Eagles thump Yelm
The SMS Eagles soccer team handed Yelm a loss last week,
10-0. The rough and ready Eagles again dominated their opponents in
every area. Capitalizing on a quick kick-off, the first score was recorded by
Kristen Berndt in less than one minute.
The rock-sold midfield work of Ariel Waddell, Kayla Jane, Liz
Mols and Kelly Fletcher kept the team’s efforts directed towards goal
shots. Whitney Chelgren set up Jeanie Franz for the second goal of the
game. Within minutes, Brittanie Griep took the field and scored from midfield.
The offensive skills of the SMS strikers and mid-fielders
maintained pressure through the balance of the game. Other goals were registered
by Chelgren and Vikki Campbell. Defensive work by Liana Felt, Jessica
Wada, Maggie Kujath and Vanessa Scalzo prevented Yelm from penetrating
beyond midfield and allowed the Eagles another shut-out victory.
Hawks squeak out win
The Chief Kanim boys basketball team hosted a hot shooting Pine
Lake team recently but pulled out a narrow win, 53-47. CKMS had to play
catch-up in the first quarter and found themselves trailing, 14-13. With the
game on the line. the team came out in the second quarter and put 18 points
on the board with outstanding play by Hank Kennedy and Jeremy
Johnston. Heading to the locker room at the half, the score was 31-25 in favor of
the Hawks.
In the third, the Hawks came out and found Johnston underneath,
which led to eight points. Kennedy and Mike Lindor added a basket each to hold
off Pine Lake, 44-35.
It was a wild fourth quarter as Pine Lake got within one point but
clutch shots by Johnston, two free throws by Nick Sheldon and one free throw
by Lindor kept the Hawks on top.
Pine Lake shot the ball well and stymied the Hawk’s usually
potent offense. Johnston again led the team with 28 points and 14
rebounds, Kennedy had 18 points and 12 rebounds and Lindor added five
points with 10 boards. Sheldon scored two and had five assists.
The win gives the Hawks a 5-0 record but they have work to be
done before next week’s games. There will be practice on Saturday morning
from 10 to 11:30.
Coach Fowler stated, “This was a wake up call for us and we have
to take every team very seriously. Teams will be up for us and will give their
all to try and knock us off. We must come to play every night and make
adjustments as needed.”
Eagles hold off Maywood
It resembled the charge of the light brigade last week as the
Maywood Chargers squared off in battle with the SMS Eagles boys seventh-grade
basketball team. SMS held the Chargers’ rampage, pulling out the win,
41-33 as the team from Maywood watched helplessly. Derek Donah pulled
the trigger from behind the three-point arc to give the Eagles an 11-5
first-quarter lead.
A lightning quick set of guards and trapping zones sparked a Charger
rally in the second stanza. The surge was temporarily fought off by an
Adam Rothgeb basket and a Chip Delurme rebound put-back. However the
men from Maywood poured in 16 second-quarter points to build a 21-17
halftime lead.
It was time for a house call, and “the doctor,” Zach Elmore, served
the Chargers some lethal medicine. With the game tied at 31, Elmore
reached into his bag of tricks and pulled out a three card to give the Eagles the lead.
The three-point lead was all that Aaron Chadwell needed as he
controlled the boards on both ends of the court and brought home a game
high 22 points. With the presence of Chadwell in the middle,
Maywood had to turn to their quickness on the perimeter. However, Eagle
defensive plays by Alex Grazda, Robert Jepson, and Kyle Dalman pulled the plug
on the Chargers.
Eagles pull one out against Panthers
Coming off an emotional victory against cross-town rival Chief
Kanim Hawks, the SMS Eagles seventh-grade boys basketball team found
themselves sleepwalking through the first half of their game against the
Issaquah Panthers. But the boys from the Upper Valley would eventually pull out
a 40-31 win, despite trailing 18-10 at halftime.
When the buzzer went off to start the second half, it was like an
awakening of the spirits as the young Eagle team realized the game was on the
line. Derek “the glove” Donah pilfered
the pockets of the Panthers point guard to produce a turnover, resulting in
a slashing bucket by Zach Bowen. The Eagles’ nest became a “house of
horrors” to Panther shooters as the pressure and rebounding of
Aaron Chadwell began to take its toll. Good ball movement produced an open
look for “the operator,” Zach Elmore, as
he made a long distance call from three-point land. On the ensuing
possession, Jake Laskody taught the Issaquah guards a lesson in defense as he
stole the ball, went the length of the court for a buck, plus drew the foul
and drilled the free throw.
Any attempts from the Panthers to make a comeback were squelched
by Zach “the Shaq” Bowen as he poured in a game high 17 points and
completed the double, double with 13 rebounds. The final straw that broke
the Panthers’ back was an Adam Rothgeb steal that he converted to a layup.
Hawks down Tolt
The Chief Kanim Middle School, junior varsity eighth-grade Red
Hawk basketball team took on Tolt last Wednesday night, handing the
Totems a 48-29 loss.
The Red Hawks took the early lead and didn’t look back, as they went
on a 16-8 first-quarter scoring run. At halftime they were up 26-15;
40-19 after three.
Scoring for the Red Hawks were Curtis Dorr with 15, Andrew
Conway with 11, Ian Opsal with six, Patrick Haggerty with five, Alec Sattler
and Eric McCammon with four, Jr. Gonzalez and Ben Kruse with two
and Nathan Eddy with one.
Opsal led the team in assists with three, while teammate Dorr had
eight steals and Conway had eight rebounds.
Conway and Dorr were selected offensive players of the game
with Sean Macrae and Gonazalez selected as defensive players of the
game. Haggerty and Eddy were selected best off the bench.
“We successfully used our press today, ran our offense, and shot
well. When Tolt made a run in the third quarter, Andrew and Curtis
combined for three three-pointers to end it,”
said coach Dick Kirby.
The Red Hawks go to four wins and no losses on the season.
SMS boys take one from district rivals
The seventh-grade boys basketball team from SMS took on their
school district rival Chief Kanim Hawks last week in a no-holds-barred contest
for bragging rights. The result was a decisive victory for the Upper
Valley team, Eagles 34, Chief Kanim Hawks, 18.
The Eagles from SMS came out with a defensive intensity that left
the Hawks grounded early in the contest. As is often the case in this rivalry,
the Hawks were prepared to shut down the Eagle offensive attack.
After a first quarter lead of 4-1 by the Hawks, the Eagles sprang into
action, taking advantage of their stingy defense and producing offensive
opportunities due to turnovers. Jake Laskody, Derek Donah and
Zach Elmore applied the pressure while Zach Bowen scorched the net on
the offensive side. Aaron Chadwell handled the rebounding chores
and limited second-chance opportunities for the Hawks. The offensive
output was directed by Donah who moved the ball around the court, creating
easy scoring opportunities for Laskody, Elmore, Bowen and Chadwell.
The offensive surge sparked a 12-0 run in the second quarter. As
seconds ticked away to end the second quarter, Bowen launched a jump
shot that found the hoop just as time expired. The shot gave the Eagles an
18-6 halftime cushion heading to the locker room.
The Hawks came out poised for a comeback in the third quarter but
they were not prepared for what was to come. Each team took turns
dumping buckets in a fast-paced third quarter. But a baseline drive and jump shot
by Elmore that tickled twine turned the tide of the game. Chadw
