Huntington Beach goalkeeper Daniel Kotkosky (1) makes a diving save against Timeus Truman (11) in the first half of a CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoff game against San Clemente on Tuesday.
(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)
BY ANDREW TURNER, STAFF WRITER, DAILY PILOT
FEB. 16, 2022 5:54 PM PT
Between the Huntington Beach High School boys’ soccer team and the dark sky above, it was hard to tell which had more energy at the end of Tuesday’s match at San Clemente. After Daniel Kotkosky’s second save of the penalty-kick shootout, the Oilers rushed to the north goal to greet their goalkeeper who had secured his team safe passage into the CIF Southern Section quarterfinals just as the first lightning strikes of a thunderstorm began to roll through.