The walking-wounded Bonney Lake Panthers split four matches at Saturday’s subdistrict volleyball tournament.
The tourney began with a 25-19, 25-16, 25-15 loss to Peninsula High and the Panthers were thrust into the loser’s bracket.
The walking-wounded Bonney Lake Panthers split four matches at Saturday’s subdistrict volleyball tournament.
The tourney began with a 25-19, 25-16, 25-15 loss to Peninsula High and the Panthers were thrust into the loser’s bracket.
When Bonney Lake visited Harry Lang Stadium Friday to tussle with the front-running Lakes Lancers, the No. 2-ranked 3A football team in the state, there was only going to be one possible outcome and it wasn’t going to be pretty.
White River 1, Kingston 0
WR plays 11 a.m. Saturday at Highline Stadium vs. Interlake; loser out, winner to state
Bonney Lake 6, Peninsula 0
BL plays 1 p.m. Saturday vs. Narrows No. 2; loser out, winner to state
Enumclaw 2, Bremerton 1
EHS plays Saturday at Camas; loser out, winner to state
White River High dominated the field when South Puget Sound League 2A cross country postseason honors were passed out; EHS runners fared well, too.
The Enumclaw High boys water polo team heads to the state tournament Thursday. An opening-round opponent was not known at publication time, but the Hornets’ 14-13, come-from-behind victory over Auburn Riverside in the season finale Thursday bodes well for the team.
State tournament play begins at 3 p.m. Thursday with games at Lakes and Rogers high schools. Each of the top 12 teams will play two games Thursday with the top eight teams advancing to the final rounds Friday and Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
Seeding will be determined by a tournament committee, based on league standings and nonleague results. Eleven teams – Enumclaw, Auburn Mountainview, Auburn Riverside, Wilson, Curtis, Rogers, Puyallup, Peninsula, Emerald Ridge, Newport and Bellevue – have qualified. Roosevelt and Bainbridge Island were scheduled to play for the North Division’s third seed.
In the Hornets’ regular-season closer, the visiting and state-bound Ravens got off to a fast start, scoring two goals in the first 4 minutes to take a 2-0 lead. Hornet Mason Culp put Enumclaw on the scoreboard on the Hornets’ third power play with 3:26 left in the first quarter. Raven Luke Andrews scored a minute later. EHS’s Will Cooper scored with 47 seconds on the clock for a 3-2 Riverside advantage going into the second quarter.
Auburn Riverside scored six in the second quarter and kept the Hornets to four goals for a 9-6 lead at halftime.
In the third quarter, the Hornet defense adjusted to the Ravens’ play at center and cranked up the offense to outscore the Ravens 5-1 and take an 11-10 lead into the final period.
Both teams played tough through the final period with the score tied twice in the final 4 minutes of the game. Culp put the Hornets ahead for good with a goal with 2:49 remaining.
The Hornets had scoring from five players in the win – Bennon VanHoof scored four; Gabe Sales and Culp each scored three; and Thomas Petersen and Cooper scored two each. Freshman goalkeeper Austin Kaehn had 13 saves.
Enumclaw finished its regular season with a 6-4 league record, 14-11 overall.
Sparked by the championship effort of Marcus Dickson, the White River High boys are headed to the state cross country meet. The entire team will make the trip across the mountains, having qualified on the strength of a third-place team finish at Saturday’s district meet.
The Hornet girls barely missed a state trip as a team, but had two runners earn individual berths.
The district meet, known as the Westside Classic, was contested at American Lake Golf Course in Lakewood. In the Class 2A ranks, the top five teams and top 25 individuals earned a state trip.
The state meet, coming up Saturday at its traditional venue – Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco – brings together runners from all state classifications.
Among them will be the White River boys, who trailed only Linbergh and Interlake at the Westside Classic.
The Hornets were paced by district champion Dickson, who covered the 3.1-mile American Lake course in 16 minutes, 5 seconds. Not far behind was Kody Gould, who placed third with a time of 16:23.
Others competing for the Hornets were Kyle Smith, who placed 25th overall with a time of 17:23; Wes Fueston, 29th, 17:32; Chris Fisher, 42nd, 17:53; Taylor Moser, 48th, 18:10; and Jordan Cook, 52nd, 18:13.
The White River girls will be represented in Pasco by top runner Lauryn Wate and No. 2 Kelly Coyle. Wate earned her state trip by running the district course in 19:11 and placing fifth in the entire field. Coyle was 21st overall with a time of 21:15.
Other competitors for the Hornet girls were Christina Ramous, 39th overall, 22:21; Jenna Guenthner, 59th, 23:15; Kalynn Gulin, 61st, 23:18; Eryn Maris, 68th, 23:51; and Katie Simmons, 73rd, 24:18.
The WRHS girls were sixth in the team standings and only the top five earned a state berth.
For both Dickson and Wate, this will mark a fourth trip to the state meet.
The Enumclaw High girls cross country team will head east this week, having earned a berth in the state Class 3A meet.
The Lady Hornets qualified with a fifth-place showing at Saturday’s district meet at American Lake Golf Course in Lakewood. The top six teams earned a state trip.
The EHS boys didn’t qualify as a team, but two runners – Cory Johnson and Alec Rhome – advanced with individual efforts.
The EHS athletes will join runners from all corners of the state for Saturday’s state competition, which will be staged at its traditional venue, Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
The EHS girls were wed by Chandler Weiman, who completed the 3.1-mile district course in 19 minutes, 43 seconds to place 13th overall in the field. Hannah Calvert was the second Enumclaw runner across the line, finishing 19th with a time of 20:13. Others contributing to the state-qualifying effort were Taryn Schreiner, 43rd, 21:15; Peyton Vick, 50th, 21:35; Riley DaSmul, 51st, 21:48; Lindsay Ross, 52nd, 21:47; and Abby Callison, 55th, 21:51.
On the boys side, Johnson earned his state berth by finishing sixth overall with a time of 16:43. Rhome was 21st in the field, crossing the line at 17:04.
Also representing the Hornets at the district meet were Peter Berger, 47th, 17:46; Josh Sanders, 50th, 17:50; Kevin Halson, 74th, 18:29; Justin Richenburg, 81st, 19:01; and Dylan Hamel, 84th, 19:12.
Friday night’s 30-7 victory over Sumner High allowed the While River Hornets to claim a share of the South Puget Sound League 2A football title and earn a home-field advantage in the first round of postseason play.
The Hornets’ league mark of 6-1 and overall record of 7-2 is quite a turnaround for a squad that went just 1-9 a season ago. White River tied for the league’s top spot with Franklin Pierce, the only club to defeat the Hornets in league action.
For their turnaround season, the Hornets were rewarded with a 7 p.m. kickoff Friday on their home turf. The opponent will be the Interlake Saints out of the KingCo 3A/2A Conference.
The Saints will trek to Buckley having compiled a 3-4 conference mark, good for a three-way tie for fourth place in a league dominated again by state power Bellevue. Interlake started the season 0-5 and then won three straight before losing last week to Juanita. The Saints showed they can put points on the board when given the opportunity, averaging 42 points per game in the final four outings.
White River heads into postseason play led by quarterback Zach McMillen, who has thrown for 915 yards and seven touchdowns; Josh Miller, the team’s leading rusher with 822 yards; and, on defense, Blake Maresh, who has racked up 80 tackles.
Friday’s regular-season finale saw White River jump to a 14-0 halftime lead, give up a third-quarter score, then tack on three touchdowns to roll to a victory at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.
After a scoreless first quarter, Devin Liebel scored on a 12-yard run and Brandon Dove hauled in a short pass from McMillen before halftime. After the Spartans sliced the margin thanks to a 14-yard run by Lokahi Kamau, Miller answered with a pair of short TD runs to give White River a healthy lead. The final two points of the night came when Sumner was whistled for intentional grounding in the end zone.
White River wound up with nearly 400 yards in total offense, running for 264 and passing for another 120; McMillen completed nine of his 12 throws. The Spartans were held to 229 on the ground and 66 through the air, completing just three of 17 passes.
When a volleyball squad clinches the South Puget Sound League 2A crown with a 12-0 record, as White River did, that distinction is sometimes adorned with certain privileges, like playing poorly during Saturday’s 2A subdistrict event at Franklin Pierce and still advancing to the West Central District tournament.
The district tourney also will be in the Franklin Pierce gymnasium.
The Hornets lost subdistrict matches to Port Angeles and Interlake, yet had the No. 4 seed bestowed upon them going into this Friday’s engagement against Fife at the district tourney. The match begins at 7 p.m.
“We simply made way to many errors and our passing was a bit off all day, which really threw the rest of our offense out of sync,” White River coach Stryder Argo said following the subdistrict debacle.
Against Port Angeles, White River lost the first set 17-25, won the second 25-23, then dropped two more. During the course of the third and fourth sets against the Roughriders, WRHS committed a total of 25 errors in the 25-19 and 25-18 setbacks.
“It is just hard to beat good teams when you are giving them half of their points,” Argo said.
In the ensuing match with Interlake, the only club to hand White River a defeat this season (in a nonleague encounter in early October), it was more of the same.
Jailyn VanSickle recorded a combined 26 kills in the pair of matches and Dannie Stroud contributed 18 kills in the effort.
Enumclaw High entered the subdistrict volleyball festival at Auburn Mountainview as the No. 3 seed from the SPSL 3A with a 7-3 mark.
After making a statement at subdistricts by prevailing in three of its four matches, EHS gleaned the third seed into Friday’s West Central District show, also being staged at Auburn Mountainview.
Using the momentum from its final regular season match, a 3-0 win at Bonney Lake, EHS hit the ground running at subdistricts. The Hornets’ first victim was Highline. EHS won in straight sets 25-13, 25-14, 25-9.
Next up was Auburn Mountainview, which Enumclaw. EHS managed at least one set, falling 25-16, 25-7, 14-25, 25-8.
After being sent to the loser’s bracket, Enumclaw encountered the same Bonney Lake contingent it throttled four days earlier.
The ensuing confrontation went the cliff-hanging distance with EHS taking the match by winning 15-9 in the finale.
Enumclaw faced Kennedy Catholic of the Seamount League in its fourth and final match of the afternoon. The Hornets didn’t waste any time dispatching the Lancers 25-18, 25-13 and 25-14.
HayleeMae Dennis had 26 kills during Saturday’s four matches, as well as 32 digs and six service aces. Olivia Bannerot recorded 43 digs, Danielle Saltarelli booked 11 stuff blocks, Molly Colyer notched 20 kills and setters Hannah Morris and Katie Holland combined for 80 assists.
“We were exhausted after playing 12 sets earlier in the day, but were also super-confident coming into that match with the Lancers,” coach Jackie Carel said.
Enumclaw mixes it up with Wilson in its 3:30 p.m.
The White River Hornets head into playoff soccer action tonight, Wednesday, taking on the Kingston High crew on neutral turf in Sumner.
Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Sunset Chev Stadium.
The Hornets enter postseason play as the No. 3 squad from the South Puget Sound League 2A, having compiled a record of 7-4-1 in league play, 8-6-1 overall.
Kingston comes in as the No. 5 seed from the Olympic League.
Tonight’s game is a loser-out affair.
If White River is victorious, the Hornets will next play Saturday at Highline Stadium in Burien. Their opponent would be the Interlake Saints from the KingCo 3A/2A Conference.
White River wrapped up the regular season with two wins last week – a 2-1 victory Oct. 25 over Franklin Pierce and a 7-0 pasting of Washington Thursday night.
Against Franklin Pierce, Morgan Clough had the Hornets’ only goal as the teams played to a regulation tie. White River then won in a shootout.
Against Washington High, seven Hornets entered the scoring column. Contributing goals were Regan Speyer, Clough, Cassidy France, Ashley Powell, Sophie Wesner, Chloe Sharp and Hanna Rhodes.
With the regular soccer season now just a memory, the Enumclaw High Hornets turn their attention to postseason play.
The second season gets under way tonight, Wednesday, with a series of subdistrict games. Taking part are squads from the South Puget Sound League 2A, Seamount League and Bremerton High.
The EHS girls, who finished the regular season 7-8-1 overall and 6-4 in SPSL 2 play, open with a game beginning at 7 p.m. at Franklin Pierce High School. As of Monday morning, an opponent had not been determined. Enumclaw wound up as the No. 3 seed from the SPSL 2A.
The loser will be done for the season, while the winner advances to West Central District play.
The EHS girls split a pair of league games in the final week of the regular season, defeating Lakes High 1-0 Thursday and losing 3-0 to Bonney Lake on Oct. 25.
The road victory over the Lakes Lancers came courtesy of a goal by Cayla Dahl in the 52nd minute.
The Enumclaw High football team’s 2011 campaign came to an end when the Hornets visited the Peninsula Seahawks Thursday evening and suffered a 48-6 loss.
Enumclaw finished its season 1-7 and was 0-5 in South Puget Sound League 3A play.
Enumclaw raised a few eyebrows early, when quarterback Tyler Carlson hooked up with Zack Mason on a 10-yard touchdown strike.
Slowly but surely the reality of the mismatch began to unfold, as EHS discovered Peninsula was precisely the smash-mouth bully all had expected.
Enumclaw’s defense was shoved all over the field by a hefty Peninsula line and stout Peninsula senior ball carrier Danny Welstad ran for touchdowns treks of 16, 39, 47 and 60 yards.
Welstad, who finished the regular season as the leading ground gainer in the SPSL 3A with more than 2,500 rushing yards, toted the pigskin 24 times for 215 yards.