Contenders in each event in Marysville had to place in the top five to advance to the upcoming 4A Track and Field State Championships. The Eastlake Wolves are sending six individuals and one relay team to the statewide meet in Tacoma May 24-26. Representing the Skyline Spartans will be nine individuals and three relay teams.

“I’m looking forward to it and have great expectations for the team to do real well,” said Eastlake Coach Steve Jones. “I think we will be in great shape for state. I’m proud of the kids; all of them worked real hard and had a great effort.”

Of the team’s many state participants, Ryan Lewis, a senior at Eastlake, should be pretty busy at the championships as he will be competing in the mens 100- and 200-meter races. At the bi-district meet Lewis ran the 100 in 10.98 seconds to take first place. He finished the 200 in second place.

“It was a close race,” said Jones. “I’m sure he’d have loved to get first but you can’t sneeze at second.”

It was also a good meet for Lauren Files. The Eastlake senior won the 300 hurdles with a time of 45.51. The 100 hurdles was a close race. Files finished a quarter-of-a-second behind the first place runner to take third place. Both times were more than enough to send her to state.

However, her finish in the 200 was not. After running the race in 26.21 in the preliminary round to take third, Files came back May 18 to shave nearly a half a second off her time. She beat Eastlake’s school record for the fifth time this year, but her 25.89 finish was a hair slower than the girl who came in fifth place.

“It was close; that is really unusual,” said Jones. “She is a great kid, great student athlete, 4.0 student, team captain, tremendous. She’s an achiever.”

In other events Eastlake’s 4×100 relay team won the bi-districts with a time of 42.57. At 53-feet-2 inches, Gino Bresolin took fourth in shot put. He is also headed to state for the discus, in which he placed third with a throw of 150-00. Emily Dwyer finished the 3200 in 11:04.12 for fourth place. With a jump of 16-02.75, Anna Carskaden took fifth in the long jump. In the 800, Jordan Oldenburg nipped out his Arlington competitor right at the finish line to take fifth place with a time of 1:57.98.

For the mens Skyline team Drew Mathews ran the 400 in 48.50 to take first. After finishing first in the preliminary race for the 800, Jamon Rogers took second in the final race with a time of 1:55.35.

Keegan Symmes clinched another win for the Spartans with his 9:19.65 finish in the 3200. The Skyline 4×400 relay team won its race with a time of 3:20.78.

On the girls side the 4×400 relay team beat the competition by nearly 2 seconds to take first place with a time of 3:57.72. With a time of 1:44.34 the girls 4×200 relay team took second. Alexis Daugherty, a sophomore at Skyline took second in the 400 with a time of 57.82. Kaylie Greninger also earned a spot at state in the 400 after she finished in 59.02 for fourth. With a time of 2:20.65, Maria Volodkevich placed fifth in the 800. And Sydne Tingey jumped 5-00.00 to take fourth in the high jump.

The State Track and Field Championships kick off at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma on May 24.

This was the first year both girls got the chance to play varsity high school tennis and both were quickly bumped up to play in the singles No. 1 spot. Their relative youth was not evident May 16 at Kirkland’s Outreach and Performance Tennis Center when the two rallied for a shot at the KingCo title. In the end Huang won the match for the Skyline Spartans and advanced to the championship match. She beat Park 6-0, 6-0.

“A freshman in the finals is a great accomplishment for her,” said Skyline coach Bettina Gehle. She said Huang had put in a lot of effort all season and beyond as she is already aiming to eventually play on a college team. Gehle added that one of Huang’s great strengths is her focus. “Especially when you are young, to focus a long time is difficult.”

“She deserves credit for putting so much time in,” said Park after the match. “I’m a little disappointed. I felt that it could have gone either way but she played better than me today so she deserves it.”

Many of the matches’ games came down to deuces, where the two were tied 40-40, but Huang always managed to pull out the win. The Spartan spent most of the match on the offensive, playing out a strategy that kept Park moving. The fact that Park was constantly having to adjust to return Huang’s shots didn’t leave the Eastlake Wolf much opportunity to make her own strategic hits.

As the first set wore on, Park appeared to be frustrated as her composure faded. During the break, Eastlake coach Bud Peterson went out onto the court to give Park a pep talk.

“You have to forget about everything that just transpired; get back into strategy,” Peterson said afterward. “You want to generate movement. It’s difficult when they’ve got you moving… She was put into a position where she had a difficult shot and that’s because Theresa put her there.”

“I just try to stay patient and have controlled aggression – not go for too much but go for the right shots at the right opportunities,” said Huang. “I’ve been working on it (topspin) a lot recently to me create short balls for my opponents.”

Park did manage to get a few up on Huang. During a rally in the second set, Park took advantage of the fact that Huang had moved closer to the net to hit a few volleys and lobbed the ball beyond Huang’s reach.

“She (Park) is very competitive. There were times when Theresa didn’t go for it and just clapped,” said Peterson. “She has great ground strokes. She was ripping some backhands and forehands.”

However, Huang continued to put a topspin on the ball and clung to the win. As the match wore down, Huang had already won the first set 6-0 and, with a 5-0 game lead, was working on finishing up the second set. But Park hung on until the very end and rallied with Huang up until the final shot went beyond her reach.

“I never give up when I play,” said Park after the match. “Mentally I try to keep it pretty strong.”

After the semifinals, the two both had matches that evening that would decide how they finished the tournament. Huang went on to take second place after losing 6-2, 6-2 to Inglemoor’s Sabrina Demerath. Park beat Janae Chinn, of Inglemoor, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1, to finish third. Park was defeated by Sarah Tuemmler of Marysville-Pilchuck May 18 in three sets, 64, 1-6, 2-6. She will not advance any further.

This is the second-consecutive year Penner has been named to the 10-member team.

During the regular season, Penner won the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate tournament and tied for first at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational.

He finished fifth in the conference in scoring average, with a 71.39 in 33 rounds.

Saturday, May 19

3A State Tournament

Eastside Catholic 1, Mount Vernon 0

Eastside Catholic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1

Mount Vernon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

Eastside Catholic batting: Alec Baer, R; Addison Hull, 1 for 3, RBI; Hayden Meier, 2 for 3

Eastside Catholic pitching: Alex Foley (W), 6 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Eastside Catholic 5, Timberline 1

Softball

Monday, May 14

4A KingCo

Eastlake 7, Redmond 5

Eastlake 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 12 1

Redmond 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 13 1

Eastlake batting: Stephanie Clay, 3 for 4, 2 R; Elizabeth Tracy, R, RBI, HR

Eastlake pitching: Alanna Martinez (W), 1 SO, 1 BB

Tuesday, May 14

4A KingCo Tournament

Bothell 10, Eastlake 6

Eastlake batting: Lexi Jaeger, H, RBI

Inglemoor 12, Skyline 3

Wednesday, May 16

4A KingCo Tournament

Ballard 2, Skyline 0

Issaquah 8, Eastlake 1

Soccer

Wednesday, May 16

4A State Tournament

Puyallup 2, Skyline 1 (overtime win)

Skyline’s scoring highlights: Cole Calabro (Pedro Miola assist), 3:00

Lacrosse

Tuesday, May 15

Boys Division I tournament

Eastside Catholic 17, Curtis 9

Scoring summary: Colin MacIlvennie, EC, 5 goals, 3 assists, 4 ground ball; Ross Komenda, EC, 5 goals, 3 assists, 1 ground ball; Peter Kimball, EC, 3 goals, 1 assist, 2 ground balls; Blake Lee, EC, 3 goals, 2 ground balls; Jeff Foreman, EC, 1 goal; Colin Schriever, EC, 3 saves; Brandon Dean, C, 4 goals, 1 ground ball; Carson Stewart, C, 1 goal, 3 assists; Alex Larson, C, 1 goal, 1 ground ball; Jayden Todd, C, 1 goal, 1 assist; Beau Olson, C, 1 goal, 1 ground ball; Tanner Amell, C, 1 goal; Zachary Budnick, C, 8 saves.

Wednesday, May 16

Boys Division 1 tournament

King’s Way 10, Skyline 7

Scoring summary: Koda Wataka-Robinson, KW, 3 goals, 2 ground balls; Connor Dyehouse, KW, 3 goals, 5 ground balls; Clayton Frank, KW, 1 goal, 2 assists; Jack Beall, KW, 2 goals, 2 assists, 5 ground balls; Matt Freisen, KW, 7 saves; Jack Pruitt, S, 4 goals, 3 ground balls; Ian Anderson, S, 2 goals; Cannon Gardner, S, 1 goal, 1 assist; Kyle Kuberski, S, 10 saves.

Friday, May 18

Boys Division I tournament

Eastside Catholic 12, Lake Tapps 5

Scoring summary: Collin MacIlvennie, EC, 4 goals, 2 assists; Peter Kimball, EC, 3 goals; Ross Komenda, EC, 2 goals, 2 assists; Blake Lee, EC, 2 goals; Jeff Foreman, EC, 1 goal; Henry Jarvis, EC, 8 ground balls; Collin Schriever, EC, 6 saves; Josh Davenport, LT, 2 goal; Dane Barber, LT, 1 goal, 2 assist; Joey Lucchesi, LT, 1 goal; Skyler Harris, LT, 1 goal; Drew Warner, LT, 6 ground balls; Jaron Scarbrough, LT, 8 saves; Ben Kelley, LT, 4 saves.

Monday, May 7

KingCo 4A tournament

Ballad 9, Skyline 0

Metro 3A tournament

Wednesday, May 9

Metro 3A tournament

Saturday, May 12

Eastside Catholic 6, Bishop Blanchet 4

Bishop Blanchet 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 3

Eastside Catholic 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 10 1

Eastside Catholic batting: Jeff Bohling, 2 for 5, R, 2 RBI, HR; Alex Foley, 3 for 5, R, SB; Jeff Kepple, 2 for 3, 2 RBI, 2B; Travis Ulvestad, HR

Eastside Catholic pitching: Alex Foley (W), 2 SO, 3 BB

Softball

Monday, May 7

KingCo 4A

Newport 11, Eastlake 1

Newport 1 0 4 4 1 11 14 1

Eastlake 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 3

Metro 3A

Ingraham 10, Eastside Catholic 5

Eastlake Catholic 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 6 2

Ingraham 4 2 0 3 0 1 x 10 8 2

Wednesday, May 9

KingCo 4A

Eastlake 8, Issaquah 4

Eastlake 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 4 0

Issaquah 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 10 2

Eastlake batting: Stephanie Clay, 1 for 3, 3B; Katie Palmer, 1 for 4, 2B

Eastlake pitching: Alanna Martinez (W), 1 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Skyline 10, Redmond 5

Skyline 1 4 0 1 1 0 3 10 15 3

Redmond 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 6 5

Skyline batting: Winter Ridgeway, 3 for 3, 3 R, 2 RI, 2B, HR; Charlotte Zhao, 4 for 5, 3 RBI, HR

Skyline pitching: Winter Ridgeway (W), 9 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER

Tennis

Monday, May 7

KingCo 4A

Eastlake 7, Redmond 0

Singles: Katie Park, E, beat Sarah Du 1-6, 6-1, 6-1; Hannah Thornsburg, E, beat Sophia Xu 6-3,6-3; Beth Rheinberger, E, beat Meg Holtzinger 6-4,6-3; Nina Kondza, E, beat Haley Blatter 6-7 (3-7), 6-4,6-1.

Doubles: Neha Singh-Wendy Yeung, E, beat Marissa Craig-Faye LaFond 6-4, 1-6, 6-2; McKenzie Schmid-Lilia Rodriguez, E, beat Erin Friedland-Celine deJong 6-0, 6-1; Shannon Keogh-Brenna Drummond, E, beat Akiko Chau-Sakura Koffron 6-0, 6-4.

Issaquah 6, Skyline 1

Singles:Theresa Huang, S, beat Dayna Benett 6-0, 6-2; Kristen Cheung, I, beat Ali O’Daffer 6-4, 6-3; Regina Darahovaski, I, beat Laura Parsons 6-2, 6-2; Jenny Thompson, I, beat Jasmine Ye 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Doubles: Kelsey Wilson-Sam Garrad, I, beat Alyson Opitz-Rachel Bear 6-2, 6-3; Rachel Gonchar-Halle Gordon, I, beat Sonya Ye-Jinny Choi 7-6, 6-1; Sabrina Barnett-Moly Shade, I, beat Kianna Bertolino-Jessica Journeycake 6-2, 6-2.

Tuesday, May 8

KingCo 4A

Skyline 7, Roosevelt 0

Singles: Theresa Huang, beat Frances Woods 6-1, 6-0; Ali O’Daffer, beat Leah Chen 6-1, 6-2; Laura Parsons, beat Anna Martin 6-0, 6-0; Jasmine Ye, beat Chrissy Janssen 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Alyson Opitz-Rachel Bear, beat Julia Haussmann-Izzy Mason 6-1, 6-4; Sonya Ye-Jinny Choi, beat Claire Teranishi-Sophie Rucki 6-0, 6-0; Kasumi Maeda-Megan Rubio, beat Mikayla Solsvik-Kate Emmons 6-1, 6-1.

Track and Field

Wednesday, May 9

Boys KingCo 4A championships

Team scores: Woodinville 37, Inglemoor 35, Bothell 32, Roosevelt 22, Issaquah 21, Garfield 19, Ballard 17, Skyline 14, Eastlake 13, Redmond 13, Newport 11.

Girls KingCo 4A championships

Team scores: Redmond 39.5, Inglemoor 29, Newport 28, Skyline 26, Eastlake 15.5, Issaquah 15, Woodinville 14, Bothell 11, Ballard 10, Roosevelt 7.

DAY 1 FINALS: Long jump – Geneva Ecola, Skyline, 16-0 ¾

Friday, May 11

Boys KingCo 4A championships

Team scores: Garfield 92, Skyline 88, Bothell 77, Eastlake 77, Woodinville 70, Inglemoor 68, Issaquah 53, Roosevelt 44, Ballard 43, Redmond 34, Newport 16.

FINALS: Discus – Gino Bresolin, E, 156-4. Triple jump – Jorrell Dorsey, Iss, 44-1 ½. 110 hurdles – Dillon Gongliewski, Ing, 15.8. 300 hurdles – Stuart Thomas, Ball, 40.47. 100 – Ryan Lewis, E, 11.04. 200 – Byron Howell, G, 22.16. 400 – Drew Matthews, S, 48.72. 800 – Jamon Rogers, S, 1:56.21. 3,200 – Alex Bowns, Ball, 9:18.4. 400 relay – Eastlake (Drew Lewis, Ryan Lewis, Lian Doyle, Colton Teglovic), 42.5. 1,600 relay – Skyline (Drew Matthews, Jamon Rogers, Andrew Millett, Trevon Clark), 3:21.75.

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irls KingCo 4A championships

Team scores: Inglemoor 97, Issaquah 92, Skyline 86, Redmond 83.5, Ballard 60, Eastlake 56.5, Newport 54, Roosevelt 49, Garfield 47, Woodinville 40, Bothell 36.

FINALS: Shot put – Jessica Kinssies, R, 40-3. Triple jump – Nhautrey Brown, G, 38-3. Pole vault – Eva Perry, Iss, 11-6. 100 hurdles – Nhautrey Brown, G, 15.44. 300 hurdles – Lauren Files, E, 45.69. 100 – Emmaline Suchland, Ball, 12.24. 200 – Emmaline Suchland, Ball, 25.31. 400 – Alexis Daugherty, S, 57.99. 800 – Mia Wrey, Ball, 2:17.39. 3,200 – Chandler Olson, W, 10:55.78. 400 relay – Inglemoor (Paige Monson, Larissa Ashby, Kaitlyn Hollis, Claire Moses), 50.85. 800 relay – Issaquah (Mack Wieburg, Juliana da Cruz, Madison Callan, Gabrielle Gevers), 1:45.54. 1,600 relay – Issaquah (Gabrielle Gevers, Amanda Chalfant, Madison Callan, Mack Wieburg), 4:02.14.

Lacrosse

Monday, May 7

Girls Varsity

Bainbridge 22, Eastside Catholic 8

Scoring summary: Kelsey Mackin, B, 6 goals, 5 draw controls; Olivia Smith, B, 5 goals, 1 assist, 1 ground ball; Theodosia Fehsenfeld, B, 3 goals, 3 assists, 2 caused turnovers, 1 draw control; Bea Sheffer, B, 3 goals, 1 assist, 1 caused turnover, 4 draw controls; Paige Brigham, b, 2 goals, 1 assist, 1 caused turnover; 2 draw controls; Madeline Stevenson, B, 3 saves; Ashley Blanton, EC, 3 goals, 3 draw controls; Malia Bachesta, EC, 2 goals; Hannah Johnson, EC, 1 goal; Robyn Breynaert, 1 goal; Grace Howland, EC, 1 goal; Justice Gilbert, 13 saves.

Tuesday, May 8

Boys Division I

Skyline 10, Lakeside 4

Scoring summary: Gabriel Pascualy, L, 2 goals; Connor Haney, L, 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 ground balls; Houston Warren, L, 1 goal, 1 ground ball; Jake Ephron, L, 3 ground balls; Peter Scott, L, 11 saves; Cannon Gardner, S, 5 goals; Ryan Benz, S, 2 goals, 1 assist; jack Pruitt, S, 1 goal, 1 assis.

Mercer Island 18, Eastside Catholic 2

Scoring summary: Will Bassetti, EC, 1 goals, 2 ground balls; Peter Kimble, EC, 1 goal, 2 ground balls; Henry Jarvis, EC, 6 ground balls; Colin Schriever, EC, 8 saves.

Wednesday, May 9

Boys Division I

Curtis 12, Eastlake 3 (No scoring details)

Thursday, May 10

Boys Division 1

Eastside Catholic 10, Woodinville 5

Scoring summary: Colin MacIlvennie, EC, 4 goals, 1 assist; Peter Kimble, EC, 3 goals, 1 ground ball; Dylan Mahosky, EC, 7 saves; Evan Schnitzius, W, 2 goals, 2 assists; Jack Goldman, W, 2 goals; Daniel McKee, W, 2 goals; Dalton Combs, W, 9 saves.

Friday, May 11

Boys Division 1

Issaquah 13, Eastlake 4

Scoring summary: Matt O’Neill, IS, 4 goals, 1 assist, 3 ground balls; Ben Director, IS, 2 goals, 3 assists, 4 ground balls; Zack Fritz, IS, 1 goal, 3 ground balls; Julian Ritchie, IS, 4 goals, 2 ground balls; Duncan Hamilton, IS, 2 goals, 1 assist, 2 ground balls; O’Neil Hughes, IS, 4 saves; Brady Hahn, IS, 2 saves; Josiah Fonte, E, 2 goals, 1 ground ball; Kohl Hedlund, E, 1 goal; Davis Caldwell, E, 1 goal, 1 assist; Avery Harkins, E, 8 saves.

Bellevue 16, Skyline 6

Scoring summary: Cole Johnson, B, 7 goals, 1 assist, 3 ground balls; Hank Bethke, B, 3 goals, 1 assist, 1 ground ball; Drew Douglas, B, 2 goals, 1 assist; Adnrew gulrajani, B, 1 goal, 3 assists, 2 ground balls; Dakota Jones, B, 1 goal, 3 assists, 3 ground balls; Simon Jenkin, b, 1 goal, 8 ground balls; Joe Finnell, B, 1 goal, 4 ground balls; Ryan Long, B, 1 assist; Austin Boyd, B, 9 saves.

Saturday, May 12

Boys Division 1

Eastlake 6, Bellarmine Prep 5

Scoring summary: Davis Caldwell, E, 3 goals, 1 assist, 3 ground balls; Josiah Fonte, E, 2 goals, 2 ground balls; Austin Caldwell, E, 1 goal, 1 assist; Cooper Rosenthal, E, 1 assist, 1 ground ball; Dalton Stahl, E, 1 assist, 1 ground ball; Avery Harkins, E, 5 saves.

Rachel Zigman, of Sammamish, (far left) won her age group with a time of 52 minutes, 56 seconds in the 10K portion of the Boys & Girls Clubs race April 22. Contributed

The top Sammamish finisher in the 10K was Robin White with a time of 45:56. She also won her age group, of women 40-49 years old.

Other Sammamish age group winners were Rachel Zigman, of Sammamish, who won in women up to 25 (52:56) and Tom Ehlers, Men 50 an over (47:52).

The 5k overall winner was Shane Cornfield (20:56) and the top female was Irene McCoy, of Sammamish, (23:19).

Sammamish age group winners include Olivia Latham, women up to 25 (25:48), Susan Latham, women over 50 (29:52), Sathya Karivaradaswamy, men 26-39 (26:58).

For complete results, visit www.buduracing.com/raceresults/ 20120422_844.pdf#view=Fit.

For two days, May 8-9, the Eastlake Wolves faced off against their season long KingCo conference opponents on the par 72 Willows Run golf course. Fifty-three girls played the full 18 holes on Tuesday.

Eastlake’s Jamie Midkiff sinks a put at Willows Run golf course on May 8 during the first round of the KingCo tournament. Photo by Lillian Tucker

The top 34 scorers returned the following morning to hit the 18 again. When the scores for all 36 holes were added up, only the 14 with the lowest number of strokes would go on to the state tournament at Meadow Wood golf course in Spokane. Megan Wotherspoon, a senior at Eastlake, placed sixth with a total of 164 strokes. Right behind her was Jamie Midkiff, an Eastlake sophomore, who totaled 165 for seventh place.

“They both love the game and are good at the game. We are proud of them,” said Eastlake coach Pat Bangasser. This will not be the first time the two girls will represent their team at the state tournament: both went last year. The coach said he was expecting them to do so again this year. “Both are really steady golfers. They can shoot 82 in their sleep.”

This is Wotherspoon’s fourth year in a row qualifying for state. Last year she finished the two-day championship in 15th place with a score of 160 strokes over 36 holes. Midkiff came in 27th with a score of 167. Through their combined efforts the Wolves finished in 8th place in the state. Bangasser said he hopes to move up a notch this time around.

“I’m really excited,” said Midkiff. “As long as I stay in the present it should end well.”

Midkiff said she learned the importance of focusing on the moment and letting go of the last hole from her coach. She also said the practice round they played last year really helped a lot and she is looking forward to it again this year.

“We walk through the course and look for places to avoid, places to be aggressive and places to be conservative,” said Bangasser. “My job is to remind them to stay in the present. If you had a bad last hole, don’t think about it…that’s what makes them good.”

Midkiff had to put that same lesson to use during the KingCo tournament. After shooting an 80 May 8, she came back the next day and ran into a bit of trouble, adding five strokes to her previous score.

“Everything was really good except for putting,” said Midkiff. “The greens – I couldn’t get them down; they were fast and there were lots of breaks in the greens.”

Luckily for the sophomore, the course played relatively short for her and she was able to get to the green quickly, meaning she had a bit more wiggle room for putting mishaps. Midkiff’s long drives came in handy on holes No. 2, 7 and 16. She birdied all three.

On the first day she had a really good hole on No. 3, which has a narrow fairway studded with bunkers on both sides. With a straight tee shot right down the middle, Midkiff avoided trouble. Once on the green, she sunk a five-foot putt and went on her merry way. The following day, however, No. 3 was a completely different story. After hitting out of bounds and in the bunker Bangasser had to give his player a pep talk. He reminded her, she said, to shake it off and start fresh on No. 4. She recovered, and now, she is headed to state for the second year in a row.

The Skyline Spartans also competed in the KingCo tournament. While several of its players advanced to the second round on May 9, none of them made the cutoff. At the end of the first round the following remained in the competition: Midkiff with 80 strokes; Wotherspoon, 84 strokes; Bryalynn Vowels, Skyline, 96; Layla Hiramoto, Skyline, 105; Kylie Owen, Eastlake, 107; Melanie Busch, Skyline, 109; Emma Farno, Skyline, 110; and Shirley Chung, Skyline, 111.

It all came down to one-on-one penalty kicks.

Ben Morgan, Skyline High School junior keeper, blocks the penalty kick by Roosevelt senior forward Willie Spurr in the shootout after regulation and overtime periods ended in a 1-1 tie. Photo by Greg Farrar

With no clock, no defenders to contend with and no teammates to help them out, it was between shooter and goalie. In the end Roosevelt won the penalty kick-round 4-2 and ultimately the KingCo tournament trophy.

Kicking for the Skyline Spartans were Ryan Shim, Sean McDonald, Kaleb Strawn, Pedro Miola and Jason Twaddle. Together, they made 28 of Skyline’s 37 goals this season. McDonald and Strawn each netted a shot for Skyline.

Taking turns with them in the spotlight was Ben Morgan, goalie for the Spartans. Morgan stopped the ball fired by Willie Spurr, a senior forward for Roosevelt. However, the Roughriders other four shooters scored, securing the win.

“I still enjoy playing soccer, no matter what,” said Morgan after the game. “Penalty kicks are fun. They don’t show who the better team is – they are just a fun game at the end.”

The Spartans were off to a solid start in the first half. With good movement and communication, Skyline controlled the field for the majority of the time. At one point, when Roosevelt was in possession, Shin, a junior midfielder for the Spartans, stole the ball and drove it 60 yards down the field with the help of a one-two pass off Strawn.

“I like the way we were moving in the first half,” said Skyline coach, Don Braman.

With the first half winding down, Cole Calabro, a sophomore at Skyline, attempted a volley from five yards out. However, his shot curved left of the post. Then, 32 minutes in, Twaddle scored off a pass from McDonald, giving the Spartans a 1-0 lead. It was Twaddle’s 11th goal this season.

“It felt great,” said Twaddle. “But it wasn’t enough.”

“You have to look at the quality of chances (to score) and we created a lot of quality chances,” said Braman. “Unfortunately, in the second half we created some very good scoring opportunities but we didn’t get the shot.”

The game was tied in the 58th minute. Roosevelt lobbed the ball at Skyline’s goal but Morgan quickly punched it out. However, the Roughriders were ready and waiting and deflected the ball into the back of the net.

Twaddle nearly scored again in the second half, but his shot, with only five minutes left to go in the tied game, was blocked by Roosevelt’s goalie. Regulation play ended with the two teams tied 1-1.

With both teams holding the other at bay, two scoreless five-minute overtime periods were played out.

“Overtime is exhausting. You really have to put all your heart out — who puts out all their heart wins,” said Twaddle. “I thought we got unlucky. We played really well but mess-ups happen.”

“It sucks,” said Morgan. “But it doesn’t matter; sure we don’t get the shiny trophy but we have a game on Tuesday and that’s much bigger.”

Skyline was set to play its first state playoff game on May 15.

Jay earned the spot on the U.S. team after winning a gold medal for cross country skiing at the 2012 State Winter Games. Jay will continue to train locally as well as attend a World Games training camp in November. The team plans to depart for Pyeongchang, South Korea next January. The World Winter Games will take place from Jan. 26 to Feb. 6.