GIRLS' SOCCER: FERNANDEZ USES HEAD TO SEND G.H. TO FINAL GRANADA HILLS 2, LOCKE 0.Byline: Scott French Staff Writer Melissa Fernandez was growing frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: . She'd had myriad chances to break the deadlock See deadly embrace. (parallel, programming) deadlock - A situation where two or more processes are unable to proceed because each is waiting for one of the others to do something. in Granada Hills High's City Section semifinal against visiting Locke of Watts, but her shots - one after another - kept sailing high. She finally left it to her head, nodding home Ashleigh Ravella's corner kick in the 57th minute, and the third-seeded Highlanders pulled out a 2-0 triumph and advanced to their third girls' soccer final in the past decade. ``I try to get all my headers in,'' said Fernandez, a freshman forward with 14 goals this season. ``And I missed so many shots today. I'm glad I made the header.'' Rebecca Lin added a 78th-minute penalty kick as Granada Hills (20-5-2) overcame four injuries - including Fernandez's rolled ankle in the game's final minutes - to gain a rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® Saturday afternoon with West Valley League rival 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:
Defender Courtney Ito was finished after she was hit in the eye midway through the first half. Ravella (knee) and Heather Laurens (ankle) returned after medical attention. Granada Hills dominated play early and late, largely through Ashley Hill's play on the wings, but failed to do much when opportunities arrived. The 10th-seeded Saints (19-6-1) were galvanized gal·va·nize tr.v. gal·va·nized, gal·va·niz·ing, gal·va·niz·es 1. To stimulate or shock with an electric current. 2. after absorbing early pressure, but the efforts of sophomore forward Mayra Garcia weren't enough to break down the Highlanders' defense. Garcia, who scored 53 goals this season, was the most poised player on the field, but when she penetrated - with snaky snak·y adj. snak·i·er, snak·i·est 1. Relating to or characteristic of snakes. 2. Having the form or movement of a snake; serpentine. 3. Overrun with snakes. 4. Treacherous; sly. dribbling and deft deft adj. deft·er, deft·est Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous. [Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft. passes - it too often led nowhere. ``We tried as much as possible,'' said Morris Phillips, who guided Locke to its first final four. ``This was a learning experience. I told them not to be sad. They should be happy. We advanced to the semifinals. We lost to a great team. ``I give hat's off to the great Granada Hills program, but we will be there one day.'' Scott French, (818) 713-3627 scott.french(at)dailynews.com |
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