Thursday, September 21, 2006

Girls Intermediate Red Soccer vs Pac-5 Orange


This was a fun game to watch. Two evenly matched teams struggling to gain an advantage, both defenses refusing to budge, nice soccer weather - what a great time for a sports nut!

The Ala Wai field is an "ok" field for photography. I hedge because games in the afternoon produce a large shadow in the middle of the field with both goal areas in full sunshine. This makes for huge variations in lighting but it is still a field that can produce many nice photos and I got my share yesterday.

The final score was 1-0 with Iolani gaining the win. Amanda McCaskill scored the goal on a nice play about midway through the second half. She came in on the right side, made a few nice moves and found herself free in front of the goal with a split second to shoot. That's all she needed as she blasted it in. With both defenses playing so well a 1-0 lead was big and it held up.

Krystal Pascua had a very strong game. She played strong defense and made many good offensive runs. She hit the post/crossbar a few times and had many headers that kept Iolani in control. I was very impressed with her all-around game.

This Intermediate Red team is good, 4-1 so far with their only loss to Sacred Hearts. Wins were against Word of Life (5-0), Pac-5 Brown (2-0), Iolani Black (1-0) and yesterday's win over Pac-5 Orange.

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