Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Glendale High boys soccer powers past Independence

January 6, 2011 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365

"=""> By Don Ketchum
"=""> Francisco Lopez and Jose Quintana were true to their job descriptions as strikers on Thursday night (Jan. 6), each scoring a goal as the boys’ soccer team from Glendale High defeated neighborhood rival Glendale Independence 4-1 at Glendale.
"=""> Jonathan Maciel and Jorge Gonzalez also scored for the Cardinals, who raised their overall record to 11-2-2. Independence fell to 5-3-1 overall.
"=""> “Our strikers put a hole in the back of the net (with the force of their kicks),’’ said Glendale coach Gary Chavez.
"=""> Glendale began this week as the top Class 4A Division I team in power points but had slipped to No. 6 entering Thursday’s play, due in part to the fact that a match against Prescott on Tuesday (Jan. 4) was cancelled. Independence began the week at No. 2 and had climbed into the top spot.
"=""> Nogales, Tucson Catalina Foothills, Tucson Sabino and Avondale Agua Fria all are in the mix for the top spots.
"=""> Independence was the aggressor early, keeping the ball close to the Glendale goal, but Lopez’s goal, at the 16:30 mark of the first half, seemed to awaken his team.