BURROUGHS SOCCER TOURNAMENT: ST. FRANCIS RALLY TURNS ROYAL BLUE SHAW LIFTS KNIGHTS TO THEIR FIRST-EVER BURROUGHS TITLE ST. FRANCIS 2, ROYAL 1.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer 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. endured enough frustration the first time that he made sure it didn't happen again. His team had opened the season by taking nearly 30 shots in its first game, a third by Shaw, but none scored and his team lost. The senior striker was on target Monday as he scored two second-half goals to give St. Francis of La Canada Flintridge a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over defending tournament champion Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. in the final of the Brandt Burroughs boys' soccer tournament at Burroughs High in Burbank. ``Our first game, it was just like this,'' said Shaw, who was named the tournament MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. . ``We were down 1-0 at half and then we just flopped in the second half. We weren't gonna gon·na Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today. flop FLOP - 1. An early system on the IBM 701. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. this time. If they were gonna beat us, it was gonna be because they were the better team.'' Shaw scored on an assist by Donovan Schuil in the 63rd minute and scored the winning goal less than five minutes later after Highlanders goalkeeper Rafael Calderon left the box and ended up deflecting a high-bouncing ball to Shaw instead of stopping it. ``Ryan usually is the big-game player,'' St. Francis coach Glen Appels said. ``That's happened for us since he was a sophomore. ``It wasn't a surprise to us. If you told me we were gonna win 2-0 or 2-1 and asked who was going to score, I'd have said Ryan.'' The victory marks the Golden Knights' first championship at the tournament. They were the only team in the seven-pool field with a loss to advance to the championship bracket. Royal appeared ready to defend its title when Jario Quintero scored to gave the Highlanders (5-1) the lead midway through the first half. The goal was the first scored against St. Francis (5-1) in 406 minutes, the last being an early score on a penalty kick by 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. in the opener. Despite playing without midfielder Bryan Brooks, who is out with an ankle injury, Royal produced several scoring opportunities during the first half. The Golden Knights' best chance came in the half's closing minutes as Shaw and Calderon went for a loose ball at the base of the goal. Shaw tumbled as he took the shot and it went just wide. An intensified in·ten·si·fy v. in·ten·si·fied, in·ten·si·fy·ing, in·ten·si·fies v.tr. 1. To make intense or more intense: St. Francis offense put Royal on the defensive for much of the second half while O'Connor and a Golden Knights
--Third place: Newbury Park played to a 1-1 tie, but the Centurions won 4-2 on penalty kicks to give Newbury Park its second consecutive loss. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Luke Postlewaite of St. Francis, left, fights Royal's Jario Quintero for the ball during the championship game of Monday's tournament. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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