Paloma soccer team advances to CIF championship game

Junior defender Sayra Munoz (16) sends the ball the other way with a header during Paloma Valley's win on Tuesday. Photos by Kristi...

Junior defender Sayra Munoz (16) sends the ball the other way with a header during Paloma Valley's win on Tuesday.
Photos by Kristi Jo Aguirre

The Paloma Valley High School girls soccer team advanced to the CIF Southern Section Division 4 finals after scoring a 2-0 semifinal win over St. Margaret’s at home on Tuesday.

Playing in cold, wet conditions, the Wildcats got second-half goals from Miale Jones and Alyssa Moore to improve their overall record to 24-0-3. Reaching the CIF championship game for the second time in three years, Paloma Valley will face Ventura, a 3-1 winner over La Quinta, Saturday at 2 p.m. at Corona High School.

It has been a whirlwind season for coach Carlos Alfaro’s Wildcats, who are the only Menifee area team still alive in the playoffs in any sport. They reached the semifinal game with a 3-0 victory over Laguna Beach Feb. 23 behind two goals from Jones and one from Payton Whitcomb.

Sophomore Nicole Dallin leads the team in scoring with 51 goals and 16 assists. Jones, a junior, has scored 29 goals with 17 assists on the year. Goalkeepers Paulina Pimentel and Peyton Broccardo-rehak have combined to allow just eight goals all season. The Wildcats haven’t been scored upon since Jan. 5.

Paloma Valley entered the CIF finals having won 14 consecutive games dating back to a 2-2 tie with Great Oak Dec. 20.

Miale Jones (6) and Correyn Barackman celebrate a goal during the second half of Tuesday's game.

Alyssa Moore (13) battles a St. Margaret's opponent for the ball during the Wildcats' 2-0 victory on Tuesday.





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