Mount Si grad has great season

Local soccer player, Amy Anderson of Fall City, had a great season

on the Lindfield College Women’s soccer team. The team recorded a

record of five wins, seven losses and two ties. They stand in fourth place in

the Northwest Conference standings. The Wildcats also set school standards

for fewest goals allowed in a season at four.

Team shines at city meet

The Issaquah Gliders cross-country team participated in the Rain

City Stampede at Woodland Park on Saturday, Oct. 28. Drake daPonte

(11:53) and Eric Walsh (12:14) finished the regular season, as they have all

season, with a 1-2 finish over the two-mile course. Their teammates,

Justin Englund (12:14) Shawn Paskey (13:47) and Matthew Molina

(15:23), ran season’s best times; and Englund’s fourth-place finish and

Paskey’s eighth-place finish were their best of the season. Lorenzo Molina

placed eighth in a very strong 13/14 boy’s field (15:53). The Gliders are

preparing for the Junior Olympics Association cross-country

championships, Nov. 11.

TIMES/PLACINGS

Ages 6 and under boys 700 meters:

Rainier Feiler, fourth, 4:22

Ages 7-8 boys one mile:

Paul Wiser, eighth, 8:31

Johnny Feiler, 10th, 9:15

Ages 9-10 girls two miles:

Lauren Englund, 20th, 16:23

Ages 9-10 boys two miles:

Drake daPonte, first, 11:53

Eric Walsh, second, 12:14

Justin Englund, fourth, 12:57

Shawn Paskey, eighth, 13:47

Matthew Molina, 16th, 15:23

Ages 13-14 boys 2 1/2 miles:

Lorenzo Molina, eighth, 15:23

(Drake daPonte attends Snoqualmie Elementary and

Shawn Paskey, attends Opstad Elementary.)

Piranhas eat `em up

The North Bend Piranhas, U-16 SVYSA, took first place in

the Wenatchee tournament over the Oct. 14-15 weekend. There were

eight teams in the girls U-16 division from all over the state.

The winner of the round-robins was determined on points –

three points for each of a maximum of three goals, plus one extra for a shutout

(10 maximum points per game). The team won its first game fairly easily

4-0, giving them 10 points. The second game was against a much harder

and much rougher team, but after starting with its strongest lineup, it ended

with a 3-0 score for another 10 points.

While playing the second match, the team was scouted by the third

team in the bracket, and also by the team that was winning the other

bracket. The (third) team came ready to play. If they had won by shutout, they

would have advanced to the finals on points. Both teams played to a 1-1 tie, to

advance to the finals with 23 points.

For the final match, the Piranhas had lost one of their best wing

defenders to a bad sprain, and everyone else was walking wounded (sore

muscles, bruises, sprains, etc). The team the Piranhas were to play was reported

to be very strong technical players and had dominated their bracket,

advancing to the finals with 29 points.

Several of the Piranha girls started having trouble with injuries,

including one of the fastest players, who was finally taken out of play altogether.

So through all that, (plus the opponent having 32 shots on

goalie Kristen Travis, all being saved) the Pirahanas held them to 0-0 at the

end of regulation play. The other team went off the field cheering,

thinking that they had won the tournament on points — 0-0 tie would have

given each team one point for a shutout, making the points 30-24. But after

a review of the tournament handbook, and a discussion with the referee

about the rules, it was determined that championship ties had to be concluded

by two five-minute overtime periods. If the score was still a tie after the

overtime, the game would be concluded by a shoot-out.

At the end of overtime it was still 0-0, so next was the shoot-out. In

a shoot-out, the top five shooters from each team all shoot, one at a time,

and the score is assessed at the end.

The first two from each team all got their shots in. The Piranhas

third shooter cracked under the pressure, shooting too hard and over the top

of the goal. The opponents sideline went nuts over their break. Their

third shooter made her shot, the Piranhas’ fourth shooter made her shot, and

then Travis blocked their fourth shot. The crowd and the coaches on our

sideline went insane, as the Piranhas were back in the game.

The last shooter from each team both made their shots, leaving

the score again tied at 4-4. Next was each team shooting in a sudden death

shoot-out. Any unanswered miss would lose the game. The first three

Piranha shooters made their shots, but the opposing team missed its third

opportunity, handing the Piranhas the win and the tournament.