PREP BOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP
Published 11:11 pm Monday, March 30, 2009
SNOHOMISH — Two of the top three boys soccer teams in the Wesco North played to a fast-paced draw Monday night.
Snohomish (4-1-1, 13 points) and Marysville-Pilchuck (3-0-2, 11 points) answered each other’s goals in minutes for a 2-2 tie.
Senior midfielder Elwood Sevon opened the scoring for the Tomahawks in the 21st minute following an assist from John Crenshaw. Snohomish leveled the score one minute later with a Brendon Gundry strike off a Sean Schaller assist.
“It was a very good, very fast high school match with two well-matched teams,” Snohomish head coach Dan Pingrey said.
In the second half, Snohomish took a 2-1 lead in the 41st minute following a Carson Pingrey goal (Thomas Sheets assisted). Not to be outdone, Marysville-Pilchuck answered in the 42nd minute on a Crenshaw strike (Tyler Miller assist) after beating two Snohomish defenders.
The teams played evenly through the remainder of the game, including two, five-minute overtime periods.
“Snohomish had two or three combinations in front of the net that got blocked,” Pingrey said. “We (Snohomish) had the more dangerous chances.”
One such chance came in the 67th minute when the Panthers’ Schaller had a quick touch in front of the net, but mishit the ball straight at M-P goalkeeper Kyle Bluhm.
M-P nearly scored on the counterattack following Schaller’s shot. Brady Ballew had a shot on goal palmed away by Snohomish goalkeeper Cody Melander.
“The two overtimes were fairly even,” Pingrey said.
“The game was a very good match, it was very pacey … a good, strong battle.”
Monroe 3, Everett 0: At Monroe, Drew Hopkins scored a goal and assisted on another and Miles Garman recorded his second consecutive shutout for Monroe in a Wesco North match. Quinn Coan (Hopkins assist) opened the scoring for the Bearcats in the 14th minute. Hopkins (Jack Fortune assist) scored two minutes later and Andrew Barrett (Shane McDivitt assist) scored in the second half. Garman was in goal for Monroe (3-2-0 overall). Everett’s (0-5-0) goalkeeper was not reported.
Lake Stevens 3, Stanwood 2 (OT): At Lake Stevens, Zach Wagner assisted on two goals by Scotty Deoliveira in the first half, then scored Lake Stevens’ game-winning goal in overtime for the Wesco North victory. Adrian Vilchis scored two unassisted goals for Stanwood in the second half to force overtime. Michael Pierce started in goal for Lake Stevens (4-1-0 league, 4-1-0 overall). The keeper for Stanwood (0-5-1, 0-5-1) was not reported.
Meadowdale 3, Mountlake Terrace 0: At Edmonds, Luke Dempsey scored Meadowdale’s first goal on a Jon Hanson assist, and two minutes later, Jace Navlet scored another Meadowdale (2-3) goal on a Jacob Schmitt assist for a 2-0 lead over Terrace (3-1-1). Jack Gold added another Mavericks’ goal on a penalty kick. Goalkeeper Kenneth Hill shut out Terrace.
Jackson 2, Kamiak 1: At Mukilteo, Ben Todd scored the game-winning goal in the 79th minute for Jackson in a non-conference match. Kamiak’s Tyler Hawkinson (Clayton Dubin assist) scored in the first minute, but Jackson picked up a goal by Devin Mendiola (Tye Hastings assist) before Todd’s winner. Eric Hodel earned the win in goal for Jackson (4-1-0 overall). Kamiak’s (1-4-0) goalkeeper was not reported.
Edmonds-Woodway 3, Lynnwood 0: At Lynnwood, Max Doolittle recorded a hat trick for Edmonds-Woodway (3-2 overall) by scoring in the 37th, 46th and 67th minutes and Erik Whitney and Nick Kratzke split time in goal to record Edmonds-Woodway’s shutout in the non-league contest. Emiliano Suarez started in goal for Lynnwood (0-5) and recorded 15 saves.
