South's title bid falls short.Byline: Adam Jude The Register-Guard TIGARD - Some 12 yards apart, Niki Paulson and Jesslyn Rahm stood facing each other, the weight of the girls soccer state championship hanging in the space between them. Like four teammates before her, Paulson sneaked a penalty kick past Rahm to clinch No. 1 Tualatin's 1-0 victory over No. 2 South Eugene during an overtime shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. in the OSAA OSAA Oregon School Activities Association OSAA Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (United Nations body) OSAA Ocean State Aquaculture Association OSAA Office of the Sergeant-At-Arms (Philippines) Class 4A title game Saturday at Tigard High School Tigard High School is a public high school that is located in Tigard, Oregon. THS is a part of the Tigard-Tualatin School District. Tigard has offered the International Baccalaureate curriculum since January 1987. About 2000 students currently attend Tigard High School. . Rahm, South Eugene's standout senior goalkeeper, sat motionless, her face buried in the turf. A few yards away, Paulson was surrounded by her Tualatin teammates, their celebration overtaking o·ver·take tr.v. o·ver·took , o·ver·tak·en , o·ver·tak·ing, o·ver·takes 1. a. To catch up with; draw even or level with. b. To pass after catching up with. 2. Rahm and the Axemen's tearful heartbreak. "It's unreal," said Paulson, a junior midfielder. "I just thought about putting the ball in the back of the net. I thrive under that pressure." After 100 scoreless minutes of regulation and overtime, Tualatin and South Eugene each sent five shooters forward for the penalty-kick shootout. The Timberwolves (16-0-3) won the shootout 5-3, culminating with Paulson's final kick, to give them their first championship. "It's kind of crummy crum·my also crumb·y adj. crum·mi·er also crumb·i·er, crum·mi·est also crumb·i·est Slang 1. Miserable or wretched: a crummy situation in the family. 2. that it had to end that way," Tualatin goalkeeper Lindsay Parlee said. "It's hard to see such a good team go home on penalty kicks." The loss snapped a 19-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" for Midwestern League champion South Eugene (19-2-0), which has placed second in all three of its state championship appearances. "We like our chances in a shootout with (Rahm) in there," South Eugene coach Brad Stratton said. "She's a great goalkeeper, but you just don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what's going to happen on penalty kicks.' Annah Kennedy, Courtney Verloo, Lindsey Wilcox, Kaley Soderquist and Paulson converted their penalty kicks for the Timberwolves, who won the Pac-9 Conference championship. Meghan Anderson, Devany Jones and Rianna Mansfield connected on their PK attempts for the Axemen. The lone miss of the shootout came when a shot from South Eugene's Amy Densmore sailed over Parlee and caromed off the crossbar and out of harm's way beyond the danger limit; in a safe place. - Latimer. See also: Out . "I was just trying to relax," said Parlee, a junior goalie. "All the pressure is on the shooter; they're expected to make it." Neither team seemed too thrilled about having the state title come down to the shootout. "That's just a bad way to decide things," Stratton said. "It's tough to lose on one shot. It's deflating, but we gave it all we had and left it all on the field." Tualatin was the aggressor AGGRESSOR, crim. law. He who begins, a quarrel or dispute, either by threatening or striking another. No man may strike another because he has threatened, or in consequence of the use of any words. in the first half of regulation, sending three attackers forward to create a handful of scoring opportunities. South settled down, and the two teams went back and forth in the middle of the field. Mansfield provided the Axemen's best hope for a goal in regulation with about a minute left before halftime, when her left-footed shot 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 off Parlee's fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. and off the goal post. "If someone hadn't been on that ball," Parlee said, "it could've been over for us." After 80 evenly matched minutes of regulation, two 10-minute overtime sessions didn't provide any scoring either, with both teams feeling the effects of the strenuous action. "Over time, everyone was dead tired," Stratton said. "And that made it difficult to make that extra pass and get that extra power on shots." South had a 13-10 advantage in shots, though that mattered little when the title came down to the shootout. "I wasn't disappointed in our play at all," said Stratton, in his first year as the South coach. "I thought (the Axemen) did really well. I thought we created more chances overall." OSAA SOCCER PLAYOFFS Class 4A Girls Championship SATURDAY'S RESULT Tualatin 1, South Eugene 0 (PK, 5-3) Class 3A/2A/1A Girls Championship SATURDAY'S RESULT Oregon Episcopal 3, Hidden Valley 2 Class 4A Boys Championship SATURDAY'S RESULT Jesuit 1, Westview 0 Class 3A Boys Championship SATURDAY'S RESULT McLoughlin 2, La Salle La Salle, city (1990 pop. 9,717), La Salle co., N Ill., on the Illinois River; settled 1830, inc. 1852. It forms a tricity unit with Peru and Oglesby. Corn, wheat, and soybeans are grown, and cattle and hogs are raised. 1 Class 2A/1A Boys Championship SATURDAY'S RESULT Oregon Episcopal School 4, North Clackamas Christian 0 CAPTION(S): South Eugene's Amy Densmore (12) is comforted by teammates after her shot bounced off the crossbar in a penalty-kick shootout against Tualatin. S t o r y l a b e l O S A A s o c c e r p l a y o f f s |
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