Who's calling the plays?

You've got to give a lot of credit to Oaks Christian offensive coordinator Mark Bates, who helped develop the pro-style spread offense that racked up 600 yards and 59 points on a St. Bonaventure defense that had yielded 20 points in its first three games.

Some of the Lions plays were so well designed --particularly the misdirection on running plays-- it would make an NFL coordinator start taking notes. And Bates, who coached at LA Baptist for 10 years before coming to Oaks, is the architect.

``It's easy when the guys exceute as well as they did,'' Bates said, modestly. ``Jimmy's calling 1/2 of the plays himself too.''