HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER : Torrey Pines Girls Mourn Classmate’s Death Before Playoff Win

Dennis Costello showed up at Torrey Pines High School on Wednesday ready to deliver a special pregame speech to his top-seeded girls’ soccer team.

Instead, before his team’s 6-0 victory over Serra, Costello’s speech centered on a more serious subject as he was met by a distraught group still thinking about a classmate who had been killed during the night.

Andrew Jordan Carter, 15, a sophomore at Torrey Pines, was killed after riding his skateboard into an intersection at Del Mar Heights and Carmel Country Road at 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday. He died at 12:25 Wednesday morning at Scripps Memorial Hospital.

Costello, wary that Poway had been upset a day earlier and San Dieguito had won in a shootout in the Divison I playoffs, was going to tell his team to not get complacent. But things changed when he got to school.

“I got there today and there were tears; it was very emotional,” Costello said. “I thought that they would be ready to play. Instead, they were still upset. They were crying and everything, so I had to try to deal with that.”

In the Division II quarterfinal victory over Serra (6-9-4), freshman Summer Harrison, who scored 36 goals this season, added three more for Torrey Pines (21-2-2). Ashley Hanson scored on penalty kick, and Brook Calders headed the ball off a corner kick from Hanson. Samantha Easton also scored.

Hanson finished with two assists. Sara Ogilvie, with four saves, earned the shutouts.

In other Division II games:

San Pasqual 3, Grossmont 1--Grossmont jumped to 1-0 halftime lead before senior forward Shannon MacMillan took over in the second half for San Pasqual (17-3-5). MacMillan’s hat trick led the unseeded Golden Eagles in the upset at third-seeded Grossmont (16-7-2).

MacMillan scored unassisted 10 minutes into second half, then scored on a penalty kick 10 minutes later. Her last goal was on a corner kick, with Ryan McManus on the assist.

Valhalla 3, San Marcos 0--Dana Blackwood scored the first two goals and Monica Costello had a goal and an assist. Jamie Johnson and Sara Kinsky combined on the shutout for second-seeded Valhalla (16-3-4).

Monte Vista 2, Rancho Bernardo 0--Monte Vista improved to 14-5-4 to set up a meeting against top-seeded Torrey Pines.

Division IV Quarterfinals

Francis Parker 4, Santa Fe Christian 0--Julie Dillaway scored two goals to lead No. 3 Francis Parker (8-8-1). Adrian Navara and Jori Jackman scored a goal apiece.

BOYS’ PLAYOFFS

Division II Quarterfinals

San Pasqual 4, Valhalla 1--Unseeded San Pasqual (16-6-0) and second-seeded Valhalla (13-3-5) were tied 1-1 early in the second half, before San Pasqual scored three consecutive goals.

Torrey Pines 1, Point Loma 0--Joel Kosakoff scored in the 35th minute to lift No. 1 Torrey Pines (24-1-2). T.K. Inbody got the assist on the game-winning goal. Kyle Campbell and Adam Rosenblatt shared goalie duties. Point Loma is 11-8-2.

San Marcos 4, El Capitan 1--George Ramiriz scored two goals after stealing the ball, and Leonardo Ramirez and Jason Lee added additional goals against El Capitan (13-6-3). San Marcos (13-7-2) lost all-Avocado League center fullback Jeremy Jenkins Monday morning with a broken femur suffered in a one-car automobile accident. Mike Hernandez moved into Jenkins’ spot.

Division IV Quarterfinals

La Jolla Country Day 1, Frances Parker 0--Trigger Reitel scored the only goal on an assist from Chris Whissler. Paul Alexander recorded the shutout for LJCD (10-6-5), which plays Christian on Saturday.

Christian 7, Holtville 0--Justin Demaree scored three goals and had two assists for top-seeded Christian (13-7-1), which plays LJCD Saturday in the semifinals at Carlsbad (7 p.m.).

Santa Fe Christian 1, Calvin Christian 0--With three minutes remaining, Travis Freeborn scored off an assist by Tim Thompson. Goalie Justin Halenza recorded his sixth shutout of the season.

Bishop’s 9, Marian Catholic 2--Mike Manfred scored twice and had four assists for No. 3 Bishop’s (16-4-3).