HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER PLAYOFFS : El Cajon Valley Upsets Top-Seeded Sweetwater

Seeded last--and quite upset about it--El Cajon Valley had to face top-seeded Sweetwater in the first round of the Division II boys’ soccer playoffs.

So El Cajon Valley upset the Red Devils, 3-1, at Sweetwater.

Mike Duhaney scored two goals, his 23rd and 24th of the year, and Rony Ramirez had the other to lead the Braves (14-5-3) over Sweetwater (19-3-4).

“I was kind of upset at the seeding meeting about having to play the No. 1 seed,” said El Cajon Coach Jeff Duhaney, Mike’s father. “Our record was pretty good. I didn’t think we should have had to play them in the first round.”

Mike Duhaney, a junior forward, scored with one minute left in the first half to give El Cajon a 1-0 lead. Jack Agundes got the assist.

“He got creamed on the play but he managed to volley it in,” Jeff Duhaney said.

El Cajon then went up 2-0 14 minutes into the second half, Ramirez scoring off a pass from Troy Wallace. Sweetwater’s David Rodriguez scored one minute later, but Duhaney iced the game in the 67th minute with penalty-kick goal. Other Division II games:

Carlsbad 1, Point Loma 0--Fourth-seeded Carlsbad (16-5-2) advanced to Saturday’s semifinals where it will meet El Cajon. Point Loma finished 11-3-5. Division IV

Christian 8, Army-Navy 1--Top-seeded Christian (13-6-2) scored five goals in the second half after leading 3-1 to advance to Saturday’s semifinals, where it will meet La Jolla Country Day at 5 p.m. at Monte Vista High.

Brian Winkelman had a hat trick to lead the Patriots. Travis Palladino added two goals and two assists. Justin Demaree had a goal and two assists, and Joel Murphy had three assists.

Emilio Guzman scored on a penalty kick for Army-Navy (5-11-1).

La Jolla Country Day 3, Calvin Christian 2--Justin Mandelbaum scored the winning goal on a breakaway 10 minutes into overtime for La Jolla Country Day (9-6-2). Steven Underhill and Paul Kahn also scored for the Torres.

Bishop’s 5, Francis Parker 1--With the decisive victory, second-seeded Bishop’s (17-3) advanced to Saturday’s semifinals. Francis Parker finished 6-10-1. GIRLS Division II

Torrey Pines 3, San Marcos 0--Christy Peters scored two goals and Melissa Wilson one to lift top-seeded Torrey Pines (20-2-2). Wilson and Ashley Hanson had the assists. San Marcos finished 11-11-1. Torrey Pines faces Helix on Saturday.

“(San Marcos) played very defensively and frustrated us,” Torrey Pines Coach Dennis Costello said. “They mainly blocked off the goal. We fired away but couldn’t score. I just tried to slow them down at halftime and told them to finish better.”

Helix 2, San Pasqual 1--Judy Shepard and Jennie Long scored first-half goals as fifth-seeded Helix (14-4-4) upended fourth-seeded San Pasqual (19-4).

Valhalla 4, Serra 0--Dana Blackwood scored two goals--both headers off of corner kicks--and Heidi Anderson had three assists to lead second-seeded Valhalla (15-6-2) over Serra (8-7-5). Heather Muns and Marin Yaple also scored. Valhalla plays Saturday against Grossmont.

Grossmont 3, Monte Vista 1--Jolie Oliver, Erin Puhl and Aimee Manderson scored for third-seeded Grossmont (18-2-4), which plays Valhalla Saturday. Oliver’s goal came on a direct kick from 50 yards out that bounced over the goalie’s head. Ashley Wilkes had two assists. Chelsea Bergeson scored the goal for Monte Vista (12-11-1). Division III

Our Lady of Peace 1, Rancho Bernardo 0--Unseeded OLP (12-6-5) got a score with only 10 minutes remaining from Kim Graas to upset third-seeded Rancho Bernardo (13-4-5). The Pilot defense limited Rancho Bernardo to four shots, and goalie Danielle Blowers picked up the shutout. OLP plays at 5 p.m. in Friday’s semifinals at San Dieguito against Madison.