Soccer Playoffs: Roundup of Tuesday Regional Games

Four goals in nine minutes. That's the bomb that Santa Margarita Catholic dropped on Arleta in the first round of the Southern California Regional Championships for girls' soccer.

The top-seeded Eagles, hoping to win the Division II title, seized control early and scored a 7-0 victory over Arleta at Santa Ana Stadium on Tuesday.

Arleta (14-5-4), a Los Angeles City Section team, finished third in the East Valley League but won the City's Invitational Division title for teams that weren't selected to play in the Championship Division.

Kassidy Gorman scored twice and had an assist for Santa Margarita (17-5-3), which will play a semifinal on Thursday, 3 p.m., against Glendora St. Lucy's, a winner in penalty kicks, 3-1, over fourth-seeded Clovis North after a scoreless regulation and overtime. The game will be played at Santa Ana Stadium.

The one-sidedness of the matchup was apparent from the outset as Santa Margarita scored twice in the first two minutes, on goals by Bryce Ziemer and Heather Walleigh. Two minutes later, Alaina Arthur made it 3-0, and in the ninth minute, Gorman scored the first of two consecutive goals.

Danielle Scelsi and Kennedy Kraft also scored for the Eagles, who led at halftime, 6-0.

In Division I

Aliso Niguel 1, Claremont 0: The second-seeded Wolverines got a first half goal from Alexa Watkins to defeat visiting Claremont (30-2-2), the Southern Section Division III champion.

Aliso will play host to third-seeded Woodland Hills El Camino Real, the L.A. City Section champion, on Thursday. ECR defeated Fresno Buchanan, 5-0.

The winners of the semifinals will play in championship games Saturday at Warren High in Downey.

Below is the results and schedule for the first round of the Regional Championships.

GIRLS SOCCER

Division I

First round

Carlsbad 1, Downey 0

Los Osos 2, Carlsbad La Costa Canyon 1

El Camino Real 5, Clovis Buchanan 0

Aliso Niguel 1, Claremont 0

Semifinals, Thursday

No. 4 Los Osos at No. 1 Carlsbad

No. 3 El Camino Real at No. 2 Aliso Niguel

Division II

First round

Santa Margarita 7, Arleta 0

St. Lucy's 0, Clovis North 0 (St. Lucy's wins, 3-1, on penalty kicks)

Bishop Amat 2, Coronado 1

San Diego Cathedral 3, Citrus Valley 0

Semifinals, Thursday

St. Lucy's vs. 1 Santa Margarita at Santa Ana Stadium, 3 p.m.

3 Bishop Amat at 2 San Diego Cathedral Catholic

BOYS SOCCER

Division I

First round

Long Beach Millikan 4, Carlsbad La Costa Canyon 1

Crescenta Valley 1, Clovis Buchanan 0

Paramount 4, Fremont 1

San Diego Torrey Pines 2, Valley View 2 (TP wins, 4-2 on penalty kicks)

Semifinals, Thursday

Crescenta Valley at 1 Millikan

Paramount at 2 Torrey Pines

Division II

First round

Lindsay 1, Oak Hills 0

Sun Valley 2, Visalia Mount Whitney 1

San Diego St. Augustine 5, Desert Mirage 1

Santa Ana Valley 3, Lakeside 2 (OT)

Semifinals Thursday

Sun Valley at Lindsay

St. Augustine vs. Santa Ana Valley at Santa Ana Stadium