COC WINS HOMECOMING EX-VENTURA PLAYERS KEY IN VICTORY OVER OLD TEAMMATES COC 44, VENTURA 10.Byline: Ross Ross , Sir Ronald 1857-1932. British physician. He won a 1902 Nobel Prize for proving that malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of the mosquito. Siler Staff Writer VENTURA - The final score on a chilly Saturday night from Ventura High was 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. 44, 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. 10. But it might as well have been the three Ventura transfers 35, their former team 0. After leaving Ventura for Canyons last winter, quarterback Jason Beck, running back Marcus Crawford and receiver L. Ray Hawkins each played a part in the Cougars' first five touchdowns before being removed in the third quarter of the blowout Blowout The rapid sale of all shares in a new securities offering. See: hot issue. blowout The nearly immediate sale of a new security issue because of great investor demand. See also hot issue. . ``Those guys came here with a purpose,'' Canyons coach Chuck Lyon said. ``And it showed.'' The Cougars (8-0, 5-0 Western State Conference) established a record for the best start in school history. And Beck played his best game at the school, finishing 17 of 24 for 319 yards and three touchdowns in only eight series of work. But it was the postgame handshakes for the transfers with former teammates and coaches that marked the true significance of Saturday's game. ``I was excited to come in and see everybody; it was a good time just seeing guys again,'' said Beck, who also rushed for 73 yards. ``But it was just another game - with some friendly faces.'' The intrigue Intrigue See also Conspiracy. Borgias 15th-century family who stopped at nothing to gain power. [Ital. Hist.: Plumb, 59] Ems dispatch Bismarck’s purposely provocative memo on Spanish succession; sparked Franco-Prussian war (1870). was not so much who would win - Canyons was ranked No. 1 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, and Ventura (4-4, 2-3) was coming off a 40-0 loss Monday to Moorpark - but how the Cougars' three Ventura transfers would play in their homecoming Homecoming Odyssey concerning Odysseus’s difficulties in getting home after war. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey] You Can’t Go Home Again revisiting his home town, a writer is disillusioned by what he sees. [Am. Lit. . At the end of the Pirates' 6-4 season in 2002, Beck, Hawkins and Crawford each transferred to Canyons, albeit for unrelated reasons. They stepped into starting spots immediately and have been major contributors to Lyon's team. As if to underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. the importance of the game, Lyon named all three captains Saturday. Crawford finished with two touchdowns and 64 yards rushing. Hawkins, meanwhile, caught two touchdowns from Beck. ``I was very excited,'' Hawkins said. ``Playing my old teammates. I just wanted to have fun out there. It was kind of hyped, but we wanted to play it like any other game.'' The answer to how the three would play was given on the Cougars' first drive. Beck connected on a 34-yard flea-flicker pass, Crawford bulled over tacklers on two 12-yard runs and Hawkins caught a 9-yard touchdown from Beck to make it 7-0. Canyons rolled to a 31-0 halftime lead, and the three transfers accounted for 91 percent of the Cougars' total offense. Ross Siler, (818) 713-3610 ross.siler(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: L. Ray Hawkins, right, fends of Ventura's Simon Demel on his way to the game's first touchdown Saturday at Ventura High. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News |
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