Herald staff
Cassie Osborn of Lake Stevens has been judged second-best in the nation for her soccer shooting skills.
Osborn first won the Everett Elks Lodge girls U-14 Soccer Shoot, a skills competition involving kicking a soccer ball at a roped-divided goal. The roped areas were worth different points.
Cassie advanced to and won regionals, competing against players her age from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. Her regional score then was forwarded to a panel of national judges who compared it with those of the seven other regional winners. The judges determined Osborn’s score was second-best in the nation.
She will be presented with a plaque at the Elks’ seafood buffet on March 8.
Shamrocks back in state finals: The girls U-14 Northwest National Shamrocks, based in Edmonds, have advanced to the 2002 Snickers Cup state finals for the third time in the past four years. Shamrocks players include Caitlin Bonney, Kacee Burgoyne, Briana duNann, Kayla Gaska, Brittany Gegax, Ashley Hahn, Katy Lonz, Katie Peterson, Minde Politte, Sophie Reiser, Amanda Sanquinet, Tracey Taylor, Kerstin Torrescano, Sabrina Tran, Katy Watson, Rita Jones and Jennifer Lee. The finals are 10 a.m. Sunday at Edmonds-Woodway.
Gymnastics
Local athletes excel: Titles for the Level 4 and 5 teams and a host of outstanding individual efforts helped the Leading Edge at the 9th Annual Chocolate Classic Feb. 16-17 in Everett.
In Level 4, Brittany Allen, 10, of Lake Stevens, took the all-around with a 37.15. Lily Gaffney, 8, of Everett, earned a title with her 37.10. Another all-around title went to Faith Batrack, 11, of Mukilteo (36.40).
In Level 5 Trang Vu, 12, of Marysville, was victorious at 36.750 as was Lauren Bath, 8, of Everett (33.25).
In Level 6 Kylene Johnson, 14, of Everett, took the all-around title (33.55).
Other individual event winners included Tessa Weber, Lauren Leas, Kaci Byers, Mackenzie Swinger, Chelsey Solemsaas, Ariel Carroll, Jessica Buehler, Kelsey Morris, Samantha Jensen, Michelle Ruiz, Alesia Stair and Alexa Best.
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