SOCCER BEAT: CARROLL SEEKS GOAL NO. 100 : OAK PARK WANTS SHARE OF TITLE.Byline: Heather Gripp and Jim Inghram Daily News Staff Writers Rebecca Carroll seeks her 100th career goal today when Oak Park's soccer team plays at defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre St. Bonaventure in the final game of the regular season. While postseason berths already have been decided, today's action is not entirely without meaning. Oak Park, buoyed by Carroll's three-goal performance against Bishop Diego on Wednesday, is shooting for a share of the Tri-Valley League title with St. Bonaventure, which dealt the Eagles their only league loss this year. The 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 Agoura girls also compete for higher postseason seeds today. The Pioneers host the Chargers at 5:30 p.m. in a game for second place. Defending Marmonte champ Simi Valley lost a large part of its offense when injury forced Alex Ingraham to miss the season, but the Pioneers were expected to remain among the contenders. Preseason results, including a win against Westlake for the championship at the Simi Valley tournament, showed the Pioneers were capable. When league started, Simi Valley struggled to produce goals and was in jeopardy of failing to reach the playoffs. The Pioneers surged past Royal then moved within striking distance of Agoura by beating Westlake last week. The Chargers (8-2-1 in league) earned their first 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. appearance in five years. All they need is a tie to clinch Clinch, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed by the junction of two forks in SW Va., and flowing generally SW across E Tenn. to the Tennessee River at Kingston. second place. ``I'm not really surprised,'' junior midfielder Jennifer Graham said. ``I knew we had a lot of talent and it's a goal we set for ourselves. It's just exciting because we were supposed to be the underachievers but we came through.'' Playoffs: Playoff pairings are scheduled to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. on Monday. Wild-card games are Wednesday with first-round action starting Friday for girls. Boys' first-round games are the next day. Shocker shock·er n. One that startles, shocks, or horrifies, as a sensational story or novel. Noun 1. shocker - a shockingly bad person bad person - a person who does harm to others 2. ? All of a sudden Newbury Park against Moorpark today becomes a rather big game. Wednesday's 5-0 upset by Simi Valley against the Panthers made sure of that. Whitney Fike and Sergio Renes scored two goals each in the Pioneers' victory and perhaps awoke a·woke v. A past tense of awake. awoke Verb a past tense and (now rare or dialectal) past participle of awake what had been a slumbering giant. Simi Valley had five ties in the first half of league play and is starting to come up with victories - at precisely the right time. The Pioneers are 5-1-5 in league and tied for second place with Westlake 6-3-2. Both are two points behind Newbury Park which is 6-1-4. The loss to Simi Valley was the first in league play for the Panthers. ``Everyone is still chasing us,'' Newbury Park Guy Sanford said. ``We need to beat Moorpark (today).'' There is still a possibility that Simi Valley could snatch snatch removal of a newborn animal from the dam before it has an opportunity to suck. The objective is to rear it independently and free of colostrum-borne infection or of colostral antibodies. the league title. A victory by the Pioneers over visiting Agoura today and a loss by Newbury Park would accomplish that. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Jessica Gaball and her teammates are looking to defeat nemesis Nemesis (nĕm`ĭsĭs), in Greek religion and mythology, personification of the gods' retribution for violation of sacred law; the avenger. Sometimes she was said to be the goddess of good and ill fortune. St. Bonaventure in today's regular-season finale to claim a share of the Tri-Valley League championship. Evan Yee/Daily News |
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