DAY IN SPORTS: ECR TOPS BIRMINGHAM WITH BIG HALF.Byline: Daily News 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:
El Camino took the first step in getting its title back Wednesday, beating Birmingham 3-1 in the league opener for both teams. ``Getting back the league title is important to us, but we have higher aspirations,'' El Camino 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 said. ``This is a school that wins City titles. When we don't win, people seem to discount us.'' The Conquistadores won three of the past six City titles, but none the past two years. El Camino Real (10-2-2, 1-0) jumped out to a 3-0 first-half lead on goals by Leandro Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the , Peter Saatjian and Rei Stern. Birmingham (3-3, 0-1), El Camino Real's top challenger over the years before breaking through last season, came out in the second half and outplayed the Conquistadores. The Patriots provided constant pressure, scoring in the 49th minute on a goal by Erik Moran. ``As far as I'm concerned, we outplayed them the whole game,'' Birmingham coach E.B. Mahda said. ``They had two lucky goals off bogus free kicks. The ref gave them every call. It was like we were playing against 12 men.'' In other boys' soccer: --San Fernando 2, Sylmar 1: 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. upset No. 2 Sylmar in the Valley Mission League opener for both teams, avenging a loss to Sylmar in the second round of last year's playoffs. Rudy Maravilla scored the game-winning goal in the 75th minute for No. 9 San Fernando (7-1-1, 1-0), which took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Edgar Barajas. Erick Miron tied the game at 1-1 for Sylmar (9-2, 0-1). BOYS' BASKETBALL Mission --Harvard-Westlake 58, Loyola 55: Alex Stepheson Alex Stepheson is an American basketball player at the University of North Carolina. Grabbed 20 or more rebounds in 16 games as a senior at Harvard-Westlake High School in North Hollywood • Fourth-team Parade All-America selection • Averaged 20.4 points and 17. scored 19 points and had 19 rebounds to lead Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (12-2, 2-0) past Loyola 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. (10-5, 2-1) in a Mission league game. With the win, 6-foot-9 junior center Stepheson helped Harvard-Westlake avenge a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. a previous 53-69 loss Dec. 29th to Loyola at the Desert Heat Classic in Palm Springs. Sunset Six --Canoga Park 69, Verdugo Hills 63: Senior guard Ralph Turner made eight of 13 3-point attempts and 15 of 18 free throws to help lead Canoga Park (4-11) past visiting Verdugo Hills of Tujunga (2-12) in the league opener for both teams. GIRLS' SOCCER Frontier --Oaks Christian 3, Nordhoff 1: Brianna Cox scored twice, the first goal coming in the first minute off an assist from Hannah MacKechnie, to lead host Oaks Christian of Westlake Village (8-2-2) in the league opener for both teams. Mission --Chaminade 0, Harvard-Westlake 0: Jessica McGovern dazzled daz·zle v. daz·zled, daz·zling, daz·zles v.tr. 1. To dim the vision of, especially to blind with intense light. 2. again in net for Chaminade of West Hills (3-6-3, 1-0-1), recording 11 saves en route to her second consecutive shutout and fifth of the season. Cody Horn made five saves for Harvard-Westlake of Studio City (3-3-3, 0-0-2). CAPTION(S): box Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS |
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