QUARTZ HILL COMES BACK : QUARTZ HILL 3, VALENCIA 2.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer Jodie Cox had something to prove. So, too, did Julie Gold. Both redeemed themselves at the most critical time for Quartz Hill High's girls' soccer team. Cox's 40-yard free kick goal tied Wednesday's Division I wild-card playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. match with Valencia and Gold scored the game-winner in the Rebels' 3-2 victory. Cox, a junior defender, had slipped guarding Valencia's Heather Zubis, leading to a successful penalty kick that had Quartz Hill (16-4-2) behind 2-1 with 17 minutes remaining. ``I was not on my game defensively at all,'' said Cox, who had assisted on Quartz Hill's first goal. ``I had to calm down and help my team win.'' When she was chosen to take the kick, Cox listened to advice from Gold and floated the ball toward the right corner of the net rather than look for a teammate to pass to. ``I just told her `Go for (the net). That's all you baby,' '' Gold said. On an indirect free kick, which Valencia (17-9-1) coach Dudley Hitchman thought was the ruling, if the ball is not touched during the kick it's considered out of play. Rebels coach Maury Cauchon was under the impression that it was a direct free kick, but it didn't matter when Valencia goalkeeper Kori Volkmann leaped, got a hand on the ball and saw it slip through the top right corner. ``It was a beautiful kick. (Volkmann) touched it and it went inside,'' Hitchman said. ``You can't fault her for touching it. It was a 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 between two good teams. They deserved to win.'' Quartz Hill's third win of the season over the No. 9 Vikings wasn't secure until Gold took a nice feed in the box from freshman Andrea Cabriales and beat Volkmann in the 75th minute. Ten minutes earlier, Gold was seething seethe intr.v. seethed, seeth·ing, seethes 1. To churn and foam as if boiling. 2. a. To be in a state of turmoil or ferment: after being issued a yellow card and getting taken out of the game by her coach. The junior scored less than a minute after returning and sent the Rebels into a first-round matchup at 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. on Friday. ``I didn't even do anything to deserve a yellow card,'' Gold said. ``When coach sent me back out there he had faith in me to get the job done. I knew that (shot) was going to be mine.'' HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER PLAYOFFS BOYS Southern Section Division I-AA Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. 3, Crescenta Valley 1 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. 1, Santa Maria Santa Maria, city, Brazil Santa Maria (sän`tə mərē`ə), city (1991 pop. 217,592), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil. It is a major railroad terminus and the site of an important military base. 0 (OT) GIRLS Southern Section Division I-AA Canyon 2, Moorpark 0 Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. 5, Highland 1 Lancaster 2, Ramona Convent convent: see monasticism. 1 Bishop Union 4, Village Christian 1 CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Quartz Hill's Renee Tagliaferro dribbles past Valencia's Nicole Lockwood (2) in the second half. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News BOX: HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER PLAYOFFS (see text) |
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