COC NOTEBOOK: LOSING LIGHTS FIRE UNDER COC.Byline: Heather Gripp 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, - Losing was the best way to turn 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. football team into a winner. Since being humiliated hu·mil·i·ate tr.v. hu·mil·i·at·ed, hu·mil·i·at·ing, hu·mil·i·ates To lower the pride, dignity, or self-respect of. See Synonyms at degrade. in a season-opening loss to 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. , the Cougars have won six consecutive games and moved into the national rankings. Saturday's victory over then-Western State Conference Pacific Division co-leader Hancock moved COC See chip on chip. to No. 5 in this week'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, rankings. ``I think losing to them was good,'' sophomore wide receiver Cedric Thompson said of the 27-3 loss to Santa Ana. ``We know we can't underestimate anyone. And we started working as a team. At first, everyone wanted to be a star - 'Give me the ball, give me the ball.' Now we'll do whatever it takes to win. Everything's for the team now. ``We always check ourselves and look back at Santa Ana.'' The approach produced an upset over national power Cerritos as well as last week's victory over traditional rival Hancock despite an injury to the Cougars' starting quarterback. The season is going so well for COC (6-1, 4-0) that some of the players have started talking about playing for the state title. With three weeks left in the regular season, there are four undefeated teams in the state, two of which are in Southern California. --Bauer questionable: Quarterback Kyle Bauer is uncertain if he'll play in Saturday's home finale against West L.A. The freshman became the Cougars' second injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. quarterback when he hurt his ankle and missed the second half of last week's victory over Hancock. ``I'm walking but with a limp,'' Bauer said. ``I really can't say if I'll be playing because I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. .'' Freshman Jimbo Thompson is expected to start if Bauer is unavailable. --Gaining notice: The women's volleyball team suffered its first conference loss last week at Pierce, but that didn't keep the Cougars from making their debut in the state rankings. COC (10-7) is No. 23 in the latest state poll and No. 15 in Southern California. --Seeing red: The women's soccer team had to find other sources of offense when two of its forwards missed games last week because of red cards in a previous game. Heather Collins missed the Oct. 23 victory against Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. but was back to score her team-high 23rd goal in Friday's 8-1 victory over Citrus. Karina Banales can return this week after sitting three games because of an Oct. 19 incident against Glendale. --She can score, too: Sophomore Tessa Barnett is one of the top defenders on the women's soccer team. On Friday, she was also one of its leading scorers. Barnett scored her first goal of the season and added two assists in the victory over Citrus. She entered the game with just one assist this season. --Going for a perfect 10: Clinching a third consecutive division title wasn't enough for the women's soccer team. The Cougars are trying to go undefeated 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) South Division play for a second year in a row. But this year, COC has to win additional games to do so. The Cougars went 8-0 en route to last year's South title. This year's inclusion of Pierce added two games to division play but not an end to COC's divisional dominance. The Cougars improved to 8-0 in South play and clinched the division title by defeating Bakersfield 3-1 Tuesday. They finish the regular season with home games Friday against Pierce and Monday vs. Glendale. --Odds and ends: The cross country teams compete in the Southern California Regionals on Saturday at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. . The COC women were third at last week's WSC finals; the men finished 10th. ... The undefeated women's golf team continues its quest to return to the state championships when it participates in the WSC finals Monday and Tuesday. ... Basketball season begins next week. The men's team opens at home against Orange Coast on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. The women's team opens the same night at Cypress. |
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