GIRLS' SOCCER NOTEBOOK: BEST OF TIMES FOR VALENCIA SOCCER DEFENDING-CHAMPION VIKINGS COULD HAVE FOOTHOLD ON ANOTHER TITLE.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer These are good times for Valencia High's girls' soccer program. The Vikings own summer bragging rights over their crosstown cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. Foothill League rivals. And Valencia won't mind the ``defending league champions'' label that will accompany it into the upcoming season. ``We were extremely proud,'' coach Tony Scalercio said. Rightly so. Valencia outlasted Hart and Canyon in one of the tightest championship races imaginable i·mag·i·na·ble adj. Conceivable in the imagination: imaginable exploits. i·mag . ``It was a great reward for all the hard work we've put in the past three years.'' Winning the school's first Foothill League title while snapping Hart's run of championships, the Vikings can set their sights on repeating. What about another title? Valencia appears to have the league's most experienced group coming back. Six senior starters were lost, but the bulk of the roster was a talented sophomore class. The junior corps of this team includes Jaisa Creps, Melanie Ervin, Courtney Morgan and Shari Summers. ``We're going to be able to compete,'' Scalercio said. Summers could be the league's best returning player along with Canyon's Jaime Rendich and Saugus's Jocelyn Hinds Hinds may refer to: People with the surname Hinds:
``Shari Summers was the marquee player of the league. She should do really well,'' Scalercio said. ``She's a great player at any level, including the club level. And she's a phenomenal high school player.'' --Camp Scalercio: Valencia's summer camp wrapped up on Friday after a six-week session which if anything allowed the Vikings to bond. ``The only thing we accomplished is for the freshmen and the returning players to get to know each other,'' Scalercio said. ``We don't work on anything special.'' --Replacing Laci: There's no miracle understudy on the Lancaster High campus capable of carrying on Laci Fults' legacy. Fults finished her Eagles' career as the best in the school's short history. She totaled almost 75 career goals. But Lancaster, minus its high-scoring star, should remain a Golden League championship contender. For the next couple years. Lancaster has a solid group coming back. It starts with Kathleen Prieto, who thrived as a freshman center 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). . Prieto is skilled enough to play club soccer for West Valley United, one of the top programs in the region. She's a sweeper for her club team, but Eagles coach Rick Acuna anticipates Prieto assuming the primary offensive role this winter. ``She can score 20 goals for us,'' he said. Prieto has the tools to develop into the Golden League's next superstar in the mold mold, name for certain multicellular organisms of the various classes of the kingdom Fungi, characteristically having bodies composed of a cottony mycelium. The colors of molds are caused by the spores, which are borne on the mycelium. of graduated Kellie Cox of Quartz Hill. ``Kellie Cox is a great player. But Kellie was surrounded by awesome players,'' Acuna said. ``Kellie might have an advantage over Kathleem in speed. But in ball control and shooting they're pretty even.'' A baseball adage is that teams are built up the middle at catcher, center field, second base and shortstop. If the Eagles are to dethrone de·throne tr.v. de·throned, de·thron·ing, de·thrones 1. To remove from the throne; depose. 2. To remove from a prominent or powerful position. four-time defending Golden League-champion Quartz Hill, Acuna is banking on the baseball theory of strength. Prieto will be complemented by striker Stephanie Meek meek adj. meek·er, meek·est 1. Showing patience and humility; gentle. 2. Easily imposed on; submissive. in front of her and sweeper Julie Thomas behind her. That duo enters their junior year, giving the Eagles a young nucleus nucleus, in physics nucleus, in physics, the extremely dense central core of an atom. The Nature of the Nucleus Composition to build around. ``We can be strong for a couple years,'' Acuna said. --Corner kicks: Scalercio is suddenly the dean of the coaches in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. with the departures of 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. and Ellen Dinsenbacher of Saugus. ... Quartz Hill goalkeeper For the close-in weapon system, see . In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the Karen Comstock, who graduated in June, will play for Cal State Northridge beginning in the fall. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Valencia's Shari Summers figures to be one of the Foothill League's outstanding players this season. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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