Knight boys soccer knocks off No. 1 Pasadena

PASADENA — The Knight boys soccer team fought for two halves and two overtime periods, finally scoring with two minutes left in the second overtime to knock off No. 1-seeded Pasadena in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 playoffs on Wednesday.

Knight’s Joseph Rodriguez received a perfect pass from teammate Ethan Maldonado and went one-on-one with the Pasadena goalkeeper. Rodriguez dribbled the ball around and scored past the keeper for the golden goal.

Freshman Elmer Arriaga played in goal for the Hawks after being brought up from the junior varsity team.

“(He) played every minute of the game and made three beautiful saves to keep the shutout,” Knight coach Juan Paolo said.

The Hawks snapped Pasadena’s 13-game winning streak. Knight will host Dunn, a 3-1 winner over Diamond Bar on Wednesday, in the second round on Friday.

Boys Basketball Scores

CIF-Southern Section Division 2A First Round

Knight 79, Oak Hills 71

CIF-Southern Section Division 3A First Round Northwood 75, Quartz Hill 69 CIF-Southern Section Division 4AA First Round Highland 50, Canyon Springs 30 Price 66, Littlerock 51

Boys Soccer Scores

Mammoth 1, Mojave 0

CIF-Southern Section Division 1 First Round

Oak Park 5, Littlerock 0

CIF-Southern Section Division 3 First Round

Salesian 3, Highland 0

CIF-Southern Section Division 4 First Round

Knight 1, Pasadena 0, 2OT

CIF-Southern Section Division 6 First Round

Paraclete 2, Oxford Academy 0

CIF-Southern Section Division 7 Wild Card

Santa Rosa Academy 5, Desert Christian 2 Vasquez 2, Norton Science/Language Academy 1