AYSO Soccer teams continue to fare...

AYSO Soccer teams continue to fare well

The American Youth Soccer Organization Region 88 squads continued

its stellar play.

The Glendale 12-and-under girls’ team won both of its matches. The

Killer Geese defeated San Gabriel, 3-0, on Saturday on goals by

Alexis Mueller, Zayna Maaz and Jillian Mascheroni.

Glendale (2-2-2) also received strong performances from Megan

Salas, Brittany Johnson, Paige O’Connor and Megann Pratt.

On Sunday, Glendale’s Dani Vargas and Maaz scored a goal apiece to

lift the Geese to a 2-0 victory against Alhambra. Julia Klein, Megan

Reilly, Melissa Romero, Mary Treinen, Lindsey Kopic and Amanda

Schwartz all played well.

At the 10-and-under girls’ level, the area’s all-star teams also

continued their winning ways.

The Glendale Cyclones defeated San Gabriel, 3-0, on Saturday.

Glendale won a 1-0 decision against South Pasadena on Sunday.

Catherine Davis scored two of her team’s goals in the win against

San Gabriel. Carli Opland also registered a goal. Sara Davis and

Shelby Gregg did a great job at midfield and Kate Sappell did an

impressive job at sweeper.

Krystina Oberhammer scored Glendale’s lone goal against South

Pasadena. Savannah Rhoads, Leah Gagliardi and Samantha Daniels all

put in strong efforts.

The Glendale Avalanche, the area’s section team, battled Alhambra

to a 2-2 tie Saturday. Lisa Lim and Whitney Cowell both scored for

the Avalanche.

On Sunday, Glendale defeated South El Monte, 7-0, behind Leanna

Maaz’s three goals.

Teammate Amber Sanchez had two goals and Olivia Sierra had one

goal and an assist. Danielle Molina, Lisa Lim and Elise Sanchez also

had an assist.

Maria Morino, Caroline Treinen and Stephanie Ochoa all played

great.

CV Falcon boys’ basketball teams win two games apiece

The 12-and-under Falcon team continued to dominate its

competition. CV improved to 8-0 with a 64-33 victory against the

Valley Jaguars on Sunday.

Izaac Dasaad led the Falcons with 16 points and a game-high five

steals. Guard Eric Strangis had nine points and a game-high nine

rebounds and eight assists.

Other outstanding performers included Gus Keller (10 points and

six rebounds), Danny Pessey (eight points and 11 rebounds) and Arteen

Aghazarian (eight points and six rebounds).

Five other players contributed to CV’s scoring, including Kris

Kauppila (six points and two rebounds), Drew Elliot (three points),

Clayton Sierra (two points, two rebounds, two assists and three

steals), Parker Haleen (two points and four rebounds) and Erik Eagle

(two points and three rebounds). Vahe Baban also had two rebounds.

On Saturday, CV defeated the La Canada Spartan Gold team, 50-28.

CV pulled away in the third quarter by outscoring La Canada, 23-0.

Kauppila led a balanced Falcon attack with 11 points and four

steals. Aghazarian (nine points and nine rebounds) and Strangis

(seven points, seven rebounds and sis assists) also contributed to

CV’s scoring.

Haleen led the Falcons with 10 rebounds. Keller (four points and

six rebounds), Dasaad (five points and five rebounds), Sierra (four

points and three assists), Elliot (four points and two steals), Eagle

(two points and three rebounds) and Pessey (one point and four

rebounds) complemented their teammates.

Baban recorded three rebounds and a steal.

The 10-and-under CV squad defeated the Glendale Panthers, 46-28,

to improve to 5-1 in Valley Conference play. CV was led by Marcus

Collins (16 points and nine rebounds) and Lonnie Kauppila (11

points).

Teammate Eric Yoo had six points, eight rebounds and four assists,

Nick Dragovich added four points and 10 rebounds and Eric Wall

chipped in with five points.

CV also came away with a 46-26 victory against the Eagles on Feb.

1. Collins (13 points and 14 rebounds) and Kauppila (12 points) led

the Falcons’ scoring attack again.

Yoo (nine points) and Wall (six points) also contributed to the

win.

Starzz defeat Rockets, 23-21, in Falcon Junior Girls’ basketball

league

The Starzz improved to 4-1 with Saturday’s victory at Rosemont

Middle School.

Jackie Santander led the Starzz with nine points and 10 rebounds.

Teammate Anoosh Akopyan added six points and two rebounds.

Katie Park (four points and four rebounds), Alex Maldonado (four

points and one rebound), and Olivia Sierra and Sara Davis (two

rebounds apiece) also did well.

CV Girls’ Under-13 Soccer team advances in State Open Cup

The Crescenta Valley Soccer Club girls’ Under-13 team went 2-0-1

during Saturday and Sunday’s pool-play competition of the State Open

Cup at the Lancaster Soccer Complex, allowing it to advance to the

round of 32, which begins at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Despite the courageous efforts of 12-year-old Nancy Avesyan, CV

(28-12-9) tied Mission Viejo Soccer Club, 0-0, in its opening match

Saturday.

Avesyan battled flu-like symptoms and nausea for the majority of

Saturday morning, but still made the trip to Lancaster and almost

converted a penalty kick, contributing to the all-important tie for

Reggie Rivas’ squad.

“She changed the whole momentum of the [match] when she came in,”

Rivas said.

“They were so beat up and banged up, but they want to win the

whole thing and they all committed themselves to not letting sickness

or injuries stop them. It was inspiring watching them play that

hard.”

Trailing, 1-0, in its second match against Fullerton Rangers Youth

Soccer Club Net Quest, CV tied it in the 55th minute as Avesyan

scored off a rebound shot that landed in front of the net.

Then with three minutes left in the second 35-minute half, Kim

Carcich scored the match winner, with Annie Brock recording the

assist.

That victory set up Sunday’s battle for first place in the pool

between CV and the Los Alamitos-based Beach Soccer Club Black team.

CV prevailed, 1-0, with Elise Franklin scoring in the 12th minute

on a breakaway.

Goalkeepers Stevie Cline and Emma Dearman contributed to the

strong defensive effort that was led by the quartet of sweeper Elena

Torres and marking backs Candice Chessum, Hannah Green and Sharis

Harootun.

Next up for CV -- which reached the semifinals of last year’s

tournament, falling on penalty kicks -- is Revolution, which won all

three of its pool-play matches and outscored its opponents, 15-0.

CV Girls’ Under-12 Soccer team eliminated

The Crescenta Valley Soccer Club girls’ Under-12 squad went 1-2 in

Saturday and Sunday’s State Open Cup at the Lancaster Soccer Complex.

Erin Hartwig scored the team’s lone goal in a 1-0 win against SV

Magic.