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Poway HS boys soccer coach Eugene Morris has a luxury most other coaches can only dream about – having two of the top goalies in the area on the same roster. Just so happens both goalies also star for the Poway Vaqueros.
 
Junior Zach McDonell and sophomore Phillip Bru have combined to make a near-impenetrable wall between the posts for the Titans this season. The two have split time at GK, combining for seven shutouts and helping Poway to a 9-1-2 start.

1. Rancho Bernardo
2. Poway
3. La Costa Canyon
4. Rancho Buena Vista
5. Granite Hills
6. Valhalla
7. Cathedral Catholic
8. Montgomery
9. Mt. Carmel
10. Torrey Pines

Alex Henry

Soccer

Poway

Henry, a senior left midfielder, sparked the Titans to the championship of the San Diego Tournament. Henry finished the tournament with two goals and five assists, two of which came in Poway’s 3-0 win over San Diego in the final. The Titans ended the week with a 9-1-2 overall record.

One team that will challenge Rancho Bernardo this season is Poway High, which has begun the year 4-1-2, as of the end of last week.

“We’re off to a good start,” said Titan head coach Gene Morris.

It’s early in the high school boys soccer season, but the team at Poway already has had a major win and losses that is helping to define the squad early on.

Last week, the team defeated Westview 2-1 on the road.

“It was good to beat them at their house,” said Morris. “I think that win is going to get us going.”

On the flip side, the Titans lost to Mt. Carmel 1-0 in the Coronado Islander Tournament semifinal.

“Of course you want to win every game, (but) it’s kind of a good game to lose,” said Morris, who described the loss to the Sundevils as a “gutcheck.” “You never want to lose, but (if you do), lose early.”

Morris is looking to senior forward Warren Ashcroft and captain senior midfielder Alex Henry to set the tone this year.

“Those two, their leadership is big,” said Morris. “We’ve got senior leadership that’s been there.

“If we stay healthy, we’ll do some good things,” the coach added. “Having a deep bench is huge.”

Morris has no hesitation about who will be battling his Titans for Palomar supremacy this season.

“I see us and RB fighting it out for the league title,” the coach said.

And then after that?

“Our expectations are always pretty high,” Morris said. “Our outlook is pretty good.”

Poway and Rancho Bernardo face each other Jan. 28 at RBHS, and then Feb. 18 at Poway.

Eric Budniewski
Poway -- Boys soccer
He had two goals and one assist in a 5-0 victory over Morse, one goal in a 3-0
victory over Mt. Carmel and one goal and one assist in a 3-0 victory over San
Diego in the championship game of the San Diego Holiday Tournament.