The Lake Washington girls soccer team beat Mount Si in an overtime win on Tuesday, Sept. 21 before losing to Liberty on Sept. 23.
During the match against Mount Si, the Kangs were on pace to score, based on shots on goal, but could never connect the final pieces to earn a point. Heading into overtime, with a 0-0 tie, the Kangs found a split second opening when Jessie Zogg passed to Tory Varyu, who crossed the ball into the box, where Emma Holm was waiting to recover it from a Wildcat defender for the goal.
Against Liberty on Sept. 23 Lake Washington started fast, scoring in the second minute of the game after Shelby Bergren was taken down by a defender on the 30-yard line. Holm took the free kick, setting it loose above the goalies head for the first goal of the game. The Patriots fought for the rest of the match, finally earning the tying goal in the 67th minute off a corner kick. Liberty earned the win 10 minutes later with a high ball to the right corner of the goal for the 2-1 final score.
Juanita scoots past Mount Si and Bellevue
The Juanita Rebels earned shut out wins over Mount Si and Bellevue over the last week and a half, losing in overtime to Mercer Island.
Against Bellevue the Rebels won the match 3-0, with two goals from Karissa Radke and the final from Kalia Bass. Goaltender Niki Fausset earned the shut out for the team.
On Sept. 16 the team traveled to Mercer Island, losing 2-1 in overtime. The Islanders Celina Solomon scored the opening goal in the 60th minute of play, before Haili Adams tied it up, off an assist from Radke in the 75th minute. The game was decided by Mercer Island’s Lauren Frank’s unassisted 90th minute goal.
The following week, against a Mount Si team looking for a win after losing to Lake Washington, the Rebels earned another shutout, winning 4-0.
Adams scored first off a Rachel Richardson pass in the 21st minute, before Tori Lee and Radke connected in the 35th minute to make it a 2-0 match. Bass and Lee found each other in Wildcat territory in the beginning of the second half for the Rebels third goal of the night, followed two minutes later with a Radke, Bass goal.
The Rebels are currently 3-1 in league and 4-2 overall.
