Friday, October 6, 2017

HS Daily - 10.6.17: West Valley Upsets Rival East Valley, Pasco Gets First Win

In a pair of upsets on the night, the West Valley Eagles surprised rival East Valley with a 4-3 victory in a dramatic back-and-forth GNL affair and the Pasco Bulldogs picked up their first win in the MCC, getting the better of Hanford in a shootout after a scoreless stalemate.

In another big contest, Lakeside handed Freeman its first NEA loss as the two title contenders squared off, rallying for a 2-1 victory.

PLUS... first edition of stats tables below!

Round-up of the action for October 5

Mid-Columbia Conference  


Kennewick 0-8 Kamiakin
The unbeaten Braves had no trouble with Maddie Morgan tallying three goals and an assist and Izzy Conover also getting a hat-trick. Britney Donais scored and set up three goals with Emma Johnson tallying the final score of the night. Aaliyah Valladares chimed in with a trio of helpers as well. Three different keepers saw time in goal during the shutout.


Chiawana 4-1 Walla Walla
The Riverhawks continue to roll behind Summer Yates and Macey Morales, moving to 7-3. Yates found Morales for the opener in the 24th minute on the lone goal of the first half. Kylee Alvarez doubled the lead in the 54th and Emmalynn Ogden nodded in a ball from Melissa Alvarado to pull the Devils back within one. Yates, though, scored twice in the final five minutes to lock up the result.

Southridge 1-3 Richland 
No details available

Hanford 0-1 SO Pasco
The Bulldogs picked up their first victory of the season, albeit by a shootout. After a scoreless stalemate the hosts won the tiebreaker 4-2. The loss leaves Hanford now two-plus wins back of 4A leaders Richland and Chiawana. No other details available

Great Northern League 


West Valley 5-4 East Valley 
In a wild back-and-forth affair between the rivals, the Eagles won away from home, handing East Valley its second loss of the week after starting the campaign with four wins, narrowing the gap between the top four sides. The Knights held a two goal lead on a strike from Gracie Montoya in the fifth and one from Kailee Hance-Brown in the 29th. Chelsea Koker, though, scored less than a minute later on a ball from Madeline Liberg. Koker then scored two more in the 33rd and 37th for a one-goal lead at the break. Taryn Baxter put things level for the Knights in the 50th before Liberg put West Valley up two with goals in the 52nd and 59th. Chloe Gellhaus got on the board, but the 78th minute goal was all East Valley could find in a rally attempt.

Clarkston 1-0 Pullman
The league leaders from their win against East Valley earlier in the week, the Bantoms had a tough time putting away the last-place Greyhounds. Taylen Wohl's goal on an assist from Makinzie Packwood decided the outcome with Katelyn Bittle recording the shutout.

Northeast A League 

Lakeside 2-1 Freeman 
In a showdown of the top two sides, the Eagles rallied to hand the Scotties their first loss. Claire Love put the hosts in front in the 15th minute and held the lead through to the hour mark when Emma Spence tallied for Lakeside. A penalty converted by Alyssa Figy decided contest in the 75th.

Newport 1-3 Colville
After a scoreless first half Keren Torres caught fire for three goals. She tallied eight minutes in with Newport answering via Emily Bronkhorst in the 58th. She added her second in the 68th and locked up the result in the 72nd.


Riverside 0-4 Medical Lake  
Another big from from Makayla Geiger guided the Cardinals to the easy win. Her 12th minute strike was the lone tally in the first half, but she had a trick by the hour mark with goals in the 48th and 60th. She set up Nicole Wetherell for the final goal with six minutes left, and Taylor Cannon recorded the shutout.

Standings & Stats (click to view larger)

Missing Data - A lot of the following is just games played for goalkeepers that were not shutouts, but there are some outstanding goals without credit. Coaches / Team managers can email missing info to snaeditor-at-gmail.com or message via Facebook: 9.11 Lakeside-Riverside GK info; 9.11 Newport GK info; 9.12 Cheney GK info; 9.12 Newport GK info; 9.12 Medical Lake-Riverside all info; 9.16 Hanford GK info; 9.18 Newport-Riverside all info; 9.19 Newport GK info; 9.19 Riverside GK info; 9.21 Newport GK info; 9.21 Colville GK info; 9.21 Riverside GK info; 9.26 Riverside GK info; 9.26 Newport GK info; 9.28 Riverside GK info; 10.3 Pasco-Southridge, Pasco goal & third Southridge goal; 10.3 East Valley GK info; 10.5 Riverside GK info; 10.5 Chiawana-Walla Walla GK info; 10.5 Southridge-Richland all info; 10.5 Hanford-Pasco GK info; 10.5 Kennewick GK info





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