1. Narbonne 13-6-4, 7-2-1
2. Banning 11-6-1, 7-3
3. Gardena 9-11-1, 6-4
4. San Pedro 7-9-4, 4-4-2
5. Carson 4-8-1, 4-5-1
6. Washington 0-11, 0-10
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1. Palos Verdes 22-2-3, 9-1
2. Leuzinger 19-7-3, 7-3
3. West Torrance 15-4-4, 5-3-2
4. Mira Costa 9-9-7, 3-5-2
5. Peninsula 6-12-2, 2-8
6. Redondo 8-12-2, 2-8
Final Pioneer League Standings (Boys Soccer)
1. South Torrance 7-0-3
2. North Torrance 5-1-4
3. El Segundo 4-4-2
4. Lawndale 3-4-3
5. Centennial 3-7
6. Torrance 1-7-2
Marine League Standings
1. Banning (11-4-1, 7-1)
2. Narbonne (11-6-4, 5-2-1)
3. Gardena (8-10-1, 5-3)
4. Carson (3-7-1, 3-4-1)
5. San Pedro (5-9-4, 2-4-2)
6. Washington (0-8 in league)
Notes: The biggest game left is Banning at Narbonne on Wednesday afternoon. Narbonne needs a win to have a chance at first and keep Gardena off its tail. Narbonne is on a hot streak at home and Banning star Peter Velazquez's availability (ankle injury) is a question mark. Banning finishes at Gardena on Friday in another dangerous game. Carson and San Pedro are fighting for fourth place and a possible playoff berth. The L.A. City Section usually takes three to four Marine League teams. Fourth place may or may not be good enough.
STANDINGS
1. Leuzinger (18-5-1, 6-1), at Mira Costa, Friday, 3 p.m.
2. Palos Verdes (19-2-3, 6-1), hosts Peninsula, Friday, 3 p.m.
3. West Torrance (12-4-4, 2-3-2), at Redondo, Friday, 3 p.m.
4. Mira Costa (8-7-7, 2-3-2)
5. Redondo (6-9-2, 2-5)
6. Peninsula (7-10-2, 1-6)
Notes: Who will blink first between the Sea Kings and the Olympians with three regular-season games left? A tie could be enough for one of them to slip out of first place, and no team in the Bay League is an easy opponent ... Either Redondo or Peninsula could play spoiler ... Leuzinger gets a big test on Friday at Mira Costa ... Leuzinger slipped past Mira Costa in overtime in the first meeting ... Palos Verdes looking to capture back-to-back Bay League titles ... West and Mira Costa in a tight race for third place ...
1. Palos Verdes (15-1-3 overall, 2-0 in Bay League): Fifteen different players have scored for Sea Kings, and none of them are named Michael Meissner, the returning Bay League MVP who has battled injuries. Meissner is back on the field and slowly rounding into form. Last game: Beat West Torrance 3-2. Next game: Tuesday at Peninsula.
2. Leuzinger (13-5-1 overall, 1-1 in Bay League): Olympians survived against Peninsula without explosive striker Sebastian Cortez (red card previous game). Now he's back and rearing to go. Last game: Beat Peninsula 1-0. Next game: Hosting Mira Costa on Tuesday.
3. West Torrance (10-2-3 overall, 0-1-1 in Bay League): Warriors off to slow start in league, but there's no reason they won't finish strong as usual, is there? Last game: Lost to Palos Verdes 3-2. Next game: Hosting Redondo on Tuesday.
4. Narbonne (7-4-4 overall, 1-0-1 in Marine League): Very talented and appear well-tuned at times. We may not have seen their best yet. Last game: Tied San Pedro 1-1. Friday: at Banning.
5. Banning (6-3-1 overall, 2-0 in Marine League): Star Peter Velazquez trying to play with a banged-up ankle. Pilots will need him to keep up with Gauchos. Last game: Beat Washington 13-0. Friday: Hosting Narbonne.
6. North Torrance (8-6-2 overall, 0-1-1 in Pioneer League): Hard to believe four-time defending league champion Saxons winless after two league games. Look for the trend to change. Last game: Tied South Torrance 1-1. Next game: Hosting Lawndale on Wednesday.
7. South Torrance (7-5-3 overall, 1-0-1 in Pioneer League): Skilled players need to stay healthy for South, which is looking to dethrone North Torrance. Last game: Tied North 1-1. Next game: Hosting Centennial on Wednesday.
8. Redondo (6-4-2 overall, 2-0 in Bay League): Young club players starting to mesh for Sea Hawks, who jumped out to quick start in Bay League. Last game: Beat Mira Costa 3-1. Next game: At West Torrance on Tuesday.
9. Mira Costa (6-5-6 overall, 0-1-1 in Bay League): Mustangs are solid but looking for a consistent scorer or two before it's too late. Last game: Lost to Redondo 3-1. Next game: At Leuzinger on Tuesday night.
10. Lawndale (6-3-5 overall, 0-0-2 in Pioneer League). Cardinals can play most teams tight and could end up with a lot of ties. They boast a couple of quality wins as well. Last game: Tied Torrance 0-0. Next game: At North Torrance on Wednesday.
Honorable Mention: Peninsula (6-7-3 overall, 0-2 in Bay League); Animo (7-8-2 overall, 2-0 in Coastal League); Morningside (4-4-1 overall, 1-1 in Ocean League).
After morning and early afternoon play, three South Bay teams have emerged and advance to the semifinals tonight.
In the quarterfinals, North Torrance defeated Channel Islands 1-0; Leuzinger continues to be the surprise team of the tournament, beating Huntington Park 3-1; and Narbonne beat Coachella Valley 1-1 (4-2 in penalty kicks), while Palos Verdes lost to two-time defending tournament champion Santa Barbara 0-0 (4-3 in penalty kicks).
Leuzinger takes on Santa Barbara in one semifinal at 5 p.m. North faces Narbonne in the other semifinal at 6:30 p.m. Both games are on the stadium field at South Torrance High.
The winners face off in the championship game on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at South.
The Flanagan Soccer Academy will take place Dec.19-21 from 9 a.m. to noon at Malaga Cove School in Palos Verdes Estates. FSA will be offering two camps for boys and girls, FSA ELITE for players ages 8-14 who have AYSO Select and/or club soccer experience and FSA for boys and girls ages 5-12 of all levels. Email julieflanagan1@cox.net for more information or visit www.flanagansocceracademy.com.
Many of you likely saw the weekend story about recent Serra graduate Marqise Lee being named Cal-Hi Sports' Boys State Athlete of the Year.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/preps/ci_18588902
Columnist Mike Waldner also touched on Lee in a column this morning about Lee and his former Serra/current USC teammates George Farmer and Robert Woods.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_18606191
To put in perspective the elite list Lee just joined (and Woods joined the year before), here's the all-time Cal-Hi list, which includes retroactive selections for athletes before the 1978-79 school year.
El Segundo's Scott McGregor is also on there, but so are the likes of Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, John Elway, Jason Kidd, Mark Spitz, Greg Louganis, Darryl Strawberry and C.C. Sabathia among a host of others. Any way you slice it, some pretty elite company for a pair of Cavaliers who appear to have bright futures at USC and beyond.
Here's the list ...
ALL-TIME BOYS STATE
ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
(Selected by Cal-Hi Sports)
2010-11 - Marqise Lee, Gardena Serra (football, basketball, track)
2009-10 - Robert Woods, Gardena Serra (football, track)
2008-09 - Tyler Gaffney, San Diego Cathedral Catholic (football, baseball)
2007-08 - German Fernandez, Riverbank (cross country, track)
2006-07 - Mike Stanton, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (football, basketball, baseball)
2005-06 - Chase Budinger, Carlsbad La Costa Canyon (basketball, volleyball)
2004-05 - Drew Shiller, Burlingame (football, basketball, baseball)
2003-04 - Kenny O'Neal, Oakland Skyline (football, track)
2002-03 - Steve Smith, Woodland Hills Taft (football, basketball, track)
2001-02 - Aaron Piersol, Newport Beach Newport Harbor (swimming)
2000-01 - Antwon Guidry, San Jose Leigh (football, basketball, track)
1999-00 - D.J. Williams, Concord De La Salle (football, track)
1998-99 - Chris Lewis, Long Beach Poly (football, volleyball)
1997-98 - C.C. Sabathia, Vallejo (football, basketball, baseball)
1996-97 - Ken-Yon Rambo, Long Beach Poly (football, track)
1995-96 - Chris Claiborne, Riverside J.W. North (football, basketball)
1994-95 - Eric Guerrero, San Jose Independence (wrestling)
1993-94 - McKay Christensen, Fresno Clovis West (football, baseball)
1992-93 - Calvin Harrison, Salinas North Salinas (track, basketball)
1991-92 - Jason Kidd, Alameda St. Joseph (basketball, baseball)
1990-91 - Rob Johnson, El Toro (football, basketball, baseball)
1989-90 - Ryan Hancock, Cupertino Monta Vista (football, baseball)
1988-89 - Lorenzo Neal, Lemoore (football, wrestling)
1987-88 - Adam Keefe, Irvine Woodbridge (basketball, volleyball)
1986-87 - LeRon Ellis, Santa Ana Mater Dei (water polo, basketball, track)
1985-86 - Brian Johnson, Oakland Skyline (football, baseball)
1984-85 - George Porter, Lompoc Cabrillo (basketball, track)
1983-84 - John Williams, L. A. Crenshaw (basketball)
1982-83 - Mike Smith, Hacienda Heights Los Altos (football, basketball, volleyball)
1981-82 - Jim McCullough, Hemet (football, wrestling)
1980-81 - Kevin Willhite, Rancho Cordova (football, track)
1979-80 - Darryl Strawberry, L.A. Crenshaw (basketball, baseball)
1978-79 - John Elway, Granada Hills (football, baseball)
1977-78 - Jesse Vasallo, Mission Viejo (swimming)
1976-77 - Brian Goodell, Mission Viejo (swimming)
1975-76 - Greg Louganis, El Cajon Valhalla & Santa Ana (diving)
1974-75 - Bill Cartwright, Elk Grove (basketball)
1973-74 - Tim Shaw, Long Beach Wilson (water polo, swimming)
1972-73 - Lonnie Shelton, Bakersfield Foothill (football, track)
1971-72 - Scott McGregor, El Segundo (baseball)
1970-71 - Anthony Davis, San Fernando (football, baseball)
1969-70 - James McAlister, Pasadena Blair (football, track)
1968-69 - Jeff Burroughs, Long Beach Wilson (football, baseball)
1967-68 - Mark Spitz, Santa Clara (water polo, swimming)
1966-67 - Mickey Cureton, Compton Centennial (football)
1965-66 - Tim Danielson, Chula Vista (track)
1964-65 - Paul Wilson, Downey Warren (track)
1963-64 - Don Schollander, Santa Clara (water polo, swimming)
1962-63 - Tommie Smith, Lemoore (football, basketball, track)
1961-62 - Forrest Beaty, Glendale Hoover (track)
1960-61 - Ulis Williams, Compton (track)
1959-60 - Dennis Ralston, Bakersfield (tennis)
1958-59 - Dale Story, Orange (track)
1957-58 - Willie Davis, L. A. Roosevelt (basketball, baseball, track)
1956-57 - Bill Kilmer, Azusa Citrus (football, basketball, baseball)
1955-56 - Fred Lacour, S.F. St. Ignatius (basketball)
1954-55 - Dick Bass, Vallejo (football)
1953-54 - Don Bowden, San Jose Lincoln (track)
1952-53 - Ronnie Knox, Santa Monica (football)
1951-52 - Marty Keough, Pomona (football, basketball, baseball)
1950-51 - Charlie Powell, San Diego (football, baseball)
1949-50 - Lang Stanley, L.A. Jefferson (track)
1948-49 - John Henry Johnson, Pittsburg (football, basketball, track)
1947-48 - Bob Mathias, Tulare (football, track)
1946-47 - Bill McColl, San Diego Hoover (football, basketball, baseball)
1945-46 - George Stanich, Sacramento (basketball, baseball, track)
1944-45 - Jackie Jensen, Oakland (football, baseball)
1943-44 - Bill Sharman, Porterville (football, basketball, baseball)
1942-43 - Glenn Davis, La Verne Bonita (football, baseball)
1941-42 - Irv Noren, Pasadena (basketball, baseball)
1940-41 - Tommie Fears, Los Angeles Manual Arts (football)
1939-40 - Howie Dallmar, San Francisco Lowell (basketball, baseball)
1938-39 - Jim Jurkovich, Fresno (football, track)
1937-38 - Frankie Albert, Glendale (football, baseball, tennis)
1936-37 - Jackie Robinson, Pasadena Muir (football, basketball, baseball)
1935-36 - Bobby Doerr, Los Angeles Fremont (pro baseball)
1934-35 - Ted Williams, San Diego Hoover (baseball)
1933-34 - Hank Luisetti, San Francisco Galileo (basketball)
1932-33 - Don Budge, Oakland University (tennis)
1931-32 - Corney Johnson, Los Angeles (track)
1930-31 - Frank Sobrero, Oakland (football, basketball, baseball)
Note: List continues back to 1890-91 in the Cal-Hi Sports State Record Book & Almanac. All selections prior to 1978-79 done retroactively through research by our founder, the late Nelson Tennis
The Banning boys soccer team secured its spot atop the Marine League standings when it won at San Pedro on Wednesday, 4-2. But first-place Banning is just one game ahead of Narbonne, which most likely has to win at San Pedro on Friday night to stay in the title hunt. If both Banning and Narbonne keep pace, they will play for the Marine League championship next Friday at Banning.
Gardena and San Pedro are tied in third place. Gardena has been the better team overall and could be the frontrunner to take the third slot. The two teams meet next Friday in the regular-season finale for both squads.
Look below at the Marine League standings, which start with the overall records then follow with the league records for each team.
1. Banning 9-2, 6-1
2. Narbonne 10-2-2, 5-2
3. Gardena 12-4-2, 4-3
4. San Pedro 7-9-1, 4-3
5. Carson 6-10-1, 2-5
6. Washington 0-7 in league
Friday's Marine League schedule
Narbonne at San Pedro
Carson at Gardena
Banning at Washington
