DIV. II GIRLS QUARTERS: HARVARD-WESTLAKE WINS IN BREEZE : H.W. 1 LA CANADA 0.Byline: Jim Inghram Daily News Staff Writer A swirling, brisk Brisk as a proper name may refer to:
game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship Thursday. Each team had just four quality scoring opportunities. The Wolverines cashed in one and the Spartans didn't, resulting in Harvard-Westlake's 1-0 quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. victory at Harvard-Westlake High. ``I don't think we played as badly as we looked in the first half,'' said Harvard Westlake coach Ned Smith. ``The wind seemed to keep them in it. It kept us from clearing it out and kept giving them extra chances. That's tough because they are a very dangerous team on their throws.'' Freshman Jessica Younger scored from about 18 yards, when she controlled a ball the Spartans' defense failed to clear. She set herself and looped a shot over La Canada's Lauren Arase in the 67th minute. ``While Jessica is a freshman she sometimes does freshman things,'' Smith said. ``She has amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. technical ability. She noticed that Arase, who is one of the best goalkeepers anywhere, was off her line and placed it perfectly.'' The fact that Harvard Westlake's lone goal came in the second half with the wind at its backs was no coincidence Coincidence is the noteworthy alignment of two or more events or circumstances without obvious causal connection. The word is derived from the Latin co- ("in", "with", "together") and incidere ("to fall on"). . ``We knew after we weathered the storm, so to speak, of the first half,'' said senior 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). Becky Rauth, ``that it was going to be our game.'' In the first half against the wind, Harvard-Westlake had no shots on goal and struggled to get the ball to its half of the field. La Canada, meanwhile, had four shots on goal, including two that required dramatic saves from Sara Deckers to keep the game scoreless. ``We wouldn't be where we are without Sara,'' Smith said. ``She made some saves like that against Hart earlier this season that changed our entire season.'' When the teams switched sides after the half, it was the Wolverines who were on the attack and the Spartans who struggled to get their offense going. Harvard-Westlake will face Bishop Montgomery of Torrance in the semifinals Tuesday at a site to be determined today. |
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