BURROUGHS SOCCER TOURNAMENT: CANYON SURPRISES CRESCENTA VALLEY.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Just getting by was the goal. Instead, the Canyon High boys' soccer team became the first team in the Burroughs tournament not to lose to Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. when the two met in a 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. game Friday at Burroughs High. Although the Cowboys played without four starters who were ineligible in·el·i·gi·ble adj. 1. Disqualified by law, rule, or provision: ineligible to run for office; ineligible for health benefits. 2. because of penalties in previous games, Canyon produced numerous scoring opportunities, often controlled the pace of the game and won 2-1 when Jerry Pacheco scored in sudden-death overtime. ``Today was a pleasant surprise,'' Canyon coach Pete Getz said. ``I wasn't expecting this at all.'' Crescenta Valley sophomore Brian Wright For the convicted drug smuggler, see . Brian Wright (born in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition. scored in the second minute, but the Cowboys evened the score with a goal by London in the 20th minute. Pachecho had a chance to break the tie early in the second half when he went one-on-one with Falcons goalkeeper Mike Beerer, but Pachecho's shot went wide. A shot by Narbeh Geregorian from the top of the box that went off the crossbar was Crescenta Valley's best scoring opportunity the remainder of the game as Canyon's triple-teaming of senior Lindon Pecorelli shut down Crescenta Valley's primary source of offense. The Cowboys (4-1) are expected to have senior forward Cam Robinson, midfielder Brian Sathre and defenders Cesar Aguilar and Danny Clegg back in 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. today when the Cowboys face St. Francis in the semifinals. The Falcons (3-3), the only team in the field to win both of its games in the opening week, play Arcadia today at Gross Field in the fifth-place round. Royal 1, Glendale 1: Royal goalkeeper Rafael Calderon blocked a penalty kick by Andrew Lai to give the Highlanders a victory in the game that was decided on penalty kicks. Lai took Glendale's second kick and it was the only shot of the shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. to be stopped. Royal's Tyson Fries and Glendale's Nelson Petrosyan scored the only goals in regulation during the first half. Robert Snodgrass Robert Snodgrass (born 7 September 1987, in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Scottish Second Division side Stirling Albion on loan from Livingston. Snodgrass has scored 7 goals in 49 games for Livingston since his debut 2005. , Randy Wilson, Chris Hanks, Evan Kay and Matt Braun scored on the Highlanders penalty kicks. Royal plays in a semifinal today against the winner of the Newbury Park-Burroughs match. St. Francis 1, Arcadia 0: Junior Ryan Shaw Ryan Shaw is a soul musician from Georgia, USA. Biography Shaw began singing in Pentecostal church at the age of three, having been raised in a deeply religious household. scored the game's only goal in the 16th minute to help St. Francis (3-0-1) advance to the semifinals. Burroughs 2, Newbury Park 0: A handball handball Any of a variety games in which a small rubber ball is struck against a wall with the hand or fist. It can be played in a three- or four-walled court or against a single wall by two or four players (in singles or doubles games, respectively). by the Panthers' Jacob Evseff directly in front of the goal on an Indians' corner kick resulted in a yellow card for the defender and a penalty kick for Burroughs in the 20th minute. Marc Lima made the shot and Henry Rivas added another first-half goal for host Burroughs (2-2-1). The Panthers (1-2) were awarded a penalty kick early in the second half, but Ronald Gallegos' shot sailed over the goal. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO Crescenta Valley's Lindon Pecorelli (9) gets tangled up with Canyon's Adam Risser (21) during their match Friday. The Cowboys won 2-1. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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