Castrejon said he felt his gloves would be the difference for Estancia (10-1-5, 2-0-1 in league), ranked No. 4 in the CIF Southern Section Division IV coaches’ poll.
Someone else knew of Castrejon’s prediction before his teammates found out.
“I promised my mom no goals,” Castrejon said.
Castrejon made the most of the start, finishing with eight saves. He isn’t always guaranteed to be the Eagles’ starting keeper.
In practice, he and Edgar Vega battle for playing time. Both are strong keepers and have played significant roles in Estancia remaining unbeaten in its last seven matches.
Castrejon and one goal handed the Breakers their first league loss.
Laguna Beach (7-2-7, 0-1-2) fell behind in the 27th minute on some beautiful passing.
Estancia fullback Aran Antunez delivered a pass up the Laguna Beach sideline to a running Jesus Garcia. A couple of dribbles later, the striker sent a cross to striker Jorge Olivas in the box.
Olivas smoothly deflected the shot off his right foot, easily beating keeper Alec Williams to his left.
Olivas described Garcia’s pass as “perfect.”
The rest of the way, the Eagles’ defense didn’t allow the taller Breakers to beat them in the air.
Estancia kept the ball on the ground to its advantage. With the help of seniors Rony Argueta and Jose Garcia, the Eagles controlled the midfield.
Coach Gannon Burks was glad to see Garcia contribute against the Breakers. The last time Garcia started against Laguna Beach was early on last season, when he hurt his lower back in an ugly collision.
Hurting Garcia more was seeing Laguna Beach take two matches from the Eagles that season.
Garcia acknowledged that the injury set him back. He never was the same player.
