Soccer Coming Down the Home Stretch
It's coming down the home stretch for a few league titles, like the Girls Almont League and Del Rio League while the Suburban League was settled last Friday. The boys Suburban League title will likely be decided today while the Del Rio League title might be settled this week. Who's going to pull out the big wins? Here's the WDN latest rankings.
Caption: La Habra High's Jonathan Prieto, left, and Sonora High's Armando Cortez jump for a head shot Jan. 24, 2008. (SGVN/Staff photo by Leo Jarzomb/SWSPORTS).
Boys Soccer
1. El Rancho (12-4-3, 6-0-1)
Last Ranking: 1
League Standing: First in Del Rio
CIF Ranking: Coming Soon
Whether its offense or defense, El Rancho is starting to pull away in the DRL race. The Dons outscored their two opponents last week by a margin of 9-3 and could clinch a league title by the end of the week.
2. La Habra (16-2-2, 4-1)
Last Ranking: 2
League Standing: Second in Freeway
CIF Ranking: Coming Soon
It's no secret the Highlanders are the area's most talented team. However, they're still taking halves off like they did last Thursday against Sonora, before blowing away their city rival by a score of 6-0. Should be a coast in league until Friday against Fullerton.
3. La Mirada (13-4-3, 8-0-1)
Last Ranking: 3
League Standing: Tied for First in the Suburban League
CIF Ranking: Coming Soon
The Mats haven't lost in nearly a month and can decide the Suburban League title on Wednesday afternoon at Bellflower. The Bucs forged a late tie in the last meeting. Who will take the title?
4. Schurr (7-4-1)
Last Ranking: 5
League Standing: Second in Almont
CIF Ranking: Coming Soon
The Spartans have had back-to-back games canceled due to the rain. Their contest against Montebello, scheduled for today at 3:15 p.m., was moved to Wednesday.
5. Cal-Hi (10-2-6, 3-1-2)
Last Ranking: 4
League Standing: Second in Del Rio
CIF Ranking: Coming Soon
Can't understand the Condors. How do you tie with Whittier? A team fighting for a league title can't have a silly result like a tie. The path to a DRL title in now out of their hands.
Still Alive in Playoff Hunt:
Santa Fe (6-5-2, 3-3-1); La Serna (6-9-2, 3-3-1); Whittier Christian (6-11-2, 3-1-1) and Montebello (10-6, 4-2).
Barely Breathing:
Pioneer 5-7-5, 1-4-1.
Girls Soccer
Caption: La Serna's Jordan Dolbin (#6) leaps above Santa Fe's Nayeli Meza (#7) to head the ball during their Girls Varsity Soccer Game at Santa Fe High School Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. La Serna beat Santa Fe 4-0. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Keith Durflinger/Sports)
1. La Serna (18-3, 7-0)
Last Ranking: 1
League Standing: First in Del Rio
CIF Ranking: Coming Soon
Survived another great effort from El Rancho and only have Cal-Hi standing in their way on Thursday. Lancers offense has been the class of the league and area.
2. Cal-Hi (13-6-2, 6-1)
Last Ranking: 3
League Standing: Second in Del Rio
CIF Ranking: Coming Soon
Condors have been playing great and did play the Lancers to a 1-0 deficit last time before a second-half collapse, due in part, to the injury to Gloria Gonzalez. Can the Condors offense generate enough offense to compete? They host Pioneer today.
3. La Mirada (10-9-4, 4-2-1)
Last Ranking: 2
League Standing: Second in Suburban
CIF Ranking: Coming Soon
We'll give the Mats a break after suffering a tough 5-1 loss to Mayfair on Friday. La Mirada still sits comfortably in the driver's seat for second place in the Suburban League and possibly a first-round home game in the playoffs.
4. Santa Fe (15-5-3, 4-3)
Last Ranking: 4
Standing in League: Third in Del Rio
CIF Ranking: Coming Soon
Perhaps no one can attest to the growing strength of the Del Rio League than coach Fernie Fernandez. It had been quite some time before Santa Fe was last 3-3 in league. The Chiefs did rebound for a good 2-0 win over Whittier last Thursday.
5. Montebello (7-6-3, 3-1-1)
Last Ranking: NR
Standing in League: Second in Almont
CIF Ranking: Coming Soon
The Oilers have also had to deal with rain cancellations. Montebello has hung around in the Almont League and get back into the title race with a road win over league-leader Bell Gardens (12-3, 6-0) on Tuesday.
Still Alive in Playoff Hunt:
Pioneer 9-10, 2-5; Whittier Christian 8-9-1, 3-2-1.
Barely Breathing:
El Rancho 10-8-3, 2-5; La Habra 5-6-4, 1-3-1.
Agree or Disagree with the Rankings? Who's going to survive?
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Roger Murray is the prep sports editor for the Whittier Daily News.
WOW- I see some things never change. Tell us L.S. parent...What altitude do you have to be at .. on the hill .. to get a nosebleed ?
No wonder Sportsmanship wasn't practiced on game day.
KARMA --- A wish --- May your team draw a strong team 1st round, and you get SCHOOLED on humility. GOOD LUCK in C.I.F. !
P.S. I thought slide tackles are part of the game of soccer ??
Welcome to the game of LIFE...
YOU have earned a RED CARD !
You said it all when you said that it was understandable that an adult would make such a comment to a student athlete. That says it all. How about a little graciousness in winning? Being a good loser is something everyone talks about but sometimes it is harder to be a gracious winner. A lot of our girls at Cal are not going into the college scene soon, but it does not matter...class is class and I really thought better of the parents from La Serna until this game. I hope you guys will continue to win in CIF because you have 4 girls that are awesome and do not even need to be coached, they have training and skill. It is pretty sad when some of the La Serna parents are so embarrassed and disgusted that they leave their own side. Good luck to La Serna in CIF and good health. Enough said...I will not comment on this again.
The comment that was made to the girl for making the own goal is understandable. BECAUSE it was the same girl in the first meeting of the season and in this game that kept slide tackling la sernas girls. Girl is lucky that she was not red carded in the first game, and in the 2nd meeting she toned it down a little bit, but there was still a couple of plays that she tackled from behind. So her making the own goal was a great sight to LS's parents.
These girls are going into college soon, and if they cant take little comments from parents in HS, they sure as heck wont be able to handle the college athletic scene.
"Everyone knows the La Serna girls can play soccer, but why don't they try mixing in some humility, graciousness, and class."
It starts at the top with La Serna. If the coach doesn't understand such concepts why would the team?
I do not expect more from La Serna fans. The La Serna goalie mom was heard clapping and making the comment thanks for your help on the own goal. It was already 4-0 and that was so unclassy. Some of La Serna's parents moved to the Cal high side after that and some other behaviors. It is too bad because with your four strong players you are a great team and that just takes away from who you are. Cal has 4 freshman starting and 2 sophmores and still have done real well. We will see in the next couple of years what will happen. We are proud of the girls from Cal who are playing with injuries and inexperience in high school. Keep up the good work girls and keep strong. We are proud of you.
The comment about the California's defense is out of line. I'm sure those girls feel bad enough as it is. We can't forget that these athletes are still young and impressionable. Everyone knows the La Serna girls can play soccer, but why don't they try mixing in some humility, graciousness, and class.
I guess when Cal Hi's girls soccer coach talked about doing something different on offense, he forgot to tell his defense that they still had to play.
6-0 La Serna
Well the question was how can you tie with whittier? ask Santa Fe too and have you seen whittier play?