Lady Moors Determined to Achieve Their Goal to CIF
Sophomore Alexsis Duenas (left center) and Junior Casey Moore (right center) go side-by-side
during Varsity Girls’ Soccer practice. Currently the team is working towards qualifying for CIF.
MOOR photo by SHANNON KHA
BRIANA THAI
Staff Writer
Working through preseason with high heads, the varsity girls’ soccer team is determined to achieve their goal of qualifying to the (California Interscholastic Federation) CIF Preliminaries and getting past the third round. Last year, the girls were undefeated league champions and qualified to the first round of CIF.
Preseason had consisted of eight games and one tournament. The games had resulted in four wins, three losses, and one tie. The tournament had resulted in one victory and two defeats. The girls qualified to the quarter-finals of the silver division.
“I feel that [the team] had taken complete advantage of preseason and used it to practice and refine our game, ” junior defensive player Vivyana Prado said, “but we can improve more by practicing plays and consistently attending practice.”
The girls practice four days a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for two to three hours at Moor Field. They run, practice passes and ball control and focus on defensive and offensive plays. When they play scrimmage they mainly emphasize understanding, teamwork and communication skills, with the help of their new head coach, Nabor Solis.
“There have been a couple of bumps in the road here and there with adjusting to coach [Solis] but we have overcome them and grew stronger as a family,” junior (position) Christine Gomez said.
Although the Lady Moors had won their first league game against the Mark Keppel Aztecs 5-1, they lost their second game against Schurr 1-3. Their next game is on Tues, Jan. 20, against Montebello at Moor Field.