The front-running 4-0 Sumner High soccer squad continued its reign of terror on the rest of the SPSL 2A last week, trimming Fife High 2-1 in a Tuesday evening shootout scenario at Sunset Chev Stadium and then proceeded to bludgeon Steilacoom on the road, behind a hat trick performance from senior midfielder Megan Fenton.
After notching a 2-1 triumph in front of the Spartan faithful earlier in the week against an ornery Fife High bunch, Sumner traveled to Steilacoom’s pitch two days later, where it was slow torture for the overwhelmed Sentinels, as the purple and gold dispatched its foe by a half dozen tallies.
The Sentinels proved to be benevolent hosts, as Sumner had its way with Steilacoom from the outset. Junior defender Krista Morford got the onslaught started ten minutes into the lopsided affair, when she took an assist from teammate Kaitie Huff and drew first blood as she launched a rocket into the Steilacoom goal frame to make it 1-0 Sumner.
Steilacoom kept things respectable in the first half of play as Fenton booted in the first of her trio of goals at the 15 minute juncture. The Sentinels rung up their solitary tally of the tilt a few ticks of the clock before the break and Sumner held the 2-1 advantage at intermission.
Then Sumner put on a clinic though, quickly exterminating Steilacoom with an offensive assault during the second forty minutes of action. Sumner gleaned scores from Brooke Lancaster, Kaylie Rozell, Ellie Degoede, followed by the completion of the triple crowning from the red hot Fenton, who is one of the captains on the Sumner squad.
As the second phase of the regular season commences in the highly competitive SPSL 2A this week, the Spartans find themselves with a full slate. Sumner already welcomed the Redbirds of Franklin Pierce Tuesday night (yesterday), with the results of that contest arriving to late to include here.
The true challenge this week for Sumner will come when the SHS crew visits White River’s fierce and torrid contingent tomorrow evening (Thursday) at 7 p.m. When these two top notch clubs squared off in early September, Sumner was hosting and claimed a 1-0 squeaker in overtime after Brenna Allsop fired in the deciding goal with the score knotted at zero in the defensive skirmish. Consequently, it will be an angry hive of Hornets buzzing in Buckley, eagerly aspiring to sting the wary invading soldiers of Sparta with a vengeful defeat.
