The Sun Sunnyvale's Newspaper Dons home for holidays, and state championships By DICK SPARRER Tomas Andalon and Dan Fife knocked in second-half goals to send the De Anza Community College men's soccer team home for the holidays. But that's certainly not a bad thing for the Dons. Because De Anza's Cupertino home is where the state soccer championships will be played over Thanksgiving weekend. The Dons knocked off Hartnell 2-0 last weekend to win a spot in the state semi-finals Nov. 28 at De Anza. The Dons will face Santa Ana at 2 p.m. following an 11 a.m. game between West Valley and Santa Barbara. The Vikings earned a semi-final berth with a 2-0 win over Cañada last Saturday. The winners of the two semi games this Saturday will move to West Valley College in Saratoga for the state championship game on Nov. 29, 2 p.m. The state women's championship game will be played at 11 a.m. the same day at West Valley. De Anza lost in its bid for a spot in the semi finals last week, falling 3-0 to Ohlone. The Dons had beaten Butte 2-0 in overtime a game earlier. The De Anza men, 19-3-1 overall this season, battled from behind to beat Hartnell last weekend. The Dons trailed 1-0 at the half, but Andalon tied it with a goal in the second half, then Fife broke the tie when he scored off a Mitch Guerra assist. The defending state champion Dons will be chasing their third state crown in five years. De Anza won the men's state title in 1994 and again in 1997. De Anza posted a solid 17-3 record in the Coast Conference, finishing the year with shut-out wins over Skyline, Mission and Cañada. Kevin Buss and Peter Wallace each had a goal and an assist to lead the Dons to the 3-0 win over the Colts. Fife also had a goal and Joshua Anderson (Prospect) added an assist. Fife had two goals and an assist, and Wallace had a goal and an assist in a 4-0 win over Mission, and Enrique Tovar and Guerra each scored goals in a 3-0 win over Skyline. [ Back to Contents Page | Sunnyvale Sun Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, November 25, 1998. ©1998 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.