SOCCER BEAT.Byline: Erik Boal and Lauren Gustus Staff Writers GIRLS: WHO'S HOT Sarina Coutin, Hart: Scored four goals with two assists in Monday's pool-play victories over Granada Hills and Rosamond in the Hart of Newhall tournament, increasing her team-leading totals to 11 goals and seven assists. No Indians scored or assisted on as many goals last season. She has scored in all nine games she's played. --Sahar Haghdan and Diana Mendez, Highland: The seniors are among the region's most unselfish players, combining for eight goals and 15 assists for Highland of Palmdale (8-1-1). Mendez scored a goal with four assists and Haghdan added two goals and an assist in the Bulldogs' two shutout victories Monday in the Lancaster tournament as they advanced to the semifinals for the second year in a row. --Louisville: With the second and third days of the Hart tournament postponed until Jan. 15 and 17, the Royals (8-2-2) will enter their Jan. 5 Mission League opener at Harvard-Westlake of Studio City riding a streak of three shutouts. Louisville, which has shut out a region-leading eight opponents, has surrendered goals to only three teams: Buena of Ventura, La Salle La Salle, city (1990 pop. 9,717), La Salle co., N Ill., on the Illinois River; settled 1830, inc. 1852. It forms a tricity unit with Peru and Oglesby. Corn, wheat, and soybeans are grown, and cattle and hogs are raised. of Pasadena and Oaks Christian of Westlake Village. --Crescenta Valley: The Falcons' season appeared to be going nowhere fast after they lost five games in an eight-day stretch. But 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. of La Crescenta (5-6-2) snapped the streak with a 1-0 nonleague victory Dec. 20 at previously unbeaten 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, then followed it up with shutouts Monday of Hoover of Glendale and Alemany of Mission Hills in the Hart of Newhall tournament. Rachael Rigamat and Elizabeth Villa have accounted for six of the Falcons' eight goals during their run. THEY'RE FOR REAL By 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:
But coach Shanna Sarris knows the Conquistadores' run at a fifth consecutive City Section title isn't in jeopardy jeopardy, in law, condition of a person charged with a crime and thus in danger of punishment. At common law a defendant could be exposed to jeopardy for the same offense only once; exposing a person twice is known as double jeopardy. . El Camino Real's record is misleading - all seven of its opponents have been from the Southern Section, including three games in the Mater Dei Mater Dei is Latin for "Mother of God", referring to the Virgin Mary. The term has been used to name various institutions, often Catholic, including:
Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. tournament. El Camino Real lost 1-0 to Mater Dei, defeated Long Beach Wilson 2-0, and fell to San Clemente San Clemente (săn klĭmĕn`tē), city (1990 pop. 41,100), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; inc. 1928. Camp Pendleton, a large U.S. marine base, adjoins the city, which is chiefly residential. 4-1. Mater Dei and Long Beach Wilson reached the Southern Section Div. I quarterfinals last season, and San Clemente shared the Div. I title with Capistrano Valley. ``We haven't had four goals scored on us in a long time,'' Sarris said of San Clemente, which won the tournament. ``Those were really tough teams, but with the exception of the San Clemente game, we held our own. ``All the coaches that saw us play told me that we had a tremendous team and that they were glad we came.'' El Camino Real defeated Alemany of Mission Hills and Hoover of Glendale in pool-play competition Monday at the Hart of Newhall tournament and anticipated playing at least two more Southern Section opponents Tuesday before rain canceled play. The good news for the Conquistadores is their final pool-play game with Crescenta Valley of La Crescenta has been rescheduled for Jan. 15. A victory would send them to a semifinal meeting with Canyon of Canyon Country later in the day. El Camino Real also has a nonleague game at Oaks Christian of Westlake Village on Feb. 7. SPEED THRILLS Track season doesn't start until late February, but Oaks Christian of Westlake Village could have some potential sprint or relay candidates on its soccer roster. Jan Hethcock, a 31-year coaching veteran, often sits back and marvels at the open-field speed of Whitney Acton, Brianna Cox, Caitlyn MacKechnie, Hannah MacKechnie, Kelsea Smith and Nicole Sweetman, who are consistently rotated rotated turned around; pivoted. rotated tibia see rotated tibia. between 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 up front to get fresh legs on the team's offensive attack. ``I'm blessed that I'm their soccer coach,'' Hethcock said. ``I can't ever remember another time in my life where I've had this much speed on one team. They're so much fun to watch.'' SAME SEASON, DIFFERENT STORY Taft of Woodland Hills long has been a boys' basketball power, in the West Valley League and the region. In girls' soccer, the Toreadors have taken a back seat to four-time defending City Section champion El Camino Real of Woodland Hills, Chatsworth and Granada Hills during their seven-year existence. Third-year coach Greg Venger hopes that trend will change this season. Taft is off to its best start in the program history, boasting a region-best 12-1-1 record following a split of its pool-play games Tuesday at the El Dorado El Dorado, legendary country of South America El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. tournament in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . In Venger's first two seasons, the Toreadors were 25-25-3, 4-12-4 in league play, and didn't beat El Camino Real, Chatsworth or Granada Hills. After winning the Sylmar tournament for the second year in a row, and playing a nonleague schedule featuring 11 teams that qualified for last season's City playoffs, Venger says his team is ready to move into the league's upper half. ``This has to be (the year),'' said Venger, who has seen the number of club players on his roster increase from three to 13 during his tenure. ``We've turned the corner and now these teams realize we can play.'' In addition to returning All-City selection Loren Schofield - who leads the region with 19 goals - Taft also has relied heavily on the efforts 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). Hannah Sasson (11 goals and 20 assists), a four-year varsity player. ``She's been overlooked for three years,'' Venger said. ``There's not too many in the City Section that are better than her.'' The Toreadors have also benefited from the presence of three freshmen, most notably Lauren Yoshizuka, who has eight goals and 12 assists. BOYS: FLORIDA TRIP BRINGS SUNSHINE FOR ST. FRANCIS St. Francis of La Canada's boys' soccer team might have hit acouple of bumps bumps a term used to describe a variety of papulonodular dermatoses in horses, including 'heat bumps', 'feed bumps', 'protein bumps', 'wheat bumps' and others. No specific disease or etiology has been assigned to the term and veterinary dermatologists wish it would disappear from use. in the road early in its nonleague season, but theKnights came together on a trip to Tampa, Fla., for the Admiral ADMIRAL, officer. In some countries is the commander in chief of the naval forces. This office does not exist in the United States. Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. . The Knights used a 4-3 victory over Gaither of Tampa - one of the top teams in Florida - to win the prestigious national tournament. St. Francis started playing the type of soccer coach Glen Appels believes the team is capable of in its semifinal victory over Seminole of Sanford, Fla. ``We didn't play well in group play, but we had a terrific semifinal against a really talented team,'' Appels said. ``We proved to ourselves what we're capable of as a team. We played much better teams and won.'' The Knights were disappointed after a loss to Sylmar in theconsolation game of the Burroughs of Burbank tournament, which ended two weeksago. St. Francis was still experimenting with combinations and filling roster spots during the Burroughs tournament. The school's football teamcommandeered resources field/players at the start of soccer season. ``We had some things working against us,'' Appels said. ``Our football team had a long season and we're happy for them ... but I think we're progressing. You usually don't play your best soccer at the start of the season.'' 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. play starts next week, and the Knights will need to continue to play well, likely needing to match their level of play inFlorida, in order to successfully defend their league title. St.Francis plays at 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. , a fourth-place finisher at the Admiral Invitational, Jan. 24 at 3p.m. ``We always look forward to that game,'' Loyola coach Chris Walter said. ``It's always a very exciting game. But we don't want to look ahead. We've got everyone in league before.'' WHO'S HOT --Clark Sanchez-Figueras, St. Francis:: The St. Francis of La Canada striker scored two goals in the second half as the GoldenKnights defeated Gaither of Tampa, Fla., 4-3 in the final of the AdmiralInvitational in Tampa. Sanchez-Figueras assisted on another to help the Knights to the Elite Division Championship and added a goal in the Knights' 2-1 semifinal victory over Seminole of Sanford, Fla. --Andrew Sanders San´ders n. 1. An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood. , Loyola: The Loyola of Los Angeles seniorscored five goals at the Admiral Invitational as the Cubs finishedfourth in the Elite Division. Loyola allowed only one goal in fourgames before losing to Gaither of Tampa, Fla., on penalty kicks in the semifinals. --Eric Blanco Blanco (meaning the color white in Spanish) is an adjective often used in Spanish surnames. Below is a list of famous people and places associated with the word. , Sylmar: Blanco leads Sylmar with 10 goals and twoassists. The striker scored four of those goals in the South BayTournament this week at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson. Sylmar scored 6-0 victories Monday over Long Beach Jordan and Inglewood. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1) Sarina Coutin (2) EL CAMINO REAL'S NIKI NIKI Network of Iranians for Knowledge and Innovation (Iran) CONNOLLY John Lazar/Staff Photographer Box: (1) Daily News TOP 10 (2) SEVEN-DAY FORECAST |
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