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Success and the Successor
Where Ken Sugarman left off, Dan Waldeck will try to follow. Sugarman, who won seven Golden State Athletic Conference titles in his 13 years as The Master's College women's head basketball coach, resigned in June to take a job outside of basketball. Waldeck was by his side all 13 years as an assistant coach. Last season, the Mustangs reached the Sweet 16 of the NAIA Tournament, just two seasons after reaching the Final Four. "I ...
The Master's College men search for ideal
Evolution is probably one of the least likely things associated with The Master's College.
COC women's golf scores win
College of the Canyons stayed hot in women's golf this season, winning its third Western States Conference match of the season with a team score of 330.
COC begins quest for state championship
The College of the Canyons football team will host Antelope Valley College in the opening round of the Southern California Regional Playoffs - in a contest known as the Western State Bowl.
The Long Road Home
There is no outward show of pain. No grimace or grievance. But pain must be somewhere. The last four years of Nate Longshore's life, his ankle, his heart, his ears and his head have all been injured. The way he answers one question might give some insight into how the Canyon High graduate and Cal Berkeley quarterback feels. Is he happy? Longshore, having just watched his team lose 17-3 to USC Nov. 8 at the ...
Trojans pick Buckeyes
With the nation's No. 5 team's quarterback grimacing and squinting on the grass with under three minutes to play in the second quarter Saturday night at the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, a stampede of one kicked up turf right behind him.
Perfection attained
BAKERSFIELD - The fastest Cougar on the field Saturday may very well have been College of the Canyons head football coach Garett Tujague, who used surprising foot speed to elude a trio of would-be Gatorade-bucket dumpers in the waning moments of COC's victory over Bakersfield College.
Master’s Goff honored by NCCAA
The Master's College Sierra Goff has been named the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Student-Athlete of the Week after leading the Mustangs' women's soccer team to a pair of victories during the week of September 1-7.
A bounceback year?
The College of the Canyons mens basketball team went from co-champions of the South Division of the Western State Conference in 2006-07 to among its least successful last season.
The Canyons Athletics
There's no secret about the College of the Canyons women's basketball program. Walk into the team's gymnasium and there are signs indicating how athletic the Cougars are on a regular basis ­- banners displaying how many times COC has led the state in scoring. But 17-year COC head coach Greg Herrick said this season's team has something on all those others. "This is definitely the most athletic team in my 17 years," Herrick said. "The ...
Canyons controls the net
The College of the Canyons women's volleyball team was in control the entire time in beating Cerritos College, 25-12, 25-17, 24-26, 25-14.
Perfect - barely
It was almost a state of shock for the state's No. 2 ranked junior college football team, but College of the Canyons overcame a late deficit to defeat Pasadena City College 42-41 in overtime Saturday at Cougar Stadium.
Last shot kills Cougars
Even though College of the Canyons committed 23 turnovers, it could not convert on a few late opportunities. They also missed a few key defensive assignments, but still had a chance of at least forcing overtime Saturday afternoon against Moorpark College.
Marauders massacred
QUARTZ HILL - The preseason No. 1 football team in the nation now owns the distinction being of the top team in the Antelope Valley.
COC: Street’s cred
As preseason predictions go, this one's a doozie. For better or worse, Street & Smith's Sporting News College Football 2008 Yearbook has named College of the Canyons the preseason No. 1 community college team in the nation. It's the mother of all lofty expectations as the Cougars get set to open the 2008 campaign Saturday night at Antelope Valley College. But it's also just one magazine's opinion, and COC head coach Garett Tujague isn't buying ...
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The Master's baseball finds hole plugger
Even after scoring 12 runs, the fate of The Master's College lay in the hands of a freshman pitcher.
The Master's College women's basketball falls in NAIA opening round
In its first NAIA Division I National tournament appearance since 2008, it was over quicker than expected for The Master's College women's basketball team.
The Master's College's Jacqui Marshall: Compatible pursuits
All the other schools that tried to recruit Jacqui Marshall were aggressive and almost pushy.
College of the Canyons baseball defeats L.A. Valley
Things got interesting on Saturday afternoon, as the College of the Canyons Cougars baseball team watched as the L.A. Valley Monarchs continued to close the gap on them throughout the afternoon.
COC hoops: The ride comes to a stop
For a while, it looked like College of the Canyons men's basketball was going to keep this ride going.
The Master's College women's basketball earns No. 3 seed in NAIA tournament
The Master's College women's basketball will have its own version of March Madness.
The Master's College baseball enters the turn
The Master's College baseball team has reached an interesting point in the season - its 25th game.
COC basketball: One common thread
All three athletes had their separate reasons for taking the paths they took.
Colllege basketball: Upping the ante
It wasn't the win itself, it was the reaction that said it all.
College basketball: A tough night for the Cougs
The College of the Canyons women's basketball team was in trouble from the beginning on Friday night in the second round of the Southern California Regional playoffs against Long Beach City College.
College women’s hoops: TMC loses in GSAC quarterfinals; awaits postseason fate
Ideally, The Master's College women's basketball team would have liked to head into the NAIA National Tournament with a little bit of momentum.
Playoff hoops brackets released for COC men and women
The College of the Canyons Cougars men's and women's basketball teams learned their postseason matchups with Monday's release of the California Community College Athletic Association Regional playoff brackets.
College baseball: TMC aiming at greatness
By Jon Stein
College men's basketball: Cougs fall in WSC final
Citrus College sophomore Stevie Thornton has made plenty of big shots in the Santa Clarita Valley over the years.
