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D8 The Register Sun., Mar. 2, 1980Fighting Irish Struggle Past CypressBy VICTOR COTA Register Sports Writer4* Kennedy High was truly the Fighting Irish Saturday The Irish shoved and punched their way past Cypress forthe third time this season to post the most important victory, a 1-0 decision in a 3-A quarterfinal soccer match at the Centurion field.*Members of the Empire League, both clubs faced each other three times in conference play, with Kennedy winning two, 3-1 and S-2. The first meeting ended in a 0-0 tie.*-‘Saturday’s match was marred by numerous fouls and ri altercation involving both teams and a handful of Cypress followers late in the match.• ’ Cypress got into the fight with only 10 players as one had been ejected earlier in the second half for excessive warnings. When the dust settled, the Centurions were minus two more players and Kennedy lost one to red cards.It was very uncool on both our parts to let this game get out of hand,” said Kennedy Coach Rusty Gray. It was not soccer in the least form of the word.”PREP SOCCERAside from the melee and a second half in which seven yellow cards were issued — six to Cypress — the match provided excitement at both ends of the field — depending on which side Kennedy was attacking.The Irish dominated the Centurions for a fourth and a final time and eliminated them with a goal in each half. Kennedy is the only county team left, in the 3-A playoffs.Leading scorer Bob Ferguson put the Irish ahead midway through the first half on a head pass from Eddie Alvarez. Ferguson, who has scord a goal in each of the three playoff matches and 38 on the year, fired from 18 yards out and caught the goalkeeper by surprise.Alvarez tallied the second goal early in the last half on header off a center by Mike Batory,Kennedy controlled the ball on Cypress’ half of the field for 30 of the 40 regulatory minutes in the first half andallowed Cypress to shoot only twice in the second.The fighting Irish, seeded No. 1, will host Walnut, a 3-1 winner over Crespi, at 3 p.m. Wednesday,In other playoff action:PACIHCA 3, LA QUINTA I: The 2-A third-seeded Mariners didn't have much trouble in handling the Aztecs' , who had advanced to the quarterfinals as a wildcard entry. Pacifica led 2-0 before La Quinta tallied its first goal in the 29th minute of the second half. Top perfomers: Russ Burdeno, Rick Marshall and Mike Stocke (P) each scored one goal, while Jay Foster (LQ) also tallied one.B,EA9fH 2. BOSCO TECH 0: The Cinderella team of the playoffs, the Artists have come from a wild-card position, beaten the top-seeded club and have posted one shutout. Both of Laguna’s goals came on penalty kicks as Alexandre Jorde tallied one in each half. Laguna Beach Coach Bill Rofling said the game was decided by the better heading team, something the Artists have been practicing regularly.KEPEL 3, SADDLEBACK 2 (60T: Seventh-ranked Kep-pel pulled off an upset as it knocked off the second-rated Roaarunners in the longest match of the day.
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Santa Ana Orange County Register Evening
Santa Ana, California, US
Sun, Mar 02, 1980
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