SOUTHERN SEC. DIVISION II: THROW-INS KEY IN WESTLAKE ROUT WESTLAKE 5, HART 1.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer WESTLAKE VILLAGE - Whether it was defending them or scoring off them, long throw-in plays hadn't benefited the Westlake High girls' soccer team. Those tendencies reversed course this season. And if Friday's Southern Section Division II playoff play·off also play-off 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. opener is an indication, it can be the Warriors' meal ticket to a deep postseason charge. Scoring three times directly off throw-ins, Westlake buried visiting Hart of Newhall early and won 5-1 to reach Tuesday's second round. The second-seeded Warriors improved to 17-0-1. Hart, an at-large team, finished 8-11-4. Westlake junior 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). Nicole Remmenga's free kicks have always been a source of scoring opportunities. Her foot is equally matched by the arms of sidelines Sidelines Hypothetical position referring to noninvolvement in a stock; merely watching. inbound in·bound 1 adj. Bound inward; incoming: inbound commuter traffic. Adj. 1. inbound specialist Katie Heyl, whose tosses near the goal usually are dangerous. ``It's been our Achilles' heel the last couple years on throw-ins,'' Westlake coach Frank Marino said. ``This year, we've done a great job. We've practiced a lot more this year finishing in the (penalty) box.'' After Westlake jumped to a 1-0 lead when Heyl's cross was headed in by Ashley Jones Ashley Jones (born September 3, 1976 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American television soap opera actress from Memphis, Tennessee She rose to fame on the long-running CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless in just the third minute, the barrage of set plays began. Remmenga used a header to score off Heyl's first successful throw-in. The next time she got within reasonable distance from the net, Heyl needed only an unfortunate Indians defender, who deflected de·flect intr. & tr.v. de·flect·ed, de·flect·ing, de·flects To turn aside or cause to turn aside; bend or deviate. [Latin d the ball into the goal for a 3-0 lead. Hart coach Juan Arias thought his team's strong defense could keep it close. But the Indians had no answer for Heyl's accuracy. ``I hate that. This is a problem when we go to the small football fields,'' said Arias, whose team plays on a wider playing surface in Newhall. ``When you have those girls who can throw them, it's worse than a corner kick because with your hands, you can direct. And they have girls who can use their heads.'' But Westlake has plenty of strong feet, too. Kelly Cochran, who leads a talented 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 unit, kicked in a cross from Jones to make it 4-0 at halftime. The Warriors' final goal again was hatched by Heyl's throw into the center of play. Remmenga emerged with a directed shot that finished off the Indians. ``Huge advantage, I think, especially in high school,'' Jones said. ``We're definitely lucky to have Katie.'' |
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