Jesuit soccer falls to Maryland power
In a battle of nationally ranked teams, Jesuit lost 2-1 on penalty kicks to DeMatha of Hyattsville, Md., on Saturday night in the Showcase Division of the Gateway Soccer Classic in St. Louis.
The parochial powers played to a 1-1 draw in regulation and overtime before going to penalty kicks, which DeMatha won 4-1.
DeMatha entered the match ranked No. 2 and Jesuit No. 3 in last week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America national boys fall rankings. The Marauders are No. 9 this week.
In its other match at the 59-team tournament, Jesuit tied Chaminade of St. Louis 1-1 last Thursday.
Jesuit's Miguel De Sousa scored in the 73rd minute to tie the match seven minutes after Chaminade had taken a 1-0 lead.
Behind sophomore sensation Tommy Thompson, Granite Bay finished 2-1 in the Bracket A division of the Gateway Classic.
Thompson had a hat trick as Granite Bay defeated Thomas Aquinas of Overland Park, Kan., 3-1 in the tournament opener, then scored once in the Grizzlies' 4-1 win over Christian Brothers of St. Louis in Saturday's finale.
The wins were sandwiched around a 2-1 loss to then-No. 12 Cherry Creek of Aurora, Colo., in which Thompson scored on a late penalty kick.
"We should have won that game," Granite Bay coach Steve Fischer said. "We dominated possession but had two little breakdowns. I felt the same way about Jesuit against DeMatha. The better team lost."
Granite Bay and Jesuit will each host No. 4 Marquette University High of Milwaukee this week. The unbeaten Hilltoppers play at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Granite Bay and 11 a.m. Saturday at Jesuit.
Rocklin, Del Oro run to '4000' team titles
Rocklin defeated Jesuit 42-55 for the boys team title and Del Oro defeated Rocklin 54-68 for the girls crown in the Del Oro 4000 cross country race Saturday in Loomis.
Del Oro's Trevor Stephens placed first in the boys race, covering the 2.48-mile course in 12 minutes, 55 seconds.
Stephens narrowly defeated Whitney's Ryan Hodgens (12:56). Pleasant Grove's Caton Avilla was third (13:20).
Kylie Goo of Westmoor (Daly City) won the girls race in 15:14. El Camino's Neysa Mains placed second (15:40). Alexa Lua of Del Oro (15:41) was third.
Basketball officials classes registering
For those interested in officiating high school basketball, registration for training classes is open.
Those interested should visit the Northern California Officials Association's new website, www. ncoa.arbitersports.com.
Training classes for basketball start Oct. 18.
NCOA recruiting director Brian Moore said training class registration for wrestling officials will begin soon.
– Bill Paterson
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