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Cougar Upset Victory Snaps

Santa Barbara's 9-Year Record

By Robert Buttitta
Cougar head coach Larry Riesbig had scored twice to cut COC's lead
breathed a deep sigh of relief and to 21-14. The defense stopped Santa
then uttered the words, "We're Barbara cold, giving the offense the
back in the hunt," as he watched the ball in good field position. The
final seconds tick off the clock in a offense proceeded to drive 80 yards
36-15 COC victory over Moorpark to a score which gave COC the
last Saturday night. victory 27-14.
The Cougars certainly have put In their game against Moorpark,
themselves back into the picture for the same players again sparked the
a title shot. After losing their first Cougars. After Moorpark had
two league games and their star drawn first blood, COC took the ball
quarterback, COC has bounced back on its 20. They then drove 80 yards
with two impressive victories over to their first score of the night. On a
Santa Barbara and Moorpark. second and goal, quarterback Gibbs
The Cougars are currently 2-2 in took the ball himself and the
Western State Conference play Cougars had 7 to tie the game.
behind Allan Hancock, Ventura and From that point on, the Cougars
Glendale. controlled the game. COC's offense
The Santa Barbara victory was ran through and around the Raider
historic because the Vaqueros defense using Gibbs, Moreland,
hadn't tasted defeat on their home Charles Ponder, Kenny Davis, and
field in nine years. Kenny Gibson. With the score tied
Against Santa Barbara, COC put at 7 COC took possession and drove
it all together under new starting to the tie-breaking score. Gibbs got
quarterback Gino Gibbs. Gibbs ac- this one also on a quarterback
counted for three touchdowns, two sneak.
on the ground and one through the The defense scored the next TD
air, while also showing great leader- when Tracy picked off a Raider Scott Woodard (71) and an unidentified Cougar help Jeff Tracy (24) celebrate
ship on the field. pass and returned it 28 yards. The his 28 yard return of a pass interception for a touchdown in last Saturday's
Gibbs received lots of help from Cougar's last two scores came late Moorpark game which COC won 36-15.
both his offensive and defensive in the game on a run by Ponder and
teammates. Offensively, fullback a pass from Gibbs to Dan Ane. OGBURN ·EDITORIAL
Elroy Moreland rushed for more
than 100 yards running through The win was a total team effort. (Cont'd From Page 1) (Cont'd From Page 2)
huge holes made by the Cougar line. Also pleasing to the coaches must be were the only reasons he is no The same man elects not to
Moreland also scored a touchdown the play of their Freshman quarter- longer with the team. discuss why an apology was de-
on a 68-yard run. . back Gibbs. manded of one of his coaches by his
The defense again played out- When asked about reports that he "player-of-the-year" quarterback.
As Gibbs was picking up some was upset over alleged racial dis-
standingly, led by safety Gary large chunks of yardage, some The unusual thing about this situa-
Luster who intercepted a pass, crimination and inadequate housing, tion is, no one else is talking. It's
people were saying, "Reggie who?" Ogburn replied, "That wasn't the
recovered a fumble, and returned issue." about time for the buffalo chips to
six punts for 113 yards. Sophomore The resurgence of the Cougar hit the fan.
cornerback Jeff Tracy also inter- offense and team is a tribute to its Ogburn also said there is no truth We must remember The Canyon
cepted two passes to help the players and coaches. They have put to the rumor that he is leaving COC Call reporter is a student. We have
Cougar's cause. their troubles behind them and are immediately. He does plan to trans- no Jack Andersons on our staff nor
The biggest play by the defense, looking ahead at a try for a league fer to a major university at the end do we possess the investigative
however, came after the Vaqueros title. of this semester, however. know-how of a Woodward or Bern-
stein. Realistically, the news made
on campus is inconsequential f,
compared to the happenings outside
this institute of higher learning. . .
unless, of course, we create a JC
Watergate.
You know the feeling you get
when you look in your rearview
mirror and see a squad car cruising
behind? The police call it "black and
white fever." The term is easily
applied to a newspaper, even the
humble offerings of The Canyon
Call.
Black and white fever ... don't
catch it.
SCHOLARSWP OFFER
The Soroptimist/McCall Life
Pattern Training A wards program
is offering scholarships for women
in the Santa Clarita Valley. Pre-
ferred applicants are more than 30.
years old, heads of families depend-
ent on them, and are completing
undergraduate degrees or entering
vocational or technical training.
Additional information is available
in the Financial Aid office.
SKI CLUB
More than 140 cheerleaders from neighboring schools participated in COC's Spirit Night program at last Saturday night's Students interested in organizing
game with Moorpark. Cougar Stadium jumped with pep and pazazz generated by comely cheerleaders, mostly from the a COC Ski club may sign up for it in
Santa Clarita Valley Athletic Association, but including groups from the San Fernando Valley and COC's own Pep Squad. the Counseling office today (Thurs-
(See story on page 3). day) and tomorrow.