DINNER IS ON COC FOR WIZARD OF WESTWOOD.Byline: GERRY GITTELSON Community Sports Legendary coach John Wooden is the scheduled guest speaker at the inaugural 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. Hall of Fame dinner Jan. 20 at the Hyatt in Valencia. Wooden, who will turn 94 in October, is a member of the National Basketball Hall of Fame For Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, see Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. For other uses, see Basketball Hall of Fame (disambiguation). The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . He coached at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX for 27 seasons before retiring in 1975, winning 10 national championships (including seven in a row) and 16 conference titles over a 12-year period. The inductees are former administrator Chuck Rheinschmidt, longtime former basketball coach Lee Smelser, former College of the Canyons and U.S. Olympic women's volleyball player Linda Chissolm-Carillo, and former running back Clint McKinney. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased through the College of the Canyons athletic department. Information: (661) 259-7800, ext. 3432. --Construction of Valencia's new campus football stadium has yet to be completed, but the school still plans its first official home game at 7 p.m. Thursday against Oxnard. ``I'm skeptical, but the administration says as long as one side of the bleachers is finished, we're going to do it,'' coach Brian Stiman said. ``But I look out there and it doesn't like there's been much progress.'' If the facility isn't ready, Stiman said the game might be switched to Oxnard - though Valencia would lose ticket and concession revenue by doing so - or moved to a neutral site. Another option is to play Oxnard on Saturday at Canyon High. Most schools aren't playing football games Friday because of Yom Kippur Yom Kippur [Heb.,=day of atonement], in Judaism, the most sacred holy day, falling on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishri (usually late September or early October). It is a day of fasting and prayer for forgiveness for sins committed during the year. , a Jewish holiday
A Jewish holiday or Jewish Festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as a holy or secular commemoration of an important event in Jewish history. . ``I don't want to play on Saturday. That disrupts our whole routine and shortens our preparation for the next week,'' Stiman said. An update is expected Tuesday or Wednesday. --While defending Southern Section Div. II champion Hart's 38-29 football loss to visiting St. Bonaventure on Friday was a significant setback, Hart's preceding 35-14 junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. victory was a milestone. St. Bonaventure's junior varsity team For the American rock band, see . In sports, usually at the high school and college levels, members of a team who are not the main players in a competition (such as a football or basketball game) are called junior varsity players. entered with a 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" of more than 50 games, including consecutive one-sided victories over Hart the previous two seasons. ``I knew St. Bonaventure had won a lot of games in a row,'' junior varsity coach Chris Thurm said. Hart's Alex Pettee completed 14 of 21 passes for 211 yards and three touchdowns, and freshman Delano Howell rushed for 94 yards and scored on a 38-yard run and a 31-yard reception. --Hart varsity running back Najee Bright, one of the team's most promising players after rushing for 71 yards and a touchdown on six carries in the season opener against Moorpark, remains sidelined with a shoulder injury. He didn't suit up against St. Bonaventure and probably won't be available for Thursday's 7 p.m. game at Westlake (Fox Sports Net West). Bright, a senior who sat out last season because of transfer restrictions, also looked sharp during an opening scrimmage against South Bakersfield. --One thing more high school football punt returners should do is make fair catches. Instead, a lot of them let the football bounce away because they're afraid of mishandling the catch in traffic, but such a practice usually costs yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. . --Former Hart girls' volleyball standout Emily Steckel, now a sophomore at Memphis State, had a career-high 20 digs in a loss to Arkansas State on Tuesday. --Golden Valley High's football program appears to have a budding star in Julian Easley. He scored four touchdowns and intercepted three passes for the junior varsity in its opening 45-13 victory over St. John Bosco "Don Bosco" redirects here. For other uses, see Bosco (disambiguation). Saint Don Bosco, born Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco, and known in English as John Bosco of Bellflower. --Desi Rodriguez rushed for 167 yards on six carries, and Dylan Gates completed both of his two passes for 103 yards and two touchdowns to carry Canyon Green to a 40-0 youth-football J2 victory over Castaic in the season opener at the Rose Bowl last week. In other Rose Bowl opening action, Carlton Greer scored on a 9-yard run and added a two-point conversion In American football and Canadian football, a team may try to score a two-point conversion (score two points) instead of an extra point (one point) immediately after it scores a touchdown. with four minutes remaining to carry Canyon Bantam Gold to an 8-0 victory over Castaic. Jonathan Jerozal's 40-yard run set up the touchdown, and linebacker Anthony Arrarian was named defensive player of the game. Also, Castaic's J1 team defeated Canyon Green 32-16. Among the Canyon highlights was a 43-yard touchdown pass from James Scott James Scott is the name of several people:
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