Momentum change boosts South Whidbey in soccer game

Herald staff

LAKEWOOD – A first half shift in momentum helped send Lakewood to its third loss of the season Wednesday as the Cougars fell 4-1 to South Whidbey in a North Cascades 2A girls soccer. game.

“It was just a huge momentum shift,” Lakewood coach Steve Hofmann said. “They scored in bunches.”

The home loss dropped Lakewood to 2-3, while the second-place Falcons improved to 4-1, one game behind idle Meridian.

Senior Ashley Nunley scored two minutes into the first half on a penalty kick to give the Cougars an early 1-0 advantage.

That, however, changed 15 minutes later when Lakewood’s mood-setting pace reversed in South Whidbey’s favor.

The Falcons’ Jaci Gutzmer and Daniel Waterman led a fierce offensive attack, scoring back-to-back goals to give South Whidbey a 2-1 lead.

A misdirected bounce off a Lakewood defender sent the ball into the Cougars’ net for an own goal that boosted South Whidbey’s lead to 3-1 at halftime.

Gutzmer added her second goal of the game in the second half to end the scoring.

Snohomish 6, Marysville-Pilchuck 1: Snohomish won three of four singles matches and swept the doubles events.

Singles-Christensen (Snohomish) def. Parshall, 6-3, 6-3; Gordon (Snohomish) def. Belknap, 6-1, 6-0; Stocker (Snohomish) def. Christopher, 7-5, 6-3.; Weston (M-P) def. Marshall 6-7 (7-0), 6-4, 6-4. Doubles-Helms-Perron (Snohomish) def. Wall-Arteago, 6-4, 6-1. Sahlberg-Mitchell (Snohomish) def. Ballew-Farnelos, 6-1, 6-2. Markey-Pratt (Snohomish) def. Saledo-Neyens, 6-2, 6-2. Records-Snohomish 6-0 in league, 6-0 overall. M-P1-5, 1-5.

Edmonds-Woodway 7, Lynnwood 0: Edmonds-Woodway’s Josh Yuse defeated Jason Wise 6-0, 6-2 in No. 1 singles in the Wesco South Division boys tennis meet.

Singles-Yuse (E-W) def. Wise, 6-0, 6-2; Minakee (E-W) def. Hjerstedt, 6-0, 6-2; Shields (E-W) def. Thompson, 6-0, 6-0; Hirst (E-W) def. Crollad, 6-1, 6-0. Doubles-Nelson-Fenning (E-W) def. Batista-Neth, 6-0, 6-0; Kent-McCleary (E-W) def. Jung-Z.Wachtvietl, 6-2, 6-1; Niles-Sinanan (E-W) def. Zerude Wachtvietl-Peterson 6-3, 6-0. Records-E-W 6-1 in league, 6-1 overall. Lynnwood 1-6, 1-6.

Jackson 4, Shorecrest 3: Jackson rebounded from three consecutive singles loses to defeat Shorecrest in a Wesco South Division meet.

Singles-Pedersen (Shorecrest) def. Kim, 6-1, 6-3; Wadum (Shorecrest) def. Chong, 7-6, 6-1; Auriemma (Shorecrest) def. Yee, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4; Sohn (Jackson) def. Geddes, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4. Doubles-Pope-Pope (Jackson) def. Morrissey-Frisk, 6-1, 6-4; Reading-DeWeese (Jackson) def. Liu-Jacobson, 6-1, 6-3; Burke-Osborne (Jackson) def. Hildebrand-Leigh, 7-5, 6-4. Records-Shorecrest 3-4 in league, 3-4 overall. Jackson 4-3, 4-3.

Kamiak 5, Mountlake Terrace 2: Kamiak won all three doubles events in the Wesco South Division meet.

Singles-Rollins (Kamiak) def. Matthews, 6-2, 6-3; Lee (Kamiak) def. Tesfalde, 6-4, 6-2; Appleby (Mountlake Terrace) def. Busch, 7-6, (7-5), 6-4; Nguyen (Mountlake Terrace) def. Holzer, 6-4, 6-3. Doubles-K. Yoon-A. Yoon (Kamiak) def. Lum-Choi 6-2, 6-1; Aaron Yoon-Dang (Kamiak) def. Pham-Wong 6-1; Baik-Ro (Kamiak) def. Chee-Raines, 6-2, 6-3. Records-Kamiak 3-3 in league, 3-3 overall. Mountlake Terrace 0-6, 0-6.

Shorewood 6, Everett 1: Jeff Jablonski defeated Brandon Wicklund 6-0, 6-0 as Shorewood stayed undefeated by beating Everett in a Wesco South Division meet.

Singles-Jablonski (Shorewood) def. Wicklund, 6-0, 6-0; Johnson (Everett) def. Michelson 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Larson (Shorewood) def. Wertheimer, 6-0, 6-0; Schneider (Shorewood) def. Nielsen, 6-2, 6-2. Doubles-Ma-Turner (Shorewood) def. Wagar-Mattson, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0; McCall-Edwards (Shorewood) def. Swanson-Sheraton, 6-2, 6-3; Reni-Bourne (Shorewood) def. Nichols-Swezey, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2. Records-Everett 3-4 in league, 3-4 overall. Shorewood 7-0, 7-0.

Meadowdale 7, Mariner 0: The victory improved Meadowdale’s record to 6-1 and kept the Mavericks in second place of Wesco South Division.

Singles-Lee (Meadowdale) def. Trhin, 6-0, 6-0; Lucero (Meadowdale) def. Anaya, 6-0, 6-0; Morrison (Meadowdale) def. Tyler, 6-1, 6-2; Stayley (Meadowdale) def. Elrod, 6-4, 6-3. Doubles-Park-Chu (Meadowdale) def. Tao-Pederson, 6-4, 6-2; Bettinghouse-Anderson (Meadowdale) def. Lara-Marave 6-0, 6-1; McGinnis-Knight (Meadowdale) def. Klang-Tran, 6-0, 6-0. Records-Meadowdale 6-1 in league, 6-1 overall. Mariner 0-6, 0-6.

Cascade 6, Lake Stevens 1: Cascade swept the doubles events in the Wesco North Division meet to improve its record to 5-1.

Singles-Allen (Cascade) def. Heinonen 6-3, 6-3; Ferucci (Lake Stevens) def. Melfeth, 7-5 (1-6), 6-4; Bovard (Cascade) def. Swain, 6-2, 6-2; Schroeder (Cascade) def. Moylan, 6-3, 6-3. Doubles-Pawlak-McDonnell (Cascade) def. Carbonatto-Kruse, 6-0, 7-6 (7-3); Denby-Williams (Cascade) def. Dowd-Kottsick 6-4, 7-5; Wade-Escalona (Lake Stevens) def. Olson-Patchin, 6-2, 6-4. Records-Lake Stevens 3-3 in league, 3-3 overall. Cascade 5-1, 5-1.

Oak Harbor 4, Mount Vernon 3: The Oak Harbor Wildcats won four consecutive matches in the Wesco North meet.

Singles-May (Mount Vernon) def. Hinkley, 7-6, 6-1; Manning (Oak Harbor) def. Fredlund, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5; Donnell (Oak Harbor) def. Johnson, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Dalire (Oak Harbor) def. Holden, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles-McClure-Bowden (Oak Harborl) def. Caldwell-Hockett, 6-3, 6-0; Rindal-Zimmerman (Mount Vernon) def. Galio-Epilepsia, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3). Records-Mount Vernon 1-5 in league, 1-5 overall. Oak Harbor 3-3, 3-3.

Jackson 3, Lake Stevens 0: At Jackson H.S., senior Katie Eshelman dished out 17 assists as Jackson won 15-9, 15-10, 15-12 in non-conference volleyball competition. Jamie Crockett contributed nine kills as Jackson improved its record to 3-2 overall. Lake Stevens remains winless, dropping to 0-5.