EVERETT – It took a while for both teams to adjust to an unfamiliar surface, but Archbishop Murphy adapted quicker and came away with a 2-0 victory over Blaine Saturday in a first-round District 1 girls soccer playoff game at Everett Memorial Stadium.
Andrea Gaitan and Brenna Rice scored second-half goals for the Wildcats, who advanced to the semifinals Wednesday at Mount Vernon H.S. The Wildcats will play Nooksack Valley at 7:30 p.m. in a winner-to-state game.
“We had a terrible time adjusting to that (artificial) surface,” Archbishop Murphy coach Pat Jack said. “It was slick and wet and the ball popped funny. It was not like grass at all. Neither of us could control the ball in the first half.”
Gaitan also assisted on Rice’s goal and Alicia Bourke posted the shutout in goal for the Wildcats.
At Everett
Goals-AM: Gaitan, Rice. Goalkeepers-Blaine: not reported. AM: Bourke. Records-Blaine 6-7 overall. Archbishop Murphy 13-3.
Sultan 1, Lynden Christian 0: Amanda Burnside scored in the 60th minute off an assist by Mindy Cramer and keeper Mollie Sumpter kept Lynden Christian out of the net as the Turks won their first-round District 1 playoff game at Everett Memorial Stadium. Sultan advanced to the semifinals Wednesday at Mount Vernon H.S., where it will play Meridian at 5:30 p.m. Meridian reached the semis with a 2-0 win over Lakewood, which will play at Lynden Christian Tuesday in a loser-out, consolation game.
At Everett
Goals-Sultan: Burnside. Goalkeepers-Lynden Christian: not reported. Sultan: Sumpter. Records-Lynden Christian 7-6 overall. Sultan 11-6.
Nooksack Valley 2, Granite Falls 1: Jasmine Kettler scored the Tigers’ goal in the District 1 playoff loss. Granite Falls will play at Blaine Tuesday in a loser-out consolation contest.
At Everson
Goals-Granite Falls: Kettler. NV: not reported. Goalkeepers-Granite Falls: Reedy. NV: not reported. Records-Granite Falls 5-11-1 overall. Nooksack Valley 9-8.
Cedarcrest 1, Burlington-Edison 0: Amanda Johnson scored an unassisted goal in the 72nd minute of the loser-out, first-round 3A District 1 playoff game and keeper Sarah Holerud made it stand up for the victory. The Red Wolves advanced to the district semifinals and will play Shorecrest at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Bellingham Civic Field.
At Burlington
Goals-Cedarcrest: Johnson. Goalkeepers-Cedarcrest: Holerud. B-E: Day. Records-Cedarcrest 17-0 overall. B-E 11-3-1.
Shorecrest 5, Ferndale 1: Lindsey Willar scored two goals for Shorecrest in its loser-out, first-round 3A District 1 playoff victory. The Scots advanced to the district semifinals and will play Cedarcrest at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Bellingham Civic Field.
At Shoreline
Goals-Ferndale: Dahl. Shorecrest: Binder, Speidel, Maehl, Willar 2. Goalkeepers-Ferndale: not reported. Shorecrest: Dimak and Bauer. Records-Ferndale 7-9-1 overall. Shorecrest 13-1-2.
Boys tennis
3A District 1 tournament: Sehome’s Ari Adelstein won his fourth straight district championship, defeating Shorecrest’s Jonathan Tat in the final for the second year in a row. Tat got the district’s second seed to next spring’s state meet based on his semifinal win over consolation champ Nick Stoner of Sehome. Both Shorecrest doubles teams – Cameron Purn and Alex Meilleur and Jordan Hamanishi and Brian Cheung – lost first-round matches Friday and were eliminated in consolation play.
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