Boys soccer: Estancia edged by Laguna, 5-4

LAGUNA BEACH - The Estancia High boys soccer team answered a 5-1

deficit but could not complete the comeback and lost, 5-4, to Pacific

Coast League host Laguna Beach Friday night.

Estancia junior Nikolai Doudtchenko scored an unassisted goal in each

half, while junior Ricardo Avila and senior Sergio Madrigal rang up

single tallies in the second half, when the Eagles were down, 5-1, with

30 minutes left.

Madrigal scored to make it 5-4 with 10 minutes remaining.

Senior goalkeeper Giovanni Gonzalez recorded eight saves for the

Eagles (3-10, 0-4 in the PCL.

“We finally broke out of the scoring slump,� Estancia Coach Steve

Crenshaw said. “We played hard the whole game. The early goals are what

hurt.�