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Cate never gave Paraclete a chance.The top-seeded Rams came out flying and never let up in rolling to a 5-1 victory that puts them in the CIF Division 7 boys soccer final for the second straight year.Cate (18-1-1), the defending champion, will play third-seeded University Prep of Victorville in the championship match on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. University Prep defeated Mary Star of the Sea, 3-0, in the other semifinal.Five different players scored for the Rams."It was a great game … [Read more...]
SB UNITED ADVANCES AYSO Under-12 boys soccer team, SB United, went undefeated in the AYSO Sectional Playoffs in Bakersfield this past weekend to qualify for the 2012 AYSO State Championship in Palm Springs on March 17 and 18.In the final game, SB United had to overcome an early 0-2 deficit to force overtime, and eventually won on penalty kicks. … [Read more...]
Cate overcame a 1-0 halftime deficit in a hostile environment and defeated Don Bosco Tech 2-1 in a CIF Division 7 boys soccer quarterfinal match Thursday in Rosemead.Ema Boateng scored the tying goal in the 43rd minute and Jeffrey Acheampong delivered the game-winner in the 60th minute.The Rams, 17-1-1 and the division's defending champions, advance to the semifinals on Tuesday against Paraclete, a 3-1 winner over Academy for Academic Excellence."It was 85 degrees, but the ambient … [Read more...]
Long Beach Poly turned up the pressure in the second half of Wednesday's CIF Division 2 second round game at Dos Pueblos, with Celeste Dominquez giving Long Beach Poly what it needed in the 54th minute of a 1-0 victory for the Jackrabbits.Dominquez redirected a shot from teammate Sam Shier, one of a number of opportunities in the latter 40 minutes of the contest."I haven't scored in a long time and I knew I had to come up big," Dominquez said.Long Beach Poly moves into Friday's … [Read more...]
Avery Schwartz scored three times on Tuesday as the top-seeded Cate boys soccer team advanced through the second round of the CIF Division 7 playoff with a 5-2 victory over visiting Coast Union.Schwartz's first two gave Cate a 2-0 lead at halftime and his third gave the Rams a commanding 5-1 lead on the Broncos in the 65th minute."I got a lot of good feeds from my midfielders and other guys. I was able to take my chances," Schwartz said after the game.The Yale-bound senior now … [Read more...]
The long road trip to Perris apparently took its toll on the Carpinteria boys soccer team.The Warriors got off to a slow start and suffered a 3-1 loss Tuesday in the second round of the CIF Division 5 playoffs.“We just weren’t ready,” Carpinteria coach Daniel Torres lamented. “We weren’t ready to play, we weren’t ready to finish. We beat ourselves today.”Perris, the champion of the Sunbelt League, scored two goals in the first 17 minutes to put Carpinteria in a big hole … [Read more...]
Laguna Blanca’s crazy girls soccer season came to a wild and crazy ending on Friday.The Owls scored four goals, but it wasn’t enough as Oxford Academy forward Brianna Washa tallied four of her own and led the Patriots to a 6-4 win in a see-saw CIF Division 6 first-round playoff match at Laguna Blanca.The loss ended a season that saw the Owls (9-6) lose their first five matches and then reel off nine straight wins en route to the Condor League title.Oxford Academy, meanwhile, lost … [Read more...]
The Carpinteria girls soccer team traveled to play Katella in the first round of the CIF Division 5 playoffs. The game was scoreless for the first 82 minutes, but the home team scored a goal in added time to win 1-0 and knock out the Warriors.Carpinteria finished with an 11-5-4 overall record and a 6-1-3 Frontier League record which landed the team in second place. The Warriors received an unlucky draw and were matched up with Katella, the Orange League champion.The Carpinteria defense … [Read more...]
Dos Pueblos' first-round CIF victory came with heavy hearts on Friday, as the Chargers defeated Royal 2-1 on the birthday of Lindsay Rose, who tragically passed away after a surfing accident in April of 2009. CLICK HERE FOR CIF DIVISION 2 BRACKETThe team gathered together for a brunch earlier in the day and then talked about Lindsay's legacy some more after the match."It's definitely emotional," said junior captain Rachel Smith, who scored both of DP's goals on Friday. "The seniors … [Read more...]
The San Marcos girls soccer team faced a tough matchup at Arcadia, and lost 2-1 in a tightly contested game."It was really the best soccer the girls have played all season," Royals head coach Macie Berlin said.San Marcos finished in third place in the Channel League with a 2-4-2 record. As the wild card in the CIF Division II playoffs, the Royals faced Acradia -- the winners of the Pacific League.The first half was a back-and-forth affair and ended in a 0-0 stalemate.In the … [Read more...]
There’s nothing like a comeback victory in a playoff opener to boost a team’s confidence for the rest of the postseason.Carpinteria’s boys soccer team is experiencing that uplifting feeling after its 2-1 win over Arroyo Grande in a CIF Division 5 playoff opener on Thursday at Memorial Stadium.Omar Vazquez and Muhammed Mehai scored three minutes apart in the last 10 minutes of the second half to erase a 1-0 deficit and move the Warriors (16-6-1) into a second-round matchup Tuesday … [Read more...]
