BOYS' SOCCER: SO. SECTION: HIGHLAND COMES DOWN FROM ITS HIGH, LOSES TO WILSON WILSON 5, HIGHLAND 1.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer LONG BEACH - With only three seniors on this year's roster, the Highland of Palmdale boys' soccer team fully expects to be back in the Southern Section Division I quarterfinals this time next season. And now the Bulldogs have all the motivation they ever could need. Making their first quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. appearance in school history Friday, Highland was routed 5-1 by top-seeded Wilson of Long Beach. The 90-mile bus trip went for naught and nothing went right for the Bulldogs, who suffered the worst loss of the season in the year's biggest game. ``We were happy to get to the quarterfinals,'' said Highland coach Danny Young This article is about the basketball player. For other uses, see Danny Young (disambiguation). Danny Richardson Young (born July 26 1962 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player. , whose team lost in the second round last season to eventual co-champion Leuzinger of Lawndale. ``We have a young team and we went further than we ever had before. ``We hope to do the same thing next year. I think this was a good learning experience for us.'' From the opening whistle, the Bulldogs (14-3-7) were overmatched against Wilson (24-0-5), which entered the game ranked No. 12 in the country by Student Sports magazine. Senior midfielder
In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). Sammy Rivas scored in the 12th minute off a header (1) In a disk or tape file, a set of data that resides permanently at the beginning. It may be used for identification only (type of file, date of last update, etc.), or it may describe the structural layout of the contents, as is common with many document and database formats. and finished with three goals. The Bruins also did a superb job containing Highland's leading scorer, junior forward Mauricio Harrie, who entered the game with 26 goals this season. Harrie was shadowed from start to finish by Jared Deramus-Brown and had only a few quality scoring chances in the early going. Wilson will advance to play the winner of Friday's quarterfinal between Servite and Mater Dei Mater Dei is Latin for "Mother of God", referring to the Virgin Mary. The term has been used to name various institutions, often Catholic, including:
``We've just got to come out and work hard after this,'' Harrie said. ``This wasn't what our season was like.'' Highland ended Quartz Hill's three-year run as Golden League champions this year. The team also didn't give up a goal in defeating Don Lugo and Schurr in the first two playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. rounds. But the Bulldogs ran into a much tougher opponent Friday. They also didn't help their cause with countless defensive breakdowns. In the 31st minute, Tyler Mehl scored for Wilson in the box off an easy counterattack Attacking an attacker. Even though a criminal hacker or other agent is attempting to penetrate a security perimeter or damage systems, the counterattack must not violate applicable laws. . And in the opening 12 minutes of the second half, the Bruins had four breakaway break·a·way adj. 1. Designed to break, bend, or fall apart easily upon impact, especially to create an illusion, as with a theater prop, or for safety, as with a highway sign or barrier. 2. opportunities, scoring twice. Highland scored with one minute left on a shot by junior midfielder Chris Calderon, but Wilson even answered that as Morgan Boswell knocked in the Bruins' fifth goal in the 80th minute. ``Five-one is not how we wanted to go out,'' Calderon said. ``That score shouldn't have been that bad.'' |
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