CCS soccer playoffs: Redler-Medina’s two goals propel Monterey past Scared Heart

MONTEREY — Nervous tension and anxiety was an expectation. After all, the last time Monterey sniffed the postseason on the pitch, spectators were forced to wear masks during the height of the pandemic. Scoreless after 90 minutes of regulation, the Toreadores girls soccer team found their stride in overtime Saturday, erupting for three goals to end Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton’s season with a 3-0 win in the Central Coast Section Division III playoffs. The last time Monterey won a playoff game was in the 2021 shortened spring season, where its only setback was a 1-0 loss to South San Francisco in the CCS Division IV finals. “There were definitely nerves in the beginning of...