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Special from East County Sports.com
Posted by Charlie Cleaves on
Jan 30 2003
at
04:00PM PST
Officials steal show from Granite Hills, Steele
Canyon
Special to EastCountySports.com
EL CAJON - Less than 24 hours after a Valley League game was
suspended in the North County due to what the referee ruled was unruly
fans, strangeness continued in girls soccer when one of the referees
walked out of Wednesday's (Jan. 29) Grossmont South League contest
at Valley Stadium.
Granite Hills won the game, defeating Steele Canyon 5-2, but not before
the flap between referees.
With about two minutes left in the first half, the referee situated along the
Steele Canyon sideline called a foul on the Cougars. Seconds later, the
coach standing just a few yards away was issued a yellow card, then a
red card. That's when the fun began.
The referee located along the Granite Hills sidelined came across the
field, and not only over-ruled the foul, but rescinded both cards as well.
Following a brief discussion among the officials, the young referee ripped
off his jersey and marched off the field.
Not only did the remaining official work the game solo, he also headed the
following boys varsity match between the schools with the aid of a pair of
volunteer linesmen from the stands.
"The referees should be a team and work together," said Cougars coach
CHARLIE CLEAVES, who was unaware about the red card until after the
match. "It was embarrassing."
Granite Hills coach SAMI NEDJAR noted he had never seen anything like
it in all of his years in coaching. He called the incident "unfortunate for the
players."
Despite losing to the powerful Eagles, Steele Canyon continues to show
signs that they will be a team to contend with in the near future.
"We are a young team and we're trying to make the program at Steele
Canyon stronger," said sophomore LISA MIX, who scored both Cougars'
goals.
The Cougars (7-5, 0-2) stayed close in the first half, trailing only 3-2 at the
break. However, the Eagles controlled the midfield over the final 40
minutes to pull away.
Senior COURTNEY STOLIS also notched a pair of goals for the Eagles.
After TAHNEE FRANCEL gave the Eagles an early lead, Mix tied it off an
assist from REBECCA SANDERS.
HOWNAZ ZANGANA and Stolis scored within a 2:50 span for a 3-1
Eagles lead, but Mix answered with a goal on a breakaway in the 34th
minute, thanks to an excellent lead pass from COURTNEY CLEAVES.
Stolis scored her second goal in the 44th minute, then JOYCE O'LEARY
capped the scoring with five minutes left, as soph ELLIE MAGDALENO
garnered her second assist of the game.
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