COC FOOTBALL: COC AWAITS TROUBLE : LYON BELIEVES WORST TO COME.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer Who would have thought it? 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. , in its first football season in 17 years, is 4-1, leads the Western State Conference with 190 points and is ranked 13th 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, . The euphoria An interpreted programming language developed in 1993 by Robert Craig at Rapid Deployment Software that is noted for its execution speed, flexibility and simplicity. It can simulate any programming method including object-oriented constructs. around campus is evident. Students, teachers and administrators regularly approach coach Chuck Lyon and tell him how great it is the team is winning and how great it is to have football again. The crowds are coming to the games: an estimated 3,800 against Compton followed by 1,500 against East L.A. On Saturday at Pierce Pierce may refer to: Places
``This campus is on such a high now,'' Lyon said. ``Football is back. They feel like a real college campus now. We're winning.'' Lyon smiles a lot and says all the right things when confronted with these happy people. What he doesn't tell them is the truth: It won't last. It can't. Canyons doesn't have enough depth or talent. The next five weeks will be tougher than the first five, beginning with Saturday's home game with undefeated Allan Hancock, ranked fourth in the state and 16th in the nation. ``The bar's being raised,'' Lyon said. ``We've got to start playing better.'' Understand, the Cougars did what they had to do to win four of their first five games. The offense, while inconsistent at times, clicked in the fourth quarter and won close games. The defense gave up numerous big plays but never enough to find itself out of contention. The special teams were at times dreadful, but never bad enough to take the team out of a game. However, the combined record of the Cougars' first four opponents is 5-16. Still to come: Hancock, with the fourth-best defense in the Western State Conference; 0-5 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. , with the fifth-best defense (Canyons is ninth of 15 teams); Glendale, with the conference's best offense despite its 1-4 record (COC See chip on chip. has the fifth-best offense); and tough November road games at Bakersfield and Ventura, with the third-best defense. A winning record remains possible with wins over Santa Barbara and Glendale Oct. 24 and 31, but the real challenge for the coaching staff is how to mask the weaknesses. ``How can you overcome it? That's our job,'' Lyon said. Yet even Lyon knows some weaknesses can't be hidden: a lack of depth on the offensive line, a lack of a pass rush or decent pass coverage, suspect special teams and a weak defensive secondary. Plus, top receiver Tim Feirfeil might miss this week's game with ankle and knee problems. So might offensive lineman Lineman or linesman may refer to:
Period of nervous-function impairment that results from relatively mild brain injury, often with no bleeding in the cerebral cortex. It causes brief unconsciousness, followed by mental confusion and physical difficulties. ) and running back George Garcia (ankle). The team's best offensive lineman, Travis Knowles, had an MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. scheduled for Monday on his left knee. If the damage is too great, the coaching staff will seek a medical redshirt red·shirt tr.v. red·shirt·ed, red·shirt·ing, red·shirts To keep (a college or school athlete) out of varsity competition for one year in order to extend the athlete's period of eligibility. for their sophomore. COC MIDWAY Midway, island group (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, c.1,150 mi (1,850 km) NW of Honolulu, comprising Sand and Eastern islands with the surrounding atoll. Discovered by Americans in 1859, Midway was annexed in 1867. A cable station was opened in 1903. REPORT QUARTERBACK Kevin Carrasco has been inconsistent early in games, spectacular in the fourth quarter. His teammates clearly believe in him, and he has won the confidence of the coaching staff. B RUNNING BACKS Jason Parks sometimes shows up (219 yards against Desert, school record-tying five touchdowns against Pierce) and sometimes doesn't (23 yards against Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley ). B RECEIVERS They run their patterns, get open and, Mark Hamilton's performance against Pierce notwithstanding, catch the ball. Tim Feirfeil's ankle and knee injuries had better not be too serious. A- OFFENSIVE LINE Travis Knowles might redshirt and John Bondarczuk has a severe concussion. They're down to just six offensive linemen. Erien Hodge and Chris Memory have improved. C DEFENSIVE LINE Mike Kowalczyk is thriving since moving from linebacker. Hausia Faleofa is improving, too, but overall, the unit gets fewer sacks than the opposing defenses. C+ LINEBACKERS They've been strong since the summer. Sean Cogswell is a tackling machine. Kevin Giberson and Joe Dunster pressure quarterbacks with the best of them, and Jason Youngs also is capable. A+ DEFENSIVE BACKS They're improving butneed to do it faster with a tough second-half schedule. Jason Ascensio and Taywan Gholar need to play with more discipline, and Reggie Williams Reggie Williams may refer to:
C+ SPECIAL TEAMS Until the Pierce game, they were terrible, giving up scoring runs on punts and kickoffs, Now, thanks to Kevin Rhaburn's improvement, they're merely bad. They need to cut out the penalties. D COACHING Still too many penalties (85.8 yards per game) and four nail-biters out of five games. But the Cougars are 4-1 and beating teams they're supposed to, so things can't be all bad. B _ Lee Barnathan CAPTION(S): Box BOX: COC MIDWAY REPORT (See text) |
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