SOCCER TEAM AMAZING AT STATE.Byline: CONNIE
Connie is a British television drama made for ITV by Central Television and shown in 1985. LLANOS llanos (yä`nōs), Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. Staff Writer CASTAIC -- Young Rebecca Rebecca or Rebekah (both: rēbĕk`ə), wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob. One day, as was her custom, she drew water at the city well; while there she showed kindness to Eliezer, Abraham's servant. Buchanan was still catching her breath Monday Monday: see week. afternoon. The 10-year-old spent her weekend running and kicking across a soccer field in Upland Upland, city (1990 pop. 63,374), San Bernardino co., S Calif., in a citrus-fruit region at the foot of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1906. Citrus fruits and grapes are packed and processed in the city. Paint, orchard heaters, auto parts, and feed products are also made. -- a huge feat for the little girl whose kidney was removed just months ago. "It was fun but I was tired by the fourth quarter," Rebecca said. Rebecca and the Castaic Highlighters brought home second place at the American Youth Soccer Organization state championships Saturday, making history for the Castaic soccer community. But more importantly, it took the little team that could to the No. 2 spot of some 1,000 soccer teams on the West Coast. The Highlighters lost the championship game, 1-0, to a Pico Rivera Pico Rivera (pē`kō rĭvĕr`ə), city (1990 pop. 59,177), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., SE of Los Angeles on the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo rivers; inc. 1958 with the union of Pico and Rivera into one community. team. Coach Steve Baca said second place was nothing short of magic to him. "Everything was against us," Baca said. "We had to play 11 players versus 11 players; we are used to playing 9 on 9 -- we only have 11 girls on our team. They had subs and kept throwing in new girls, but we did the best we could and the girls really toughed it out." Baca was especially proud of his team's good-luck charm. "I was really concerned about her during the game," Baca said. "But she contributed just like I thought she would. She kicked balls out of bounds and up field ... she did a lot better than I was expecting." In other youth soccer news, the Saugus Slammers 10-and-under girls' team took first place in the All-Star state championships. connie.llanos@dailynews.com (661) 257-5254 |
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