Osorio Propels Nogales

Jose Osorio of La Puente Nogales High could not have picked a better time to double his season goal total than against Riverside Poly in a Southern Section Division II quarterfinal Thursday at Nogales.

Osorio, a junior forward, scored two goals, the second of which gave Nogales a 4-3 victory in double overtime and propelled the Nobles into a semifinal against top-seeded Los Alamitos on Tuesday at a site to be determined by a coin flip.

Osorio headed in a corner kick from Mynor Lima with 31/2 minutes left in sudden-death overtime after the Nobles (20-4-2) had trailed, 2-0, at halftime.

His first goal (and third of the season) came off a crossing pass from Jesse Luna and tied the score, 2-2, with less than a minute left in regulation.

Nogales, which beat Riverside Poly on penalty kicks in last year’s quarterfinals, took a 3-2 lead with four minutes left in the first 20-minute overtime when Gonzalo Alvarez scored on a left-footed shot off a cross from Luna.

But fourth-seeded Poly (24-4-1) tied it a minute later on a goal by Brett Hiroto.

Riverside Poly (19-1-1) suffered a big loss eight minutes into the first overtime when Joel Mojica was knocked unconscious and suffered a broken nose while going up for a ball with Nogales defender Juan Salinas.

The game was stopped for about 35 minutes as Mojica was tended by coaches and paramedics before being taken to County-USC Medical Center by helicopter.

He was released later Thursday.

John Ortega

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In other Southern Section Division II quarterfinals:

Los Alamitos 2, Riverside Rubidoux 0--Josh Eisenberg and Jon Bornstein scored and Geremy Uhl posted his 18th shutout for top-seeded Los Alamitos (25-1-1).

Irvine Woodbridge 3, Santa Ana Foothill 1 (OT)--Luke Redford scored the go-ahead goal in the first half of overtime for Woodbridge (20-2).

In Division I:

Alta Loma 7, Long Beach Wilson 1--Dan LaRocque scored three goals and Kameron Hart had two for top-seeded Alta Loma (25-0-3).

In Division III:

Santa Ana Mater Dei 3, La Palma Kennedy 0--Nate Pena had six saves in his 15th shutout of the season for the Monarchs (21-2-5).

In Division IV:

Irvine Northwood 3, Pomona Diamond Ranch 2--Tony Pacheco scored all three goals for Northwood (15-4-5), including the game-winner midway through the second half.

In Division V:

Laguna Beach 4, Pasadena Poly 2--Ryan Wolfe scored twice as the Artists (12-9-3) upset top-seeded Pasadena Poly (21-1-3).