Western State Conference

1993 OVERALL: 9-2 CONFERENCE: 7-2 PLACE: 2nd in Sth. COACH, YR.: RECORD AT SCHOOL Jim Fenwick, 4th: 19-11-1 PLAYERS TO WATCH OFF DEF YR Jim Arellanes, 6-4, 210 QB -- So. John Buckley, 6-3, 215 -- LB So. Brian Comer, 5-10, 185 WR -- So. Tim Cronk, 5-11, 170 K -- So. Rudy de la Torre, 6-3, 265 G -- So. Davis Delmatoff, 6-0, 220 QB -- So. Richard Gill, 5-10, 178 WR -- So. Hillsdale Hufunga, 6-0, 235 -- E So. Jason Leonard, 6-1, 190 WR -- So. Tim Markowitz, 6-0, 275 C -- So.

* Who: Hancock (8-2) vs. Canyons (9-1) * Where: College of the Canyons * When: 1 p.m. Saturday * Fast fact: Canyons is making its third bowl appearance since reinstating football program in 1998. WSC BOWL RESULTS * 1988--Glendale 23, Santa Monica 20 The Vaqueros rallied from a 20-7 deficit in the first half, scoring the winning touchdown on tailback Sean Hampton's one-yard dive with 11:17 to play at Santa Monica.

Glendale College, paced by individual victories from Hugo Allan Garcia and Grace Padilla, clinched the Western State Conference men's and women's cross-country titles in the conference final at Arroyo Verde Park in Ventura on Tuesday. The competition was the third WSC meet this season. The first two meets each counted 25% toward the team title, with Tuesday's meet counting for 50%.

* Dan Galvanoni of Moorpark College and Clayton Powdrill of Glendale were selected men's players of the week in the Western State Conference. LaShanda Smiley of Moorpark was women's player of the week.

All five Western State Conference football players of the week are from area schools. Eric Kiesau of Glendale, Gil Carrillo of Moorpark and Mike Gee of Ventura earned recognition for their contributions on offense. Vance Mitchell of Glendale and Lance Thomas of Moorpark shared honors for defense.

COACH: John Cicuto, 3rd season LAST SEASON: 9-2; 1st in Nthn. Division, 8-1 PLAYERS TO WATCH: Sophomore tailback Bobby Webster (5-foot-8, 185 pounds) rushed for 1,360 yards and 21 touchdowns last season and was a unanimous WSC Northern Division pick. This year "he's bigger, he's stronger without losing any speed," Cicuto said. Sophomore fullback Rafik Thorossian (6-0, 232), Cicuto said, "has a chance to be as good if not better than Wes Bender," who is now at USC.

Running back Tony Williams scored on a one-yard run with 30 seconds remaining to give the formerly winless Ventura Pirates a come-from-behind upset, 46-45, over Santa Barbara City College on Saturday night. Host Santa Barbara (3-4, 2-4 in Western State Conference play) held a 45-31 lead with 4:45 remaining in the game when a snap sailed over the head of Vaquero punter George Rios and rolled 60 yards to the Santa Barbara one-yard line where it was recovered by Ventura's Mike Flores.

Marco Arcipreste returned to action Saturday after breaking his index finger on his throwing hand in practice two weeks ago, but the Glendale College quarterback didn't need to throw much in a Western State Conference game against host L. A. Southwest. Glendale tailback Bobby Webster rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns in 30 carries, and backs Wes Bender and Rafik Thorossian added 104 and 74 yards, respectively, in the Vaqueros' 21-12 victory.

Tailback Terrance Brown rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns to lead Valley College to a 62-21 Western State Conference football victory over West Los Angeles on Saturday at Valley College. Valley (4-4 overall, 4-3 in WSC play), rolled up 414 rushing yards. Valley's Benny Evans also rushed for more than 100 yards, gaining 116 yards and scoring two touchdowns, all in the first half.

Bernabe Simon scored 19 points and Chris Massie had 18 points and 14 rebounds to lead Oxnard College past Moorpark, 79-74, in a Western State Conference Northern Division men's basketball opener Saturday night at Moorpark. It was Oxnard's first division victory since the 1996-97 season. "This was a big game for us in a lot of ways," Coach Ron McClurkin said. "We've gone 0-8 in [the division] the last two [seasons] and we hadn't played a game since Dec. 29. I wasn't sure how we'd perform."

Ventura 26, Harbor 16--Pirate quarterback Brian Shubin passed for three touchdowns, all in the first half, in a Western State Conference interdivision game at Harbor (0-2). Shubin's 60-yard touchdown pass to Tico Freeman early in the second quarter put the Pirates (3-0) ahead. Travis Rogers, the state's leading rusher, paced Ventura with 153 yards in 36 carries.

Eight days before the Western State Conference track and field championships, Chrystall DeNaeyer of Moorpark College threw out her back teaching a child to roller skate. Rather than running away from the pain, the 25-year-old sophomore ran wild on Saturday, winning two individual events and anchoring both winning relay teams. Her performance helped the Raiders run away with the conference title at La Playa Stadium at Santa Barbara City College.

A Ventura College basketball player filed suit against the community college district Wednesday, claiming that he had no opportunity to defend himself when he was declared ineligible to play last season. Guard Sean Van Gundy and two other players who filed similar Ventura County Superior Court lawsuits claim that their reputations were ruined after the Western State Conference would not allow them to play during the 1997-98 season because they allegedly received meal subsidies the prior season.

Freddy Sanchez singled in the bottom of the 10th inning to score Jesse Mitchell from second base and Glendale defeated Bakersfield, 3-2, in a Western State Conference South Division baseball game at Glendale on Tuesday. Eli Albertson tied the game for Glendale (11-8, 3-3 in conference play) in the seventh inning when he scored from third on Brian Eggleston's single. Glendale had runners thrown out at home to end the seventh and eighth innings.

Familiarity figures to breed solid defense this season for the Oxnard College baseball team, particularly around the horn. Oxnard's infield--Brent Egan at third base, Jack Wilson at shortstop, Matt Pesso at second, and Matt Pitstick and Jess Sanchez alternating at first--unquestionably is the team's strength and among the best in Southern California. It's also a study in chemistry. "This is the most interesting team I've ever been on," Wilson said.

The rematch was more of a rerun. The Ventura College women's basketball team again defeated Canyons by nine points, this time 67-58 in a Western State Conference interdivision game Saturday night at Canyons. Ventura (22-1), two-time defending state champion, wore down the inspired Cougars (14-7) with a rapid-paced attack that broke open a close game in the final four minutes.

The Ventura College men's basketball program remains alive--for now, at least--and its players are kicking. After an impassioned closed-door meeting Thursday in which more than a dozen players argued vehemently among themselves whether to play or sit out the season, administrators delayed a decision whether to suspend the program for one year.