COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS FOOTBALL: CANYONS' OFFENSE IN BALANCE.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer A lesser-known aspect about the West Coast offense: You can run, too. 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. won its first football game in 17 years, 42-32 over College of the Desert on Saturday, in part because the Cougars were able to run the football. Jason Parks gained 219 of the team's 225 yards and scored three touchdowns. Meanwhile, three quarterbacks feeding a four-wideout spread netted 209 yards. ``When you get into that offense, there's the illusion Illusion See also Appearances, Deceiving. Barmecide feast imaginary feast served t0 beggar by prince. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights, “The Barmecide’s Feast”] Emperor’s New Clothes of running,'' Canyons coach Chuck Lyon said. ``The reality is, it's a balanced offense if you want it to be.'' First, Peter Dirksen connected with Mark Hamilton Mark Hamilton may refer to:
On the next possession, the offense ran for 31 yards and passed for 31 yards. When Sean Cogswell ran in from 1 yard out, it was 14-0. Quarterback-a-rama: Canyons' Kevin Carrasco earned the start for Saturday's game at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , Lyon said. Carrasco led a fourth-quarter comeback Comeback Australian breed of wool sheep, bred by crossing Merino with Corriedale, Polwarth or Zenith sheep; wool is 21 to 25 microns. It is a registered breed, but the term is more commonly used in the sense of a type of sheep produced by crossbreeding a crossbred Merino back to Merino. with two scoring passes to Tim Feirfeil. Whether or not Carrasco earned the start for the rest of the season is unknown. Carrasco, Peter Dirksen and Chris Kobe played against Desert. Each will play again this weekend before Lyon selects a starter for the Western State Conference (and home) opener Sept. 26 against Compton. Who has the inside track? Dirksen played the first quarter and completed his first three passes for 86 yards. Then he threw an interception, and Carrasco came in for the second quarter. Carrasco completed 4 of 8 for 32 yards. Kobe played the third quarter and failed to complete any of his four passes. Lyon said Carrasco's and Kobe's numbers weren't necessarily their faults, as the team missed reads, didn't run correct patterns or dropped passes. But it was clear Dirksen had the offense in a flow, so he started the fourth quarter. When he couldn't move the team, in came Carrasco, who threw two touchdown passes to Feirfeil to help seal the game. One of the scores was all Feirfeil.He sprinted down the left sideline sideline See on the sidelines. to account for most of the 74 yards. Still, Carrasco showed leadership, resulting in his opportunity Saturday. More on the up side: Linebackers Kevin Giberson, Cogswell and Joe Dunster proved their worth, sacking sack·ing n. A coarse, stout woven cloth, such as burlap or gunny, used for making sacks; sackcloth. sacking Noun coarse cloth woven from flax, hemp, or jute, and used to make sacks Noun Desert quarterback D.J. Maston five times. And Cogswell, doing his best Refrigerator Perry impression despite weighing just 215 pounds, scored a touchdown. Defensive back Jason Ascensio ran down Desert receiver Chris Johnson Chris Johnson may refer to: In sports:
On the down side: There still is work to be done. Thirteen penalties for 85 yards, two lost fumbles, poor special-teams play and the revolving quarterback situation need addressing. Lyon has answers for each of them. Canyons committed one fewer penalty than in the preseason scrimmage, Lyon said. Five of the penalties were the defensive line jumping offside off·side also off·sides adv. & adj. 1. Sports Illegally ahead of the ball or puck in the attacking zone. 2. ; that will decrease with more practice and discipline. There will be a change on kick and punt returns In American and Canadian football a punt return is one of the punt receiving team's options to respond to a punt. A player (usually a second or third string wide receiver or running back) positioned many yards from the line of scrimmage will attempt to catch or pick up the ball . Kevin Rhaburn, one of three sophomores on the team, had difficulty handling the ball. ``He's done. We'll replace him,'' Lyon said. ``You do the job or you get replaced. If the next guy doesn't, you might get another chance.'' |
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