Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Regionals roundup: La Habra boys, San Clemente boys and JSerra girls among O.C. soccer teams to advance

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The Freeway League, among the toughest in CIF Southern Section boys soccer this season, went 2-0 on the first day of the Southern California Regional tournament, with La Habra and Troy advancing to boys semifinal matches.

La Habra (17-6-7) scored a 3-1 victory Tuesday afternoon at Jefferson, the L.A. City Section Division II champion, to set up a rematch with West Torrance (13-5-7) in Thursday’s Division III semifinals. The South Bay school eliminated the Highlanders on penalty kicks in the Southern Section Division 3 semifinals on Feb. 16.

Jonathan Aleman put away two goals and Tanner Coombs scored one and assisted another for La Habra. The other semifinal also is a rematch: El Segundo (23-1-1), which beat West Torrance in the sectional final, beat Alta Loma in the other Division 3 semifinal.

Troy (16-8-5), the Southern Section Division 4 runner-up, beat St. Margaret’s, 3-1, in a Division IV first-round game, the only boys game pitting two Orange County schools.

Rialto (18-6-4), which beat Troy in the sectional final, takes on Sierra Vista (24-2-1), the Southern Section Division 5 champion, in the other Division IV semifinal.

In other divisions:

Boys Division 1: Southern Section Division 1 titlist San Clemente advanced to the semifinals, but Edison and Mater Dei were eliminated.

The top-seeded Tritons (22-2-5) got goals in the first half from Jovani Gomez, off a Liam Linus cross, and in the second half from Blake Bowen, with Evan Dilbeck assisting, in a 2-1 win over visiting St. Augustine (11-6-5), a San Diego Section Open Division semifinalist. Goalkeeper Curtis Harvey had some big stops among his six saves.

San Clemente will face Birmingham (21-4-3), which toppled visiting Mater Dei, 5-2, the 10th time this season the L.A. City Section Division I champion has scored at least five goals. The Monarchs (17-3-6), Southern Section Division 1 semifinalists, had conceded just 15 goals in their first 25 games.

Edison (16-6-6), which lost to San Clemente in the sectional semifinals, took San Diego Section Open Division champ Torrey Pines to penalties but fell, 5-4, after seven rounds of spot kicks. Armand Piegan’s goal in second-half stoppage time sent the game to overtime at 3-3; Wyatt Burris and Chase Bullock also tallied for the Chargers.

Torrey Pines (13-1-11), which also prevailed on penalties in the San Diego semifinals and final, will take on Cathedral (21-3-3), the Southern Section Division 1 runner-up.

Division I girls: Top-seeded JSerra (20-0-3) joined Los Alamitos (26-1-5) in the semifinals with a 3-0 rout of visiting San Luis Obispo (22-3-1), which won the Central Section Division I title after departing the Southern Section last fall.

Abby Lynch, Samantha Williams and Rachel Bastone scored for the Lions, who beat Los Alamitos last weekend to claim their third successive Southern Section Division 1 title. They are without star striker Isabella D’Aquila, who is in Spain for a tournament with the U.S. under-20 national team.

JSerra will play host to Academy of Our Lady of Peace (20-4-2), the San Diego Section Open Division runner-up, in the semifinals. Los Alamitos, a 2-0 winner over Villa Park, will in the other semifinal take on Harvard-Westlake (18-1-6), a rematch of a Southern Section final-four game.

Division IV girls: St. Margaret’s (21-1-5) romped into the final four with a 4-0 rout of L.A. City Section Division IV champion Roosevelt as Juliet Ballard tallied twice and Charlotte Jones and Taylor Nock also scored.

The Tartans, who fell on penalties after a 2-2 draw with La Salle in the Southern Section Division 4 final, will be home for the semifinals against Ramona (16-7-4). The San Diego Section Division IV titlist romped to a 4-0 victory over Los Amigos (18-4-2), which won the Southern Section Division 5 championship.

Division II boys: Chris Osuna’s goal wasn’t enough for Godinez (18-4-2) in a first-round game at Westview (13-8-6), the San Diego Section Division 1 champion. Izel Smith scored both goals for the Wolverines in a 2-1 victory.

Godinez was a Southern Section Division 2 semifinalist. Champion Arlington (26-2-0) and runner-up Cabrillo (22-3-4) advanced to the regional final.

Division II girls: Top-seeded Sunny Hills (25-1-5), which had a first-round bye, will be home for the semifinals against San Diego Section Open Division semifinalist West Hills (11-8-7), which beat Vista Murrieta on penalties after a scoreless tie.

The Lancers won the Southern Section Division 2 title with a 2-1 win over Mira Costa (22-2-3), which will face Long Beach Poly (15-1-3) in the other semifinal. Sunny Hills advanced on penalties after a 0-0 draw with Poly in the sectional semifinals.


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