SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS' WATER POLO: ZEPFEL FIRES WINNER IN 4TH OT FOR H.-W. RESERVE COMES IN TO SEND WOLVERINES TO FINAL H.-W. 11, EL TORO 10.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer The unlikeliest of stars was needed to give the Harvard-Westlake of Studio City boys' water team the championship-game berth that had seemed so likely until Wednesday afternoon. Andrew Zepfel, a senior who spent most of the season on junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. , entered in the second overtime period Noun 1. overtime period - a period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketball extra time, overtime - playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie and later scored on his only shot to give top-seeded Harvard-Westlake an 11-10 victory over No. 4 El Toro El To·ro An unincorporated community of southern California southeast of Santa Ana. Founded in the 1890s, it is mainly residential. Population: 62,685. in the Southern Section Div. I semifinal at Westlake High that went to a sudden-death fourth overtime period. ``I've always imagined this,'' Zepfel said after emerging from a bench- clearing mob in the pool. ``It turned out just like I imagined.'' Harvard-Westlake, which advances to the final Tuesday at Belmont Plaza, never led until Will Hindle-Katel broke a 6-6 tie late in the fourth quarter. Justin Rappel, who scored a game-high five goals, put the Wolverines (26-2) up 8-7 with 45 seconds remaining, but Derrek Danna scored for El Toro (23-7) 25 seconds later to send the game to overtime. Rappel added game-tying goals late in both the first and second overtime periods. Zepfel fired in the deciding shot 27 seconds into the fourth overtime. ``I was really nervous,'' Zepfel said. ``I didn't think I was even going to get in. Then I got the pass and luckily it went in.'' Goalkeeper Jay Connolly helped keep Harvard-Westlake in the game with 20 saves. --Peninsula 9, La Canada 5: Top-seeded La Canada allowed four unanswered points, three of them in the fourth quarter, as it ended its playoff run in a Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. semifinal game at Pasadena City College. ``We were not mentally prepared,'' said La Canada's Chris Wehrle, who scored the team's last goal to tie it 5-5 with 2:20 left in the third quarter. ``We haven't seen (Peninsula of Rolling Hills Rolling hills are like a mountain chain, only a "hill chain" of hills that roll on and on continually. You will often find them in between plains and mountains, near major rivers, or randomly anywhere. The only places without rolling hills are deserts and flood plains. ) all season long, so we didn't know what to expect.'' La Canada jumped out to an early lead when Matt Blatchley scored a goal 1:31 into the game. However, Peninsula erased the deficit as Jimmy Ogunmola scored two of his three goals to put the Panthers up 4-2. Jordan Thompson, Devon Borisoff and Tom Dodson each scored a goal for La Canada (22-7). ``We had three good quarters of play,'' said La Canada goalkeeper Kevin Coyne Kevin Coyne was a singer, composer, writer and painter. The former "anti-star" was born on January 27th 1944 in Derby, UK, and died in his adopted home of Nuremberg, Germany, on December 2nd 2004. , who recorded seven saves (five of them in the first half). ``But our defense fell apart in the fourth. It was tough to regroup re·group v. re·grouped, re·group·ing, re·groups v.tr. To arrange in a new grouping. v.intr. 1. To come back together in a tactical formation, as after a dispersal in a retreat. as we run our game off our defense.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Michael Owen
Will Hindle-Katel and Harvard-Westlake defeated El Toro in the fourth overtime period. |
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