CITY SECTION BOYS' SOCCER ROUNDUP: SENIOR'S FIVE GOALS POWER GRANT.Byline: Daily News The Gardena High boys' soccer team won't soon forget Moises Gomez. The Grant of Van Nuys senior scored a school-record five goals Thursday in the Lancers' 7-1 City Section first-round playoff victory against the visitors. Gomez, who committed to play for Terry Davila at Cal State Northridge, has scored 41 goals in 20 games this season and has been especially effective of late. He scored four goals in the team's regular-season finale and will need to do more of the same if 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. (13-6-2) hope to make it back to the title game after losing 2-1 in overtime to Locke 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. a season ago. IN OTHER CITY SECTION GAMES --Belmont 2, 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:
``It seemed like we didn't want to win,'' said Conquistadores coach David Hussey David Hussey (born July 15, 1977) in Morley, Western Australia is an Australian cricketer who has represented Australia at under 19 level in his youth. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler, Hussey has been given the nickname of Little Mr Cricket , whose team had won three of the past five section titles. ``There were some kids who played hard but we came out flat as a team. And we played flat that way for 80 minutes, the whole game. We didn't deserve to win. No excuses.'' Perhaps the Conquistadores felt the affects of playing without one of its top players in Ben Cox, who broke his collarbone col·lar·bone n. See clavicle. in the final week of the regular season. --Jefferson 4, Poly 3 (OT): Poly of Sun Valley jumped out to an early lead but was unable to sustain the same type of intensity throughout and lost when the hosts converted a penalty kick in the extra session. Poly took a 1-0 lead only to have things fall apart. Goalkeeper George Maldonado received a yellow card and left the game for five minutes and Jefferson of Los Angeles capitalized, scoring twice while Maldonado watched from the bench. Geraldo Alcantara scored twice for Poly and Christian Guardado added the third goal. Guardado also missed a penalty kick in overtime, sailing the ball over the cross bar after Jefferson was called for 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). . --Sylmar 5, Foshay 1: Julian Lopez scored twice and had two assists, Julian Ponce had two goals and Adrian Lopez added the other for Sylmar (20-4-2) in its victory over the visitors. The Spartans advance to the second-round and face a familiar opponent, 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. , a team it defeated twice in Valley Mission League play this season. San Fernando, the 18th seed, upset No.15 Cleveland of Reseda on Thursday and figures to be eager in duplicating the feat in the next round. --Banning 2, Birmingham 1 (2 OT): Banning of Los Angeles scored on its only shot in the second overtime and 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). , the fourth seed, failed to convert on a number of chances its chances en route to being upset by the 29th-seeded team at home. Banning took a 1-0 but Birmingham answered when Ramon Renderos tied the score, sending the game into the first extra session. In the second overtime, Banning's only shot deflected de·flect intr. & tr.v. de·flect·ed, de·flect·ing, de·flects To turn aside or cause to turn aside; bend or deviate. [Latin d off a Birmingham defender and went into the net. The Patriots, on the other hand, were unlucky and hit the post twice. --Bell 3, Chatsworth 1 (2 OT): Alfredo Bautista scored the lone goal for Chatsworth (12-6-3), which played well but ultimately lost to the third- seeded hosts. Fernando Zandarin and Milan Radovic, both of whom have scored with regularity this season, were contained effectively especially in overtime when Chatsworth needed the tandem most. --Hamilton 2, SOCES SOCES Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies 1: SOCES of Reseda's first playoff appearance in seven years was a brief one after it was upset by the 24th seeded team in a game at home. Christian Cruz scored the teams lone goal and goalkeeper Beb Gottleib kept SOCES close, making nine saves in goal. --Fairfax 1, Monroe 0: Visiting Monroe of North Hills held Elvis Sandoval, Fairfax of Los Angeles' leading scorer, in check but couldn't prevent Felix Veles Veles (vĕl`ĕs), town (1994 pop. 56,751), in Macedonia, on the Vardar River. It is a road and rail junction and the market center for a fruit- and vegetable-producing region. An ancient town, Veles has Roman and medieval ruins. from scoring the game-winner in the 75th minute. --Locke 2, Lincoln 0: Juan Rodriguez and Jesus Vargas each scored and teammate Eric Contreras recorded his eighth shutout of the season as host Locke (10-2-5), the 11th seed, began its defense of its section title with a victory over the 22nd-seeded team. |
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