The Contra Costa College football team has a lunch pail approach and a hunger to make history. <\/p>\n
Coach Alonzo Carter's squad is trying to become the first champion of the new American-Pacific 7 Conference. The Comets (6-1, 3-0) can take a big step toward that objective with a win over visiting Shasta (6-1, 3-0) on Saturday. Kickoff is 3 p.m. <\/p>\n
\"It is pretty big one,\" Carter said of the showdown. <\/p>\n
In his fifth season in San Pablo, Carter goes by the see it, believe it, achieve it method. <\/p>\n
Clearly, he has worked wonders with a once-woeful program. The Comets went 4-6 and 6-4 in his first two years after winning just once in their previous two years combined. <\/p>\n
In 2012, they really got rolling. An 8-3 record included an outright Bay Valley Conference title and a bowl victory. Last year, they went 7-4 and shared the BVC title with Los Medanos and Shasta, before dropping a bowl game 37-26 to Hartnell. <\/p>\n
Before taking the job at Contra Costa, Carter went 25-8-1 over three seasons at Berkeley High. His final year, the Yellowjackets won their first North Coast Section playoff game since 1996. Previous to that, Carter's McClymonds' teams were 57-35 over eight seasons. <\/p>\n
This season, the Comets overcame the jolt of losing of outside linebacker Takkarist McKinley, the top-rated junior college prospect in California by 247Sports.com, after he signed with UCLA on Sept. 15. <\/p>\n
Carter said McKinley was \"respected\" and \"loved\" by his teammates and left with the Comets' blessing, but his departure put a \"little bit of a wrench in what we wanted to do.\" <\/p>\n
But the cupboard is far from bare. The Comets defense ranks in the top 10 in the state in passing yardage allowed, total yards per game and scoring. <\/p>\n
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