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Catholic leader blesses school center

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Cardinal Roger Mahony blessed the Travers Cronin Athletic Center during a special ceremony at Damien High School Friday night.

The center, on the campus of the Catholic boys' high school in La Verne, is comprised of a gym, two offices and a conference room.

It took nearly seven years to get approval for the building, and construction has taken a year and a half, school officials said.

The center is named after two veteran teachers at the school -- Father Patrick Travers, who teaches math, and Father Peadar Cronin, who teaches English.

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony blesses the Damien High School Travers Cronin Athletic Center Friday, March 10 2006, during the dedication ceremony for the new center on the La Verne campus.

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Damien Soccer CIF Co-Champions

*Update, click here to see photos from the Quarter & Semi Final Games. Final Match Photos coming soon!

Photo by Alumnus Thomas Faust

Original Article by The San Gabriel Valley Tribune

DOWNEY Damien High School's boys soccer team left Downey with a feeling of content after earning its second consecutive CIF-Southern Section Division I championship in a 0-0 tie against Santa Margarita Saturday.

The Spartans left Downey with a feeling of relief as well.

The tie game did not end without a little bit of controversy.

With 25 seconds remaining in the game, the Eagles lined up for a corner kick, and a Santa Margarita player head-butted the kick in for a goal.

Damien ties in quest for repeat

Original Article by The Daily Bulletin
By Damian Secore, Correspondent

DOWNEY - If the Damien High School boys soccer team won its first CIF championship last year through better talent, skill and cohesion, then this year's unseeded Spartans squad repeated the feat with an indomitable will, workmanlike effort and sheer heart.

These season-long attributes were exemplified for the final time Saturday as the Spartans, playing without co-captain and leading scorer Greg Garcia, settled for a co-championship after battling to a 0-0 draw with Santa Margarita in the CIF-Southern Section Division I title match at Warren High School.

Damien boys go for repeat

Original Article by The Daily Bulletin
Jeff Gluck, Staff Writer

It was raining in La Verne shortly before the Damien boys soccer team's scheduled practice on Friday afternoon. But Spartans coach Juan Fresquez wasn't worried.

"Listen, it's the biggest game of the season,'' Fresquez said. "A little water isn't going to hurt us.''

Fresquez and his players are well aware of what it takes to prepare for the CIF-Southern Section Division I finals against Santa Margarita today at 10 a.m. at Warren High School in Downey.

After all, the Spartans are the defending champs.

Michigan Adds Three Student-Athletes for 2006 Roster

Original Article by The University of Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan men's soccer coach Steve Burns announced today (Thursday, March 1) the signing of three student-athletes to National Letters of Intent for the upcoming 2006 season. Midfielder and forward Mauro Fuzetti (Houston, Texas/Stratford HS), forward Perica Marosevic (Rockford, Ill./Edison Academic Center, Fla.), and defender Julian Robles (Hacienda Heights, Calif./Damien HS) will join the Wolverines this coming fall.