BSoccer: St. Francis loses first Mission League match

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Miguel Melendez

CLICK HERE FOR A PHOTO GALLERY FROM THURSDAY’S MATCH

By Keith Lair, Staff Writer

LA CAADA FLINTRIDGE – The shots came from close range and far out. What they did not do was go in.

St. Francis High School took 23 shot attempts in its Mission League game against visiting Chaminade on Thursday evening. Only one went in.

The Eagles took seven shots. They scored with a minute to play for a 2-1 victory, sending the Golden Knights to their first league defeat of the season.

“We’ve caught some teams in the last minute, so I guess it is our time to deal with that,” St. Francis coach Glen Appels said.

Senior Nick Barbarino knocked in the game-winner with a minute remaining, scoring on a counterattack.

“That was crazy,” he said. “I have never scored so late in the game. It was crazy. That whole finish was crazy.”

He said it was his first high school goal.

“It was very hard,” he said. “I guess that was the best stretch in my life.”

The Golden Knights (8-7, 4-1) were making their best effort to break the tie late in the game. With four minutes to play, Sean Fitzpatrick had back-to-back throw-ins from near the corner in which St. Francis header attempts failed.

Chaminade (6-4-3, 4-2) got the ball to midfield, but a foul led to a free kick by Jake LaPorte 45 yards out with two minutes to play. It was knocked out of bounds by the Eagles and Eric Bocanegra’s corner kick led to a missed header attempt.

Chaminade quickly threw its counterattack with Jonathan Rose leading a three-on-two attack.

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We’re making football signing day special with a photo shoot at the Rose Bowl. Who’s signing where?

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Miguel Melendez

Above: A photo of me 18 pounds heavier along with my first football signees three years ago.

Rose Bowl general manager Darryl Dunn has graciously allowed us to take pictures and do interviews for the February 2 football signing day for the Whittier Daily News, Pasadena Star-News and San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Once we get a list of all the signees together, we will invite them to the Rose Bowl, where players can get a close-up view of the stadium. We will gather everyone together for the shoot and interviews on Monday, Feb. 1, the day before signing day so that on the actual signing day, we can take pictures of the players at the school’s actually signing their national letters of event. I guess you can call it a two-day celebration.

GHoops: We in the San Gabriel Valley sure are spoiled with amazing talent. Poly’s Michelle Miller selected ESPN RISE Cal-Hi Sports State Athlete of the Week.

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Miguel Melendez

From ESPN RISE

For last week’s performance, coupled with performances all season and academic excellence, Pasadena Poly’s Michelle Miller is the ESPN RISE Cal-Hi Sports State Athlete of the Week.

ESPN RISE Cal-Hi Sports produces the State Record Book & Almanac, and along with ESPN RISE High School Girls Basketball, is a member of the ESPN RISE family of high school web sites.

The winner receives a certificate that if printed out on heavy stock paper is suitable for framing. It will have the school colors and the No. 32 on it.

The story will be used on the ESPN RISE Cal-Hi Sports web site and on the ESPN RISE High School Girls Basketball site as well. Once it has been posted I will post the link.

Miller joins Tailer Butler of Narbonne and Johnny Dee of Rancho Buena Vista (Vista, Calif.) as winter semester winners this year.