Alvarez brothers lift Mountlake Terrace to boys soccer win

Published 11:24 pm Tuesday, March 17, 2009

SNOHOMISH — The Mountlake Terrace boys soccer team knew it was in for a tough match against Glacier Peak.

Brothers Manix and Jonathan Alvarez scored on each side of halftime and Terrace kept its composure for a 2-1 season-opening, non-conference win Tuesday night at Snohomish Stadium.

“It was a very intense game,” Terrace head coach Ken Higgins said. “Glacier Peak came off hard right off the start, knowing the style that they play, the guys responded and hung with them end-for-end on the field.”

Manix Alvarez opened the scoring in the 33rd minute after his brother Jonathan corraled the ball in the deep left corner and sent it to the top of the 18-yard box where Manix blasted home a goal to the upper left corner. The Hawks doubled their lead in the 61st minute when Manix, a junior, sent a long ball over the defenders and Jonathan, a freshman, raced by them and beat the Glacier Peak goalkeeper one-on-one.

The Grizzlies pulled a goal back in the 73rd minute when Riley McNamara put home a clean shot at close range, but Terrace’s defense held on and Hawks goalkeeper Ben Winters stopped a number of close attempts.

“The Mountlake Terrace goals had an amazing game, we had a lot of chances probably 30 shots on goal,” Glacier Peak head coach Daghan Kesim said.

Shorecrest 2, Edmonds-Woodway 0: At Edmonds, Shorecrest’s Musie Ghebremichel opened the scoring with an unassisted goal in the 33rd minute and Jonathan Cho added another in the 63rd minute, helping Shorecrest to the non-league win. Shorecrest goalies Eric Baker and Victor Casalarez each played goalie for Shorecrest in the shutout. E-W is now 0-1.

Shorewood 2, Kamiak 0: At Shoreline, Safaa Al-Jelaihawi scored a 38th-minute goal for Shorewood in a non-conference game. Jake Wilkins added a tally for the Thunderbirds in the 69th minute off a Sahil Kahn assist. Dorian Lair had four saves for Shorewood (1-0 overall) and the T-birds outshot Kamiak (0-1) 23-11.

Meadowdale 2, Lynnwood 0: At Lynnwood, Jacob Schmitt’s unassisted goal in the 46th minute and Jack Gold’s 79th-minute tally on a direct corner kick were enough for Meadowdale (1-0) in a non-conference game. The Mavericks’ shutout was recorded by goalkeepers Kenneth Hill, Kyle Jack and Almedin Tirak. Lynnwood is 0-1 overall.

Jackson 3, Mariner 2: At Everett, Tye Hastings volleyed home a game-winning goal in the 75th minute for Jackson following a cross from Alex Taylor in the non-conference game. Jackson (1-0) was playing a man down after Devin Mendiola was red-carded in the 67th minute. Mendiola opened the scoring in the eighth minute and Hastings made it 2-0 in the 15th minute for the Timberwolves. Emiliano Reyes scored in the 50th and 65th minutes to tie it for Mariner (0-1). Eric Hodel earned the win in goal for Jackson.

Arlington 2, Oak Harbor 1: At Edmonds, Oak Harbor got on the board first, but Arlington came back in the second half on goals by David Lopez (Walter Flores assist) and Jake Smith (unassisted) to get the Wesco North victory. Corbin Anderson was in goal for Arlington (1-0), Ryan Fakkema scored the lone Oak Harbor goal, and Jack O’Neil was in goal for the Wildcats.

Lake Stevens 2, Cascade 1 (OT): At Duvall, Lake Stevens (1-0) knocked off Cascade (0-1) in a Wesco North game. The game-winning goal was scored in the 88th minute by Zach Muth on an assist from Jake Orwiler. Johnny Hollaway also had a goal for Lake Stevens. Skyler Sutnerland scored the lone goal for Cascade on an assist from Reid Jones. Michael Pierce was in goal for Lake Stevens, Cascade’s goalkeeper was not reported.

Stanwood 1, Marysville-Pilchuck 1: At Shoreline, Stanwood (0-0-1) got a goal from Jorge Garcia (Carlos Lloreute assist) in the 79th minute to even the score the score with Marysville-Pilchuck (0-0-1). John Crenshaw (Elwood Sevon assist) scored the lone Marysville goal. Alum Baugh was in goal for Stanwood and Kyle Bluhm was the keeper for Marysville.

Cedarcrest 4, Wilson 0: At Duvall, Cedarcrest netted three first-half goals en route to a non-conference win. Dusty Felts (14th minute), Ben Toler (19th) and Tony Minaglia (25th) all scored before halftime. Zach Brown assisted on Felts’ and Toler’s goals and Heath Olson assisted on Minaglia’s. Toler added a second tally in the 48th minute off a Jeff Bieck pass. Goalkeeper Colin McHargue recorded the shutout for Cedarcrest (1-0).