SOCCER BEAT : BIRMINGHAM'S BIG PROBLEM.Byline: - Patrick Hipes, Lee Barnathan There's a problem with the Birmingham High boys' soccer team, but any coach with the woes of the Braves' Jose Freire should be so lucky. Two quality goalkeepers. Only one goal to defend. There is aptly named sophomore John Wall, one of the area's top goalies and a member of the under-17 U.S National Team pool. Acrobatic, thick and fearless, he is considered a star already. But Freire also has senior Adrian Contreras, a lanky lank·y adj. lank·i·er, lank·i·est Tall, thin, and ungainly. See Synonyms at lean2. lank  i·ly adv. three-year
varsity player who is cat-quick and would probably start on most teams.
Between them, No. 4 Birmingham had allowed two goals all season - one each - before El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
``The next game, I will have the other goalie go,'' Freire said. ``(Adrian) is a senior and I have to give him a chance.'' It's a testament to both keepers that they accept their roles. ``I understand,'' Contreras said. ``I want to play all the time, but it's not possible. You've just got to wait for your time.'' El confuso It should be called the El Nino rule. At least three times this season rain halted matches at halftime. Typically, area matches either aren't started because of the rain or are played in their entirety. The question raised is what to do if the weather grows worse as the match progresses. The National Federation of High School Athletics rule book says a match is official if only one half is played. As a result, Royal's boys beat 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. 1-0 in the Burroughs tournament and the Burroughs and Burbank girls played to a 0-0 tie. Alemany's girls pulled a big upset by beating Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame 1-0 in a rain-shortened match. Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. double take After Agoura upset No. 2 Royal and with 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. struggling to find an identity, 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. has not-so-quietly become the leader in the Marmonte League boys' race. ``I'm not surprised,'' said Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. coach Mark Tietjen, whose team is 5-0-1 in league play. ``We have a good team, but we're keeping things in perspective, because this league has a lot of parity. It's been weird here.'' The No. 8 Lancers have used strong defensive play and a talented midfield to win - along with a bit of luck. They beat preseason No. 1 Simi Valley 1-0 in overtime Monday, the fourth league match T.O. has needed OT to solve. The one draw came at home against Royal. ``We're happy we're doing well,'' Tietjen said. ``We've had a couple breaks, too.'' ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). . How the mighty have fallen: Last year, Harvard-Westlake's girls went 16-5-1, won the Mission League for the second straight year and reached the Southern Section Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. semifinal. This year, the Wolverines are 3-6-1 after Alemany beat them Wednesday. Coach Ned Smith, who has never had a team start this poorly in his five seasons, places the blame on a combination of key personnel losses and a tough preseason schedule. Sarah Breech breech (brech) the buttocks. breech n. The lower rear portion of the human trunk; the buttocks. breech, britch the buttocks of an animal; the backs of the thighs. , Lizzie Fisher, Sarah Yeatman and Miriam Shapira graduated. Molly Cahan blew out her knee and Sarah Deckers transferred to Hart. The team hasn't been the same since. The Brazilian connection: Montclair Prep has only 200 students enrolled, but the important thing for the boys' soccer team is that two of them are Brazilian. This fall, junior forward Antonio Alves and junior midfielder Octavio Felinto came to town, and it has been nothing but good news for the Mounties. ``I personally think it's been real exciting playing with them,'' said forward Noah Rosenblum, who has 14 goals in seven games. ``You don't have to think as much because they are always there.'' Falcons facts: In the six-plus years Crescenta Valley's girls have fielded a team, it has a record of 39-4-3 in the Pacific League. The Falcons have outscored the other league teams by a 318-15 count with 37 shutouts. No team other than Arcadia has ever scored a goal on them until Tuesday, when Muir scored in a 5-1 victory. CAPTION(S): Photo, 2 Boxes Photo: Birmingham High goalies Adrian Contreras, left, and John Wall have each allow one goal all season. Coach Jose Freire has the enviable problem of trying to find playing time for both standout players. Tom Mendoza Tom Mendoza joined Network Appliance, Inc. in 1994 and has served as its President since 2000. Mr. Mendoza has more than 31 years as a high technology executive and has served in an advisory capacity on the board of directors of Netscreen (acquired by Juniper), Rhapsody (acquired by / Daily News Box: (1) DAILY NEWS TOP 10 - Boys - Girls (2) MATCHUP OF THE WEEK |
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