SOCCER BEAT OVERLOOKED?Byline: Chris Cocoles, Heather Gripp Staff Writers Valencia puts such an emphasis on its stout stout, alcoholic beverage: see beer. defense, the Vikings' performance against Canyon on Wednesday makes it easy to remember that their offense might be underrated. Twice in the second half, Valencia used textbook execution to score on goals by Shari Summers and Leah Shelton that sealed the key Foothill League-opening win. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if we're underrated. Our offense is very good too,'' said senior sweeper Michelle Bontempi, Valencia's defensive leader. ``I think we concentrate on defense so maybe that comes out more.'' CASTING CALL Canyon's offense was virtually invisible Wednesday after a goal one minute into the Cowboys' Foothill League match at Valencia. It appeared the absence of senior midfielder
In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). Vicky Duffy, who sprained her left ankle against Quartz Hill last week, affected the Cowboys' play. Duffy scored 12 goals for Canyon last season, and though high-scoring midfielder Jaime Rendich and forward Natalie Sozio were around, the Cowboys managed just three shots in the 4-1 loss to the Vikings. ``It's an impact,'' Canyon coach Gregg Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. said of Duffy's injury, which could keep her out of action for another month. ``But I think more so it was just a complete lack of hunger in this one. ``Vicky is an important piece of our offense. But we can get by. We can do things. We still have a balanced attack with the people we have up front. . . . We can create the offense. We just have to win the ball. You can't score if you don't have the ball.'' FINALLY Three weeks after the rest of the 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. played its first games, the Agoura boys get to play their league opener. The Chargers were supposed to open against 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. on Dec. 19, but since Agoura started its holiday break sooner than the rest of the league and had players missing, the 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. agreed to postpone the game. The Marmonte's other teams will each have played at least two league games by the time Agoura makes its debut Tuesday against Thousand Oaks in a game that has been moved to Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. . Although they haven't played any Marmonte games, the Chargers (5-3-3) faced Marmonte contender Newbury Park at last week's Lompoc tournament and defeated the Panthers 2-1, giving Agoura hope it can be part of the league's tight title race. SETTING PRIORITIES While most teams used their breaks from school to spend extra time playing soccer - usually playing in at least one tournament - the La Canada boys did the opposite. ``We did nothing at all,'' Spartans coach Louie Bilowitz said. La Canada was given two weeks off to spend the holidays with family. The Spartans didn't even practice, but say the rustiness when they returned was worth the tradeoff. ``I learned that long ago with my son,'' Bilowitz said. ``That's the time to be with their families, take trips or do whatever they want to do. For the seniors, this may be the last time the families have them together for a vacation. I give that time to them.'' The slow starts that traditionally follow the breaks haven't been enough to keep the Spartans from being a Rio Hondo Rio Hondo may refer to:
The players kept busy with activities such as snowboarding snowboarding: see under skiing. snowboarding Sport of sliding downhill over snow on a snowboard, a wide ski ridden in a surfing position. Derived from surfing and influenced also by skateboarding as well as skiing, snowboarding began to burgeon , but when the team returned to practice Tuesday, Bilowitz was happy to find no injuries other than Lonnie Diaz's broken hand, which he suffered a few weeks earlier. In their first game back Wednesday, the Spartans defeated previously undefeated Pasadena Poly 4-1 in preparation for next week's league opener at San Marino San Marino, city, United States San Marino (săn mərē`nō), residential city (1990 pop. 12,959), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1913. Of interest is the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. . KELLIE'S HEROES Quartz Hill senior Kellie Cox is as gifted a player as there is in the region. But she hasn't been required to carry the Rebels, favored to win their fourth consecutive Golden League championship. Cox and fellow senior Andrea Cabriales are returning All-Southern Section selections. But Quartz Hill's role players are making the stars' lives much easier. Freshman forward Shauna Cabriales scored twice in a win over Calabasas during Quartz Hill's run to 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. tournament title last week. Junior Laura Weiss and sophomore Alisha Bassett also have made big plays, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. head coach Maury Cauchon. Goalkeeper Karen Comstock made two huge penalty-kick saves to help preserve a win over Canyon at the Simi Valley tournament. Quartz Hill isn't just Cox's and Andrea Cabriales' team. ``Kellie doesn't feel like she has to do it all. She had that pressure last season,'' Cauchon said. ``She doesn't have it now.'' CORNER KICKS Girls' soccer is becoming popular on Antelope Valley's campus again. The Antelopes' JV and varsity teams In the United States and Canada and UK, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, or high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of had a combined 23 players in 1997. The turnout has increased each season since. Coach Jason Treanor had to turn away 20 prospective players at this year's tryouts. Now there are 50 players participating on three levels of teams. . . . Keep an eye on Saugus in the highly competitive Foothill League. The Centurions are a respectable 8-3-5 overall and showed they can play with the league's elite after tying defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Hart in Wednesday's league opener. Saugus has played well despite losing starting sweeper Kristin Johnson before the season with a broken hip. . . . At 9-3-1, pencil in Granada Hills as another threat to Chatsworth in the West Valley League, which begins play next week. 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:
tr.v. dec·o·rat·ed, dec·o·rat·ing, dec·o·rates 1. To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish. 2. girls' program. . . . It's been said the ECR ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR European Congress of Radiology ECR Electron Cyclotron Resonance ECR El Camino Real (Kings Highway; California) ECR Electronic Cash Register ECR East Coast Radio (South Africa) boys have enough good players they could field two quality teams. The Conquistadores get to find out if that is true when they send their 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. to compete against varsity City teams in the Sylmar tournament. The three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. runs through Saturday. GOLDEN OUTLOOK Mark Regalado opted to play only club soccer last season. The senior is playing for Palmdale High this season and leading the Falcons with 14 goals. The addition of several club players in addition to Regalado has turned Palmdale into a Golden League contender a season after winning just two league games and finishing in fifth place. The Falcons (7-4-2), who open league play tonight against Highland, have already surpassed last season's win total. ``This year it's a lot more serious,'' Palmdale coach Jeremy Kriss said. ``We've got players who are experienced soccer players, who are out here to win. We have a lot of freshmen and sophomores, but they play club.'' BACK ON THE PROWL Last season, the Calabasas boys' team thrived with a lineup featuring four players in the front, three in the midfield mid·field n. Sports 1. The section of a playing field midway between goals. 2. Players whose usual positions are in the midfield. mid and three in back. But when the Coyotes started 1-3-1 using the same format this season, they knew it was time for a change. ``The major problem early in the season was we couldn't hold a lead,'' said Coyotes coach John Reich, whose team often held multiple-goal leads in their early losses. Calabasas switched to a traditional four-man defense and has been on the rise ever since. The Coyotes (8-3-3) confirmed their potential by defeating Crespi of Encino in the championship game of last week's Buena tournament. Senior Brian Ford's move to sweeper has been key in helping make up for former all-league defender Gil Hoftman's move to the midfield. ``The younger guys are more comfortable with that,'' Reich said of the new format. ``The big question was how we would do without Gil back there. Brian's been terrific.'' Ford earned all-tournament honors at the Buena tournament, as did Hoftman, Julian Desalay and junior striker Danny Barth, who was named MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. . The Coyotes begin defense of their 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. title today. DAILY NEWS BOYS' TOP 10 (Through Wednesday) No. Team (Record) LW 1. El Camino Real (13-2) 1 2. Chaminade () 2 3. Royal (15-2-1) 4 4. Quartz Hill (14-2) 7 5. La Canada (8-0-1) 5 6. St. Francis () 3 7. Crespi (10-2) 6 8. Thousand Oaks () 8 9. Reseda (10-2-1) 10 10. Calabasas (8-3-3) NR BOYS: SEVEN-DAY FORECAST Game of the week Crespi at Chaminade, Monday at 5 p.m.: There's no such as thing as an easy game in the Mission League, but this should be one of the best matchups the league has to offer. Both teams are ranked in the Top 10 and have the potential to contend for a Southern Section title. Potential hero A strong week by Thousand Oaks' junior goalkeeper Kevin Alarcon could boost the Lancers' standing in the Marmonte League. The defending league co-champions, who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. their first Marmonte win, face lineups full of capable scorers looking to prove they belong among the area's best when they resume league play Saturday. Potential upset For 12 games, teams unsuccessfully tried to be the first to beat El Camino Real of Woodland Hills. The Conquistadores were proven beatable when they lost twice last week, but Birmingham of Van Nuys didn't need anyone to tell it ECR isn't invincible. The Patriots traditionally give the Conquistadores a tough time. DAILY NEWS GIRLS' TOP 10 (Records through Wednesday) No. Team (Record) LW 1. Westlake (5-0-3) 1 2. Harvard-Westlake (7-1-4) 2 3. Chaminade (9-4-2) 3 4. Valencia (13-1-1) 6 5. Hart (6-4-5) 5 6. Canyon (12-1-3) 4 7. Louisville (10-4-1) 7 8. Chatsworth (3-2-1) 8 9. Quartz Hill (8-3-1) 9 10. ECR (3-0-1) 10 GIRLS: SEVEN-DAY FORECAST Game of the week Valencia at Hart, Tuesday at 3:15 p.m.: The teams met just last Thursday in the semifinals of the Hart tournament, with the defending Foothill League-champion Indians prevailing on penalty kicks. Following Valencia's convincing 4-1 win over Canyon in the league opener, beating Hart would give the Vikings an early advantage toward the league championship. Potential hero Chaminade goalkeeper Candice Rodella. Replacing Daily News Player of the Year Sara Leibowitz is quite a tall order for anyone. Rodella faces consecutive Mission League tests Monday against Louisville and Friday against Harvard-Westlake. Bound to happen Thousand Oaks is capable of throwing a scare into No. 1 Westlake when the teams meet Saturday in a key Marmonte League match. But the Warriors' rejuvenated re·ju·ve·nate tr.v. re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing, re·ju·ve·nates 1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again. 2. offense will be too much for the Lancers to overcome. CAPTION(S): photo, 4 boxes Photo: Valencia High's Shari Summers (8) scored a goal Wednesday in the Vikings Foothill League-opening victory against Canyon. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News Box: (1) DAILY NEWS BOYS' TOP 10 (see text) (2) BOYS: SEVEN-DAY FORECAST (see text) (3) DAILY NEWS GIRLS' TOP 10 (see text) (4) GIRLS: SEVEN-DAY FORECAST (see text) |
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