BOYS' SOCCER: HUNTERS ON TRACK FOR TITLE-GAME REDEMPTION CANOGA PARK 3, BELL 0.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer The Canoga Park High boys' soccer team hoisted coach Jake Gwin on its shoulders and later poured the contents of the water cooler over his head. The Hunters hope that was just practice for Saturday. Canoga Park has waited a year to avenge a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. last season's loss in the City Section final, and on Wednesday the Hunters secured their chance for redemption. Top-seeded Canoga Park defeated visiting Bell, the No. 4 seed, 3-0 in the semifinals to advance to Saturday's final against No.2 seed San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. at East Los Angeles College ELAC is a two year college, offering associate degree programs in over 25 fields as well as both academic transfer courses which prepare students for admission to the University of California and California State University system and occupational programs which prepare students for . "We've been working so hard to get here," Hunters senior midfielder
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Bell (15-3-5) held Canoga Park scoreless for the first half, but the Hunters (23-0-1) quickly took control in the second half. Omar De La Piedra scored 10 seconds into the half, knocking in a rebound rebound (rē´bownd), n/v 1. a recovery from illness. n 2. an outbreak of fresh reflex activity after withdrawal of a stimulus rebound adjective after his initial shot hit the post. Jeffrey Quijano extended the lead to 2-0 when he one-timed a corner kick from Salvador Hernandez in the 60th minute. Camilo Rojas provided the final goal on an assist from Garcia in the 77th minute. Canoga Park, which has lost just four games in the past fourseasons, has a chance to be the first unbeaten team in program history, but the nationally ranked Hunters say all they've focused on is playing for the City title that eluded them last year when they were upset by Birmingham of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). . "It's a real big relief," Gwin said of heading to the final. "It's one thing to win when you're a surprise, it's another to carry it out and do it for the whole year when everyone expects you to. ... We have a lot of blood, sweat and tears left out on that field at East L.A. College. We are going to be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. redemption." The shutout was the 16th of the season and sixth in a row for the Hunters, who defeated San Fernando 3-0 in the season opener. "We can't let up at all," Garcia said. "We'd be dumb to think we're favored, we can't play like that, not after what happened last year." heather.gripp@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Canoga Park's Jeffrey Quijano executes a reverse kick during a City Section semifinal match Wednesday. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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