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BHHS Girls Soccer Makes the Cut
Boys soccer and both basketball squads fail to advance in the playoffs.
Playing in a strong league and facing stiff competition week in and week out should prove beneficial to the Beverly Hills High girls soccer team as it progresses through the CIF Southern Section Division 4 playoffs.
The Normans defeated Pasadena Maranatha 4-0 in the first round last Thursday and will host South Torrance in the second round Tuesday at 3 p.m. South Torrance (17-5-4) finished second in the Pioneer League and defeated Bloomington 1-0 in the first round.
Beverly Hills (17-6-2) scored twice in each half to overwhelm visiting Maranatha (12-9-4). Nicole Star, Tylor Fields, Sydney Segal and Ashley Aviram each scored a goal and Star added two assists for the Normans. Goalkeeper Ida Trevino made four saves for her eighth shutout of the season.
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The squad finished second to Santa Monica in the Ocean League in a race that came down to the final games of the regular season.
The Beverly Hills boys soccer team (12-2-2) beat City of Industry Workman 1-0 in the wild card round last Wednesday but was eliminated by Lakewood Artesia, 4-0, in the first round on Friday.
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The girls basketball team also made the playoffs and was awarded the No. 10 seed in Division 2A after finishing fourth in the Ocean League. The Lady Normans took on unseeded Arroyo of El Monte in the first round Thursday and eked out a 36-33 road win behind Chelsea Austin's 15 points and eight apiece from Natalie Moy and Tiffany Haney.
On Saturday, however, the Lady Normans (15-15) lost their second-round game, 54-42, to seventh-seeded Rialto Eisenhower (18-10), the Citrus Belt League winner.
The boys basketball team (14-14) was seeded No. 14 out of 32 teams in the CIF Southern Section Division 3A playoffs and routed unseeded Rancho Alamitos of Garden Grove, 85-21, in the first round last Wednesday. Austin Mills led the way with 18 points, Mike Lanier had 17 and Brodric Smith added 15 for Beverly Hills, which led 49-14 at halftime, and then outscored the Vaqueros 20-2 in the third quarter.
Two nights later, however, the Normans' season came to an end in the second round at the hands of second-seeded Encino Crespi (22-7), which pulled away in the second half to win 65-55 despite 26 points by Mills.
