Prep soccer: Archbishop Murphy captures 2A state berth
Published 11:21 pm Tuesday, November 4, 2008
MT. VERNON — Archbishop Murphy earned a return trip to state with a 1-0 win over Cedarcrest in a 2A District 1 girls soccer semifinal game Tuesday at Mt. Vernon High School.
Sam Pettinger scored the game-winning goal in the 62nd minute off assists by Lindsey Bos and Caroline Brawner.
“This is the third time we’ve played Cedarcrest,” Murphy coach Dick Henderson said. “It’s an old rivalry and a hard rivaly. It’s hard to beat a team three times a row.
“I feel like we played better in the second half. We applied a lot more pressure and had more opportunities. But it was hard to push one home.
“We sealed it off with our defense. We were pretty solid with our back four and keeper (Alexa Hughes). We played well with a lead.”
Murphy (15-2-1 overall) finished third in the state last year after losing to eventual champion, Fife, in the semifinals.
The Wildcats play for the district championship at 3 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Vernon H.S.
Kori Butterfield was in goal for Cedarcrest.
Shorecrest 2, Meadowdale 1 (OT): At Shoreline, Jessica Rankin scored on a breakaway off an assist by Agen Heffernan in the fourth minute of overtime to give Shorecrest (12-4-2 overall) the 3A District 1 semifinal win. Rankin earlier scored off a corner kick by Nicole Harris in the 25th minute. Measdowdale’s Ashley Correa tied the score with an unassisted goal in the 55th minute. Shorecrest plays in the winner-to-state final at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Shoreline Stadium. Meadowdale (15-3-0) plays in a loser-out consolation game at 5:30 p.m.
Everett 7, Mount Vernon 1: At Shoreline, seven different players scored goals in three distinct bunches to lead Everett to the win in the 3A District 1 semifinal game at Shoreline Stadium. Annie Sittauer (second minute) and Brittany McMullen (third minute) scored quickly in the game for Everett (15-2-1 overall) followed by Valerie Stahl in the 36th minute. Then Kylie Beeson (63rd minute) scored followed closely by Sele Vance (65th minute), Madison Taylor (75th minute) and Laura Veith (76th minute). Keanae Loera had the lone goal for Mount Vernon off an assist by Victoria Gomez. Tiffany Cruse and Liz Deck split time in goal for Mount Vernon while Emily Nesting was in goal for the Seagulls, who move on to play Shorecrest in the championship game at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Shoreline Stadium.
Boys soccer
North Sound Christian 5, Lopez Island 0: At Mountlake Terrace, Daron Otis scored a goal and had two assists to help lead North Sound Christian to the 2B/1B tri-district quarterfinal victory. North Sound (11-2-1 overall) hosts a semifinal game Thursday. Lopez (6-9-0) hosts a loser-out consolation semifinal. Nick Bae, Daniel Riley, Jeremy Waller and Jin Tae Kim also scored goals for North Sound. Waller also had an assist.
Shoreline Christian 4, King’s West 2: At Shoreline, Ben Novion scored two first-half goals sandwiched around a goal by Travis Enfield as Shoreline Christian jumped out to a 3-0 lead en route to the 2B/1B tri-district quarterfinal win. Travis Hudson scored in the second half for Shoreline Christian. Michael Sohn had two assists and Jason Vermeer and Keith Jacobs had one each. Davis Wahlman was in goal for Shoreline Christian (12-6 overall).
Tacoma Baptist 4, Providence Classical Christian 0: At Lakewood, Tacoma Baptist sent Providence into the consolation semifinals. Providence plays King’s West at 3 p.m. Thursday at Shoreline Park in a loser-out contest.
