Foothills Sentry March 2023

Page 15 Foothills Sentry March 2023 COMMUNITY SPORTS BY CLIFF ROBBINS AND CHAD CLINE Foothill upset in CIF Girls Water Polo finals Foothill High School, ranked No. 1, held off No. 4 Laguna Beach, 12-11, in the wa- ter polo semifinals to advance to the Open Division Championships against Orange Lutheran. Foothill (27-5) took control of the game, jumping out to a 4-0 lead before giving up two goals by OLu’s Sofia Umeda and Al- lison Cohen late in the second period. Ga- brielle Graniello put Foothill in a comfort- able position, scoring with 1:09 remaining in the first half. Orange Lutheran’s Michelle Urkov scored and tied the game up, 5-5, and scored the go-ahead goal to take the lead, 6-5. Foothill wasted no time tying the score 7-7, as Graniello found the net with :49 sec remaining in the third period. Orange Lutheran controlled the fourth quarter. Lady Knight Deirdre Murphy got a shot to roll in, bringing the score within one, 8-9. Sofia Umeda and Kate Sloman sank two goals to seal the championship, 11-8. Rachel Kirchner from Foothill blocked eight shots on goal. Deirdre Murphy fin- ished with two goals, Gabrielle Graniello and Chloe Patist with three goals each. Villa Park goalkeeper Sean McEwan (right) attracts a lot of company in his goal against Yorba Linda. Villa Park won, 8-3. Villa Park Spartan Jacob Gregory scores against Yorba Linda in the first round of the Commissioner’s Cup playoffs. Rachel Gazzaniga (right) gets a shot off over Laguna Beach goalkeep- er Lauren Schneider. Eva Hourigan (10) from Foothill High blocks a shot against Laguna Beach’s Cleo Washer. Foothill’s win advanced the Knights to the CIF Girls Water Polo finals. Kyla Snell, Canyon High School goalkeeper, deflects a shot in the Downey game. Canyon lost the play- off game, 6-4. Cindy Conner from Villa Park High School scored in the first quar- ter against Redondo High School in the semifinals of the Girls CIF-SS Soccer Playoffs. Rylee Lewis from Villa Park High School scored the tie-breaking goal in the second half against Redondo High School. The team swarmed Lewis after the shot. Conner (left) comes in to congratu- late Lewis. Villa Park won, 2-1. Rylee Lewis from Villa Park High sets up for a shot. Lewis scored and broke the 1-1 tie against Redondo High School in the quarterfinals. Makena Gray from Canyon High School gets the ball from the Downey player. Kailah Perry (17) from Canyon High School scored two goals in the Downey CIF Girls Water Polo game.