The Lake Washington Division II boys lacrosse team punched their ticket to the state semifinals after holding off Snohomish last Friday for a 10-9 win.
The Kangs almost lost the game, but the strong defensive duo of Stephen Peppes and Mike Ericson held them off to keep Lake Washington’s state dreams alive.
“It was a great game,” said head coach Greg Butler. “We really played well, but almost let them steal the game from us. They have an amazing face off specialist.”
The Kangs had a 4-2 lead in the first quarter, but Snohomish closed to lead to 5-4 by the half. Lake Washington had five goals during the third for a 10-5 lead, but Snohomish surged surging the fourth to narrow the game to just one goal.
Jake Bernstein had four goals during the game, while his brother Cody Bernstein added four of his own. Goalie Luke Lattin had 12 saves for the Kangs during the win.
The Kangs will now face San Juan in the state semi-finals on Wednesday, May 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Lake Washington High School. The winner of the semifinal game will go on to the state championship against the winner of the Wenatchee/Lynnwood game, which also takes place on Wednesday evening.
Juanita golf sends one girl to state
The Juanita High School girls golf team will send one representative to the state championships next week in Richland, Wash.
Jessica Latousek finished Monday’s district competition in 12th place, shooting an 88 at the Riverbend Golf Course, which has a course par of 72. The top 19 golfers from the KingCo and Metro 3A conferences move on to state.
Juanita entered Monday’s competition with three golfers, including Kyla Terashima and Marykate Schurman. The last time the Rebels sent a girl golfer to state was six years ago.
Juanita tennis player advances to state tournament
Juanita High School’s lone representative at the SeaKing District tennis tournament this week advanced to earn a spot in next week’s state tournament.
Maria Jouravleva, who entered the tournament as the No. 2 player from KingCo, won her first match before losing to the eventual district champion, Sasha Carter of Bainbridge Island. Jouravleva lost to Carter 6-3, 6-1.
Jouravleva then lost to Nora Tan of Mercer Island in the third/fourth place match up 6-3, 6-4. Jouravleva will play in this week’s state tournament at the Vancouver Tennis Center in Vancouver, Wash. on May 28-29.
Juanita sends four athletes to state track competition
After a strong finish during the regular season the Juanita track and field team will send four athletes to this week’s state competition in Tacoma. The Rebels boys team finished in ninth place with 16 points and the girls team took fourth with 72 points.
Sabrina Grandke-Bawab finished third in the shot put competition with a throw of 37 feet and 3.75 inches. Sophomore Alanna Coker qualified for state in three different events. She finished first in the triple jump, going for 37’4, while teammate Rachel Richardson was third with a jump of 34’11. Coker also took first in the 200 meter race with a time of 25.4 seconds. She was second in the 400 meter race with a time of 58.39, just over a second behind Michelle Fero of Holy Names who won the event in 57.19. Tansey Lystad took first for the Rebels in the 1,600 meter race with a time of 5:02.14.
The state track and field meet will take place at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma starting on Thursday, May 27.
