COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS NOTEBOOK: CANYONS' QUIET RECORD-BREAKER.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer VALENCIA - The home run record for 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. baseball team might be one of the best-kept secrets around. The Cougars aren't sure if the player who set the record even knows about it. Sophomore infielder Francisco Enriquez made his way into the COC See chip on chip. record books by slugging For the baseball statistic, see Slugging average. Slugging is the practice of forming ad-hoc, informal carpools for purposes of commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking. 19 home runs, but the Cougars would rather downplay the achievement, hoping neither Enriquez nor opponents will start approaching his at-bats differently. ``We didn't want to tell him,'' COC coach Chris Cota said. ``We didn't want him to change his swing trying to hit home runs. He still doesn't know. We won't say anything, we got that mojo going. He might know by now, but nobody else does.'' Enriquez's home run heroics are such a secret that the Western State Conference lists his total incorrectly in this week's release. He is listed as leading the conference with seven home runs during 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) play, but he actually entered the week with 11 homers in conference. He hit his 12th Tuesday when he was one of four Cougars to homer in a 12-9 loss to Citrus. Enriquez, a product of San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. High, hit five home runs during conference last year. --Another WSC leader: Sophomore outfielder David Decker has surpassed teammate Adam Rondou as the Cougars' leading hitter during conference. Decker entered the week batting a WSC-best .422 (.372 overall). He added three hits, including a double, in Tuesday's loss. Rondou maintained COC's highest overall average at .394. --Keeping it tight: Saturday's victory over first-place Citrus moved the Cougars baseball team into a first-place tie in the WSC South Division. COC had an ideal opportunity to extend its lead when it faced Citrus again Tuesday, the same day co-leader Glendale lost. However, the Cougars lost to form a three-way tie for the lead entering Thursday's game against last-place Valley. If a tie remains when WSC play ends May 4, head-to-head results serve as the tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie for postseason berths (only the top two teams from each division receives an automatic berth). COC split its season series against Citrus. The Cougars have two more games against Glendale, the first Tuesday First Tuesday is a networking forum for technology entrepreneurs, companies seeking venture capital, investors and related service providers. Founded in 1998, First Tuesday now has 38,000 members and the 10 branches across Europe host meetings on the first Tuesday every month. at home at 2:30 p.m. COC is 1-1 so far against the defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Vaqueros. Glendale also has two games left against Citrus. ``A lot of things can happen,'' Cota said. --The end is near: The season is likely about to end much sooner than usual for the Cougars softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team. The three-time defending WSC champions finish the regular season Tuesday at home against second-place Bakersfield, which defeated the Cougars two weeks earlier. COC was 19-20 and in third place in the Blue Division entering Thursday's game against first-place Moorpark. --Upcoming: The track and field team competes in the WSC prelims Saturday at Bakersfield. ... The confernece swimming championships begin Thursday at Citrus, where COC's Christine Castellano and Derek Ervin should be among the favorites. ... The men's golf team has next week off from conference competition to prepare for the April 20 WSC finals. |
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