would guarantee a winning record. While Lyon has allowed euphoria to permeate permeate /per·me·ate/ (-at?) 1. to penetrate or pass through, as through a filter. 2. the constituents of a solution or suspension that pass through a filter. per·me·ate v. the team, he has set his sights on next week's question: How to avoid a letdown letdown 1. the sudden flush of milk flow that occurs when the calf begins to suck or when milking commences in a properly prepared cow. Depends for its occurrence on the release of oxytocin from the pituitary gland in response to massage of the teats and udder. ? ``We're not done yet,'' Lyon said. ``I don't want then to think that. I can sense it: `Hey, we've done it.' Well, we haven't done it. We won one more game. We beat a good football team, but we've got four more games and hopefully five. We've got to find a way to win.'' |
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