DAY IN SPORTS; VALENCIA FLIPS OUT; MCLEAN FUELS WIN OVER CANYON.Byline: Daily News Devin McLean's throw-in left the opposition watching instead of defending. The way McLean and the rest of the Valencia High girls' soccer team is playing, it's likely sights will be kept on the Vikings throughout the title run. McLean's first-half throw-in, which included a front flip, led to the game's first goal and a 1-1 tie against host Canyon in Tuesday's Foothill League opener, indicating the Vikings are capable of playing with the league's best and the league race could be just as tight as last season. Valencia coach Tony Scalercio insists his team is in a rebuilding year, but the only place the Vikings have looked like a rebuilding team is on paper. Valencia has five freshman starters, including goalkeeper Jalisa Creps, who made numerous key saves against the Cowboys (11-3-2), but the Vikings are 11-2-2 and won the first tournament tile in team history last week with a championship at the Lancaster tournament. McLean is one of Valencia's newcomers, but the Cowboys said they knew about her powerful, acrobatic throw-ins and tried to prepare for them. However, when McLean made her first throw about 15 minutes into the game, "everyone just kind of turned their head and fliched," as Canyon coach Gregg Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. put it. McLean's throw from more than 20 yards down the line reached the far post, where it was knocked in by Melanie Ervin. Cowboys' midfielder
In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). Jaime Rendich tied the contest on a penalty kick in the closing seconds of the first half. - Heather Gripp IN OTHER GIRLS' SOCCER: --CAVS BEAT PARROTS
IN BOYS' SOCCER: --INDIANS START STRONG: Marc Comrie assisted on Oscar Mendez' goal in the 66th minute as Hart of Newhall won its Foothill League opener with a 1-0 victory over Saugus (5-6-4, 0-1). Kyle Reynish Kyle Reynish (born Novemebr 3, 1983 in Valencia, California) is an American soccer goal keeper, who currently plays for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Reynish played college soccer for University of California Santa Barbara from 2002-2006, sitting out between his freshman made seven saves and posted his eighth shutout of the season for the Indians (12-3-1). --SPIRITS EDGE FALCONS: Paul Watts and Matt Hickman each scored as Paraclete of Lancaster earned a 2-1 non-league victory over Palmdale. Goalkeeper Reed Gaucho helped the Spirits (5-1-1) with eight saves. Mike Piolatto scored Palmdale's lone goal. IN BOYS' BASKETBALL: --LANCERS LIGHT IT UP: Grace Bretheran 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. hit 7 of 9 shots from 3-point range and cruised to a Heritage league win over L.A. Lutheran 83-28. PRIME-TIME PLAYERS Boys' basketball --Matt Nelsen (Canyon) 28 pts --Matt Houghton (Ribet Academy) 27 pts, 7 3-pts --Liam Waters (Hart) 25 pts Girls' basketball --L'Tanya Robnett (Harvard-Westlake) 27 pts --Rachel Stone (Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Christian) 26 pts --Kristen Aponik (Burbank) 22 pts Boys' soccer --Reed Gaucho (Paraclete) 8 saves --Kyle Reynish (Hart) 7 saves Girls' soccer --Chelsea Welch Welch , William Henry 1850-1934. American pathologist and bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that causes gas gangrene. (Burroughs) 11 saves --Consuelo Rivera (Burbank) 9 saves CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Valencia's Ashlee Emerson passes downfield down·field adv. & adj. Sports To, into, or in the defensive team's end of the field. Adj. 1. downfield - toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he threw to a downfield receiver" in Foothill League opener. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News Box: PRIME-TIME PLAYERS (see text) |
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