FOR COC, A WALK IN THE PARKS : CANYONS 42, PIERCE 14.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer Finally, a breather. No dramatic fourth-quarter comebacks. No four-hour marathons. No one unit playing inconsistently. Just 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. finally playing its most complete game of the season in 2 hours, 58 minutes, and getting a school record to boot. Tailback tail·back n. Football The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage. tailback Noun Brit a queue of traffic stretching back from an obstruction Jason Parks no doubt will be remembered for his record-tying five touchdowns, but there was so much more in Canyons' 42-14 victory Saturday over host Pierce Pierce may refer to: Places
But first, the news. Canyons (4-1, 1-0) needed to sustain a running game to keep Pierce's (1-4, 0-1) offense off the field, and Parks responded with 137 yards in 26 carries. It's the most carries he has had this season and it's the second-most yards he's gained since his 219-yard first week against Desert. He scored the Cougars' first four touchdowns on runs of 4, 3, 10 and 6 yards. He also caught a 15-yard pass from Kevin Carrasco, tying him with Gary Hamilton Gary Hamilton (born October 6 1980, Banbridge, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish footballer. He currently plays for Glentoran F.C.. Hamilton currently holds the Irish Premier League record for the number of goals scored in a match, scoring six againist Omagh Town in (1970, five touchdowns vs. Pierce) for most scores in a game. Parks doubled his touchdown output to 10 this season. Parks is averaging 112 yards a game. For that to continue, he will have to get used to being shadowed by opposing linebackers. He got noticed after Desert, making all of his future gains hard-earned. ``The last two weeks, I've been pretty sore,'' he said. Canyons coach Chuck Lyon also has been sore about his team's inability to put teams away. On Saturday, Kevin Carrasco passed for 270 yards, completing 21 of 27 passes to seven different receivers. One receiver, Zeke Prado, came in when Tim Feirfeil went down in the first quarter with an ankle injury and filled in with three second-half catches for 46 yards. The defense, after being outgained 278-248 in the first half despite leading by two touchdowns, shut down the Brahmas in the second half. Pierce, which ended its losing streak at 30 games last week against Compton, gained just two first downs and 33 yards. Quarterback Calvin Zinck passed for 238 yards and two touchdowns to Vaughn Corley, but he completed just 5 of 16 (none to Corley) for 31 yards. And the Canyons defense scored the game's final touchdown. Jason Youngs deflected de·flect intr. & tr.v. de·flect·ed, de·flect·ing, de·flects To turn aside or cause to turn aside; bend or deviate. [Latin d a Calvin Zinck pass to fellow linebacker Joe Dunster, who lumbered in from 5 yards. ``We've been on edge. We've been inches away from executing,'' Dunster said. ``It's all about momentum.'' The special teams, which had almost given away the last two games, against East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. and Compton, gave up no big plays, and return man Kevin Rhaburn ran back a punt about 80 yards for a touchdown. Although a penalty nullified nul·li·fy tr.v. nul·li·fied, nul·li·fy·ing, nul·li·fies 1. To make null; invalidate. 2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of. it, Rhaburn looked confident, unlike during his multiple-fumble Desert game. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Canyons quarterback Mark Hamilton Mark Hamilton may refer to:
n. Football Either of two defensive halfbacks stationed a short distance behind the linebackers and relatively near the sidelines. Noun 1. Rob Anamizu. Edna Trunnell/Daily News |
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