TAKING A TEAM APPROACH PALMDALE'S GARAY GETS THE JOB DONE.Byline: Gideon Rubin Special to the Daily News PALMDALE - Palmdale High forward Jose Garay isn't among the talent-rich Golden League's flashiest boys' soccer players. But whatever he lacks in pizazz, he more than makes up for with efficiency. ``Everybody has their moves, but what really matters is playing well with your team and helping your team win,'' Garay said. ``I'm not the flashiest player, and I don't really want to be the flashiest player. I take pride in that.'' His less-than-showy playing style is remarkably effective. Garay has emerged as one of the area's most feared offensive players after scoring 15 goals through nine games. ``He's fast, he's quick, and he has a nose for the goal,'' first-year Palmdale coach Jarrod Cline cline, in biology, any gradual change in a particular characteristic of a population of organisms from one end of the geographical range of the population to the other. said. ``He's a guy you can kind of count on to score a goal for you, and if he's not scoring goals for you, he's usually setting up scoring opportunities for his teammates. ``He puts a lot of pressure on the other teams.'' Palmdale is coming off a disappointing season in which it placed sixth, ahead of only second-year school Knight, which fielded a team of only freshmen and sophomores in its varsity debut. The Falcons return 13 seniors, and they have a legitimate chance of challenging consensus league favorites Another term for bookmarks, which was popularized by Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. See favicon and Internet Explorer. Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill, Highland and defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Littlerock. Garay, Littlerock senior goalkeeper For the close-in weapon system, see . In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the Emilio Miranda, Highland senior 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). Robby Gonzalez and junior forward Sharif sha·rif n. Variant of sherif. Khatib, and Quartz Hill senior midfielder Cody Jennison are the top returning players in what figures to be an intensely competitive league race. Highland coach Scot Sutherland Sutherland or Sutherlandshire, former county, N Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Sutherland became (1975) part of the new Highland region (now a council area). said a 2-2 Highland-Palmdale tie (Highland won on penalty kicks) in the third-place game of last week's La Canada tournament illustrated the league's top-to-bottom balance. ``Some very good team in our league is not going to make (the playoffs),'' Sutherland said. Garay and the Falcons hope they're not that team. They've taken to a new style employed by Cline, a former Kansas Wesleyan University Kansas Wesleyan University is a private four-year Methodist college founded in Salina, Kansas in 1886. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. About 800 students attend the 28-acre campus, mostly from Kansas and the nearby Midwest. assistant who has Palmdale playing a more methodical me·thod·i·cal also me·thod·ic adj. 1. Arranged or proceeding in regular, systematic order. 2. Characterized by ordered and systematic habits or behavior. See Synonyms at orderly. offensive game. The game plan emphasizes passing the ball around and setting up scoring opportunities instead of kicking the ball up the field and hoping an open forward is there to take advantage. ``It isn't the usual kick-and-run style that most teams play,'' Palmdale senior midfielder Brandon Afaro said. ``It's a smarter game. We're making passes where they need to be. I like it a lot because the team can adapt to it really well no matter who's on the field.'' The new approach suits Garay just fine. ``I think we just need to play hard and worry about playing our game and not worry about the other teams,'' Garay said. ``I think if we do that, we can challenge for the title.'' Gideon Rubin, (818)713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com FIVE TO WATCH Jose Garay, Sr., F, Palmdale Emilio Miranda, Sr., GK, Littlerock Robby Gonzalez, Sr., MF, Highland Sharif Khatib, Jr., F, Highland Cody Jennison, Sr., MF, Quartz Hill CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) Palmdale High's Jose Garay has 15 goals through nine games and is considered one the most feared soccer players in the area. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer (2) Jose Garay Box: FIVE TO WATCH (see text) |
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