GIRL'S SOCCER PREVIEW HAVING TO ADJUSTS AGAIN NO. 2 HART GETS THIRD COACH IN TWO YEARS.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer Two years ago, Hart High sophomores Ali Pavoni and Mandy Mansfield were celebrating a Southern Section Division II girls' soccer co- championship. Now seniors, they didn't expect the subsequent two years to have such instability. After the 1998-99 Indians shared the section championship with Irvine Woodbridge, long-time Hart coach Oliver Germond stepped down. Costa Nicolaou replaced him but left after just one season. Hart, ranked second in the Daily News preseson poll and seeking a seventh consecutive Foothill League championship, has its third head coach in as many years. ``It's hard for everybody,'' new coach Juan Arias said. ``Remember, every coach has different ideas of how they want to play. For them, every time a new coach comes, they have to change. ``What I'm doing is I don't want them to have to change that fast right now. I want to let them play the way they've been playing.'' Certainly, Hart plays the game well, with a group of eight seniors who won back-to-back league titles and the previously mentioned section championship. ``Every single coach has been different. Some are dedicated, some are not. . . We've all played different ways,'' said Pavoni, a forward and one of the region's top players. ``I think the hardest thing is (the new coaches) don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. us. (Germond) had been here for six years so he watched us grow up playing before we got here. Whereas it's hard on (Arias) because he's never seen us play before.'' Last season ended early with a 2-0 loss to Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. in round one of the section playoffs. That was a major downer down·er n. A depressant or sedative drug, such as a barbiturate or tranquilizer. for Hart. ``Especially because we got all the way to the finals and then you lose in the first round,'' Pavoni said. ``It's a big disappointment. ``I think every time we come out and play, especially because there's so many seniors on our team, we treat every game like it will be our last. . . We've got to go out there and play hard.'' The Indians have offensive firepower fire·pow·er n. 1. The capacity, as of a weapon, weapons system, military unit, or position, for delivering fire. 2. The ability to deliver fire against an enemy in combat. Noun 1. with Pavoni, senior forward Ebony ebony, common name for members of the Ebenaceae, a family of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warmer climates and in the tropics. The principal genus, Diospyros, includes both ebony and persimmon trees. Lewis and 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). DeeDee Sanguinetti. Mansfield is a standout defender and Hart is tough in goal with the freshman-senior tandem (Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino, CA) A former major manufacturer of fault-tolerant computers founded in 1974 by James Treybig and provider of the early 21st century technology for HP's enterprise computing strategy. of Melissa Deckers and Cassondra Keating. The Indians' players blame themselves for last season's early postseason exit. ``It just didn't work out the way we wanted it to. It wasn't the coach or anything like that,'' said Mansfield, who added Hart's team chemistry is always a positive. ``A lot of us have been playing together since we were 11 and 12 years old. We grew up playing on travel teams together. Coming to high school and seeing it all come together.'' Hart, as usual, has lofty expectations to redeem redeem v. to buy back, as when an owner who had mortgaged his/her real property pays off the debt. The term also refers to paying the amount due and all charges after a foreclosure (due to failure to make payments when due) has begun. itself after the Crescenta Valley loss. The Indians lost their opener 2-0 to Arcadia and face a brutal stretch next week in matches with Chaminade and Chatsworth. ``I can totally feel that the pressure's on us now, the seniors,'' Pavoni said. ``I like that. It's fun because hopefully I'll be able to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. it.'' AT A GLANCE Team: Hart girls' soccer Coach: Juan Arias (first year) Last year: Won Foothill League title. Lost 2-0 to Crescenta Valley in Division I first round. Key returnees: Senior GK Cassondra Keating, Senior D Mandy Mansfield, Senior F Ebony Lewis, Senior MF DeeDee Sanguinetti, Senior F Ali Pavoni. Top newcomers: Freshman GK Melissa Deckers, Sophomore F Christina Sanchez, Junior MF Whitney Goss n. 1. Gorse. , Junior MF Carrie Moir, Sophomore D Ashley Lawler, Junior MF Megan Renko, Sophomore D Julie Hauserman. Quote: ``I want them to start learning real soccer. Not kick and run. They don't need that anymore. . . So far so good. We still have a lot of work to do.'' - Coach Juan Arias CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) Senior veteran Ali Pavoni (21) has played for two Foothill League championship teams and a Southern Section co-champion in her previous two seasons at Hart. David Crane/Staff Photographer (2) Kristine Marbach of Hart defends against Crescenta Valley's Rebecca Hidalgo Hidalgo, state, Mexico Hidalgo (ēthäl`gō), state (1990 pop. 1,888,366), 8,058 sq mi (20,870 sq km), central Mexico. Pachuca de Soto is the capital. , foreground foreground - (Unix) On a time-sharing system, a task executing in foreground is one able to accept input from and return output to the user in contrast to one running in the background. , last year, when Falcons upset defending Southern Section co-chanpion Hart in the first round of the playoffs. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer Box: At A Glance (see text) |
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