CITY SECTION GIRLS' SOCCER PLAYOFFS: ECR BLOWS BY TAFT; BIRMINGHAM NEXT.Byline: Daily News The 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:
adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. rival Taft 6-0 in a City Section Championship game Wednesday, yet Conquistadores coach Shanna Farris found herself wanting more. ``We can always play better,'' she said. Perhaps. But no other City team has been better in recent years than El Camino Real, which has won three consecutive section titles and four West Valley League titles in a row. There were plenty of things El Camino Real (20-4-1) did well Wednesday, particularly on offense. Nicole Connolly scored three first-half goals. And Kandice McLaughlin also had three goals, scoring once in the first half and twice after intermission. ``Overall, we're playing at a high level right now,'' Farris said. ``But we want to keep improving.'' El Camino Real faces visiting 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). in the quarterfinals at 3 p.m. Friday. - Sean Ceglinsky CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET --Birmingham 5, Monroe 1: Heather Herrera and Giselle Melendez each scored twice and Jocelyn Oviedo scored the other goal for host Birmingham (10-6-3). Elba Menjivar scored for Monroe of North Hills. --Van Nuys 2, Narbonne 1: Poirsha Woolfork scored two goals, including the game-winner off a pass from Laura Hurley Hurley has become the English version of at least three distinct original Irish names: the Ó hUirthile, part of the Dál gCais tribal group, based in Clare and North Tipperary; the Ó Muirthile, based around Kilbritain in west Cork; and the OhIarlatha, from the district of , and Brenda Romero had four of her 11 saves in overtime as 10th-seeded Van Nuys (16-5-2) defeated the seventh-seeded hosts. --Granada Hills 2, Fairfax 0: Jackie Keceskes and Patrice Godwin scored and goalkeeper Ashlee Allen had one save for second-seeded and host Granada Hills (15-4-3). --Chatsworth 3, Marshall 0: Shawna Williams, Lindsey Noah, and Mia Swafford each scored for host Chatsworth. INVITATIONAL in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. BRACKET --Kennedy 2, Verdugo Hills 0: Marcella Escobar scored her first high school goal and Giselle Loera also scored, both in overtime (rules stipulate stip·u·late 1 v. stip·u·lat·ed, stip·u·lat·ing, stip·u·lates v.tr. 1. a. To lay down as a condition of an agreement; require by contract. b. two 10-minute halves for overtime) for host Kennedy of Granada Hills (18-5-4) in its quarterfinal victory. --Canoga Park 2, LACES 0: Kimberly Vela vela plural of velum. scored both goals and Cathy Rodriguez and Katelynn Thomas had assists for host Canoga Park (9-5-1). |
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