BUZZ IS BIG AS RIVALS MEET IN PLAYOFFS SYLMAR-SAN FERNANDO, ECR-BIRMINGHAM ARE MAJOR MATCHUPS IN CITY SECTION SOCCER.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer The hype hype 1 Slang n. 1. Excessive publicity and the ensuing commotion: the hype surrounding the murder trial. 2. was already in full swing by Friday when San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. High held a pep rally for its boys' soccer team, four days before the Tigers next game. Over at Birmingham of Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). , Patriots coach E.B. Madha is greeted with wishes of good luck and inquiries about his team's upcoming game, even from those who previously expressed little interest. Rarely is such a stir created as early as the second round of the City Section playoffs, but San Fernando and Birmingham aren't home today for typical second-round games. Both teams face their biggest rivals, teams they narrowly edged for league titles and will be facing for the third time this season. Third-seeded Birmingham plays host to No. 14 El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
``Both of those are huge,'' Madha said of the matchups. ``It's a classic,'' San Fernando coach Francis Melendez said. ``In any sport, San Fernando-Sylmar, it's just such a rivalry Rivalry Robbery (See THIEVERY.) Rudeness (See COARSENESS.) Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane bully and show-off compete for Katrina’s hand. [Am. Lit. . Everyone wants to be there. ``The baseball team canceled practice to be at our last game. Their season's about to start, and they're getting ready for that, so it's unusual for them not to practice, but they'll probably be there again Tuesday. That's the game everyone wants to see. We're getting support from people all over. We're going to use the home crowd to our advantage.'' Sylmar anticipates a large cheering section of its own. ``Since playoffs came around, it seems everyone comes out of the woodwork woodwork: see carpentry; furniture; intarsia; marquetry; veneer; wood carving. ,'' Spartans coach Savio Silveria said. ``San Fernando's just down the street, so I'm sure we'll have a big crowd there for that. It's a big game.'' This is the second time in three years San Fernando and Sylmar are meeting in the second round. Last time, the Spartans were the home team and defeated the Tigers. ``We're going to try to return the favor this time around,'' Melendez said. ``We haven't lost to them since then.'' Sylmar (20-2-5) and San Fernando (21-3-5) played to a 2-2 draw in the regular-season finale, creating a co-league championship, but the Tigers got the advantage in postseason seeding because they beat the Spartans 2-1 earlier in the season. Sylmar's only losses this season are to San Fernando and unbeaten Palmdale, the No. 1 seed in the Southern Section Div. I playoffs. The Spartans' leading scorers, Benjamin Martin and Adrian Lopez, look to beat a San Fernando 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. paced by Jairo Garcia and Rene Renteria, who have combined for 41 goals this season. ``We feel the last game, we should have been able to take it,'' Silveria said. ``My guys are aching to get back at `em.'' Birmingham (13-2-2) also is hungry for vindication VINDICATION, civil law. The claim made to property by the owner of it. 1 Bell's Com. 281, 5th ed. See Revendication. . The Patriots won both regular-season games against El Camino Real (22-5-2) - the first by a comfortable 6-1 margin - but they lack the Conquistadores' postseason history. Birminghyam has never advanced past the quarterfinals and last year didn't make the playoffs after forfeiting Forfeiting Method of financing international trade of capital goods. seven games. Seniors Rene Alvarenga and Oscar Garcia are the leading scorers for a Birmingham side looking to make history. Freshman goalkeeper Robert Villa has also played a big role, posting seven shutouts, the most recent in the first round of City playoffs against Washington. El Camino Real, which defeated Huntington Park Huntington Park, city (1990 pop. 56,065), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential and industrial suburb of Los Angeles; founded 1856, inc. 1906. Its varied manufactures include metal, glass and rubber products and industrial equipment. 4-3 in the first round, counters with an attack led by Nick Assad. Former players returned to support Birmingham late in the season, and a big turnout is expected for today's showdown. ``What I've noticed this past week is non-soccer people - softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' and baseball coaches, people who never really pay attention to soccer - they know the scores, and they're talking about what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. ,'' Madha said. ``People are taking interest. And now against El Camino, its big.'' Heather Gripp, (818) 713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) San Fernando goalkeeper Jose Salmeron, top left, looks to keep Sylmar out of his net in today's second-round showdown. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer (2) Adrian Lopez, top, leads Sylmar against fellow Valley Mission co- champion San Fernando. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer Box: BEST OF THE DAY |
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