CITY SECTION GIRLS' SOCCER: ECR OVERCOMES EJECTION ECR 1 (3), G. HILLS 1 (1).Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer Without one of its catalysts through most of regulation and a nerve- racking 30 overtime minutes, 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:
The second-seeded Conquistadores of Woodland Hills got two clutch shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. saves from senior goalkeeper Miko Penn and outlasted No. 3 Granada Hills 3-1 on penalty kicks after playing to a 1-1 tie on Wednesday at ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) . The Conquistadores (17-3-1) will return to UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX for Saturday's City final against top-seeded San Pedro, which eliminated Chatsworth in the other semifinal. But ECR's hopes for a second consecutive championship received a blow when sophomore midfielder Kandice McLaughlin earned two quick yellow cards, one for grabbing a player's shirt and the other for allegedly taunting the opposing sideline sideline See on the sidelines. . An overcome McLaughlin quickly realized the severity of the double yellow. She automatically misses her team's next match, which happens to be for the City title. ``It was really hard. If anything, I think it pumped us up,'' said forward Samantha Spencer, who converted the deciding penalty kick after the Highlanders (19-4-1) missed three consecutive shots. ``We lose an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. player in the middle of the field. She's a big part of our team and it's hard to play without her. It (inspired) us to play harder.'' ECR had a 1-0 lead when McLaughlin was sent off 23 minutes into the match and had to hold on. The Highlanders tied it in the 69th minute on Jackie Kecskes' goal and were deprived of a possible game-winner when Penn stopped Jesse Steinberg's free kick late in regulation. In the shootout, Granada went to the second round of penalty kicks with a 1-0 lead, but Penn made two lunging saves. Giuliana Facio, Jessica Harris Jessica "Jess" Florida Harris is a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera Hollyoaks. She is played by actress Jennifer Biddall. (who scored ECR's regulation goal) and Spencer made the Conquistadores' next three attempts. ``We played really hard and never gave up,'' said coach Lynda Fritsche of Granada Hills, which lost in the semifinals to the Conquistadores for the second year in a row. ``Last year they beat us 6-0, and this year we came back and showed them we're for real.'' |
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