COC NOTEBOOK: EXTRA WORK PAYS DIVIDENDS FOR CANYONS.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The 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. women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team had just played a road game the previous night, but in preparation for its biggest nonconference game of the preseason Friday night, coach Greg Herrick took the unusual step of holding an extra practice earlier in the day. The extra work apparently paid off as COC See chip on chip. upset visiting Ventura College Ventura College is a California-state funded community college located in Ventura, California. Established in 1925, the college has a 112-acre campus with an enrollment of 13,000 students. The college is part of the Ventura County Community College District. 69-61. Ventura, the defending state champion, was ranked No. 1 in the state. The Cougars were ranked 17th. ``It gave us extra focus,'' Herrick said of the extra practice. COC, which improved to 11-4, was coming off a 97-55 victory at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. on Thursday. COC's victory over Ventura snapped a streak of 10 consecutive losses to the Pirates - including the state championship final in 1997 - since Herrick became the Cougars' coach in 1992. ``We just battled,'' he said. ``They put this pressure on you and you've got to withstand their pressure. They willed themselves to win. They just wouldn't be denied.'' Although the Cougars' week concluded on a winning note, it started with an 84-70 loss to visiting Irvine Valley College Irvine Valley College (IVC) is a community college in Irvine, California and it is a part of the California Community Colleges system. Irvine Valley College and its sister college, Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, comprise the South Orange County Community College on Tuesday. Irvine Valley Irvine Valley may refer to:
``In the Irvine Valley game we didn't rebound and we didn't shoot well. This game we proved that we could do it,'' COC forward Siosi Tuli said after the Cougars' victory over Ventura. Tuli, COC's leading scorer with 14 points, cemented the victory with 30 seconds remaining in the game when she put back her own missed layup, which gave the Cougars a 68-61 lead. ``We showed what type of team we could really be,'' guard/forward Vonetta Lanier said. ``Coach (Greg Herrick) asked us to step it up and play hard for 40 minutes and we really did that. We really came together and now this is a brand-new team.'' Lanier said she was not surprised the Cougars won. ``Our coach instilled so much confidence in us all week that we knew we could do it,'' she said. Herrick said his players deserved the right to bask in the glory of their dramatic victory, but warned they can't afford to lose perspective. ``It's just another game,'' he said. ``It was a great win, and it goes a long way to establish ourselves, but when we go play next week, they're not going to care whether we won or lost.'' The Cougars look to build on their recent success when they play at the three-day De Anza Tournament in Cupertino, which begins Thursday. |
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