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PREP SOCCER ROUNDUP : El Toro Girls Use Penalty Kicks to Advance to Final of Irvine Event

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El Toro High School advanced to the final of the Irvine girls’ soccer tournament by outscoring Mission Viejo, 7-6, on penalty kicks, breaking a 1-1 tie after regulation play, Wednesday at Irvine High School.

Traci Jensen had two saves in the sudden-death portion of penalty kicks. Kelly Thomson scored 36 minutes into the first half for El Toro (4-0) and Julie Fairbanks scored 20 minutes into the second half to tie the score for Mission Viejo (3-1).

In an Irvine boys’ soccer tournament semifinal:

Saddleback 2, Woodbridge 1--George Guerrero scored both goals for Saddleback, including the winner with about four minutes remaining. Jason Szczuka scored in the second half to tie the score for Woodbridge.

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In nonleague girls’ soccer:

Sunny Hills 3, Brea-Olinda 0--Rhonda Partida scored twice and Stacy Thurber scored once for host Sunny Hills (4-0-0).

Savanna 12, Brethren 0--Kim Wyer had five goals, tying her school record set last year, to lead host Savanna (5-1-1).

In nonleague boys’ soccer:

Sunny Hills 6, Brea-Olinda 1--Jason Fichtelberg scored two goals and Enrico Pietrantonio, Matt Marino, Kenny Takaki and Conrad Rucker each added one for visiting Sunny Hills (2-1).

Katella 4, Fullerton 0--Armando Orizaba scored two goals to lead the Knights (3-1) at Katella. Jose Figueroa and Rene Lugo also scored for Katella.

Villa Park 1, Capistrano Valley 0--Joe Hernandez scored in the first half to lead host Villa Park (2-2).

La Quinta 2, Santa Ana Valley 1--Tuan Dang and David Matlock each scored to lead host La Quinta (4-1). With the score tied, 1-1, Kenny Abadie dribbled past four defenders half the length of the field and crossed the ball to Matlock for the winning goal.

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Orange 2, Mission Viejo 1--Rogelio Marquez and Justin Zayas each scored in the second half to lead top-ranked Orange (2-0) to a come-from-behind victory at Orange. Doug Roberson scored for No. 8 Mission Viejo (1-1) in the first half.

Santa Ana 2, Servite 0--Gus Plasencia and Jose Luis Ramirez scored for host Santa Ana (2-1).

Estancia 3, Pacifica 1--Ivan Tavares, Raul Diaz and Carlos Aleazar scored goals for Estancia (1-1) at Pacifica.

El Dorado 2, Valencia 1--Carlos Cedano scored twice to lead visiting El Dorado (1-2).

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