DAILY NEWS ALL-AREA SALUTE TO SOUTH PARK.COACH OF THE YEAR HARRY WELCH, CANYON Canyon Following the Cowboys' 27-13 victory in the Div. I state championship bowl game, Welch said it was an honor for him to coach on the same field as Concord De La Salle's Bob Ladoceur. Although he might have won 129 fewer games and 15 less section titles than Ladoceur, there was no disputing Welch's place among the state's great football coaches when he walked off the field Dec. 16 at Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box Center. Facing the nation's top-ranked team at the time, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. , Welch led a battered and bruised Cowboys team to one of the most impressive wins in his 18-year career at Canyon. The victory, which snapped De La Salle's winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" at 21, helped the Cowboys rebound from a 1-2 start to win their final 11 games, including a 24-22 triumph over Moorpark the week before in the Northern Division final. ``(Bob Ladoceur) is a great man and a great coach. He's at the pinnacle of the pantheon of coaches and nothing in my mind has diminished that (after our victory),'' said Welch, whose team finished ranked No. 3 in the state by Cal-Hi Sports. ``(That win) was a beautiful, beautiful moment for me. To be with these young men and this community is one of the great things in my life.'' After winning three consecutive section titles from 1983-85, Welch is 59-16 since returning to the Canyon program in 2001, including two straight Foothill League titles and back-to-back section championships. He became only the fourth area football coach to win five division titles and is believed to be the only coach in state history to win consecutive titles two decades apart. GAME OF THE YEAR CANYON VS. MOORPARK Dec. 9 If not for Ben Longshore long·shore adj. Occurring, living, or working along a seacoast. [Short for alongshore.] orchestrating a five-play, 70-yard drive, if not for big receptions by J.J. DiLuigi and Anthony Arriaga and if not for a clutch kick by Christopher Chapman, Canyon would've never had the opportunity to play for a Div A DIV Associate of Divinity . I state championship, let alone knock off Concord De La Salle De La Salle is the name of several educational institutions affiliated with the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the Lasallian Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by French priest Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle: After needing a DiLuigi stop on Hart of Newhall's Troy Yudin at the 1- yard line to preserve a 21-13 victory in last year's Southern Section Div. II championship game, Canyon might have outdone out·do tr.v. out·did , out·done , out·do·ing, out·does To do more or better than in performance or action. See Synonyms at excel. itself with its come- from-behind 24-22 victory over Moorpark in the Northern Division final at Home Depot Center. Adam Barry's 13-yard touchdown pass to Nick Karam with 1:15 remaining, followed by Jake Lins' 2-point conversion pass to Ryan Murry, helped Moorpark rally from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to take a 22-21 lead. But the Cowboys' heroics ended the Musketeers' season the same way it began -- with a loss to Canyon. It was also the second consecutive finals setback for Moorpark, following a 27-7 loss to St. Bonaventure of Ventura in last season's Div. IV title game. Moorpark junior running back Darrell Scott For Darrell Scott, the "Rachel's Challenge" founder of this name, see . Darrell Scott is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has written several mainstream country hits, and also has established himself as one of Nashville's premier session rushed for a 12-yard touchdown, his state-leading 46th, and outgained DiLuigi 118-95 on the ground, but the total was the lowest of the season for the Musketeers' standout, who finished second in the state and third nationally with 3,194 yards. Longshore passed for 302 yards, including a 78-yard touchdown to Stephen Wirthlin and a 30-yarder to DiLuigi. Barry also ran for a touchdown for Moorpark, which suffered a 33-14 setback Aug. 31 at Canyon. NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR MALCOLM JONES The Malcolm Jones was an American automobile manufactured in Detroit from 1914 to 1915. It was a four-cylinder water-cooled cyclecar. Reference David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Oaks Christian, freshman For most ninth-graders, 15 tackles, a sack and an interception return for a touchdown would be a good season -- on the frosh/soph team. For Jones, that was his statistical line for one game -- perhaps the biggest varsity contest of Oaks Christian of Westlake Village's season. Competing on high school football's biggest stage didn't seem to faze the younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
Santa Rosa, city (1991 pop. 80,629), capital of La Pampa prov., central Argentina. It is a modern city and road junction surrounded by a rich agricultural and cattle-raising area. in the Div. III state championship bowl game, leaving many spectators in awe during his 64-yard runback run·back n. Football 1. The act of returning a kickoff, punt, or intercepted forward pass. 2. The distance so covered. following a one-handed interception and a side-step of a potential tackler late in the first quarter. He finished with 2.5 sacks and 51 tackles, 38 coming in the postseason after replacing injured teammate Marc Tyler at linebacker. CAPTION(S): 4 photos, 5 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) Daily News All-Area Salute to South Park Illustration by John Wareham via sp-studio.de (2 -- color) HARRY WELCH, CANYON Alex Collins/Special to the Daily News (3 -- color) Canyon High's Michael Payne, right, stops Moorpark's David Prickett in the Northern Division championship. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer (4 -- color) MALCOLM JONES Oaks Christian, freshman Box: (1) COACH OF THE YEAR (see text) (2) TOP 25 (3) LEAGUE CHAMPIONS (4) GAME OF THE YEAR (see text) (5) NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR (see text) |
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