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2008 SEASON
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GAME 1
College of the Canyons 54
@ Antelope Valley 14
Complete Box Score
Rushing: Winborn-17 carries for 127 yards and one touchdown
Passing: McClellan-13-of-20 for 170 yards and one touchdown
Receiving: Carpenter-Eight receptions for 182 yards and two touchdowns
The College of the Canyons football team overcame first game jitters 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 in the first game of the season. No. 4 COC handily defeated the No. 20 Marauders with 501 yards of total offense (270 rushing and 231 passing), while the defense only gave up 150 offensive yards and 10 first downs in 60 minutes. The Cougars opened the game with a special teams blunder, allowing AVC to return the ball 95 yards for a touchdown and the first points of the evening. Visibly shaken, COC could not move the ball for a first down on the ensuing possession and punted the ball back to AVC. But, the Marauders got a taste of the COC defense, as they too could not move the chains. A 39-yard punt to sophomore Hayo Carpenter was returned 47 yards for a touchdown, putting COC on the board for the first time. Both teams remained scoreless for the second quarter, but COC opened up its lead even more to start the second half with two quick scores. At the 10:36 mark of the third, quarterback Brad McClellan turned in his first touchdown of the year on a one-yard carry and put COC up 27-7. COC was back in the end zone in a few seconds when defensive back Josh Gibbs intercepted an AVC pass, and returned it 45 yards for a touchdown at the 10:01 mark. Carpenter would score two more times in the third quarter – on 21-yard and 54-yard pass plays from Joey Frias and Brad McClellan, respectively.
Record: 1-0
GAME 2
Santa Barbara 6
@ College of the Canyons 56
Complete Box Score
Rushing: Winborn-15 carries for 223 yards and two touchdowns
Passing: McClellan-9-of-15 for 180 yards and three touchdowns
Receiving: Carpenter-Six receptions for 164 yards and three touchdowns
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. The sophomore running back collected 223 yards rushing, 40 yards receiving and 35 yards passing for 298 offensive yards, accounting for 52 percent of the team’s 576 total yards on the night. Santa Barbara got its first and only touchdown of the night in the final seconds of the third quarter from former Cougar quarterback turned Vaquero Austin Civita. The Vaqueros tried for the extra point, but the Jeremy Ybarra kick was blocked by defensive lineman Dejuan Yates. COC added one more score in the fourth quarter with 8:45 left in the game on a 1-yard carry by running back Sean Quinn. SBCC got in the red zone three times and only converted on one possession, while COC was 4-for-4 inside the 20-yard line. The defense had eight sacks in the game, all coming against Civita, and held SBCC’s running game to 52 yards.
Record: 2-0
GAME 3
L.A. Valley 7
@ College of the Canyons 66
Complete Box Score
Rushing: Iverson-11 carries for 104 yards
Frias-13 carries for 103 yards and one touchdown
Passing: Frias-23-of-33 for 282 yards, two interceptions and five touchdowns
Receiving: Carpenter-15 receptions for 150 yards and two touchdowns
Quarterback Joey Frias threw for five touchdowns and ran for another as the College of the Canyons handled L.A. Valley College 66-7 in the Cougars’ homecoming game. The Cougars scored nine touchdowns in the game, tying a school record that has been in place since 2001. Kicker Ricky Drake also tied a school record with nine extra points on the night and wide receiver Hayo Carpenter broke a school record after catching 15 passes. With a 45-7 advantage in the fourth quarter, the reserves had a chance to get some playing time. Wide receiver Justin Stone added a 14-yard scamper into the end zone, and carries of 4 yards and 8 yards by quarterback Eric Brown earned the final Cougar points of the night. The COC defense held Valley to 190 yards (206 yards passing and -16 yards rushing), 10 yards under its 201.0 yards per game that it had been giving up before the meeting. The defense also added five sacks, including 3.5 by freshman defensive lineman Marquis Jackson. Carpenter had his third consecutive game with at least 150 yards receiving and two scores. He caught 15 passes for 150 yards and two touchdowns, while collecting 271 yards on kick and punt returns. Frias was 23-of-32 for 282 yards and five touchdowns, while throwing two interceptions.
Record: 3-0
GAME 4
College of the Canyons 34
@ Fullerton 28
Complete Box Score
Rushing: Winborn-18 carries for 115 yards and one touchdown
McClellan-11 carries for 115 yards and one touchdown
Passing: McClellan-5-of-13 for 86 yards and one interception
Receiving: Carpenter-One reception for 41 yards
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 at that point, 34-28. The Fullerton College Hornets outscored COC 21-6 in the second and third quarters to take a 21-20 lead over COC. The two teams tied the score in the fourth at 28, but a final COC touchdown at 4:41 gave the Cougars the advantage. COC relied on BJ Iverson and Brandon McDonald to help set up for the final COC touchdown. Iverson used carries of 19 and 13 yards, while McDonald went for 19 yards and a 2-yard touchdown run to give COC a 34-28 lead. The extra point attempt failed, but by the end of the game, it wouldn’t matter. It looked like Fullerton would have the final points of the game on the next drive. Fullerton moved the ball all the way down to the COC 8-yard line, where it seemed it was just a matter of snaps before they would be in the end zone and then go for the extra point and the win. But, on second and two, Fullerton’s quarterback pitched the ball back to his running back who fumbled the ball. The Cougar’s defensive back Douglas came up with the ball with 1:28 left in the game and that would end Fullerton’s hopes for the win. COC was held to only 107 yards passing, but made up for it with 302 yards rushing, and for the first time all season had no passing touchdowns.
Record: 4-0
GAME 5
College of the Canyons 42
@ Allan Hancock 21
Complete Box Score
Rushing: Iverson: 13 carries for 103 yards
Passing: McClellan-7-of-18 for 139 yards, one interception and one touchdown
Frias-5-of-11 for 139 yards, one interception and two touchdowns
Receiving: Carpenter-Four receptions for 76 yards and one touchdown
College of the Canyons sophomore quarterback Joey Frias threw for two touchdowns and ran in another to help lift the Cougars past Allan Hancock College, 42-21. COC racked up 23 first downs to the Bulldogs’ 13 and the defense held Hancock to 237 total yards (134 yards rushing and 103 yards passing). COC stifled Hancock in the first and a majority of the second quarter, holding the team to three-and-outs until about six minutes before the end of the half when the Bulldogs got their first first down in the middle of the second quarter. The Bulldogs marched the ball all the way down to the COC six-yard line, but COC’s secondary defended the pass on fourth and two. Both teams came out shaky in the second half, as both teams committed turnovers. The Cougars got it back together though when the Bulldogs turned the ball over on downs again, setting COC up for a score on the Hancock 12-yard line. A nine-yard rush from quarterback Brad McClellan combined with a short 3-yard Sean Quinn carry gave the Cougars a 42-7 lead. The Bulldogs would add 14 more points in their column before the end of the game, but it didn’t end up enough to beat COC. Freshman defensive back Josh Gibbs recorded 11 tackles, six solo, and defensive lineman Will Kanongata’a and Jonathon Hollins had 10 tackles each. Kanongata’a also had 2.5 sacks and Hollins had half a sack for the night.
Record: 5-0 (1-0)
GAME 6
Moorpark 3
@ College of the Canyons 48
Complete Box Score
Rushing: McClellan-18 carries for 155 yards and one touchdown
Winborn-12 carries for 74 yards and four touchdowns
Passing: McClellan-19-of-26 for 298 yards, one interception and one touchdown
Receiving: Carpenter-12 receptions for 225 yards and one touchdown
Sophomores Hayo Carpenter and Fred Winborn combined to tie and break four school records against Moorpark College en route to their second conference win, 48-3. Running back Winborn broke the school record for carries in a career with a two-year total of 240, surpassing the former record of 233 held by Marcel Marquez during the 2004-05 season. He also tied the record for rushing TDs in a game with four on the night. He accomplished the same feat twice last year. The four scores moved him into a tie with former Cal running back J.J. Arrington for career rushing touchdowns with 29. Wide receiver Carpenter claimed the record for the best single game receiving yardage after pulling down 225 yards. The record had been held by Mark Hamilton, who had 214 yards in a game against Glendale during the 1998 season. The win marked the 100th win since the football program was reinstated at the college in 1998, 11 years ago. The COC defense played a large part in the win against the Raiders, holding Moorpark to only nine first downs and 139 yards of total offense (53 yards rushing, 86 yards passing). This was the first game of the season that COC held the opposing team out of the end zone for a score, and it also held the Raiders to 2.4 yards per play, under COC’s average of giving up 3.3 yards per play on the season.
Record: 6-0 (2-0)
GAME 7
College of the Canyons 43
@ Glendale 23
Complete Box Score
Rushing: Winborn-14 carries for 101 yards and one touchdown
Passing: McClellan-18-of-22 for 346 yards and three touchdowns
Receiving: Carpenter-10 receptions for 175 yards and one touchdown
The College of the Canyons football team broke a 14-14 halftime tie with the Glendale College Vaqueros as quarterback Brad McClellan threw for three touchdowns and carried in another to lift COC past Glendale, 43-23. McClellan, who was relatively quiet on the scoring front in the first half, exploded for his own rushing touchdown and then connected once with sophomore wide receiver Hayo Carpenter and twice with sophomore wide receiver Jovan Leacock to score 29 points in the second half. Entering the second quarter, COC had a 14-0 lead, but was held scoreless as Glendale held COC to one first down and recovered the ball once on a fumble. While the Cougars struggled, the Vaqueros put up 14 points of their own to tie the game at 14-all at the halfway point. COC regrouped in the second half and opened the third quarter with a seven-play, 59-yard march that ended with an 8-yard McClellan rushing touchdown. The kick from Ricky Drake, who was 5-of-5 on the night, was good, and COC took a 21-14 lead. The Cougars quickly increased their lead with a helpful play from the defense: linebacker Steve Gourley blocked Glendale’s punt to start the fourth quarter. Defensive back Roderick Oliver recovered it and ran 34 yards to the Glendale 20-yard line. With a short field, it only took one snap for McClellan to find Leacock in the end zone for a 20-yard touchdown pass with 12:15 left in the game. McClellan connected one more time with Leacock on a 15-yard pass with 9:21 left in the game for the Cougars’ final points of the game.
Record: 7-0 (3-0)
GAME 8
Ventura 29
@ College of the Canyons 52
Complete Box Score
Rushing: Winborn-21 carries for 129 yards and three touchdowns
Passing: McClellan-19-of-23 for 217 yards and two touchdowns
Receiving: Carpenter-10 receptions for 120 yards and two touchdowns
The College of the Canyons football team put up 52 points en route to their eighth consecutive win as they remained perfect in conference play with a 52-29 win over Ventura College. The Cougar defense held the conference-leading quarterback Lee Mondol to 70 yards passing and no scores on a 9-of-22 night. COC also held the Pirate’s leading scorer, running back Semaj Washington, to 28 yards and no touchdowns. COC opened the second half of the game scoring on a kickoff return for a TD. Wide receiver Taveon Burke returned the ball 91 yards with 16 seconds off the clock and COC took a 42-7 lead. Ventura reacted with its own kickoff return for a touchdown on the ensuing play for the Pirates first and only points of the third quarter. COC scored every time they received the ball in the third quarter, including an 8-play, 76-yard drive that concluded with a 13-yard carry for running back Sean Quinn into the end zone at the 11:04 mark. Canyons’ final points of the third quarter and the game were put up by Ricky Drake on a 39-yard field goal. The Pirates backup quarterback Cody Holland hit two different wide receivers in the fourth quarter to score 16 points, but still fell short of the Cougar’s 52 points.
Record: 8-0 (4-0)
GAME 9
Pasadena 41
@ College of the Canyons 42
Complete Box Score
Rushing: Winborn-27 carries for 235 yards and five touchdowns
Passing: McClellan-13-of-23 for 164 yards, one interception and one touchdown
Receiving: Carpenter-Four receptions for 90 yards
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 — giving the college its first conference title since 2005 and first ever Northern Division, National Conference Championship. With the ball placed on the Pasadena 25-yard line to begin overtime, backup quarterback Joey Frias came off the bench and rushed for 18 yards on three straight carries to set up Fred Winborn’s final one-yard touchdown run. The Lancers made the most of their opportunity in overtime as Eldrin Jones quickly found wide receiver Titus Mack for an 11-yard touchdown pass. Pasadena head coach James Kuk then opted for a two-point conversion attempt up the gut — whereby Roman Pula was met by a swarm of Cougar defenders and dropped to the ground for a final 42-41 College of the Canyons victory. Winborn finished the contest with 235 yards on 27 carries (8.7 yards per carry), en route to breaking the College of the Canyons single game touchdown record with five scores — and leading the Cougars’ claim to 450 total yards of offense.
Record: 9-0 (5-0)
GAME 10
Pasadena 41
@ College of the Canyons 42
Complete Box Score
Rushing: Winborn-19 carries for 57 yards
Passing: Frias-17-of-25 for 244 yards, one interception and one touchdown
Receiving: Carpenter-Nine receptions for 131 yards and one touchdown
Despite not having starting quarterback Brad McClellan in the lineup and having to overcome some occasional sloppy play, the Cougars faced a Renegade team that just didn’t have the horses to keep up, and College of the Canyons kicked its way to a 22-8 win behind three Ricky Drake field goals. The Renegade defense kicked in and attacked unmercifully, sacking Joey Frias eight times and recording 17 tackles for losses. Cougar running back Fred Winborn, in the face of a surprisingly solid defense, struggled on the night, rushing for just 57 yards on 19 carries, his lowest total on the season. Fortunately for the Cougars and their struggles, Bakersfield’s offense was laboring even more. Renegade running back Bruce Frieson had his characteristic nice night, with 108 yards rushing and a score, but the Renegade passing game was non-existent, as two quarterbacks combined for an anemic 6-of-18 passing for 53 yards and an interception. After the Cougars and Renegades traded the ball a number of times via punts and downs through the rest of the first and second quarters, it was the Cougars who would finally strike again. With 5:13 left on the clock in the second quarter, Frias orchestrated a 12-play, 41-yard drive to get COC down to the Bakersfield 33-yard line. That set up a school-record tying field goal of 51 yards for Drake, who put the score at 10-0 heading into the half. Drake would hit two more field goals of 35 and 45 yards and Hayo Carpenter added a 17-yard touchdown reception to finish off COC’s scoring.
Record: 10-0 (6-0)
GAME 11 (Western State Bowl)
Antelope Valley 17
@ College of the Canyons 41
Complete Box Score
Rushing: Winborn-27 carries for 123 yards and two touchdowns
Passing: McClellan-13-of-27 for 109 yards, two interceptions and two touchdowns
Receiving: Leacock-Seven receptions for 47 yards and two touchdowns
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 Bowl. With quarterback Brad McClellan coming back in his first start in two weeks, the offense looked a little out of sync, going four plays for four yards in its first drive. But the Marauder offense had troubles of its own and faired even worse, mustering just 25 yards of total offense in the first quarter. Antelope Valley would get its first points on the board with a 25-yard field goal, but the Cougars responded on the next series, marching 60 yards on eight plays to set up a 3-yard Fred Winborn touchdown run, giving the Cougars a 13-3 lead at half. It was Winborn again in the second half, racing 39 yards for a score and a 20-3 lead that had the Cougars sensing the beginning of the end. But Antelope Valley responded, when Eddie Russ, playing wide receiver for the first time all season, grabbed a pass and dashed 91 yards for a score. A missed two-point conversion put the score at 20-9. Antelope Valley burned the Cougars deep again, this time in the fourth quarter when Marauder quarterback John Perez hit Charles Johnson for a 54-yard touchdown. Following a good two-point conversion, the score stood at 27-17. But the Cougars special teams responded again, and this time in a big way. Nate Jones grabbed the ensuing onside kickoff attempt by the Marauders at the Antelope Valley 40, then raced back 40 yards for a touchdown and 35-17 lead with under two minutes left to play. Cougar linebacker Eric Wells dropped Marauder running back Dominique Blood for a five-yard loss on a fourth and one with less than one minute left in the game, and BJ Iverson took in the final score on a 23-yard run.
Record: 11-0
GAME 12 (SoCal Seminfinals)
El Camino 27
@ College of the Canyons 36
Complete Box Score
Rushing: Winborn-25 carries for 186 yards and one touchdown
Passing: McClellan-15-of-27 for 300 yards and two touchdowns
Receiving: Carpenter-10 receptions for 236 yards and two touchdowns
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 in the Southern California Semifinals. Carpenter scored on passes of 56 and 60 yards, and the 236 yards total broke his own school record of 225 yards set against Moorpark College on Oct. 11. Carpenter also broke the school record for receiving yards in a season, set last season at 1,404 also by Carpenter. El Camino closed the scoring gap in the final quarter, going 83 yards on 10 plays as their QB hit William Bullock on a 5-yard TD pass with six minutes left in the game to cut the score to 36-21. El Camino went for the onside kick but the Cougars recovered. Eventually COC punted and El Camino began a new drive from its own 13-yard line. The Warriors drove the field and scored just under three minutes later when Coy hit Dejarrius Adams on a 17-yard touchdown pass with 2:49 left in the game. But exultation turned to despair when El Camino’s kicker pushed the extra point wide right, turning what would have been a one-score eight-point lead for COC into a two-score nine point lead at 36-27. El Camino again went for the onside kick, but, again, COC recovered and eventually let time run out standing on the Warrior two-yard line.
Record: 12-0
GAME 13 (SoCal Championship)
Mt. SAC 51
@ College of the Canyons 44
Complete Box Score
Rushing: Winborn-30 carries for 264 yards and one touchdown
Passing: McClellan-20-of-28 for 295 yards, one interception and two touchdowns
Receiving: Carpenter-Four receptions for 85 yards and one touchdown
The College of the Canyons football team goal of playing in the state championship game was cut short 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. College of the Canyons gained 610 yards of total offense against the Mounties, compared to Mt. SAC’s 487 yards, and beat them in most team categories. But the score at the end of the game told a different story. The Mounties took the lead, 38-33, to start the fourth, scoring just seven seconds into the final quarter. Canyons responded well with another Brad McClellan rushing TD and then went for two on the extra point attempt that was also successful. The defense did its part on the next Mt. SAC drive that resulted in a 50-yard field goal miss by kicker Jacob Harfman. On COC ‘s next drive the Cougars scored on a 32-yard Ricky Drake field goal, which gave them a six-point advantage, 44-38, with 2:15 left in the game. With 2:07 left, Mt. SAC constructed a 7-play, 62-yard drive that ended in the end zone with 10 seconds left in the game and a 45-44 lead over the Cougars. The only chance the Cougars had for the win was the following kickoff, but a fumble by BJ Iverson that was returned for a touchdown by Mt. SAC at the buzzer, ending the game. Fred Winborn ended the game with a school record 264 rushing yards on another school record of 30 carries. He previously held the single game rushing yards record with 235 yards in the Pasadena game. McClellan was 20-of-28 for 295 yards and two touchdowns while throwing to nine different Cougars. He also 16 carries for 23 yards and two touchdowns. Carpenter had four receptions for a team-high 85 yards and one touchdown.
Record: 12-1 |