Boys Soccer
Bellevue fell into an early 1-0 hole when Mercer Island’s David Lee found the back of the net off an assist from Jordan Morris in just the second minute of the game before ultimately falling 3-2 to Mercer Island on Tuesday at Bellevue High School.
Garrett Jackson scored the next two goals of the game for Bellevue, which were his first two of the season, to take a brief 2-1 lead before the Islanders took advantage of a mix-up off a corner kick to tie the game.
Neither team was able to regain their traction on offense in the second half and the game remained tied until the 62nd minute when Bellevue fell victim to an own goal, which proved to be the deciding score in the game.
Totems take round two of Crossroads Cup, set up showdown with Islanders
As the Islanders held up their end of the bargain in Bellevue against the Wolverines, the Totems did likewise in the second installment of this year’s boys soccer Crossroads Cup, outlasting the Interlake Saints by a final score of 3-1.
Duada Sonah got his team on the board late in the first half before Interlake’s Chad Shapard tied the game in the 53rd minute.
But it was too much Totems in the following fifteen minutes, as Taylor Berg and Nick Rooney scored goals only a minute apart to secure the win.
Sammamish stays unbeaten on the year and will face the Islanders on Friday at Mercer Island with a shot to clinch the regular season league title and the state playoff berth that comes along with it.
Late game offensive fury gives Bulldogs edge over Newport
Garfield’s Aaron Kovan scored two goals in a span of five minutes to lift his team over Newport 3-2 on Tuesday night in a 4A KingCo match.
The game was scoreless for over 60 minutes after Garfield’s Josh Canova scored in the first sixty-seconds, until Michael Kahn evened things at one apiece in the 64th minute of the game. Beni Ieremie tied things again in the 77th on an unassisted goal, but Kovar struck again only two minutes later to give his team the decisive advantage.
Fastpitch Softball
Bellevue shuts out second straight league foe, wins big again
Emily Fleischman went six innings of three-hit, shutout softball and struck out seven batters for Bellevue in their 12-0 win over Lake Washington on Wednesday.
The Wolverines got on the board in the first when Katie Savard scored on a Lisa Bennett single and tacked on another in the second when Maddie Smith scored on a single from the pitcher Fleischman. Bellevue would add two more in the third before putting away all doubt with a five-run fourth inning that included hits from Savard, Bennett, Anjani Briggs, Taylor Cooke and a homerun from Kaitlyn Melby. Each of those came with two outs in the inning and chased Lake Washington starting pitcher Emilee Ronbeck.
Bellevue pounded out 16 total hits on the afternoon to back the dominating performance in the circle from Fleischman as the Wolverines won their third straight, including two consecutive shutouts.
Newport blanked by Eastlake
Kaitlin Sahlinger was tagged with the loss for the Knights, who fell behind 5-0 after two innings and never recovered in a 7-0 loss to Eastlake. The Wolves received multiple hit games from Kelsey Dempsey, Nicole Guptle and Lexi Jaeger.
Three run sixth carries Saints past Islanders
Erin Scott had a 3-4 day at the plate with three RBI as the Saints scored three in the bottom half of the sixth to scrape past Mercer Island 9-7 on Tuesday at Interlake High School.
Girls Golf
Interlake edges Mount Si at Tam o’Shanter
Despite a match-low 49 from Danielle Burns of Mount Si, the Interlake Saints girls golf team won the team scoring by three strokes at Tam o’Shanter on Tuesday.
Interlake freshman Aleana Groenhout led the Saints with a 51 and was followed closely by the 53 of senior Lizzie Norton. But it was the performance of the Saints depth that was the deciding factor as Katie Walker checked in with a 56 while Ellen Howie and Anna Vikanova both shot a score of 59 to help their team to the win.
Newport wins big, sets up showdown with Redmond
Nicole Lomax shot a match-low 40 at Inglewood Golf Club on Tuesday and was followed closely by the 42 of Hannah Christian and the 43 of Jessica Kent as the Knights overwhelmed Inglemoor by nearly 50 strokes.
The next match for Newport will be their most crucial of the regular season, against the Mustangs from Redmond next Wednesday at Newcastle in a showcase of the league’s two best teams and several of its top individual talents.
Liberty takes down Bellevue
Liberty’s Molly Culwell and Alex Duvall both shot a first-place 48 as the Patriots bested Bellevue by 17 strokes on Tuesday in 2A/3A KingCo action.
