DAY IN SPORTS: KENNEDY WINS ON POLY'S MISTAKES.Byline: Daily News Kennedy of Granada Hills needed just one thing to win Thursday's first round City Section girls' soccer playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship : An opponent's mistake. Once it happened, Kennedy cruised to victory. The visiting Poly of Sun Valley defense scored an own-goal in the 49th minute, and Kennedy went on to a 3-0 victory over the Parrots in a Championship bracket game. ``We always play against the level of our opponents, whether they are a good or a bad team. That gives the other team a lot of confidence, and it happened (Thursday) earlier in the game,'' said Kennedy coach Vicky Lagos, whose team had trouble making plays in the first half and saw itself playing what Lagos called ``kickball kick·ball n. A children's game having rules similar to baseball but played with a large ball that is rolled toward homeplate instead of pitched and kicked instead of batted. .'' Kennedy made sure it capitalized on all of Poly's defensive mistakes from then on and scored its second goal 10 minutes later, when Joe-Ann Ball's shot was deflected into the Poly net by a defender. - Julio Cortez In other City Section girls' soccer: --El Camino Real 11, Banning 0: Kandice McLaughlin scored three goals, becoming one of eight Conquistadores to score, as the defending City champions breezed in the first-round Championship bracket victory at home. Top-seeded 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:
n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. call-ups - saw action in the second half. The performance earned a day off of practice from coach Scott Holloway. The Conquistadores play in the second round Monday against Narbonne of Harbor City. - Matthew Kredell --Monroe 9, Fremont 0: Blanca Valdovinos scored four goals and Krystle Sanchez added three as host Monroe of North Hills cruised past Fremont 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. in a Championship bracket game. Goalkeeper Michele Lara made three saves to record her fifth shutout for Monroe (13-4), which will host Fairfax of Los Angeles on Monday at 3 p.m. --Taft 2, Canoga Park 1: Freshman Ashley Lyzenga's goal in the 88th minute broke a 1-1 tie to give visiting Taft of Woodland Hills the Championship bracket victory - its first in the postseason. Taft (7-9-3) advances to play host Hamilton of Los Angeles at 3 p.m. on Monday. --Granada Hills 9, Eagle Rock 0: Katie Deever and Tamara Fleming each scored twice and Jessica Cedillos, Leslie Goodman and Jackie Kecskes each added one apiece for second-seeded Granada Hills in the Championship bracket victory at home. The Highlanders (17-4-1) host Belmont of Los Angeles on Monday at 3 p.m. Southern Section playoffs In girls' water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. : --Charter Oak 8, Glendale 2: Top scorers Elina Vartanyan, Ariga Hacopian and Argine Kadymyan were limited to just one goal total as host Glendale's turnaround season came to a disappointing end with the Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. first-round loss. Kadymyan broke the scoreless drought with a goal at 5:45 of the fourth quarter for Glendale (21-9), which had one of its best seasons, tying the school-record for wins. In addition, the Nitros won the Pacific League title for the second time in school history. - Alex Valladares --Royal 11, Lompoc 2: Christine Cruz scored five goals as host Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. advanced to Saturday's Division IV second-round game against visiting Arroyo Grande. --Temple City 15, Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame 1: Erica Dill scored the lone goal for visiting Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (17-14) in the Division III loss. --Harvard-Westlake 7, La Serna La Serna may refer to: People
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