BOYS' SOCCER PREVIEW: SAUGUS HAS TOOLS TO WIN LEAGUE TITLE TALENT, DEPTH COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR FOOTHILL FOES.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer SAUGUS - Selecting the lineup A criminal investigation technique in which the police arrange a number of individuals in a row before a witness to a crime and ask the witness to identify which, if any, of the individuals committed the crime. is one of the most difficult parts of coaching the Saugus High boys' soccer team this season. However, coach Nate Wright Nate Wright played professional American football in the NFL from 1969-1980. Professional Career Wright earned All-Pro honors at defensive back in 1974 and 1976. He career consisted mostly of time as a defensive back with the great Minnesota Vikings teams of the 1970s. can't go wrong with the abundance Abundance See also Fertility. Amalthea’s horn horn of Zeus’s nurse-goat which became a cornucopia. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 19] cornucopia conical receptacle which symbolizes abundance. [Rom. Myth. of talent on the Centurions' roster. ``I've never had this amount of depth in the 20 years I've been coaching,'' Wright said. The Centurions, who finished third in the Foothill League last season, believe depth will make them contenders for their first league title since 1996. League play doesn't start until January, but Saugus already is in the form it hopes to use to dethrone de·throne tr.v. de·throned, de·thron·ing, de·thrones 1. To remove from the throne; depose. 2. To remove from a prominent or powerful position. defending Foothill-champion Canyon. The Centurions were undefeated entering this weekend's championship round of the Burroughs tournament and had not allowed a goal through four games. ``It's a good group of kids who just click together,'' Wright said. ``It's hard to choose, because you can put anyone in there. We've been platooning, because we don't lose anything and it keeps everyone functional. I don't want any dead legs, especially with the tournaments, where there's a lot of games. So it's nice to have that kind of flexibility.'' The depth is a product of successful lower-level teams. Although the varsity struggled in recent years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Centurions' freshman and junior varsity teams For the American rock band, see . In sports, usually at the high school and college levels, members of a team who are not the main players in a competition (such as a football or basketball game) are called junior varsity players. were among the Foothill's best. The graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. of several players left room for the group of confident players who are familiar with one another to move up to varsity, where there are no freshmen or sophomores this season. ``We had a real good nucleus nucleus, in physics nucleus, in physics, the extremely dense central core of an atom. The Nature of the Nucleus Composition on those teams,'' Wright said. ``It's a combination of the growth curve and having room for them to come up together.'' Among the vacancies the Centurions had to fill was in goal. Junior Lucas Pepi and senior Adam Yassman filled the void well enough to be described by Wright as ``the strongest goalie combination I've had.'' The remainder of the players are capable of playing a variety of positions. Senior Mike Sifferman's quickness and ball-handling skills make him one of the leading forwards. Danny Juodvalkis also is doing well at forward after being bothered by knee injuries the past few years. Junior Danny Girch is among the top midfielders and sweeper Nick Menente anchors the defense. The team's chemistry, not to mention its success, keeps playing time from being an issue. ``I don't think they have a problem with it,'' Wright said. ``The feeling is, there's talent on the bench, why not use it? It's not like I have 10 players and it drops off after that. With this kind of depth, if someone's tired or not doing their job, I can just put someone else in. And since they can play more than one position, it's really given us balance no matter who's in there.'' The Centurions have nonleague games remaining against teams such as Mission League power Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks as well as playing in the Royal tournament before opening league Jan. 8 against Valencia. ``It looks very promising,'' Wright said. ``I'm really encouraged. To have a good season looks very favorable fa·vor·a·ble adj. 1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds. 2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis. 3. at this point.'' AT A GLANCE Team: Saugus boys' soccer Coach: Nate Wright Last season: Third place in the Foothill League Top returnees: Danny Juodvalkis, Sr., F; Nick Menente, D; Mike Sifferman, Sr., F. Top newcomers: Danny Girch, Jr., MF; Adam Yassman, Sr., GK. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Forward Mike Sifferman, dribbling in practice, is just one many talented players at Saugus. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News Box: AT A GLANCE (see text) |
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