CANYON GIRLS BOND EARLY IN SEASON : VARSITY SOCCER `ROOKIES' PLAYING KEY ROLES.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer The togetherness began with a kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. . Veteran members of the Canyon High School Canyon High School can refer to:
tr.v. blind·fold·ed, blind·fold·ing, blind·folds 1. To cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage. 2. To prevent from seeing and especially from comprehending. n. 1. them and rendezvoused at a local restaurant for breakfast. After eating, the initiating continued with the dressing. Veterans fitted the rookies with ripped shirts, neon neon (nē`ŏn) [Gr.,=new], gaseous chemical element; symbol Ne; at. no. 10; at. wt. 20.179; m.p. −248.67°C;; b.p. −246.048°C;; density 0.8999 grams per liter at STP; valence 0. Neon is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas. skirts and other mismatched clothing. The beautifying, complete with makeup and hair treatment, followed. Players also had to wear signs explaining their status as new varsity players. When finished, rookies looked more like clowns
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Still, everyone had fun, and the building of a team had begun. ``We got to know each other,'' freshman Brenda Cornejo said. ``We did stuff together.'' Added sweeper Karen Hammonds: ``It's important. Once we go through it, it's not gonna gon·na Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today. be a question of if you're on the team.'' Fast forward to the present. The Cowboys are a surprising 4-1-3 as they open play in the Hart tournament today with pool matches against Ventura and Rio Mesa. The record surprises because the team is young and got younger when senior Mandy Kearns was lost with a knee injury. Coach Michele Braceros wasn't optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op . But a pair of freshmen, Cornejo and Nicole Modugno, are over their freshman anxiety and have taken over the midfield. ``It's been fantastic,'' forward Micki Melillo said. ``They are super players. There's no freshman jitters jitters 'Butterflies' Psychology An episode of nervousness or anxiety that often precedes a public event; jitters is a type of performance anxiety which may affect actors in a stage production–stage fright or soloist musicians; it may respond to anxiolytics . They're getting the job done.'' Melillo has benefited from Cornejo and Modugno. They pass ahead to Melillo, and the junior is scoring goals (her seven puts her among the area's leaders). What's more, Melillo has scored in every game Canyon has. ``I think I realize, OK, I'm the forward and that's my job,'' Melillo said. ``I've got confidence. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. where it came from. Probably from my teammates. I have a lot more support from the team.'' Canyon's history in the Hart tournament isn't great, although it has finished second and third. Braceros said this could be the breakout year, because she has her entire team healthy and in town (the Cowboys usually lose players to family vacations). ``Given the fact we have our entire team here, I think we have a good chance,'' the coach said. ``If we can play as we have been, we should do well. I don't see any reason we can't get to the championship game.'' The tournament is split into two groups. One group of six schools is divided into two pools of three. Eight other teams are in a standard elimination bracket. Teams will play one or two matches today and one or two Saturday, with the winners playing in Monday's title game at 2:30 p.m. To get that far, Canyon will have to get out of their pool that includes Rio Mesa and Ventura, which beat Canyon last year. But that was last year, when the Cowboys weren't so together. |
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