COC GOLF NOTEBOOK: COC TEAM PLACES SECOND.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer VALENCIA - 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. sophomore Desire Banlow, the scoring leader and most valuable player in the Western State Conference last year for the WSC-champion COC See chip on chip. women's golf team, placed ninth overall in the Lady Otter Open at Fort Ord's Black Horse Golf Course. Banlow shot 80-81 on the par-72, 6,700-yard course to lead a second- place showing by Canyons in the community college division of the 19-team event, which was hosted by Cal State Monterey Bay. Diane Barber, who finished a stroke behind Banlow in WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) scoring last year, shot 85-86 at Black Horse, a course difficult enough to be used annually - at a longer length - for early-stage PGA Tour The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR". qualifying. Kim Gonzales (89-90), Jasmine Koehler (90-91) and Janet Richards (90-92) completed the Canyons scoring in the play-five-to-score-four format. --On track, again: Canyons finished 39 shots behind defending state community college champion Mt. San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. at the Otter Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. but outscored five other community college teams. ``The good thing is we shot 42 strokes lower than last year,'' said Canyons coach Gary Peterson, whose three-time WSC-champion Cougars have finished second, first and second in the past three state championships. He expects another good team this year, with the return of 1-2 conference scoring leaders Banlow and Barber and the addition of freshman Koehler, who was one of the leading players on an Agoura High team that reached the Southern Section final last season. ``I think they're both better,'' Peterson said of Banlow and Barber, ``and Jasmine, I think, has a lot of potential - she shows a lot of heart on the course.'' --WSC opener Monday: Canyons (7-1), which swept a three-way nonconference season opener with Bakersfield and 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. last week, will begin conference play Monday at Buena Ventura Golf Course, one of three neutral sites the six WSC teams will use for conference tournaments this season. The two other neutral-site matches are scheduled for El Dorado El Dorado, legendary country of South America El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. Golf Course in Long Beach, enabling WSC teams to become more familiar with the course that will host this 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, regionals. --Team to beat: ``Mt. San Antonio is very good,'' said Peterson, looking ahead to what he expects will be Canyons' main competition in the Southern California and state meets, should this year's Cougars continue the postseason success they have enjoyed since their first season of WSC play. ``We're still not quite where we want to be,'' Peterson said, ``but it looks promising.'' --Rock on: Former College of the Canyons women's golfer Carla Loomis might be one of the departed players Peterson misses most this season, considering the Cougars never lost a WSC match during her community college eligibility - going 50-0 in 2001 and 54-0 in 2002 with her in the starting lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes . ``She is so cool,'' Peterson said of Loomis, who helped the Cougars win their only state championship as a freshman. ``We called her `The Rock' because she was solid as a rock when she played for us. You knew every time she played, she would always shoot in the mid-80s. I don't think she ever shot a round for us in the 90s. Dave Shelburne, (818) 713-3609 dave.shelburne(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Coach Gary Peterson, left, likely will miss ``The Rock,'' steady golfer Carla Loomis, the most this season. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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