The Gladiators have been scheduled to play at the Stevinson Polo fields (Stevinson, Ca.) in the 1st round of the Snicker's state cup on Jan. 19-20. They will play against the Ajax United Storm (Modesto), San Ramon United (San Ramon), and the Central California Heat (Clovis).

Schedule
1/19/2002 10:30am Central California Heat
1/19/2002 3:00pm San Ramon United
1/20/2002 12:00pm Ajax United

For more information visit the 2002 CYSA Snicker's State Cup page.

Gladiators are SVSYL undefeated champs with 1-0 win over Vipers and 0-0 tie against SCV Arsenal.

12/01-02/2001 - The Porterville Gladiators U11 Boys Soccer Club crowned themselves champs of the SVYSL over the weekend with a 1-0 win against the Visalia Vipers on Saturday and a 0-0 tie on Sunday against the SCV Arsenal of Visalia. Gladiators went undefeated in SVYSL league play with a record of 7-0-3.

On Saturday, all it took was a lone goal off a free kick from Gladiator midfielder Julian Espino. �Both teams had many opportunities but we just took advantage of a free kick�, said coach Gilbert Hernandez. �We are just happy to get the win after it seemed the refs wanted the home team to win. They did everything possible for the Vipers to tie. It seems every time we play a Visalia team, our team is always playing against the home team and the refs. The coach was referring to a lot bad calls against the Gladiators and the 5 extra minutes given after regulation, which seemed very excessive compared to the stoppage time.

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On Sunday, rain and wind would be the story of the game, which end in a 0-0 against the Visalia SCV. "The rain and wind made it almost impossible to play soccer. This was a very tight game.", said Hernandez.

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Now for the Gladiators is the Anaheim Holiday Classic on Dec 15-16 and the Snicker�s State Cup in January, which features the best 64 teams of Northern California.

Rain and all, Gladiators go 0-2-1 at Lemoore Tournament

11/24-25/2001 - Heavy rain didn't stop the Lemoore Soccer Tournament from taking place. Unfornuately rain and wet fields was what the Porterville Gladiators had to go through at the Lemoore Soccer Tournament over the weekend in which they went 0-2-1.

"It obvious our kids are not use to playing out in the rain. We were misjudging the ball alot", said coach Gilbert Hernandez. "The wet fields clashed with the control style of play our team is use to playing".

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11/17-18/2001 - Porterville Gladiators got 2 wins over the weekend beating Hanford South Valley Hawks 3-0 on Saturday and turned around on Sunday to beat the Clovis United 2-0. The two wins move the Gladiators to 6-0-2 and still undefeated in league play.

Goal scorers against Hanford were Carmelo Ojeda, Edgar Escobar and Junior Toscano. Gladiators controlled most of the game against Hanford who only got a few shots on goal.

On Sunday, Clovis United put up a good fight but in the end goals from Julian Espino and Ismael Perez would put them away. "We really got tested against a very aggressive Clovis United team. Our defense and midfield held up pretty well and again Diego Mendoza had some key saves."

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Gladiators roll 4-0 over Fresno Cyclone

11/10/2001 - The Porterville Gladiators U11 Boys Soccer Club won 4-0 against Fresno Cycle Fury over the weekend. With the win the Gladiators move to 4-0-2 in the SVYSL.

Edgar Escobar got the scoring started for the Gladiators and Carmelo Ojeda followed with a hat trick adding 3 goals of his own. All of the Gladiators goals came in the first half of the game.

"For the second weekend in a row the team played a well balanced game", said coach Gilbert Hernandez . "I can't say enough on how well our team has been playing lately. We were able to control a game where the score could have easily been 8-0 if it wasn't for missed opportunities on our part."

Next weekend the Gladiators will have a double header. They will be playing the Hanford South Valley Hawks on Saturday at 9:30am and on Sunday they will play the Clovis United at 12:00am. Both games will be played in Visalia.

Gladiators beat SCV Arsenal 2-0



11/03/2001 - Porterville Gladiators U11 Boys soccer club beat SCV Arsenal of Visalia 2-0 on Saturday. With the win the Gladiators move to 3-0-2 in the SVYSL and still remain undefeated.

Eduardo Padilla scored the two goals for the Gladiators. The first goal came off a penalty kick in the first half while the second goal was off a break away from half field in the second half.

"The team played an excellent game at all positions", said the coaches." This was probably one of the best game the Gladiators have played this season. Everyone was hustling and more importantly we were able to control the game with excellent passing at all positions."

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Gladiators settle for a 2-2 tie against Visalia Viper

10/21/2001 - Porterville Gladiators U11 Boys Soccer Club tied 2-2 for a consecutive game against the Visalia Vipers. The Gladiators lead 2-0 early in the first half but gave up one goal at the end of the first half and surrendered another in "questionable" stoppage time. Goal scorers for the Gladiators were Carmelo Ojeda and Edgar Escobar. With the tie Gladiators still remain undefeated in the SVYSL with a 2-0-2 record.

"Our kids played their hearts out" said coach Gilbert Hernandez.

Gladiators tie 1-1 against Clovis United

10/06/2001 - Gladiators tied 1-1 against Clovis United this past Saturday in Visalia. Carmelo Ojeda had the lone goal off an assist from Romel Velarde, who completed a nice give and go play, which resulted in a 1-0 lead.

The defense again had a well balanced game holding back the Clovis United.

Gladiators win 3-1 in Hanford over the South Valley Hawks

9/22/2001 - Gladiators were able to come from behind 1-0 to beat the South Valley Hawks in Hanford. Carmelo Ojeda put in 2 goals and Romel Velarde added another. Gladiators were able to shut down the Hawks in the second half with solid play from defenders Eduardo Padilla, Juan Escobar, Alexis Hernandez and Gabriel Alcantar. Goalkeeper Diego Mendoza had numerous saves.

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Gladiators kicked off SVYSL season with a 4-2 win over the Fresno Cyclone Fury



9/16/2001 - Gladiators kick off their SVYSL season with a convincing win over the Fresno Cyclone Fury. Forward Carmelo Ojeda had a field day scoring 3 goals and defender Gabriel Alcantar came up from the defense to add another. At one point in the game Gladiators had a 3-0 lead but the Cyclone came back with 2 quick goals to cut the lead to 3-2. Overall all the Gladiators played a well balanced game.

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