Football: Pirates’ Taylor honored

Orange Coast College football coach Mike Taylor will be honored for

his numerous contributions at the All-American Football Foundation’s

Banquet of Champions XXVI, scheduled Wednesday at the Biltmore Hotel in

Los Angeles.

Taylor will be one of seven to receive the Bill Wade Unsung Hero Award at

the banquet.

The other seven to be honored include Bob Toledo, Duke Llewellyn and

Woody Strode from UCLA, Ward Bond and Bill O’Bradovich from USC and

Francis “Scoop” Evans from the University of Maryland.In othr OCC

football news:

Woody Otis, third on the team with 75 tackles as a sophomore cornerback

last fall, has agreed to play at New Mexico Highlands University this

season, according to Taylor.

A 6-foot, 190-pounder from Huntington Beach, Otis also broke up five

passes and had a pair of interceptions for the Pirates.