PREP SOCCER ROUNDUP: Second-half goals help Murphy nab district berth

Published 11:32 pm Tuesday, April 27, 2010

EVERETT — Even though the Archbishop Murphy boys soccer team had won four straight games heading into Tuesday night, it took a talking to by the Murphy captains at halftime to spark the frustrated Wildcats.

Murphy rose up and answered the call, scoring two goals in the second half for a 2-0 Cascade Conference win over Cedarcrest.

The win clinched a 2A District 1 playoff berth for Murphy (9-3 league, 9-4 overall). Cedarcrest fell to 7-5, 7-7.

Freshman Jalen Crisler notched his first career varsity goal from Matt Fryer’s assist in the 60th minute. Just recently, Crisler was moved from the JV squad to varsity.

“It was a good battle between both teams, that was shown with the score 0-0 in the first half,” Murphy head coach Eddie Fernandez said. “We were frustrated in the first half, and I kind of let the boys have their own talk at halftime, and we were able to put the goals away in the second half.

“The rest of the team is getting more confidence in him (Crisler),” Fernandez added. “It was a good combination play … that is something that we have been working on.”

In the 67th minute, Alexis Magana touched in a long pass from a Matt Leen assist.

Wildcats goalkeeper Doug Ehlebracht has allowed zero goals in the five-game winning streak and has seven shutouts this season.

Collin McHargue was in goal for Cedarcrest.

Coupeville 3, Lakewood 0: At Coupeville, after assisting on two early goals, Spencer Tack found the back of the net himself in the 51st minute to help seal the victory for Coupeville in the Cascade Conference game. Justin Adams (ninth minute) and Tony Jansen (15th minute) also scored for the Wolves (7-5 league, 8-6 overall) and Evan Coleman recorded the shutout in goal. Sam Johnston was the keeper for Lakewood (5-7, 5-9).

King’s 4, Sultan 0: At Shoreline, King’s keeper Matt Matysik posted a shutout in the Cascade Conference game. Trevor Bartels opened up the scoring in the 30th minute on a Nick Swanson assist. The game remained 1-0 until early in the second half when Gunnar Ildhuso scored an unassisted goal in the 44th minute. Swanson then followed with a goal in the 58th minute (Jake Hibbard assist) and Joseph Jeong notched the fourth and final goal in the 77th minute on a Bartels assist.

South Whidbey 6, Granite Falls 0: At Langley, Miles Goodman had two goals and senior captain Ian McCauley added a goal and two assists to lead South Whidbey to the Cascade Conference win. Pat Myatt also scored a goal and helped out with two assists, Henry Mead had one goal and one assist, Sam Mitchell netted a goal and Noah Moeller recorded an assist for the Falcons (7-5 in league, 7-6 overall). Karl Peterson and Keegan Harshman combined for the shutout for South Whidbey. Ryan Murphy stood in goal for Granite Falls (0-12, 1-13).

Lake Stevens 1, Stanwood 0: At Lake Stevens, Tanner Sellars scored from a Nic Rowe assist in the 35th minute, helping clinch a 4A District 1 playoff berth for the Vikings (10-2-1 league, 10-2-1 overall). Tanner Eney and Michael Pierce shared duties in goal for Lake Stevens. Stanwood (7-5-2, 7-5-2) had Dalton Allumbaugh in goal.

Monroe 2, Everett 0: At Monroe, Quinn Coan scored the first goal of the game in the 33rd minute off an assist from Jorge Avilia and then returned the favor in the 80th minute, assisting on an Avilia goal as Monroe defeated Everett in the Wesco North game. Jose Perez Jr. earned the shutout in goal for the Bearcats (6-5-2 in league and overall) and Tanner Jelinek took on goalkeeping duties for Everett (3-9-1, 3-10-1).

Jackson 3, Shorewood 0: At Everett, Tye Hastings had a hat trick for Jackson and Hayden Addington held Shorewood scoreless as the Timberwolves improved to 4-2 in Wesco South play. All of Hastings’ goals came in the second half, ending a scoreless first period. He made it 1-0 in the 42nd minute, then followed in the 62nd and 72nd minute.

Mariner 1, Lynnwood 0: At Everett, Mariner’s Christian Robles knocked in a header in the 65th minute (Eddie Tamayo assist) for the Wesco South win. Whopper Banuelos earned the shutout in goal for the Marauders (3-3-0 leauge, 7-6-0 overall). Lynnwood (0-6-0, 1-12-0) had Emiliano Suarez in goal.

Edmonds-Woodway 5, Mountlake Terrace 1: At Edmonds, the Warriors scored twice in the first half and got three goals in the second half for the Wesco South victory. Ben Wilmot scored on a penalty kick in the 10th minute and Alex Fredrickson scored unassisted in the 36th minute for a 2-0 E-W lead at half. Terrace had an own goal in the 50th minute, Jeremy Wentzel connected on a free kick in the 57th minute and Jason Major was assisted by Fareed Zerafat in the 62nd minute to round out E-W’s (4-2-0 league, 8-4-1 overall) scores. Terrace’s (1-5-0, 2-11-0) goal came from Manex Alvarez unassisted. E-W had Erik Whitney protecting goal and Cody Paulson was Terrace’s keeper.

Kamiak 1, Meadowdale 0: At Bothell, Spencer Kienholz prevented overtime by ending the scoreless game in the 78th minute for the Knights. Kamiak keeper Kaleb Smith earned the shutout and the Knights improved to 4-2 (7-4-2 overall) in Wesco South. Kenneth Hill was in net for Meadowdale (2-4, 3-10).