SOCCER NOTEBOOK: AREA UNDERDOGS FULL OF SURPRISES GETTING PAST SEMIFINALS WON'T BE EASY.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer This year's high school soccer playoffs have been filled with overachieving local teams. In the past few days alone, the unseeded 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. boys upset Division I's No. 2 seed and Chaminade of West Hills came within a few minutes of taking the No. 1-seeded Division IV boys' team to penalty kicks. Then there's the Flintridge Prep of La Canada boys, who made the playoffs as the Prep League's third-place team and had to start in the wild-card round but have advanced to the Division V semifinals, knocking off the No. 4 seed along the way. With so many underdogs finding success, it is difficult to count out the area's remaining participants in the postseason, even though most of them would not be favored to win in today's semifinals. Here is a look at some of the daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin tasks ahead for teams trying to reach Saturday's championship matches: --Thousand Oaks (18-4-4) travels to No. 3 Temecula Valley, where senior Jeremy Terrell and teammates try to upset their second consecutive seeded opponent, even though senior Danny Ermolovich is slowed by a leg injury. --The No. 3 Calabasas boys (21-1-1) play at Division III's No. 1 seed, Santa Margarita Santa Margarita ("Saint Margaret") may refer to:
--The No. 3 St. Francis of La Canada boys travel to Division IV's No. 2 seed, Estancia es·tan·cia n. A large estate or cattle ranch in Spanish America. [Spanish, room, enclosure, country estate, from Vulgar Latin *stantia, something standing, from Latin . --Tizoco Cruz-Gonzalez, Richie Lang and Brian Pramov lead Flintridge Prep against Division V's No. 1 seed, Pasadena Poly. --The top-seeded Harvard-Westlake of North Hollywood girls play at unseeded Bishop Montgomery of Torrance in a rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® of last year's Division IV semifinal. The Wolverines (20-2-4) would seem to have the advantage, but being the No. 1 seed didn't help last time, when they were upset by the Knights in a contest that went to penalty kicks. --The Chaminade girls would love to face Mission League rival Harvard- Westlake in the Division IV final, but to get there, the No. 3 Eagles (21-4-4) have to beat No. 2 Corona del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
--As the No. 16 seed in the City Invitational bracket, the Poly of Sun Valley girls faced nothing but higher seeded teams, but it hasn't slowed the Parrots (6-8-4), who have earned a third of their season wins in the postseason. Poly, which opened with an upset of No. 1 Elizabeth Learning Center, needs to beat South Gate to reach the final. --The 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:
defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Chatsworth's berth in the final is almost a given - but the No. 3 Conquistadores (11-3-1) have to travel to No. 2 San Pedro with an offense that takes a lot of shots but managed just one goal in the quarterfinal. |
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