Soccer girls to celebrate seniors before Friday’s game

As a result of rainstorms last month, Ramona High School girls soccer games were rescheduled and players recently had three games a week for two weeks.

A 2-4 record in those six games gave Ramona an overall season record of 8-10. Four of those games were Valley League contests, and the results left the Bulldogs with a 1-5 league win-loss statistic.

“We’ll just try to make adjustments,” said coach Deena Vizcarra.

The Bulldogs will have Senior Night ceremonies before Friday’s home game against Valley Center and will have one additional week of regular-season play prior to the Feb. 20 CIF playoff selection and seeding meeting. As of Saturday, the Bulldogs were seeded sixth among Division IV schools.

“The good thing is that our power rankings went up,” Vizcarra said of the results of the six recent games.

The makeup date for Ramona’s non-league game at Mira Mesa was Jan. 25. The Marauders won, 5-0. Ramona goalkeepers Nicole Lewis and Hope Sooley combined for 14 saves, and the Bulldogs took a total of eight shots.

On Jan. 27 the Bulldogs traveled to Valley Center for a Valley League match. The Jaguars scored three goals in each half for a 6-0 victory.

Lewis played the entire game in the nets and made 12 saves. Ramona took only five shots.

“We had a very bad loss,” Vizcarra said.

Valley League play continued Jan. 29 with a home game against Fallbrook. The Warriors prevailed by a 5-0 score, but the Bulldogs took 12 shots on goal and Lewis faced an identical number of shots while making seven saves.

The loss was the sixth in a row for Ramona and the fourth consecutive shutout loss for the Bulldogs, but a Feb. 1 non-league game at Escondido had a better result for Ramona. In the 26th minute the Bulldogs scored their first goal since Jan. 20 when Mikaila McNary converted a pass from Kat Lorentz into a 1-0 Ramona lead. An Escondido goal in the 39th minute created a 1-1 halftime score.

“We pulled out another one in the second half,” Vizcarra said.

McNary also scored that goal with an assist from Jenni Rivera. The Bulldogs took a total of 16 shots in the 2-1 victory. Lewis made 14 saves against the Cougars.

Two goals in the final four minutes Feb. 3 at home against Orange Glen gave the Bulldogs a 3-2 league victory.

“We had a good game,” Vizcarra said. “It was an exciting comeback.”

A penalty kick goal 10 minutes into the game gave the Patriots a 1-0 lead. Two minutes later Lorentz scored the equalizer with an assist from Rivera. An Orange Glen goal created a 2-1 halftime score in favor of the Patriots.

“We were able to come back,” Vizcarra said.

Carley Reese tied the game with a goal after taking a pass from McNary. Lorentz then passed to Rivera, who headed the ball into the net for the winning score. Ramona took a total of 22 shots.

The Feb. 5 league game at Ramona against Mission Vista was a 5-0 Timberwolves victory. The score was 3-0 at halftime.

“We did better in the second half,” Vizcarra said.