Q.H. COACH RESIGNS INCIDENT AT FLORIDA SOCCER TOURNAMENT LED TO DEPARTURE.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer QUARTZ quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. HILL - Quartz Hill High boys' soccer coach Andre Matalon, who led the Rebels to a Southern Section Division I co-championship less than a year ago and started this season with hopes for a national title, resigned Monday amid growing player discontent. Matalon's replacement for the rest of the season is expected to be Tony Bruce, a local Olympic Development Program coach, once Bruce is approved by the school district. Matalon's resignation came after an incident last month when Quartz Hill was in Florida for the Student Sports Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. . In his classroom after school Wednesday, Matalon declined to comment about the circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. his resignation. He added he hoped to continue teaching at the school. A source, meanwhile, said Matalon had a confrontation with a player while in Florida. Matalon returned to coach Quartz Hill (6-5-3) at the three-day Marina tournament after Christmas. But Matalon, in his fourth season, was not on the sideline sideline See on the sidelines. for Friday's 1-0 victory over Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. and said he resigned Monday. Bruce conducted practice Wednesday with the team. ``The message now is that they just need to forget about the other stuff and concentrate on improving their play,'' Bruce said. ``There's a lot of talent here, regardless of who the coach is. The players play, the coach just organizes.'' It was a stunning turn, however, for the Rebels, who finished 28-0-2 only a season ago, tying Leuzinger of Lawndale in the section-championship game. The team started this year ranked No. 3 in the nation by Student Sports magazine. |
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