SO. SECTION DIVISION V: NEIGHBORS' BRAWL ENDS WITH NAMING OF CO-CHAMPS --THE LIONS OF WESTLAKE VILLAGE TIE THE EAGLES IN A CONTENTIOUS TITLE GAME, AND THE TEAMS ARE DECLARED CO-CHAMPIONS OF SOUTHERN SECTION DIV. V GIRLS' SOCCER. O. CHRISTIAN 1, OAK PARK 1.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer A MIRADA - The emotions between two schools separated by less than five miles bubbled over. But it was Oaks Christian High of Westlake Village seizing the moment. When it ended, both the Lions and Oak Park felt 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. when their Southern Section Div. V girls' soccer championship game ended in a 1-1 tie. The Eagles (21-1-2) and Lions (19-5-3) were declared co-champions. For a brief moment in the second half, Oaks Christian was on the brink of settling for second place. Oak Park held a 1-0 lead with just under 20 minutes remaining, and the Lions lost both of their Loriers in the same sequence. Defender Kim Lorier was knocked out of the game with a head injury. Meanwhile, Oak Park fans who had started a mock chant chant, general name for one-voiced, unaccompanied, liturgical music. Usually it refers to the liturgical melodies of the Byzantine, Russian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Anglican churches and is analogous to cantillation in Jewish liturgical music, Qur'anic chanting directed at Kim Lorier's twin sister, Katie, started up again. Katie Lorier's reaction to the taunts drew the senior 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 a yellow card, but she shortly returned. Some of the Oaks Christian supporters had been equally vociferous, but this was a turning point. ``We tried not to let it affect us too much because if we get out of our game, it will affect us for the worst,'' Oaks Christian forward Alysha Hoven said. ``We tried to stay pretty focused with all the cards going around.'' And the Lions wasted little time feeding off the intensity sparked by the incident. On a throw-in from Hannah Fries, Hoven controlled the ball almost 40 yards from the goal. The left-footed junior sent a soaring shot toward the goal that Eagles keeper Krista Clinton couldn't reach. Oaks Christian remained tied through the final 10 minutes down one player after Alena Avedissian was red-carded. ``Coach (Jan Hethcock) really encourages us to fight to the end,'' Lions senior Mollie mollie or molly, New World fish of the genus Mollienesia, in the same family as the guppy (see killifish). Mollies are found from the E and central United States to Argentina. Taylor said. But Oak Park also showed its mettle met·tle n. 1. Courage and fortitude; spirit: troops who showed their mettle in combat. 2. Inherent quality of character and temperament. , surviving a barrage of Oaks Christian chances at the end of the first half and breaking a scoreless tie when senior Courtney Crane kicked The crane kick or "crane technique" is a fictitious karate move used and/or referenced in The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid, Part II, and The Karate Kid, Part III. To use the move, the user puts both arms to his sides, raises his arms, and collapses his wrists over his head. in a bouncing ball
``It was a very emotional game. Just the fact that we knew each other so much,'' Crane said. ``That was an extremely important goal. And if that wouldn't have happened, who knows where we would have been?'' |
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