Two early goals help Cedarcrest overcome Murphy

Published 9:55 am Wednesday, April 16, 2008

EVERETT — It’s never good to give up a goal in the first 10 minutes. When you give up two goals in the first 10 minutes, to the No. 1 team in the conference then you know your back’s against the wall.

Cedarcrest (9-0 in league, 11-0 overall) made good on two first-half goals and held on to beat Archbishop Murphy 3-1 in the Cascade Conference game played at Archbishop Murphy High School Tuesday evening.

“Against any team, you don’t want to give up an early goal. Against Cedarcrest we kind of put ourselves down. We had a lot of opportunities in the first half to tie it up. We were unable to take advantage of those (opportunities). They have some really solid, quick players. They were able to put in a couple of early ones and that was pretty much it,” Archbishop Murphy head coach Jon Echols said.

Evan Fassler scored four minutes into the game and Seth Gremmert added a goal three minutes later giving the Red Wolves the 2-0 lead.

The Wildcats (5-4, 6-4) would cut Cedarcrest’s lead to 2-1 on a Matt Leen goal on an Elijah Wright assist. It was just the second goal the Cedarcrest defense has allowed all season.

“Our players realized that we gave them a good game. I don’t think anyone was hanging their head after the game,” Echols said of his team.

At Archbishop Murphy H.S.

Goals—Cedarcrest: Fassler, Gremmert, Harm. Archbishop Murphy: Leen. Assists—Cedarcrest: Brown. Archbishop Murphy: Wright. Goalkeepers—Cedarcrest: not reported. Archbishop Murphy: Renslo. Records—Cedarcrest 9-0 league, 11-0 overall. Archbishop Murphy 5-4, 6-4.

Coupeville 5, Granite Falls 2: At Coupeville, Geoff Wacker scored a goal and added two assists to lead Coupeville to the Cascade Conference victory. Zeb Williams added a goal and an assist for the Wolves. Matt Johns had a goal and an assist for the Tigers.

At Coupeville H.S.

Goals—Granite Falls: Johns, Gumke. Coupeville: Hack, Williams, Sherman, Wacker, Anthony. Assists—Coupeville: Johns. Coupeville: Williams, Wacker 2, Stevenson. Goalkeepers—Granite Falls: Ahrens. Coupeville: Adams. Records—Granite Falls 0-8 league, 0-9 overall. Coupeville 1-9, 1-9.

Lakewood 1, King’s 0: At Shoreline, Evander Ochoa scored a goal off an assist from Joseph Hawkins and Peter Karrenberg recorded the shutout in goal as the Cougars won the Cascade Conference game.

At King’s H.S.

Goals—Lakewood: Ochoa. Assists—Lakewood: Hawkins. Goalkeepers—Lakewood: Karrenberg. King’s: not reported. Records—Lakewood 9-1 league, 11-1 overall. King’s 4-5, 5-5.

Sultan 6, South Whidbey 0: At Sultan, A.J. Clarke hit a left-footed, 35-yard rocket into the corner of the net to lead the Turks to the Cascade Conference victory.

At Sultan H.S.

Goals—Sultan: Ramsey 2, A. Nicholas, Kenagy, Chavez, Clarke. Assists—Sultan: R. Nicholas, Simon, Tullis 2. Goalkeepers—South Whidbey: Harshman. Sultan: Beckers. Records—S. Whidbey 3-7 league, 3-7 overall. Sultan 6-4, 7-5.

Shorewood 2, Lynnwood 0: At Shoreline, Alex Bresnan and Sam Olson each scored goals on assists from Tim Aspinall as the Thunderbirds remained in first place in the Wesco South standings. Dorian Lair recorded the shutout in goal for Shorewood.

At Shoreline Stadium

Goals—Shorewood: Bresnan, Olson. Assists—Shorewood: Aspinall 2. Goalkeepers—Lynnwood: not reported. Shorewood: Lair. Records—Lynnwood 0-11-0 league, 0-11-0 overall. Shorewood 9-1-1, 9-1-1.

Shorecrest 3, Edmonds-Woodway 0: At Edmonds, Glenn Paden, Devin Schull and Josh Rudnick all scored goals as Shorecrest shut out Edmonds-Woodway in the Wesco South game.

At Edmonds District Stadium

Goals—Shorecrest: Paden, Schull, Rudnick. Assists—Visitor: Terrel, Musar, Ghebremichael. Goalkeepers—E-W: Kratzke. Shorecrest: McDonald. Records—Shorecrest 8-3-0 league, 8-3-0 overall. E-W 3-6-2, 3-6-2.

Jackson 2, Mariner 1: At Everett, Tye Hastings had a goal and an assist to lead Jackson to the Wesco South victory.

At Everett Memorial Stadium

Goals—Mariner: Mohamed. Jackson: Hastings, Ellis. Assists—Jackson: Hastings, Mendiola. Goalkeepers—Mariner: not reported. Jackson: Springer. Records—Mariner 1-9-1 league, 1-9-1 overall. Jackson 8-2-0, 8-2-0.

Kamiak 4, Mountlake Terrace 1: At Mukilteo, Dylan Gaddy of Kamiak had a hat trick and an assist in the Knights’ Wesco South victory.

At Kamiak H.S.

Goals—MT: Torresano. Kamiak: Rinke, Gaddy 3. Assists—MT: Martinez. Kamiak: Gaddy, Soleimanpour, Rinke, George. Goalkeepers—MT: Winters. Kamiak: Waggoner, Dunaracich. Records—M. Terrace 3-7-0 league, 3-7-0 overall. Kamiak 7-3-1, 7-3-1.

Snohomish 2, Arlington 0: At Arlington, Snohomish broke a scoreless tie in the second half with goals by Brendon Gundry and Edwin Guerrero in the 61st and 71st minutes.

At Arlington H.S.

Goals—Snohomish: Gundry, Guerrero. Assists—Snohomish: Pingrey, Guerrero. Goalkeepers—Snohomish: Macarthur, Lane. Arlington: Bayer. Records—Snohomish 8-2-1 league, 8-2-1 overall. Arlington 4-6-0, 4-6-0.

Lake Stevens 3, Monroe 3: At Monroe, Shane McDivitt, Manny Aguirre and Mike Kehoe scored for Monroe. Nick Bylin, Jake Orwiler and Vasily Bogdanoff scored for Lake Stevens as the teams tied in the Wesco North contest.

At Monroe Memorial Stadium

Goals—Lake Stevens: Bylin, Orwiler, Bogdanoff. Monroe: McDivitt, Kehoe, Aguirre. Goalkeepers—Lake Stevens: Masse. Monroe: Chavez, Garman. Records—Lake Stevens 4-3-3 league, 4-3-3 overall. Monroe 7-2-2, 7-2-2.

Cascade 3, Everett 1: At Everett, Jeff Gosslee and Jacob Sell of Cascade each had a goal and an assist in the Bruins’ Wesco North win.

At Everett Memorial Stadium

Goals—Cascade: Gosslee, Sell, Covert. Everett: own goal. Assists—Cascade: Deoliveira, Gosslee, Sell. Goalkeepers—Cascade: Evans, Janner. Everett: not reported. Records—Everett 2-7-2 league, 2-7-2 overall. Cascade 9-2-0, 9-2-0.

Marysville-Pilchuck 2, Stanwood 0: At Marysville, Jordan Salcedo scored two minutes into the game and Marysville-Pilchuck shutout Stanwood in the Wesco North contest.

At Marysville-Pilchuck H.S.

Goals—Marysville-Pilchuck: Salcedo, Miller. Assists—Marysville-Pilchuck: Smith, Ballew. Goalkeepers—Stanwood: Alumbaugh. Marysville-Pilchuck: Cruz. Records—Stanwood 0-11-0 league, 0-11-0 overall. M-P 9-2-0, 9-2-0.