COC NOTEBOOK: AFTER WINNING 6TH GAME, CANYONS IS DOWN A RUNG.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer Despite winning again on Saturday, College of the Canyons' football team dropped a spot in the 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, rankings. After beating 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. 46-18, the Cougars (6-1, 3-0 Western State Conference North Division) are at No. 7 in the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Community College Football Coaches Association poll. After beating Allan Hancock the week before, Canyons jumped from 13th to sixth. Now, Hancock is sixth. Canyons remains unchanged at 10th in the state poll. Coach Chuck Lyon Lyon English Lyons City (pop., 1999: city, 445,452; metro. area, 1,348,932), east-central France. Located at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers, it was founded as the Roman military colony Lugdunum in 43 BC (see uttered an expletive when he saw the poll. Then he changed his mind and said the ranking is fair. ``I think that's a generous ranking,'' he said. ``We've got to win some more games.'' The division winner earns an automatic bowl berth. The second-place finisher usually goes to a bowl. All Canyons has to do is win its final three games - against Glendale and at Bakersfield and Ventura - to earn the automatic berth. That's no easy task, especially with injuries mounting. Offensive lineman Lineman or linesman may refer to:
Mercado first originated in Spain. In English it means 'market'. Is the last name of the 'Great' Fifa Soccer player Eswold. will miss at least this week with a knee injury. ``I want to know where we end up in the end,'' Lyon said. ``Our goal is to get into a bowl game.'' Add football: The Cougars are the conference's top scoring team, averaging 39.7 points a game. This week, they took over from Glendale as the No. 1 offensive team, averaging 390 yards a game. Glendale, with a 380-yard average, fell to fourth. Looking up: It has been a while since Lee Smelser has had reason to look up - at his players and his mood. As Smelser draws closer to the start of his 30th season as men's basketball coach at 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. , he find himself with the tallest group he has had in at least a decade. The Cougars, who begin Nov. 13 hosting Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. , will be big in the middle with 6-foot-9, 240-pound Mike Motherspaw from Canyon High, 6-8, 240 forward Steve Buscher from Burroughs and 6-4, 260 Louis Moore from Birmingham. Plus, there's 6-7, 245 Jason Youngs, but he won't be available for the season opener because he's on the football team, and its final regular-season game is Nov. 14 at Ventura. The Cougars, if they keep winning, likely will earn a bowl bid, further delaying Youngs' basketball season. Youngs has a shoulder injury, but Smelser is happy he isn't hampered with a bad knee or ankle. |
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