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Lakeland Christian notes, 11/1/98

This from coach Dean Johnson of Lakeland Christian: His Vikings beat Seminole Presbyterian 5-2 in the District 4 final. Seminole scored on a penalty kick one minute into the match, but Lakeland Christian scored three times to lead 3-1 at the half.

After two more Viking goals in the second half, Seminole’s Brian Samilian closed out thes coring at the 75th minute with his 32nd goal of the year. The Vikes pretty much dominated play, but Seminole never quit.

Coach Johnson went up to Myrtle Beach, S.C. to see LCS alumni Jose Gomez, Jason Streets and Ben Strawbridge play for Liberty University versus Coastal Carolina (in Conway S.C.)

Liberty won 3-1 and all three of the LCS grads started and played the whole match. Jose is second on the team in scoring and Jason is fourth. Ben plays defense and did a solid job as well.

Results from South Florida

Highlands Christian conquers Arts

From the Sun Sentinel, 10/30/98

LAKE WORTH --Tony Alvarez scored the game-winning goal with eight minutes left to lead Highlands Christian to a 5-3 victory over the School of the Arts in a District 7 soccer semifinal game on Thursday.

The Knights (18-2) will play Summit Christian today for the championship at 3:30 p.m. at Lake Worth Christian.

Jared McGreevey added two goals and an assist, and Sheldon Grizzle and Jared Williams each added a goal and an assist.

Lucas Ferrer and Ivan Rubiano each had first half goals to lead Summit Christian to a 2-1 victory over Jupiter Christian. Josh LaFave had 29 saves for the Saints (17-1-4).

District 8

Westwood Christian 3, University School 1: David Canal scored a goal and had two assists to lead the Warriors. Frank Chamorro and Klebar Vera each added a goal. Andrew Kirsner scored for the Suns. Westwood will play Hillel today at noon for the championship.

Hillel 2, Fort Lauderdale Christian 1: Mark Wagenberg and Daniel Hakim each scored to lead the Hurricanes. Mike VanBrockhorst scored on a penalty kick for the Crusaders.

WOW!!

POMPANO BEACH -- Sheldon Grizzle scored all of Highlands Christian's goals in a 3-0 shutout of Summit Christian on Tuesday in a battle of local state-ranked boys' soccer powerhouses. The hat trick against the Saints improves Grizzle's national record-breaking streak to eight consecutive games with a hat trick.

-- Published 9/30/98 in the Sun-Sentinel.