SOCCER NOTEBOOK: KNIGHTS WON'T PLAY IN REGIONALS.Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News Although the Desert Christian of Lancaster girls' soccer team secured a berth in the inaugural Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, regional tournament by virtue of its 2-0 semifinal victory Tuesday at Viewpoint of Calabasas, Knights head coach Deann Lewis confirmed Thursday that Saturday's Southern Section Div. VI championship match will be the team's final contest this season. With the team's focus centering on repeating as Div. VI champion, the opportunity to compete in the eight-team tournament next week wasn't addressed with Lewis and her husband Curtis -- Desert Christian's assistant -- until after they had made family vacation plans. As a result, Desert Christian athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Dean Spoelstra informed Southern Section officials Thursday that the Knights -- despite their 44-match unbeaten streak -- wouldn't be competing Tuesday in the opening round of regional competition. "(Senior forward Robyn Estrada) said 'If we couldn't do it all together 100 percent, then we didn't want to do it,'" Deann Lewis said. "It would've been a great honor, but there was just too many factors. And this way, the seniors know for sure that Saturday will be their last game, and they don't have to wonder about next week." Top-seed Desert Christian (25-0-1) faces No. 2 Calvary Chapel Calvary Chapel is a non-denominational, Protestant fellowship of churches which began in 1965 in Southern California. The term "fellowship of churches" is used in contrast to a denomination. of Murrieta (23-2-1) 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 their Dec. 3 showdown, won 3-1 by the Knights in the second contest of the season for both teams. The Knights also recorded a 4-0 victory over Calvary Chapel in last year's semifinals, before tying Ontario Christian 1-1 in the final. "(St. Margaret's coach) Johnny Marmelstein sent out an e-mail that said 'The road to a championship goes through Lancaster,'" Deann Lewis said. "I prefer to be the underdog or underrated, but sometimes it doesn't happen that way. We just need to focus on what we have ahead of us, and that's Calvary Chapel. "We've played each other enough that we know them and they know us, we just need to go out and play like it's our last game and not hold anything back." No tie zone for Oaks Christian Oaks Christian of Westlake Village is making its fifth appearance in six years in a girls' soccer final, but the Lions are still seeking their first outright title. Oaks Christian (20-3-2), which plays Downey (20-4-1) at 4 p.m. Saturday at Warren High, played Valley Christian of Cerritos to a scoreless draw last year. It marked the second time the Lions tied Valley Christian in the division final, including a 2-2 deadlock See deadly embrace. (parallel, programming) deadlock - A situation where two or more processes are unable to proceed because each is waiting for one of the others to do something. in 2005. Oaks Christian's first two appearances in division finals in 2003 and '04 resulted in ties with Oak Park and Notre Dame Academy Notre Dame Academy may refer to:
n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. contests in program history. "The seniors definitely want to win. They don't want to tie," Oaks Christian coach Jan Hethcock said. "But they know that Saturday is just a game, and in the big picture, it's just a small part of their life. It's just an honor to play in the final again, and it's a great thing for our school to have both our boys' and girls' teams there." Coed championship pursuit For the first time since 2002, both 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 Conquistadores will face San Pedro at 3:30 p.m. in the girls' title match and Banning of Wilmington at 6 p.m. in the boys' championship. Both matches will be at Contreras Learning Complex. Oaks Christian has both its teams competing in Southern Section Div. V championship matches for the first time since 2005. The Lions will face Downey in the girls' final and Hesperia in the boys' title contest, at 4 and 6 p.m. at Warren High in Downey. Both 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) teams captured titles in 2002, while Oaks Christian's boys' lost to Mountain View of El Monte El Monte (ĕl mŏn`tē), city (1990 pop. 106,209), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1912. A residential, industrial, and commercial city in the San Gabriel Valley, El Monte manufactures furniture, electronic equipment, semiconductors, and the girls tied Valley Christian of Cerritos in 2005. erik.boal@dailynews.com |
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