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Saturday, March 8, 2008
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
All championship final results
DIVISION I
Santa Monica 2, Poway 1 (OT)
Santa Monica showed what a Southern Section Division IV team is made of.
The Vikings have been nationally ranked in various polls all season long, but some in California have questioned their legitimacy because of the division they play in.
Santa Monica, likely, quieted some its doubters Saturday when it won the inaugural Division I Southern California Regional title. Juan Magana scored the game-winning, and game-ending, goal as the Vikings beat Poway, the San Diego Section Division I champion, 2-1, in sudden-death overtime at Warren High. The goal went in five minutes before the match would have gone to penalty kicks.
Magana, a junior, hurt his shoulder during the postgame celebration, but didn't seem too concerned.
"It's worth it," Magana said of the pain. "This makes my top three list."
Santa Monica (29-0-1), which scored 110 goals and allowed only 16 this season, is in contention to win two mythical national championships. Coming into Saturday's game the Vikings were ranked No. 2 by StudentSportsSoccer.com and No. 4 by the National Soccer Coaches Assn. of America.
This season has been "a dream come true for all of us," said Loyola Marymount-bound Artur Jozkowicz, who got his 24th assist of the season during the game.
Jozkowicz, who also has 14 goals, set up junior Ricky Martinez in the 47th minute to give Santa Monica the early lead. The Titans (27-3-2) came right back, though, and tied the score two minutes later.
The game stayed that way until 10 minutes into overtime when Magana, after a Poway defender failed to clear the ball, took a shot on goal. Poway goalkeeper Eric Weinberg began to go to his right, but the ball hit a Poway defender, changed directions and went into the net.
"Unlucky deflection," Weinberg, a senior, said of the play. "I think we could have won this game. They were a great team, but we were step-for-step with them."
Santa Monica Coach Jimmy Chapman said Poway was, by far, the toughest team they faced all season long.
"Hats off to Poway, but it really came down to heart," said Chapman, who got doused with Gatorade by the players. "I don't doubt Poway has heart, but our boys have been consistent and played as one all season long."
Santa Monica Soccer Director Frank Gatell, who shares coaching duties with Chapman, said the movie industry should give him a call.
"There's so many stories with this team that, honestly, Hollywood should call me up just to buy the rights," he said.
DIVISION II
Santa Margarita 1, San Diego Cathedral 0
Santa Margarita made a first-half goal from midfielder Alex Rodriguez stand up and recorded its19th shutout of the season.
The Eagles (24-3-4), who gave up only 12 goals this season, broke a 15-year-old school record for least goals allowed in a season. The mark was set in 1993 by a team that included three future MLS players, including current New England Revolution starting goalkeeper Matt Reis.
To break that record "shows how much heart and character this team had," Coach Curt Bauer said. "That team had some of the best player in the state, if not the country."
This year's defense was anchored by Loyola Marymount-bound Roger Downes and 6-foot-5 junior goalkeeper Billy Thompson. Bauer also credited defenders Garrett Martinez and Trey Whitaker for helping shore up the back line.
"To have given up 12 goals in 31 games, I would have never expected that."
Cathedral (27-3-2) had their shots against the Eagles, but were unable to beat Thompson, who made 10 saves.
"They played good defense and their goalie made good saves," Cathedral Coach Bryan Wood said.
--Jaime Cardenas
DIVISION III
Salesian 3, Avenal 0
Salesian bounced back from a disappointing semifinals loss in the Southern Section Division V playoffs to win a Southern California Regional championship.
Chris Chavez gave Salesian (19-1-2) an early lead and then the Mustangs scored two more goals late in the match to beat Avenal of the Central Section. Diego Hernandez and Brian Beltran added goals in the 67th and 74th minutes, respectively.
Losing to Oaks Christian in the Division V semifinals "motivated us more to win this," Chavez said. "Besides, this is better than [than winning Southern Section]. Bigger ring."
The Mustangs (21-1) were riding a 32-game unbeaten streak when they lost to Oaks Christian, 4-3, two weeks ago. Oaks Christian went on to win the section championship, but lost in the first round of the regional playoffs.
Even though he didn't score a goal, someone that terrorized Avenal's defense was Salesian's Carlos Alvarez, a senior who's currently being scouted by UC Irvine and West Virginia, among others. It was Alvarez, on the first goal, who made a run down the sidelines, drew two defenders, and then fed the ball to an open Chavez inside the box.
Chavez let the ball bounce once and took the shot with his left foot.
Avenal (25-4-3) never put any real pressure on the Mustangs' defense.
--Jaime Cardenas
Thursday, March 6, 2008
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
DIVISION I
Semifinals, Thursday, 5 p.m.
Santa Monica 3, Wilmington Banning 0
Poway 3, Fresno Roosevelt 1
Note: Championship, Saturday at Warren, 1 p.m.
DIVISION II
Semifinals, Thursday, 5 p.m.
Santa Margarita 4, Canoga Park 1
San Diego Cathedral 1, Arlington 0
Note: Championship, Saturday at Warren, 3:30 p.m.
DIVISION III
Semifinals, Thursday, 5 p.m.
Avenal 2, Elizabeth 1 (OT)
Salesian 2, Animo 0
Note: Championship, Saturday at Warren, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Championships, Saturday at Warren
Division III: Avenal (19-3-6) vs. #3 Salesian (18-1-2), 10:30 a.m.
Division I: #1 Santa Monica (28-0-1) vs. Poway (21-2-5), 1 p.m.
Division II: #1 Santa Margarita (23-3-4) vs. #2 San Diego Cathedral (27-2-2), 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONALS
DIVISION I
First Round
Banning 2, Clovis West 1
Luis Tejeda and Edson Lemus each scored for Banning (22-2).
Santa Monica 2, Newbury Park 1
Juan Magana and Alessandro Canale each scored goals for top seed Santa Monica. The game ended with 10 players on the field for each team. The Vikings will host Wilmington Banning on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Santa Monica City College.
Fresno Roosevelt 3, Peninsula 2
Poway 2, Saddleback 2 (Poway advances, 3-1 on penalties)
DIVISION II
Quarterfinals
Santa Margarita 2, Coronado 0
Austin McAnena and Casey Wootan scored on shots from outside the box for the Eagles (22-3-4) against Coronado (15-4-4). Billy Thompson had four saves to preserve the victory.
Arlington 5, Lindsay 1
Canoga Park 1, West Torrance 0
San Diego Cathedral 3, Desert Mirage 0
DIVISION III
Quarterfinals
Salesian 1, La Jolla Country Day1 (Salesian advances on penalty kicks, 1-0)
Miguel Rodriguez made three saves in the peanlty kick session for host Salesian (17-1-2). La Jolla finishes at 22-3-4.
Animo 1, Fresno San Joaquin Memorial 0
Avenal 4, Oaks Christian 3 (OT)
Elizabeth 2, Arrowhead Christian 1
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
DIVISION I
Quarterfinals, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
Newbury Park (Southern Division I runner-up, 12-6-4) vs. #1 Santa Monica (Southern Division IV champion, 26-0-1) at Santa Monica CC
Fresno Clovis West (Central Division I champion, 16-4-4) vs. #4 Wilmington Banning (City champion, 19-2-1) at Harbor College
Peninsula (Southern Division II champion, 15-6-5) vs. #3 Fresno Roosevelt (Central Division III champion, 19-4-5) at Fresno Pacific U.
Poway (San Diego Division I champion, 19-2-5) vs. #2 Saddleback (Southern Division III runner-up, 25-3-1) at Segerstrom
Note: Semifinals, Thursday, 5 p.m.; championship, Saturday at Warren, 1 p.m.
DIVISION II
Quarterfinals, Tuesday, 5 p.m. unless noted
Coronado (San Diego Division IV champion, 15-3-4) vs. #1 Santa Margarita (Southern Division I champion, 21-3-4) at St. Margaret's, 7 p.m.
West Torrance (Southern Division II runner-up, 17-4-6) at #4 Canoga Park (City quarterfinalist, 16-7-1)
Arlington (Southern Division II semifinalist, 16-2-7) at #3 Lindsay (Central Division IV champion, 20-3-1)
Desert Mirage (Southern Division VI champion, 17-9-3) at #2 San Diego Cathedral (San Diego Division III champion, 25-2-2), 7 p.m.
Note: Semifinals, Thursday, 5 p.m.; championship, Saturday at Warren, 3:30 p.m.
DIVISION III
Quarterfinals, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
Avenal (Central Division V champion, 17-3-6) at #1 Oaks Christian (Southern Division V champion, 19-4-3)
Elizabeth (City Small Schools champion, 9-8-3) vs. #4 Arrowhead Christian (Southern Division VI runner-up, 23-1-3) at Yucaipa
La Jolla Country Day (San Diego Division IV runner-up, 22-3-3) at #3 Salesian (Southern Division V semifinalist, 17-1-1)
Animo (Southern Division VI semifinalist, 23-3-3) at #2 Fresno San Joaquin Memorial (Central Division II champion, 15-15)
Note: Semifinals, Thursday, 5 p.m.; championship, Saturday at Warren, 10:30 a.m.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
All championship final results
DIVISION I
Santa Monica 2, Poway 1 (OT)
Santa Monica showed what a Southern Section Division IV team is made of.
The Vikings have been nationally ranked in various polls all season long, but some in California have questioned their legitimacy because of the division they play in.
Santa Monica, likely, quieted some its doubters Saturday when it won the inaugural Division I Southern California Regional title. Juan Magana scored the game-winning, and game-ending, goal as the Vikings beat Poway, the San Diego Section Division I champion, 2-1, in sudden-death overtime at Warren High. The goal went in five minutes before the match would have gone to penalty kicks.
Magana, a junior, hurt his shoulder during the postgame celebration, but didn't seem too concerned.
"It's worth it," Magana said of the pain. "This makes my top three list."
Santa Monica (29-0-1), which scored 110 goals and allowed only 16 this season, is in contention to win two mythical national championships. Coming into Saturday's game the Vikings were ranked No. 2 by StudentSportsSoccer.com and No. 4 by the National Soccer Coaches Assn. of America.
This season has been "a dream come true for all of us," said Loyola Marymount-bound Artur Jozkowicz, who got his 24th assist of the season during the game.
Jozkowicz, who also has 14 goals, set up junior Ricky Martinez in the 47th minute to give Santa Monica the early lead. The Titans (27-3-2) came right back, though, and tied the score two minutes later.
The game stayed that way until 10 minutes into overtime when Magana, after a Poway defender failed to clear the ball, took a shot on goal. Poway goalkeeper Eric Weinberg began to go to his right, but the ball hit a Poway defender, changed directions and went into the net.
"Unlucky deflection," Weinberg, a senior, said of the play. "I think we could have won this game. They were a great team, but we were step-for-step with them."
Santa Monica Coach Jimmy Chapman said Poway was, by far, the toughest team they faced all season long.
"Hats off to Poway, but it really came down to heart," said Chapman, who got doused with Gatorade by the players. "I don't doubt Poway has heart, but our boys have been consistent and played as one all season long."
Santa Monica Soccer Director Frank Gatell, who shares coaching duties with Chapman, said the movie industry should give him a call.
"There's so many stories with this team that, honestly, Hollywood should call me up just to buy the rights," he said.
DIVISION II
Santa Margarita 1, San Diego Cathedral 0
Santa Margarita made a first-half goal from midfielder Alex Rodriguez stand up and recorded its19th shutout of the season.
The Eagles (24-3-4), who gave up only 12 goals this season, broke a 15-year-old school record for least goals allowed in a season. The mark was set in 1993 by a team that included three future MLS players, including current New England Revolution starting goalkeeper Matt Reis.
To break that record "shows how much heart and character this team had," Coach Curt Bauer said. "That team had some of the best player in the state, if not the country."
This year's defense was anchored by Loyola Marymount-bound Roger Downes and 6-foot-5 junior goalkeeper Billy Thompson. Bauer also credited defenders Garrett Martinez and Trey Whitaker for helping shore up the back line.
"To have given up 12 goals in 31 games, I would have never expected that."
Cathedral (27-3-2) had their shots against the Eagles, but were unable to beat Thompson, who made 10 saves.
"They played good defense and their goalie made good saves," Cathedral Coach Bryan Wood said.
--Jaime Cardenas
DIVISION III
Salesian 3, Avenal 0
Salesian bounced back from a disappointing semifinals loss in the Southern Section Division V playoffs to win a Southern California Regional championship.
Chris Chavez gave Salesian (19-1-2) an early lead and then the Mustangs scored two more goals late in the match to beat Avenal of the Central Section. Diego Hernandez and Brian Beltran added goals in the 67th and 74th minutes, respectively.
Losing to Oaks Christian in the Division V semifinals "motivated us more to win this," Chavez said. "Besides, this is better than [than winning Southern Section]. Bigger ring."
The Mustangs (21-1) were riding a 32-game unbeaten streak when they lost to Oaks Christian, 4-3, two weeks ago. Oaks Christian went on to win the section championship, but lost in the first round of the regional playoffs.
Even though he didn't score a goal, someone that terrorized Avenal's defense was Salesian's Carlos Alvarez, a senior who's currently being scouted by UC Irvine and West Virginia, among others. It was Alvarez, on the first goal, who made a run down the sidelines, drew two defenders, and then fed the ball to an open Chavez inside the box.
Chavez let the ball bounce once and took the shot with his left foot.
Avenal (25-4-3) never put any real pressure on the Mustangs' defense.
--Jaime Cardenas
Thursday, March 6, 2008
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
DIVISION I
Semifinals, Thursday, 5 p.m.
Santa Monica 3, Wilmington Banning 0
Poway 3, Fresno Roosevelt 1
Note: Championship, Saturday at Warren, 1 p.m.
DIVISION II
Semifinals, Thursday, 5 p.m.
Santa Margarita 4, Canoga Park 1
San Diego Cathedral 1, Arlington 0
Note: Championship, Saturday at Warren, 3:30 p.m.
DIVISION III
Semifinals, Thursday, 5 p.m.
Avenal 2, Elizabeth 1 (OT)
Salesian 2, Animo 0
Note: Championship, Saturday at Warren, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Championships, Saturday at Warren
Division III: Avenal (19-3-6) vs. #3 Salesian (18-1-2), 10:30 a.m.
Division I: #1 Santa Monica (28-0-1) vs. Poway (21-2-5), 1 p.m.
Division II: #1 Santa Margarita (23-3-4) vs. #2 San Diego Cathedral (27-2-2), 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONALS
DIVISION I
First Round
Banning 2, Clovis West 1
Luis Tejeda and Edson Lemus each scored for Banning (22-2).
Santa Monica 2, Newbury Park 1
Juan Magana and Alessandro Canale each scored goals for top seed Santa Monica. The game ended with 10 players on the field for each team. The Vikings will host Wilmington Banning on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Santa Monica City College.
Fresno Roosevelt 3, Peninsula 2
Poway 2, Saddleback 2 (Poway advances, 3-1 on penalties)
DIVISION II
Quarterfinals
Santa Margarita 2, Coronado 0
Austin McAnena and Casey Wootan scored on shots from outside the box for the Eagles (22-3-4) against Coronado (15-4-4). Billy Thompson had four saves to preserve the victory.
Arlington 5, Lindsay 1
Canoga Park 1, West Torrance 0
San Diego Cathedral 3, Desert Mirage 0
DIVISION III
Quarterfinals
Salesian 1, La Jolla Country Day1 (Salesian advances on penalty kicks, 1-0)
Miguel Rodriguez made three saves in the peanlty kick session for host Salesian (17-1-2). La Jolla finishes at 22-3-4.
Animo 1, Fresno San Joaquin Memorial 0
Avenal 4, Oaks Christian 3 (OT)
Elizabeth 2, Arrowhead Christian 1
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
DIVISION I
Quarterfinals, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
Newbury Park (Southern Division I runner-up, 12-6-4) vs. #1 Santa Monica (Southern Division IV champion, 26-0-1) at Santa Monica CC
Fresno Clovis West (Central Division I champion, 16-4-4) vs. #4 Wilmington Banning (City champion, 19-2-1) at Harbor College
Peninsula (Southern Division II champion, 15-6-5) vs. #3 Fresno Roosevelt (Central Division III champion, 19-4-5) at Fresno Pacific U.
Poway (San Diego Division I champion, 19-2-5) vs. #2 Saddleback (Southern Division III runner-up, 25-3-1) at Segerstrom
Note: Semifinals, Thursday, 5 p.m.; championship, Saturday at Warren, 1 p.m.
DIVISION II
Quarterfinals, Tuesday, 5 p.m. unless noted
Coronado (San Diego Division IV champion, 15-3-4) vs. #1 Santa Margarita (Southern Division I champion, 21-3-4) at St. Margaret's, 7 p.m.
West Torrance (Southern Division II runner-up, 17-4-6) at #4 Canoga Park (City quarterfinalist, 16-7-1)
Arlington (Southern Division II semifinalist, 16-2-7) at #3 Lindsay (Central Division IV champion, 20-3-1)
Desert Mirage (Southern Division VI champion, 17-9-3) at #2 San Diego Cathedral (San Diego Division III champion, 25-2-2), 7 p.m.
Note: Semifinals, Thursday, 5 p.m.; championship, Saturday at Warren, 3:30 p.m.
DIVISION III
Quarterfinals, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
Avenal (Central Division V champion, 17-3-6) at #1 Oaks Christian (Southern Division V champion, 19-4-3)
Elizabeth (City Small Schools champion, 9-8-3) vs. #4 Arrowhead Christian (Southern Division VI runner-up, 23-1-3) at Yucaipa
La Jolla Country Day (San Diego Division IV runner-up, 22-3-3) at #3 Salesian (Southern Division V semifinalist, 17-1-1)
Animo (Southern Division VI semifinalist, 23-3-3) at #2 Fresno San Joaquin Memorial (Central Division II champion, 15-15)
Note: Semifinals, Thursday, 5 p.m.; championship, Saturday at Warren, 10:30 a.m.
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