MARAUDERS FALL SHORT ONLY IN RECORD : ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE COACH PRAISES '96 SQUAD FOR WORK, CLEAN PLAY.Byline: Bryan Winchell Special to the Daily News For 50 seasons, the Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. football team has established a tradition of working hard, playing within the rules and never giving up. And though the 1996 Marauders (5-5, 4-4) fell one win short of meeting their goal of a winning record, Coach Brent Carder feels this team exemplified that reputation. ``I believe this team kind of re-established the Marauder MARAUDER. One who, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits a larceny or robbery in the neighborhood of the camp, or while wandering away from the army. Merl. Repert. h.t. way of doing things,'' Carder said. ``For whatever reason in 1994-95 we weren't as good. But this year, even though our record doesn't show it, we played just as good as we did prior to (these last two years).'' The Marauders were one fumble away from a winning record. In Saturday's 16-14 loss at Chaffey, quarterback Shawn Sharp and running back Jamar Day fumbled an exchange on the Chaffey 5-yard line with just over one minute to play in the game. ``All we had to do was not fumble and kick a field goal for the win,'' Carder said. ``But luck was not with us at that point. Sure it's disappointing, but I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if I've ever had a team play any harder and that was gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to see.'' While the Chaffey loss was probably the most heartbreaking heart·break·ing adj. 1. Causing overwhelming grief or distress. 2. Producing a strong emotional reaction: heartbreaking loveliness. of the season, the Marauders had a number of other close losses, too. They lost by 13 to Grossmont and San Bernardino Valley The San Bernardino Valley is the hub of Southern California's Inland Empire. It is drained by the Santa Ana River. It is bordered on the north by the San Bernardino Mountains and the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, on the east by the San Jacinto Mountains, and on the south and west and by seven to Mount San Jacinto Mount San Jacinto may refer to
The only loss that was a blowout Blowout The rapid sale of all shares in a new securities offering. See: hot issue. blowout The nearly immediate sale of a new security issue because of great investor demand. See also hot issue. was the season opener at Palomar, when the Marauders fell 43-6. ``That was a slap in the face Henry Ate released Slap in the Face in 1997. Track listing
After that game, the team steadily improved, which Carder said was both a credit to the work of his coaching staff and his players' desire. While the losses added up to a .500 season, the Marauders didn't fall to any teams with lesser talent than them. In fact, the five teams they lost to had a combined record of 40-10. On the positive side, when the Marauders won, they often won big. Besides a 22-13 win over Southwestern, 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 beat their other four opponents by a combined score of 197-42. When they won like that, it was mostly because of the running game and a swarming swarming 1. a phenomenon observed in cultures of Proteus spp. on solid media in which there is progressive surface spreading from the parent colony. 2. the periodic bee migration of the old queen and accompanying workers and drones from a full original hive which is defense. Freshman running back Lafayette Bailey finished the year second in the Foothill Conference with 864 yards and 11 touchdowns, and he led it with 8.6 yards per carry. Right behind him was freshman Jamar Day, who had 811 yards, 10 touchdowns and a 5.9 yards per carry average. ``The two freshmen took a little while to get their feet wet but they had good seasons once they did,'' Carder said. ``If you're talking about improvement on offense, you have to credit the offensive line. They did a real fine job.'' Defensively, the Marauders weren't big, but they were quick and aggressive. The rush defense finished second in the conference, holding opponents to 2.5 yards per carry and 86.5 yards per game, while the pass defense improved from some early season letdowns, finishing fifth at 174.2 yards per game. ``The defense lived to play football and it showed,'' Carder said. ``We had a lot of sophomores on defense and they definitely wanted to have a respectable season.'' Overall, the defense finished third in the conference at 260.7 yards per game and over its last five games it allowed 15.8 points per game. Carder's offensive philosophy is to run and wear the opponent down and that was reflected in the two quarterback's passing statistics. Shawn Sharp, who split time with Rocque Sandoval until Sandoval got hurt and missed the final four games, passed for 669 yards and seven touchdowns, while completing 41.7 percent of his passes and throwing eight interceptions. Sandoval was 27-for-57 (47.4 percent), for 247 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions, as Antelope Valley finished eighth out of nine conference teams with 91.5 yards per game through the air. Now that the season is over, it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for the football team to hit the books so they can either graduate or return for 1997 and the season opener against Pasadena at home. ``Every year we have to start over,'' Carder said. ``And then what you've got returning is a bonus. But you just can't tell for certain what exactly that will be.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Marauder running back Lafayette Bailey finished the year second in the Foothill Conference with 864 yards and 11 touchdowns. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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