DESERT CHRISTIAN DUO LIFTS NORTH.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News After contributing to 74 victories during their four-year careers at Desert Christian, it was only fitting that Megan Couch and Megan Fike were instrumental in another winning effort in their final high school soccer game Sunday. Couch scored twice and Fike assisted on a goal by Lancaster's Stephanie Villegas during an eight-minute stretch in the first half to lift the North team to a 3-0 victory over the South in the fourth annual High Desert High School Girls' Senior All-Star game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. . Although the South had players from the only two league championship teams in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley - Highland (Golden) and Paraclete (Alpha) - it was the North roster, which featured athletes from Antelope Valley, Desert, Desert Christian, Lancaster and Quartz Hill, that meshed the best during the 80-minute contest that featured a light rain throughout. ``A lot of us have played together before,'' said the Kansas Wesleyan-bound Couch, who was selected as the most outstanding player from the North team after scoring in the 29th and 33rd minutes. ``It was a lot of fun. And it was nice to end on a win.'' After both teams had near-misses in the game's first 20 minutes, Fike - who helped Desert Christian reach the quarterfinals of the Southern Section Div. VI playoffs for the fourth consecutive year - finally helped the North team break through. The UC Riverside-bound attacking midfielder dribbled down the right sideline sideline See on the sidelines. and crossed a ball into the penalty area. After a scramble To encode (encrypt) data in order to make it indecipherable without having a secret key to "unlock" it. The term came from the early days of cryptography which camouflaged analog transmissions with secret frequency patterns. in front of the net, Villegas beat Highland goalkeeper Kellie Drenner to the ball and, before falling down, tapped it inside the left post in the 23rd minute. ``It felt great,'' said Villegas, one of two Lancaster seniors competing in the game, along with sweeper Lynn Huma, who will play in the fall at Point Loma Point Loma is a neighborhood of San Diego, California. Geographically it is a hilly peninsula that is bordered on the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, the east by the San Diego Bay and Old Town and the north by the San Diego River. Nazarene. ``I was really excited and honored to represent my school one last time.'' Couch worked a give-and-go with Huma for the North's second goal, although it wasn't credited to the Desert Christian midfielder until almost five minutes after the fact. Officials confirmed that Drenner - who finished with 10 saves - caught the ball on a ricochet A wireless Internet service from Ricochet Networks, Inc., Denver, CO (www.ricochet.net). Originally developed by Los Gatos, CA-based Metricom, Inc., Ricochet was the first high-speed, wireless Internet service for commuters. off the right post, but after it had already crossed the goal line. Quartz Hill's Jessica Jones Jessica Campbell Jones is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos. Jones debuted in the series Alias as an embittered former superhero who had used the aliases Jewel and Knightress. set up Couch's second goal with a beautiful through ball that left her one-on-one with Drenner. Couch's shot from 15 yards landed under the crossbar. Palmdale's Elizabeth Salguero was selected the most outstanding player for the South team, just missing wide on three shots in the second half. ``I thought we had a couple of good (looks) at the goal, but we made some mistakes (with our finishing),'' Salguero said. ''I'm just thankful for the opportunity.'' Quartz Hill's Lacey lac·ey adj. Variant of lacy. Lindaman, Desert's Danielle Romo and Antelope Valley's Thannia Huerta combined for nine saves in the shutout. Erik Boal, (818) 713-3607 erik.boal(at)dailynews.com |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion