PREP FOCUS: CHATSWORTH DIGS DEFENSE.Byline: Jim Inghram Daily News Staff Writer If you're an athlete and you're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the limelight limelight: see calcium oxide. limelight Early form of theatrical lighting. The incandescent calcium light invented by Thomas Drummond in 1816 was first employed in a theatre in 1837 and was widely used by the 1860s. , offense is the place to be. But while the scorers get the glory, a good defense is the backbone of any successful team. Take the Chatsworth girls soccer team, for example. Throughout the playoffs the Chancellors scored at will, so the outstanding defensive job the team was doing remained overlooked. Yet, in the City Section championship game Saturday, a 1-0 victory over San Pedro, it was the defense that saved the Chancellors and led them to their fourth consecutive City Section title. The shutout Not to be confused with Shootout. In team sports, in American English, a shutout (a clean sheet in soccer) refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball. was the fourth consecutive in the playoffs and fulfilled 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. an objective the back line set for itself. ``Our goal was to have a shutout in every playoff game Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship ,'' senior defender Megan Landress said. ``Actually we wanted one in every game this year, but sometimes things happen.'' The team did earn 14 shutouts on the season and limited opponents to one goal in nine other games. ``We had a quote,'' Landress said. ``Offense wins games, defense wins championships.'' Said coach Jack Sidwell: ``No one really pays attention to the job they do, but I noticed and their teammates noticed, too.'' Saturday's victory was the last high school game for seniors Erica Frechman, Landress and Darcy Wooten. The three were starters on all four consecutive championship teams and this season received help from sophomores Tanya Schmidt and Heather Collins and junior Cari Downey. Downey backed up Collins at 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 . ``It has been a marvelous thing to watch them play,'' said Sidwell. ``They are all talented soccer players and intelligent gals.'' Wooten, who could possibly be the school's valedictorian, is headed for Stanford. Frechman has been accepted at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and is waiting to hear from Cal, and Landress has been accepted at Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach, Northridge and Fresno State. Frechman and Landress are unsure of where they will attend in the fall, but Sidwell is convinced they will be successful wherever they end up. ``These girls are intelligent, great students and great citizens. Any parent would be proud to one of these girls as their daughter.'' State hoops: Fresh off its Division III-A championship, Chaminade earned a No. 4 seed in the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Regional Tournament in Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. . The Eagles (25-3) will host St. Augustine of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , the No. 5 seed, in the first round Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Many times in the State regional tournament opponents are unfamiliar to one another, but the Eagles and Saints know each other well. ``One of my assistants (Brian Cantwell) went to school there,'' Chaminade coach Jeff Young
Jeff Young is an American guitarist. He graduated from Musicians Institute in 1985, and is best known for his time with the thrash metal band said. ``We know them and they know us.'' In addition to a couple of game tapes, Young and his assistants traveled to San Diego on Saturday night to watch the Saints play in the San Diego Section Division III title game. St. Augustine lost to University of San Diego High, but Young expects them to be a significant challenge for his team. ``They have some very good athletes and we match up well,'' Young said. ``University is a lot like us, a bigger team, and we saw what they did to beat them, so hopefully we can do what they did.'' Harvard-Westlake's girls basketball team failed in its bid for a second consecutive section title, but earned a spot in the state regional tournament. The Wolverines (25-5) will play at Kearny High of San Diego on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The Komets (19-9) were the San Diego Section Division III champions. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Jimmy Choto (10) and Chris Johnstone head the ball during ECR's victory over Locke. John McCoy/Daily News |
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