Though they trailed early, Freeman and Deer Park both rallied and pulled away in their contests for three-goal wins.
Round-up of the action for September 28
Mid-Columbia Conference
Hanford 3-2 SO Walla Walla
In a back-and-forth affair the Falcons answered each Lorena Ramirez goal from the Blue Devils with one of their own from Dani Mendoza. Ramirez struck in the 19th and Mendoza equalized in the 30th, but Ramirez answered just three minutes later for a halftime advantage. It looked like the Blue Devils were gonna snare the upset, but Mendoza scored five minutes from time, ultimately sending the match to a shootout where Hanford prevailed 5-4 in six rounds.
Kennewick 1-6 Richland
Josie Corbin put the Bombers in front and Andrea Martell pulled the Lions even. After that it was all Richland with Ashley Tonthat and Sophie Mendoza scoring before Kyah Weikum scored three consecutive to finish things off.
Pasco 0-4 Kamiakin
The winless Bulldogs held the unbeaten Braves off in a scoreless first half, but seven minutes after intermission Maddie Morgan broke the deadlock. Britney Donais, who also had an assist on the night, scored in the 62nd and Izzy Conover wrapped things up with a brace i the final 12 minutes.
Southridge 1-6 Chiawana
Macey Morales gave the Riverhawks a two-goal advantage before Carlee Johnson netted for the Suns. After that, however, it was all Chiawana with Summer Yates recording another hat-trick and Morales tallying two more assists. Hannah Haertling also tallied and Kylee Alvarez had a pair of helpers.
Great Northern League
Clarkston 0-1 Cheney
In their bid to join the Bantoms and East Valley in the upper half of the table, the Blackhawks handed Clarkston a second loss. The two were deadlocked for over an hour before Riley Klauss scored in the 68th minute. Melissa Aris recorded the shutout for Cheney as they pulled even with Clarkston at 3-2.
Pullman 0-3 East Valley
Kaitlin Harvey scored 14 minutes in and then doubled the lead 14 minutes into the second half. Gracie Montoya capped the contest with a goal in the 66th and Lillie Thompson finished with the shutout.
Freeman 5-2 Medical Lake
Nicole Wetherell put the Cardinals on the board first in the 15th minute, but Brynn Van Orden scored her first of three just a minute later to even things up for the Scotties. Macy Luhr tallied the go-ahead goal and Abby Pylant made it a two-goal advantage before halftime. Van Orden scored her second and third goals in the second half on either side of Jaxyn Farmen's goal for the visitors that Wetherell created.
Colville 2-5 Deer Park
Kirsten Stickney and Keren Torres scored in the sixth and 11th minutes on the road for the early lead, but then Jessie Thomas caught fire for the Stags, scoring four goals and setting up the other. Emmy Moore fed her for the first two in the 23rd and 26th to tie it up and she added another three minutes before halftime. Thomas connected with Avery Ackerman, who was in goal in the first half, in the 53rd with Ackerman returning the favor with five minutes left to cap the match.
Riverside 0-7 Lakeside
The Eagles rolled to the win with Emma Spence scoring twice in the first half and Jordyn Newman finishing with three total. Maddie Hall, and Abbie Smith scored the other two with Mykayla Cummings and Alyssa Figy each tallying a pair of assists. Payton Williams was in goal for the shutout.
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