4-29-09 Two Former COC Players Get Picked Up By NFL Teams
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Former Cougar safety Troy Nolan was drafted in the seventh round of the 2009 National Football League Draft on Sunday afternoon by the Houston Texans, while former Cougar wide receiver Shane Morales signed a rookie free agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals.
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Cougar Football Players Sign With High-Powered Teams On National Signing Day
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – The 2008 College of the Canyons football team continued its tradition of post-season success off the field as 11 players signed with four-year universities on National Signing Day, including eight players with Division I schools.
1-9-08 Cougar Football Collects More Post-Season Awards
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Five Cougars from the 2008 National Division, Northern Conference Champion College of the Canyons football team were honored with 2008 All-America awards, and seven were named All-State, including All-State Defensive Player of the Year for defensive lineman Marquis Jackson.
12-6-08 COC Falls In Final Seconds In SoCal Championship Game
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – The College of the Canyons football team goal of playing in the state championship game was cut short on Saturday evening as the visiting Mt. SAC Mounties scored two touchdowns in the final 10 seconds of the Southern California Championship game to win, 51-44, and move on to the state title game.
11-29-08 Carpenter Breaks Own School Record, COC Beats El Camino
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – College of the Canyons wide receiver and Conference Offensive Player of the Year Hayo Carpenter pulled down 10 passes for 236 yards and two touchdowns to help lead the No. 1 Cougars over visiting No. 4 El Camino 36-27 on Saturday night in the Southern California Semifinals. The win means College of the Canyons returns to the Southern California championship game on Dec. 6 against No. 3 Mt San Antonio College, a double overtime winner against No. 2 Fullerton College earlier that day.
11-22-08 Winborn And McClellan Lead COC To First-Round Win
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – The No. 1 College of the Canyons scored 41 points in the first game of the 2008 playoffs to win , 41-17 over No. 8 Antelope Valley College to win the Western State Conference Bowl.
11-21-08 COC Brings In 18 All-Conference Awards And Three Top Conference Honors
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – College of the Canyons football nabbed 15 all-conference awards following the Cougar’s perfect 10-0 season as well as a sweep of the conference’s top-three honors in Coach of the Year for Garett Tujague, Offensive Player of the Year for sophomore wide receiver Hayo Carpenter and Defensive Player of the Year for freshman defensive lineman Marquis Jackson, for a total of 18 awards for the 2008 season.
11-15-08 Cougars End Regular Season at 10-0
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Even though College of the Canyons had clinched the Northern Conference championship with a win over Pasadena City College the weekend before, the Cougars headed into the game against archrival Bakersfield College determined not to take it easy.
11-8-08 COC Defeats Pasadena, Earns Conference Title
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – With a record-breaking performance by running back Fred Winborn and an impressive defensive stand in overtime, College of the Canyons defeated Pasadena City College 42-41 on Saturday night — giving the college its first conference title since 2005 and first ever Northern Division, National Conference Championship.
10-25-08 Winborn Scores Three, Powers COC Past Ventura
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – The College of the Canyons football team put up 52 points in route to their eighth consecutive win on Saturday night as they remained perfect in conference play with a 52-29 win over Ventura College.
10-24-08 Cougars Ready To Play Host To Ventura College
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Tonight, the College of the Canyons plays host to No. 20 Ventura College in a National Division, Northern Conference match up. College of the Canyons remains in the No. 2 spot in the Southern California Regional Football Poll, behind No. 1 Mt. SAC (6-0). Ventura College enters as the 20th-ranked team in the region. The regional poll will be used for the selection of post-season and bowl game participants at the end of the regular season.
10-18-08 McClellan Throws For Three Touchdowns, Leads Cougars Past Glendale
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GLENDALE, Calif. – The College of the Canyons football team broke a 14-14 halftime tie with the Glendale College Vaqueros on Saturday night as quarterback Brad McClellan threw for three touchdowns and carried in another to lift COC past Glendale, 42-23.
10-11-08 Winborn And Carpenter Break School Records In Rout To Win Over Moorpark College
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Sophomores Hayo Carpenter and Fred Winborn combined to tie and break four school records on Saturday night against Moorpark College in rout to their second conference win, 48-3.
10-9-08 Football Looks To Remain Undefeated Against Moorpark College
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – The third-ranked College of the Canyons football team welcomes No. 17 Moorpark College tonight in the Cougar’s second National Division, Northern Conference game of the season and the Raiders’ conference opener.
10-8-08 Cougar Football Set To Host Second Annual S.N.A.P. Flag Football League Tournament
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - The College of the Canyons football team and LETMESAIL (Lifestyle Enrichment Through Meaningful Exercise, Social Activity and Independent Living) have teamed up once again for the S.N.A.P. (Special Needs Athletes and Peers) Flag Football League Tournament, which will be held at Cougar Stadium from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12.
10-4-08 Football Pounds Allan Hancock
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. – College of the Canyons sophomore quarterback Joey Frias threw for two touchdowns and ran in another on Saturday night to help lift the Cougars past Allan Hancock College, 42-21.
9-27-08 Cougars Slip By Fullerton College
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FULLERTON, Calif. – Freshman defensive back Marlon Douglas recovered a Fullerton College fumble at the College of the Canyons 15-yard line to prevent the Hornets from tying the game with less than two minutes to go for the Cougars’ closest win of the season, 34-28, on Saturday night.
9-20-08 Frias Throws For Five Touchdowns As Cougars Defeat L.A. Valley, 66-7
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Quarterback Joey Frias threw for five touchdowns and ran for another on Saturday night as the College of the Canyons handled L.A. Valley College 66-7 in the Cougar’s homecoming game.
9-19-08 Canyons Take On L.A. Valley For Second Home Game Of The Season
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – The Cougars play host to the visiting L.A. Valley College Monarchs in a non-conference game and the annual homecoming football game for College of the Canyons. COC remained the third-ranked team in the state after starting the season 2-0. Valley is currently not ranked.
9-13-08 Winborn And Cougars Take Down Vaqueros, 56-6
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - In College of the Canyons first home game of the season, sophomore Fred Winborn scored two touchdowns on the ground, caught one in the air, and passed one to teammate Hayo Carpenter to help the Cougars rout visiting Santa Barbara City College 56-6 Saturday night.
9-12-08 COC Ready To Host Season Opener
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Garett Tujague and his College of the Canyons Cougars enter Saturday’s contest as the No. 3 team according to California Community College Athletics Association and the California Football Coaches Association Weekly Poll. COC is hosting American Division, Pacific Conference team Santa Barbara City in both team’s second non-conference game of the year.
9-6-08 Hayo Carpenter Scores Three Touchdowns, Leads Cougars To 54-14 Victory In Season Opener
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QUARTZ HILL, Calif. – The College of the Canyons football team overcame first game jitters on Saturday night after the Antelope Valley Marauders returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, to take control of the game for a 54-14 victory.
8-15-08 New Conferences Equal New Challenges For The Cougar Football Team In 2008
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - On Nov. 19, 2007 the Southern California Football Association (SCFA) approved a realignment of the Southern California football conferences – the National and American Divisions with three regional conferences in the National Division and two regional conferences in the American Division – in an effort to create a more competitive balance among the SoCal football teams.
7-7-08 Cougar Football Named Preseason No. 1 by Street & Smith's Sporting News
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – The College of the Canyons football team has received the Street & Smith’s Sporting News College Football 2008 Yearbook’s top nod with the No. 1 ranking among community college football programs across the nation. The annual preseason publication includes division I, II and III, and NAIA rankings and has a national circulation of 160,000.
4-28-08 Two Former Cougars Selected in 2008 NFL Draft
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - Former College of the Canyons football players –cornerback Justin Tryon and linebacker Joey LaRocque – were selected in the in the fourth and seventh rounds by the Washington Redskins and Chicago Bears, respectively of the 2008 NFL Draft this past weekend. They become the fifth and sixth Cougars to be drafted by an NFL team since the program was reinstated at COC in 1998.
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