SOCCER BEAT BOYS SPOILERS DISRUPT STANDINGS.Byline: Lauren Gustus, Matthew Kredell Staff Writers Two unexpected teams played key roles in deciding first place in two of the area's most prominent leagues with upsets in their final games of the regular season. 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 of Sherman Oaks, the fifth-place team in the Mission League, shocked first-place Loyola of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on Wednesday to give St. Francis of La Canada the title. Westlake, then in fourth place, gave 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. only its second loss of the season and first in league Thursday to give 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. a share of the league title. Thousand Oaks won the tiebreaker tie·break·er n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak. tie to be the league's top team, and was seeded No. 1 in Southern Section Div. II, which appeared to be Royal's spot before the upset. The importance of the Westlake-Royal game was seen in the stands, where the Thousand Oaks team was located cheering on Westlake and the entire Calabasas team was rooting for Royal. It was the only league game going because it was a rain makeup and the other teams had completed their schedules Wednesday. ``It was really fun,'' Westlake coach Bill Propster said. ``The last 20 minutes, everyone was cheering. It was the most people we've had at a game this year.'' Westlake's victory gave it third place over Calabasas, though both teams made the playoffs. Notre Dame had lost three in a row and was struggling without injured starters Mike Getzer, Zach Migdol and Adam Stark. It seemed to have no hope against a Loyola team that had beaten St. Francis in overtime last week. But the Knights won 2-0 with a team filled with junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. call-ups. ``We were surprised, but obviously very happy,'' St. Francis coach Glen Appels said. ``They were celebrating at our place, and it looked like it was co-champions at best for us. You can't usually count on Loyola having a bad day. But it turns out anything can happen.'' WHO'S HOT --Chris Hertz, St. Francis The team relies on Jeff Buddenbohn (26 goals) for most of its scoring, but Hertz came through in the final game of the regular season to give the Golden Knights
--Julian Ponce, Sylmar After regaining academic eligibility two weeks ago, Ponce scored four goals in the final two games, including a three in a Valley Mission League-clinching 4-0 victory over San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. last Tuesday Last Tuesday is a Christian melodic punk rock band hailing from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They played their final show on March 10th, 2007. Last Tuesday was formed in 1999 in Harrisburg, P.A. . --Moises Gomez, Grant Scored four goals in the final game of the season Friday against North Hollywood and six in two games over the final week to give him an area-leading 36 this season. The four goals tie those of El Shaddai El Shaddai (Hebrew: אל שדי) is one of the Judaic names of God. See El (god) and Names of God in Judaism. Literally meaning "God of the mountain", it is normally translated "God Almighty". Bent of Quartz Hill for most in a single game in the area this season. The 36 are the most goals in school history. LEAGUE UPDATES --Freeway Crosstown cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. : A surprise team among the top 10 in the City is Sherman Oaks CES, seeded ninth in front of several traditional City powers, including Grant of Van Nuys. SOCES SOCES Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies went 11-4-2 with 11 shutouts. SOCES is led by defender Christian Cruz, midfielder Antonio Centeno, forward Diego Segueda and goalkeeper Ben Gottleib. Cruz leads the team with 11 goals from his defensive position. The team allowed just four goals in 14 league games against mostly other magnet schools magnet school n. A public school offering a specialized curriculum, often with high academic standards, to a student body representing a cross section of the community. . Three of the losses came in the Sylmar tournament against Reseda, North Hollywood and Van Nuys. But coaches there were impressed with their season and gave the school a high seed. It's the highest the team has been seeded since seven years ago when it was sixth. SOCES plays host to No. 24 Hamilton on Thursday. ``We're really happy to be ninth,'' coach Mark Sobel said. ``We'll try to justify the seeding committee's high regard for us.'' --Foothill: A game after its streak of shutouts in the first eight league games ended against Saugus, Hart of Newhall's bid for a perfect league record was spoiled with a 1-1 tie with Valencia. But Hart's Devin Del Do did score two goals in the final two games to break his own school record with 22 for of the season. Hart will host San Marcos San Marcos (săn mär`kəs). 1 City (1990 pop. 38,974), San Diego co., S Calif., a northern suburb of San Diego; settled 1880s, inc. 1963. of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. in the first round of the Southern Section Div. II playoffs Friday. Second-place Canyon also gets to host a game, against Dos Pueblos of Goleta. Saugus travels to St. Francis of La Canada, the Mission League champion. --Golden: A defense led by Anthony Avila and goalkeeper Josh Vedin (seven saves) wrapped up the outright league title for Palmdale with a 0-0 tie with Quartz Hill in the regular-season finale. It's the Falcons' first league championship since 1996. Palmdale plays host to Montebello in the first round of the Southern Section Div. I playoffs Friday. Second-place Quartz Hill also gets to host a game, against Eisenhower of Rialto Rialto, city (1990 pop. 72,388), San Bernardino co., S Calif., a residential suburb of San Bernardino; inc. 1911. The city has greatly expanded as a result of the economic and demographic growth of the southern California area. . Highland of Palmdale travels to Bell Gardens. --Marmonte: Calabasas certainly failed to come up on top in Westlake's upset of Royal of Simi Valley. That made Calabasas, which has been ranked in the top 10 by the Daily News all season and has victories over Thousand Oaks and St. Francis of La Canada, an at-large team. As such, Calabasas drew a tough first-round game Friday at second-seed Santa Barbara. Top-seeded Thousand Oaks will host Leuzinger of Lawndale. Third-seeded Royal will host Peninsula of Palos Verdes Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. This affluent bedroom community is known for its dramatic views, good schools [1] extensive horse trails [2] . Westlake travels to Brea Olinda. --Sunset Six: Canoga Park got its first No. 1 seed in the City Section playoffs to go along with its first league title. Coach Jake Gwin set the league title as his goal before the season, even writing it on newspaper questionnaires, despite the team going 1-11-1 with only a forfeit victory last season. Gwin's new goal is to reach the semifinals. Canoga Park sweeper Marvin Ramos tore his hamstring two weeks ago and is doubtful for the first-round game against No. 32 Venice on Thursday. In other action Thursday, No. 12 Grant of Van Nuys hosts No. 21 Gardena, No. 17 Poly of Sun Valley travels to No. 16 Jefferson and No. 25 Monroe of North Hills visits No. 8 Fairfax. --Valley Mission: Sylmar was seeded No. 2 in the City Section playoffs but the Spartans could make a good argument for the top spot. Sylmar has the most impressive nonleague resume of any City team, giving Royal of Simi Valley and Birmingham of Lake Balboa one of each teams' two losses, and beating the fifth-ranked team in the state of Florida. Sylmar had two bad weeks that hurt them, one in the Sylmar tournament just after returning from Florida and another in league play when it tied Reseda and lost to Van Nuys. Sylmar hosts No. 31 Foshay of Los Angeles on Thursday. No. 13 Reseda hosts No. 20 Manual Arts and No. 18 San Fernando travels to No. 15 Cleveland of Reseda. --West Valley: Birmingham of Lake Balboa's fourth seed in the City Section playoffs is the highest for the school in five years. The Patriots ended 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:
To report scores and information, e-mail Staff Writer Matthew Kredell at matthew.kredell(at)dailynews.com GIRLS ON A MISSION The Oaks Christian of Westlake Village girls' soccer team is 65-13-9 since the school opened four years ago and last season won a share of the Southern Section Div. V title. But the Lions, seeded second in the Div. V playoffs that begin Saturday, are building a legacy on more than just winning, one that's consistent with the school's mission. ``Every time we step on the field it's 'What do we want to do as a team?' '' coach Jan Hethcock said. ``Everybody is out to beat us. Are we going to play to that or play to complement each other?'' Said senior and leading scorer Alysha Hoven: ``We started off with freshmen and sophomores. Most kids never played soccer before. We had only two club players. ... But coach Hethcock makes the best of a situation. He is a great leader and good players are attracted to the program.'' Hoven has scored 124 goals in four years and in the fall will play for the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. , where she plans to study medicine. She said there are only three or four players who don't play club soccer on this year's varsity roster. The Lions went undefeated in the Frontier League The Frontier League, based in Troy, Illinois, is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States and Western Pennsylvania. It operates mostly in cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with either. , allowing just one goal in a tie with Nordhoff of Ojai in the regular-season finale, but they weren't the top seed. ``You can't control how other people think,'' junior striker Caitlyn MacKechnie said. Instead, the Lions (15-2-4) will concentrate on returning to the Div. V championship game, in which they tied rival Oak Park last season. With Hoven, MacKechnie and other skilled players such as Nicole Sweetman, Brianna Cox and Tiffany Day, Oaks Christian has few weaknesses. ``I want to win,'' Hoven said. ``It doesn't matter to me if I score or if it's someone else.'' WHO'S HOT --Meagan Pickett, Louisville: The Royals' defender scored two goals in the regular-season finale, a 2-0 victory over Chaminade of West Hills. The game was a must-win for Louisville of Woodland Hills (12-7-5), which earned the league's second playoff spot and will play at North Torrance on Saturday. --Sammy Stoll, Oak Park: The striker has been making up for lost time. Injured last season, Stoll has become one of Oak Park's top scorers. She had three goals in an 8-0 victory over Bishop Diego of Santa Barbara on Wednesday and two in the Eagles' league finale, a 4-0 victory over St. Bonaventure of Ventura on Friday. Oak Park (13-7-4, 8-0-2) took the Tri-Valley league's first playoff spot and will host Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. on Saturday at 3 p.m. LEAGUE UPDATES --Frontier: Oaks Christian is Christian I (krĭs`chən), 1426–81, king of Denmark (1448–81), Norway (1450–81), and Sweden (1457–64), count of Oldenburg, and founder of the Oldenburg dynasty of Danish kings. not the top seed in Southern Section Div. V, but that doesn't mean much. The second-seeded Lions (15-2-4) were unseeded last year and went on to share the championship with Oak Park. The Lions will be without Nicole Sweetman, who was suspended one game after she received double yellows at the end of the Lions' league season. --Golden: Palmdale plays at Canyon of Canyon Country in a Southern Section Div. II 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 . Falcons striker Katie Tague has played well lately and will have to bring her best to Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, at 3 p.m. Saturday. --Mission: Hannah Hand's goal helped Flintridge Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church and also used in the Anglican Church. of La Canada reach the playoffs, and Lauren Bustos and Whitney Davis shored up the defense against Harvard-Westlake of Studio City in the Tologs' league finale, a 1-1 tie with the Wolverines. --West Valley: All but one league team made the City Section playoffs. Granada Hills (9-1-1) is on the upswing Upswing An upward turn in a security's price after a period of falling prices. and should the Highlanders reach the championship, it would be the third and decisive El Camino Real of Woodland Hills-Granada Hills showdown this season. To report scores and information, e-mail Staff Writer Lauren Gustus at lauren.gustus(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1) Goalkeeper Tashi Nakanishi and his St. Francis team were delightfully surprised after Notre Dame upset first-place Loyola. Joe Binoya/Staff Photographer (2) Louisville's Meagan Pickett (center) helped the Royals reach the playoffs and now takes aim at North Torrance this weekend. Box: (1) DAILY NEWS TOP 10 (2) SEVEN-DAY FORECAST |
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