When Coronado’s girls soccer team scored in the first half Tuesday, sweeper Cate Gusick hoped the Cougars could tack on at least another goal. She also knew her team’s defense was up to the task of making the score hold up.

Gusick and Coronado’s defense didn’t break even when Faith Lutheran turned up the heat in the second half, and the top-ranked Cougars earned a 1-0 home win over the second-ranked Crusaders.

“Let’s get another,” Gusick said of her reaction after her team scored in the game’s 22nd minute. “I mean, I’m always looking to get another. But I looked to my back line and said, ‘We’ve got to stay strong. We’ve got to keep going. We’ve got to hold this. If that’s our only goal, we’ve got to keep going.’”

The win put Coronado (15-1, 10-1) solidly in possession of first place in

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