Herald staff
MONROE – Good things are happening in threes for the Monroe girls soccer team.
The Bearcats blanked Stanwood 4-0 in Western Conference play Saturday to pick up their third shutout win of the week.
Monroe also shut out Marysville-Pilchuck and Arlington this week. The three wins improved Monroe’s record from 1-3 to 4-3 in a five-day span.
In a bit of understatement, Monroe head coach Kathleen Potthast stated, “Teresa Fish is a strong goalie”
Fish stopped 17 shots in the three shutouts.
The Bearcats also put on an offensive show of power at the other end of the field. Forward Shaelynn Brown scored three goals against Stanwood and in Thursday’s victory over Arlington.
The Bearcats still have a tough road ahead, though, as they travel to face Snohomish, a perennial Wesco power, on Thursday.
Race of Champions: Snohomish finished ninth out of 20 teams at the prestigious Race of Champions meet in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ashley Meyer finished 45th and teammate Amanda Mowers was 52nd place over the 3.1-mile course. Saratoga Springs, N.Y., finished first with 77 points, followed by Mountain View, Utah, with 105; and Bingham, Utah, with 109. Snohomish had 221 points.
1. Tubbs (Enumclaw, WA) 16:54, 2. Lauver (Allen, NC) 17:48, 3. Harper (Orem, UT) 17:58, 4. Zeigle (J. Bingham, UT) 18:01, 5. L. Zeigle (Bingham, UT) 18:07. Also – 45. Ashley Meyer (Snohomish, WA) 19:50, 52. Amanda Mowers (Snohomish, WA) 20:04.
Wenachee Invitational: Maddy Hoard finished 21st and teammate Kristine Duncan was 22, clocking respective times of 21:46 and 21:51,to help Jackson to a fourth-place finish out of 14 statewide teams. Oak Harbor, which finished 11th, received strong finishes by Leonila Celestino (32nd) and Brianne King, (36th).
1. Miller (Eastmont) 19:01, 2. Cole (West Valley), 3. Owen (Eastmontl) 19:44, 15. Ochs (Jackson) 21:22, 18. McComas (Cascade) 21:30, 21. Hoard (Jackson) 21:46, 22. Duncan (Jackson) 21:52, 32. Celestino (Oak Harbor) 22:12, 36. King (Oak Harbor) 22:19.
Race of Champions: Teammates Jamie Poier, Ryan Roalae, Faraz Bala set the pace for Snohomish with three top 35 finishes as the Panthers finished fourth at the meet for teams from across the country. Snohomish had 176 points to finish behind Davis, Utah, with 100; Orem, Utah, with 120; and Mount Tabor, N.C., with 170.
1. Curtis (St. Xavier, KY) 15:09, 2. Thorne (Lakeside, GA) 15:14, 3. Debo (Mount Tabor, NC) 15:44, 4. Ripley (Belleview, NC) 15:58, 31st. Poier (Snohomish, WA) 16:50.4, 32nd. Roalae (Snohomish, WA) 16:50.9, 33rd. Bala (Snohomish, WA) 16:51.
Wenatchee Invitational: Fourth-place finisher Evan Wirkkala was the first of three Jackson runners to finish in the top 10 as the Timberwolves placed first in the statewide meet. Jackson finished with 43 points, followed by East Valley with 104 and West Valley with 127.
Lakewood was ninth with 249 points and Oak Harbor with 14th with 339.
Wirkkala was followed by Jackson teammates Caleb Knox in fifth and Devin Paschke in eighth.
1. Owen (East Valley) 15:35, 2. Hickey (Hanford) 16:14,, 3. Patry (Ephrata) 16:28, 4. Wirkkala (Jackson) 16:38, 5. Knox (Jackson) 16:41, 6. Wchmeyer (Cashmere) 16:50, 7. Mohsenian (East Valley) 16:50, 8. Paschke (Jackson) 16:54, 9. Benson (Ephrata) 16:56, 10. Lybarger (West Valley).
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