BOYS' SOCCER NOTEBOOK: LEAGUE POSSIBILITIES NOT FAR OFF FOR BOYS' TEAM.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer Three weeks ago, the Canyon boys' soccer team appeared on the road to missing the playoffs. Now the Cowboys cowboys, in American history. 1 Tory marauders, adherents to the British cause in the American Revolution, who fought in the contested area of Westchester co., N.Y. have the inside track at the Foothill League title. Everyone knew Canyon had the talent to compete. But this turnaround Turnaround A situation where a company that has had poor performance for an extended period of time experiences a positive reversal. Notes: A speculator may profit from a turnaround if he or she accurately anticipates the improvement of a poorly performing company. is shocking in the way the Cowboys have been are dominating good teams. Canyon won its first game over first-place Hart in four years Friday by a score of 6-1, then followed it Tuesday with a 4-1 victory over first-place Saugus. Canyon had lost 3-0 to Hart earlier in the week. ``Our anger and frustration boiled boiled adj. Slang Intoxicated; drunk. Adj. 1. boiled - cooked in hot water poached, stewed cooked - having been prepared for eating by the application of heat over during the week and I think that made us more aggressive knowing they had beaten us four days earlier,'' 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). Jared White said. ``It definitely gave us an advantage.'' With five wins in its past six games, Canyon improved to 9-3-4, 4-2-1 - the same league record as Saugus. Hart is 3-2-2. Saugus and Hart have to play each other, and Canyon plays the bottom half of the league - Burroughs, Burbank and Valencia. It was a 5-1 loss to lowly low·ly adj. low·li·er, low·li·est 1. Having or suited for a low rank or position. 2. Humble or meek in manner. 3. Plain or prosaic in nature. adv. 1. Burbank that sparked the team meeting that seems to have turned around the season for Canyon. ``I had some nervousness about the season after that loss,'' coach Mark Loftus said. ``There was a question whether the guys were going to pull together as a team or fall apart and start pointing fingers.'' Those questions have been answered. --Sudden scorer: Matt McManus made a name for himself as a hard-nosed defender in the Foothill League. But with a good defender coming up from junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. and McManus being one of the team's fastest players, new coach Loftus asked him to move up front this season. It took time for him to get used to playing forward, but McManus seems to be finding his groove. He has scored four of his eight goals in the past two games, the big victories over Hart and Saugus. ``It was nerve-racking to play forward at first because there is a lot of pressure to score,'' said McManus, who has committed to play at San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. State as a defender. ``But once I started scoring goals I got relaxed and confident.'' --Record breaker breaker: see wave, in oceanography. : Matt Valaika didn't let Devin Del Do's school record for goals scored in a season last long. Valaika scored his 23rd goal with four games remaining in the regular season, eclipsing Del Do's mark of 22 set last year. Matthew Kredell, (818) 713-3607 matthew.kredell(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Matt McManus Has scored four goals in Canyon's past two games. |
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