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Los Alamitos girls soccer tops Newport Harbor to extend reign in Sunset League to nine years

February 6, 2025

LOS ALAMITOS — Two of the keys to success for the Los Alamitos girls soccer team have been scoring first and scoring early.

With the Sunset League title on the line, the Griffins once again scored an early goal and went on to a 2-0 victory over Newport Harbor in the Sunset League tournament final Wednesday at Los Alamitos High School.

The league title is the ninth in a row for the Griffins (15-5-3, 8-0).

The Griffins, who are ranked No. 4 in Orange County, went into the Sunset League’s first postseason tournament in first place, but because of the new point system, they needed to defeat the No. 3 Sailors (15-5-3, 7-2) to be crowned league champions.

Between the regular season and tournament, the Griffins finished with 25 points, compared to 20 for the Sailors, who finished in second place.

“Getting an early goal definitely kept us going,” said Los Alamitos’ Vivi Zacarias, who scored the second goal and assisted on the first goal, which was scored by Baylee Fernley. “And every year it keeps getting harder and harder. Big congrats and kudos to Newport Harbor and every other team in this league because they make it so challenging. They make us have to work every single day for the league title. It’s not easy because anyone can really win.”

Fernley’s goal came in the 28th minute, off a pass from Zacarias, who also scored both goals in the Griffins’ 2-0 victory over the Sailors in the regular-season finale on Jan. 28.

For Fernley’s goal, Zacarias had control of the ball near the right side of the goal but was being guarded by three players.

She then played the ball to Fernley, who took a second to set up her shot and fired the ball past the goalkeeper, who managed to get her hands on the ball, but couldn’t stop it from going into the net.

“I just wanted to make sure I didn’t blast it over and take too many touches,” Fernley said.

Zacarias scored her goal in the 32nd minute off of a free kick from Camryn Flores, who kicked the ball forward 30 yards from the goal.

Flores hit an arcing shot to Zacarias, who was facing away from the goal and flicked the ball into the net using the back of her head.

Newport Harbor coach Justin Schroeder praised the play of his back line and credited the Griffins for their consistency and ball control.

“They were flying around,” Schroeder said. “They were buzzing the entire game. They do a good job of running off the ball, playing that ball long, lay it off, kids are running through. They do a good job of that.”

When the CIF-SS playoff pairings are announced Saturday, Los Alamitos coach Pat Rossi is confident his team will be one of the eight teams selected for the Open Division.

Schroeder believes the Sailors also have a chance to be selected for the Open Division or be among the top four seeds in Division 1.

Orange County Register

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Los Alamitos girls soccer tops Newport Harbor to extend reign in Sunset League to nine years

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