BOYS SO. SECTION DIV. II FINAL: T.O. WINS SHARE OF NO. 2 DEFENDING CHAMP RALLIES TO TIE LOYOLA T.O. 1, LOYOLA 1.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer FULLERTON - For 60 minutes, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. High couldn't get a clean look at the goal. The Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. couldn't even get near the goal. They would need possession for that. Thousand Oaks was being dominated by Loyola of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. in the Southern Section Div. II boys' soccer final, and the frustration was beginning to show. The score was still close, although the outcome seemed a mere formality. One magnificent, individual play by Jason Leopoldo changed everything. The UCLA-bound forward, who had been bottled up by Loyola double-teams all game, found himself one-on-one with a defender on the right side. He made his move almost parallel to the post, faked inside to turn the defender around, and scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. a line drive top-shelf at a near-impossible angle to tie the score in the 62nd minute. That is how the game ended, a 1-1 tie that gave Thousand Oaks a mostly satisfying co-championship at Cal State Fullerton. ``I had no angle,'' said Leopold, who celebrated by running toward the middle of the field with his arms up and did a belly flop belly flop n. Informal A dive in which the front of the body hits flat against a surface, especially of water. bel on the grass before being enveloped en·vel·op tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops 1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" by teammates. ``I just hit it as hard as I could and hoped for the best. It's pretty high up there on the list of best goals I've ever scored.'' The goal, Leopoldo's 14th in 15 starts this season and fifth in five playoff games Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship , not only tied the score, it switched the momentum to Thousand Oaks' favor. The Lancers had chances from then on while limiting top-seeded Loyola (31-3-2) to one good scoring opportunity. After the game, Thousand Oaks players had no reservations raising two fingers to indicate back-to-back championships, even if this one was shared. ``It feels like a win,'' Leopoldo said. ``I know they're a great team, and we came back against them. Just like we came back from some struggles this season.'' The Lancers (15-9-2) began the season 0-7 without Leopoldo, who was playing club soccer. Thousand Oaks turned it around in Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. play but failed to defend its league title. Thousand Oaks goalkeeper Jon Hall made two spectacular saves in the first half, but defender Erik Lauterman made the biggest defensive play when Loyola's Scott Larrabee slipped by Hall early in the second half. Lauterman jumped in front of the goal to knock away the shot. Matthew Kredell, (818)713-3607 matthew.kredell(at)dailynews.com |
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