2002 TOURNAMENT PHOTOGRAPHS
ALL 2002 PHOTOS BY PAUL MARTINEZ UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
SAN PASQUAL VS. UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO HS IN THE PREMIERE SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH. UNI PREVAILED 4-2 AFTER THE EAGLES TOOK EARLY 1-0 AND 2-1 LEADS. LEFT: SAN PASQUAL REVS UP THE TUNES PRIOR TO THE MATCH. IT'S CLEARLY A SIGN OF THE TIMES. RIGHT: DISAPPOINTMENT SHOWS IN THE FACE OF A EAGLES MIDFIELDER AS THE ACTIVE UNI KEEPER IS EQUAL TO THE CHALLENGE. PHOTOS BY RON PIETILA.
LEFT:
PATRICK HENRY (WHITE) MIDFIELDER WITH A CROSS VS. SANTANA. THE
SULTANS JUMPED OUT TO A 2-0
LEAD BUT A FURIOUS SECOND HALF COMEBACK BY THE PATRIOTS EARNED A
2-2 TIE (UNLIMITED DIVISION). PHOTO BY RON PIETILA. RIGHT: LA JOLLA VS EL CAP IN
UNLIMITED POOL PLAY. A VIKING COLLECTS THE BALL.
LEFT: OOOPS! MUST HAVE LEARNED THAT DURING THE CLUB SEASON. PARKER PLAYER TUGS AWAY AT AN ISLANDER. RIGHT: FATHER AND DAUGHTER AFTER A MATCH. WHAT A GREAT MOMENT (UNTIL HE TELLS HER WHAT SHE DID WRONG). PHOTOS BY DOUG GIESE.
LEFT:
WHERE'S THE BALL? ALL EYES CLOSED WHEN NEW CIF MEMBER PRUESS-UCSD
TOOK ON SANTA FE
CHRISTIAN. SFC PREVAILED 3-0. RIGHT: A MULTITUDE OF EXPRESSIONS
AS A RANCHO BERNARDO BRONCO
BANGS THE BALL UP FIELD.
BONITA VISTA BARONS CIRCLE UP AND GET A HAND IN PRIOR TO THEIR SEASON OPENING MATCH VS. RANCHO BERNARDO.
2001 TOURNAMENT PHOTOGRAPHS
A RAINBOW PROVIDES THE BACKGROUND FOR UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL'S TOUGH 2-1 PREMIERE DIVISION VICTORY OVER CARLSBAD @ BONITA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL. EARLY ON RAIN THREATENED TO WASH OUT MATCHES, BUT "LUCK OF THE IRISH" PREVAILED AND THE 22ND ANNUAL COMPETITION CONTINUED WITHOUT A WEATHER HITCH.
CANDIDS 2001
LEFT: IT'S 7AM AND NOBODY HAS ARRIVED EXCEPT A FEW PIGEONS. RIGHT: WILLIE SANCHEZ UNLOADS PRODUCT FOR THE CONCESSION STAND.
LEFT: L TO R, TIM TYLER (A PATRICK HENRY SUPPORTER AND HILLTOP TEACHER), LYNN GARCIA AND JOHN SCOTT. HILLTOP HIGH SERVES AS A VALUABLE SATURDAYS TOURNAMENT CO-HOST. RIGHT: SCRIPPS RANCH HEAD COACH LARRY PERNICANO (MAROON) GREETS RANCHO BERNARDO'S RAFFI RUOTOLO AS THE BRONCOS GET READY TO TAKE ON VALHALLA.
LEFT: BARONS BOYS HELP WITH THE TRASH.
2001 TOURNAMENT PHOTOS BY PAUL MARTINEZ
SOME FUN PHOTOS
LEFT: COME ON BAAABY, LET'S DO THE TWIST. MIDDLE: NO, NO, NO! WHEN I SAID "DROP!" I MEANT GET BACK ON DEFENSE. RIGHT: OK, BUT CAN YOU DO THIS?
ACTION 2001
LEFT: WEST HILLS (BLUE) VS. EL CAPITAN IN UNLIMITED DIVISION SEMI-FINAL ACTION. THE WOLFPACK WERE WINNERS 2-1 IN OVERTIME. RIGHT: BONITA VISTA SENIOR DENISE FRENCH WITH THE BALL AT HER FOOT VS. VALHALLA.
LEFT:
TRADITIONAL, TENACIOUS INTENSITY...TORREY PINES VS. LA COSTA. RIGHT: TIGHT MARKING, VALLEY CENTER VS.
CHRISTIAN
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOGRAPHS
PLAYOFFS PHOTOS (12-8-01)
LEFT: LA COSTA CANYON PLAYER AGGRESSIVELY HEADS IT BACK INTO TORREY PINES TERRITORY. THE MAVERICKS WERE VICTORIOUS IN THIS PREMIERE SEMI-FINAL MATCH, 3-1. RIGHT: VALLEY CENTER ON THE ATTACK VERSES CHRISTIAN IN THE CLASSIFIED GOLD FINAL WON BY CHRISTIAN 3-2.
LEFT: PATRICK HENRY ATTACKER LOOKS FOR THE CROSS VERSES WEST HILLS IN THE UNLIMITED FINAL WON BY WEST HILLS AFTER 4 OVERTIMES AND KICKS FROM THE MARK. RIGHT: WEST HILLS GOALKEEPER AND DEFENDERS SCRAMBLE TO CLEAR PATRIOTS' DANGEROUS CROSS.
PATRICK HENRY PLAYER PUSHES A SCRIPPS RANCH FORWARD TO THE OUTSIDE AS PATRIOTS' DEFENDERS TRACK BACK IN HENRY'S 2-1 UNLIMITED DIVISION SEMI-FINALS WIN.
LEFT: A RANCHO BERNARDO PLAYER PUMPS HER FIST IN THE AIR AS THE BRONCOS TAKE THE LEAD VS. VALHALLA. THE NORSEMEN WOULD EVENTUALLY PREVAIL 5-4. RIGHT: BONITA VISTA MARKS UP TIGHT NEAR ITS OWN BOX AS POWAY ATTACKS. THE MATCH WOULD END 0-0.
LEFT: SCRIPPS RANCH AND SANTANA PLAYERS ABOUT TO GO TOE TO TOE IN A HARD FOUGHT UNLIMITED MATCH. THE RANCH WON 2-1. RIGHT: TORREY PINES SWEEPER RACHEL COHEN TAPS THE BALL OUT VS. UNI TO ALLOW THE FALCONS DEFENSE TO SET UP. TP BLANKED UNI 3-0 IN PREMIERE ACTION.
BY THE DAY'S END THE CROWDS HAD GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF PREVIOUS TOURNAMENTS (PHOTOS BY PAUL MARTINEZ)
LEFT TO RIGHT (2000-01 TOURNAMENT)
*POWAY VS. TORREY PINES-CHAMPIONSHIP - PREMIERE DIV. (FINAL, TOR. PINES 4 POWAY 1) *EL CAPITAN PLAYERS ARE EXHAUSTED AFTER MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP WIN VS. SAN MARCOS *TORREY PINES VS. POWAY (CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, PREMIERE DIVISION)
LEFT TO RIGHT (2000-01 TOURNAMENT)
*SCRIPPS RANCH VS. VISTA IN HARD FOUGHT SEMI-MATCH (2000) SCRIPPS ADVANCED *SAN MARCOS AND EL CAPITAN PLAYERS GO FOR A LOOSE BALL (CHAMPIONSHIP, 2000) *RANCHO BERNARDO DEFENDER HEADS ONE OUT VS. UNIVERSITY OF SDHS
(2000 TOURNAMENT)
(L) MEGAN DICKEY (TORREY PINES) KEEPS THE BALL IN PLAY VS. POWAY. (R) LA JOLLA AND SCRIPPS RANCH HUSTLE TO THE BALL
(L) EL CAPITAN FORWARD BRINGS TO DOWN VS. SAN MARCOS. (R) UNI FORWARD AT THE TOUCH
LEFT TO RIGHT (1998-99 TOURNAMENT)
*LA COSTA VS. RANCHO BERNARDO IN PREMIERE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (1999) R.B. WON *MAILE TAVEPHOLJALERN (TORREY PINES), HEAD UP, LOOKS FOR OPEN TEAMMATE (2000-01) *LA COSTA GOALKEEPER PREPARES FOR RANCHO BERNARDO ATTACK (PRE. CHAMP. MATCH)
LEFT TO RIGHT
*BONITA VISTA DEFENDER JAMIE SWANSON WITH TIGHT MARKING V.S POWAY (1997) *POWAY AND BONITA VISTA PLAYERS RACE TO THE LOOSE BALL IN POOL PLAY ACTION (1999) *BONITA VISTA'S CRISTINA ROMERO IS TAKEN DOWN HARD BY A POWAY DEFENDER (1999)
(LEFT/2000) *SANTANA'S VERONICA RAMIREZ (L) AND MT. CARMEL'S KENDALL MORTON HUSTLE TO A LOOSE BALL IN THE UNLIMITED CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH. MT. CARMEL CAME AWAY WITH THE WIN, 3-1. (MIDDLE/1997) *BISHOPS ASHLEY BACKMAN WITH A HARD TACKLE. (RIGHT-1997) *BISHOPS GOALKEEPER HIDDEN BY HER OWN FORMIDABLE WALL.
EMAIL: ronald.pietila@suhsd.k12.ca.us