April 9, 2010

Caption: Issaquah High School junior Jake Fritz (purple #4) was named US Lacrosse - Washington High School Player of the Week in Boys Division I for March 29 - April 4.
Credit: Brian Hamilton

US Lacrosse Washington High School Players of the Week (March 29 – April 4): Issaquah, Snohomish, Bellevue, Overlake players named


SEATTLE – Issaquah High School junior Jake Fritz, Snohomish High School senior Ryan McAlister, along with Bellevue High School senior Merielle Moffatt and Overlake School senior Ceci Votta were named by US Lacrosse as Washington High School Players of the Week for the week of March 29 – April 4.

Boys Division I

Jake Fritz
Issaquah, Wash. – Junior, Attack, Issaquah High School
Issaquah High School junior Jake Fritz was the top boys high school lacrosse player for the 20 Division I teams during the Week of March 29 – April 4. Fritz, who plays at the attack position, helped the state champion Eagles to a perfect 3-0 record in its road swing through Colorado high schools last week, finishing the week with 14 points, scoring 13 goals and 1 assist.

In Issaquah’s 11-5 win over Castle View on Tuesday, the 6-1, 175 pound Fritz scored 5 goals and grabbed a ground ball. On Thursday, Fritz scored 5 goals and an assist as the Eagles dominated Littleton High 13 – 4. He finished the week scoring 3 goals and added 3 ground balls in the Eagles 9-8 win over Columbine High School on Friday.

At Issaquah High, Fritz maintains a 3.38 GPA. A two-sport athlete, he played receiver as a freshman on the Eagles JV football squad. In lacrosse, overcoming obstacles is a part of the game. For Fritz, who just one week after winning the state title as a freshman, was diagnosed with Type I diabetes, a disease that he shares with his older brother – Eagles senior goalie Erik Fritz, the challenge is a part of life. In the community - like lacrosse, Fritz embraces the challenges of others. He was selected as a student leader among his teammates for Issaquah’s Friday Night Lightning program, which teaches the fundamentals and traditions of the game of lacrosse to local 3rd through 6th graders. Fritz also volunteers with his teammates at the Issaquah Food Bank. During the critical Thanksgiving weekend, Fritz and his lacrosse teammates assembled over 100 food packages for Issaquah families in need.

Boys Division II

Ryan McAlister
Snohomish, Wash. -- Senior, Attack, Snohomish High School
Snohomish High School senior Ryan McAlister was the top lacrosse performer among the 29 Boys Division II high school teams in eastern and western Washington. McAlister opened the week scoring 5 goals and an assist in Snohomish’s 12 – 6 win over Woodinville on Tuesday. The 6-1, 185 pound McAlister scored another goal on Friday as his team dropped a 10 – 6 decision over Division I Mukilteo.

A two-sport athlete at Snohomish, McAlister helped the Panthers football squad advance to the qualifying round of the state tournament in 2009 as a starting cornerback. McAlister is active in ASB, is an office TA with the counseling staff at Snohomish High School and volunteers with the Snohomish Food Bank. After high school, McAlister plans to enlist in the US Airforce, following a tradition of military service set by his older brother Brandon, who will see deployment to Iraq for the first time this summer through the Army National Guard.

Girls Division I

Merielle Moffatt
Bellevue, Wash. -- Senior, Midfield, Bellevue High School
Bellevue High School senior Merielle Moffatt was the top female high school lacrosse player among the state’s 14 Division I programs. Moffatt, who plays at the midfield position, finished the week with 15 points as Bellevue downed Holy Names 15 – 13 and played to an 18 – 18 tie against rival Seattle Prep. In Tuesday’s win over the Cougars, Moffatt scored 8 goals and an assist, collected 2 ground balls and commanded 4 draw controls. On Thursday, Moffatt again produced for the Wolverines scoring 5 goals and contributed an assist a ground ball and 2 draw controls.

Moffatt is a three-sport standout at Bellevue, serving as team captain as a senior in cross country, gymnastics and lacrosse. As a harrier she earned two varsity letters and in gymnastics she is a three-year letter-winner. In 2009, she advanced to district competition in the vault. In lacrosse she won three letters and earned First Team All-State Honors in 2009 with the Wolverines Division I squad and in 2008 with the Division II squad. Moffatt maintains a 3.33 GPA and is actively involved in her community through Bellevue High School’s student environmental club - Earthbound.

Girls Division II

Ceci Votta
Redmond, Wash. – Senior, Goaltender, The Overlake School
First-year goalkeeper Ceci Votta of The Overlake School was stellar in net as the top high school lacrosse player among the 29 Girls Division II teams in eastern and western Washington for the week of March 29 – April 4. Her exceptional play helped the Owls add two wins for a perfect 6-0-0 record. On Monday, the senior stopped 19 shots as Overlake upended Eastside Catholic 16 – 11. On Wednesday, the 5-5, 150 pound Votta was again stellar between the pipes as she stopped 12 shots in Overlake’s 19 – 10 win over Bellevue. With the league’s top win-loss record (6-0-0) and saves (59), Votta has accumulated the fourth best save percentage (.652%) in Girls Division II play this season.

Along with lacrosse, Votta is a standout goalkeeper on the soccer pitch. With Votta in net, the Owls have made four consecutive state soccer tournament appearances. Her soccer awards include Seattle Times athlete of the week honors in both her freshman and sophomore years, First Team All-League 1A as a Junior and Senior and Second Team as a freshman and a sophomore. As a frosh, she was also named runner-up as Emerald City League Rookie of the Year. Votta maintains a 3.38 GPA and is active in politics, government and foreign affairs through the Redmond school’s Junior State of America chapter. In college, she plans to pursue studies in neuroscience and bio-medical engineering with a focus on how diseases physically show themselves within the human neurosystem.

About High School Lacrosse in Washington State
Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the U.S. and in Washington State the sport has seen double-digit growth in six of the last eight years. In 2010, over 2,700 high school students representing 83 boys (www.WHSBLA.org) and 55 girls (www.WSLAX.org) varsity and jv teams in eastern and western Washington compete in a nine-week season March – May. The annual Boys and Girls Washington State High School Championships take place in late May.

For daily high school lacrosse results or to receive results through an RSS feed, please visit http://www.uslax-wa.org/media.html


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Labels: Bellevue, Boys, Division I, Division II, Girls, Issaquah, Overlake, Snohomish

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. -- Merielle Moffatt scored a season high 10 goals as Bellevue blasted past Curtis 20 – 12 in Girls Division I lacrosse action, Wednesday at Curtis High School near Tacoma.

With the win, the Wolverines advanced to 3-5-1 on the season, hanging on to the eighth and final playoff spot in Division I play. Moffatt’s scoring binge shot her into the top 10 scoring leaders among Division I girls for the first time this season with 33 goals.

Bellevue got on the board early with Moffatt converting a Molly Boyd feed for the game’s first goal at 23:26 of the first half. Following a Rebecca Constantine score for the Wolverines less than a minute later, Moffatt again found the net at 21:35, this time unassisted, to give Bellevue the early 3 – 0 lead.

However, Curtis came roaring back, scoring four of the next five goals over the next eight and a half minutes to tie the game at four goals apiece.

But where the middle of the first half belonged to Curtis, the final seven minutes belonged to Bellevue as crisp passes and aggressive defense helped the Wolverines score seven of the final eight goals of the half, including two each by Rebecca Constantine and Reily Finnelly, to take an 11 – 5 lead into the intermission.

In the second half, Bellevue’s Adrienne Greenberg tallied the first goal at 22:54 to stretch the Wolverines’ lead to seven goals. Despite playing down a player for the final 17:30 of the game as Curtis was unable to field enough reserve players to fill in for injuries, the Vikings hung with the Wolverines, scoring seven of their own goals to Bellevue’s nine in the second half.

Other leading performances included Bellevue’s Rebecca Constantine with four goals and Curtis’ Jessika Carstrom with seven.


Scoring
Bellevue 11 9 -- 20
Curtis 5 7 -- 12

Highlights: Merielle Moffatt, B, 10 goals, 1 assist; Rebecca Constantine, B, 4 goals; Jessika Carstrom, C, 7 goals, 4 ground balls; Rachael Phua, C, 12 saves

Results for Wednesday, April 22

Boys Division I
Curtis 16, Vashon 6 (Jamie Yergler, C, 4 goals; Landon Carr, C, 3 goals, 4 assists; Taylor Dean, C, 4 goals; Austin Johnson, C, 16 ground balls; Cooper Loraas, V, 4 goals; Chad Richardson, V, 11 saves)

Garfield 3, Tahoma 11 (Stone Connell, T, 4 goals, 1 assist, 6 ground balls; Cameron Balliet, T, 7 ground balls; Brody Lundquist, T, 6 ground balls; Justin Hanson, T, 11 saves)

Bainbridge at Puyallup (no score reported)

Mercer Island 14, Bellevue 7 (Matt Shields, MI, 5 goals, 1 assist; Conner Beckwith, MI, 7 ground balls; Kyle Mutzel, B, 3 goals; Tom Zervas, B, 3 goals)

Boys Division II
Skagit Valley 0, North County 10 (Julio Martinez, NC, 3 goals, 6 ground balls; Eric Conner, NC, 2 goals, 1 assist, 7 ground balls; Gunnar Groothuis, NC, 19 saves)

South Kitsap1, Tacoma 18 (Bryce Johnson, T, 4 goals, 2 assists, 7 ground balls; Givanni Natalizio, T, 4 goals; Andy Fuller, T, 7 ground balls; TJ Pulkrabek, SK, 1 goal, 6 ground balls; Zach Retzlaf, SK, 20 saves)

Lake Tapps 13, Sammamish 4 (Andy Russell, LT, 6 goals; Zach Nard, LT, 13 saves; Alex Cornell, S, 2 goals)

North Kitsap 2, Klahowya 17 (James West, K, 3 goals, 3 assists; Kevin Bastein, K, 3 goals; Neil Sell, K, 3 goals; William Rosen, K, 10 ground balls)

Nathan Hale 3, Roosevelt 14 (Sam Osborn, NH, 2 goals; David Shiplett, NH, 8 ground balls)

Girls Division I
Lake Sammamish 8, Roosevelt 18 (Olivia Hull, R, 6 goals, 3 assists; Madeline Grose, R, 6 goals, 2 assists; Rissa Andersen, R, 9 saves)

Overlake 5, Snohomish 25 (Megan Hess, S, 8 goals, 1 assist; Devynn Barela, S, 5 goals, 2 assists; Stephanie Lamphere, S, 4 goals, 4 assists; Grace Grubb, O, 3 goals, 1 assist)

Bellevue 20, Curtis 12 (Meriel Moffatt, B, 10 goals, 1 assist; Rebecca Constantine, B, 4 goals; Jessika Carstrom, C, 7 goals, 4 ground balls; Rachael Phua, C, 12 saves)

Holy Names 13, Nathan Hale 6 (Victoria Maxon, HN, 4 goals; Bailey Hagen, HN, 6 ground balls; Corey Milinovich, NH, 3 goals; Lara Sidhu, NH, 3 goals; Courtney Lamb, NH, 14 saves)

Mercer Island 7, Bainbridge 23 (Mariah Walk, BI, 10 goals, 3 assists)

Overlake 5, Snohomish 25 (Meagan Hess, S, 8 goals, 1 assist; Olivia Montana, S, 10 saves)

Girls Division II
Lakeside 9, Holy Names 7 (Annie Beyer, HN, 2 goals; Becky Fuller, HN, 2 goals; Blair Thomas, HN, 23 saves)

Kennedy 15, Lake Sammamish 4 (Natalie Merrill, K, 4 goals, 2 assists, 5 ground balls; Melanie Hughes, K, 4 goals, 1 assist; Maggie Lahr, LS, 1 goal, 7 ground balls; Grace Hamilton, LS, 16 saves)

Mercer Island 10, Bainbridge 7 (Elena Skouras, MI, 2 goals; Loreal Camp, MI, 2 goals; Bea Sheffer, BI, 2 goals; Morgan Moniz, B, 2 goals)

North Kitsap 2, Snohomish 18 (E. Dalrymple, S, 5 goals, 1 assist, 4 ground balls; J. Day, S, 13 ground balls; Kaley Velarde, NK, 15 saves)

Games for Thursday, April 23

Boys Division I
Eastlake at Lakeside (Lakeside High School / 5:00 p.m.)

Boys Division II
Eastside Catholic at Franklin (Franklin High School / 4:00 p.m.)
Stanwood at San Juan (Friday Harbor High School / 5:00 p.m.)
Stadium at South Kitsap (Hidden Creek Elementary / 5:00 p.m.)
Whatcom at Lynnwood (Meadowdale High School / 7:00 p.m.)

Girls Division I
Tacoma at Garfield (Magnuson Park #4 / 5:30 p.m.)

Girls Division II
Klahowya at Eastside Catholic (Eastside Catholic School / 5:30 p.m.)
Kennedy at Tahoma (Tahoma High School / 5:30 p.m.)

About High School Lacrosse in Washington State
Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the U.S. and in Washington State the sport has seen double-digit growth in five of the last seven years. In 2009, over 2,370 high school students representing 75 boys and 49 girls varsity and junior varsity teams in Washington state will compete in a nine-week season March – May with the annual Washington State High School Championships taking place May 16 (girls) and May 30 (boys). Varsity boys lacrosse is contested in the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association (http://www.whsbla.org/) with 14 Division I and 28 Division II teams. Varsity girls lacrosse is contested in The Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association (http://www.wslax.org/) with 15 Division I and 16 Division II teams. Most of the teams represent high schools throughout the Puget Sound area.

For daily high school lacrosse results or to receive results through an RSS feed, please visit http://www.uslax-wa.org/media.html


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Media Contact:
Mike McQuaid
McQuaid & Co. Strategic Communications
206-262-7301
mike@mcquaidcompany.com

Labels: Bellevue, Curtis, Division I, Girls, Press Release, Results

SEATTLE – Angie Anderson scored six goals to power Roosevelt to a 24 – 14 Girls Division I high school lacrosse win over Bellevue, Monday at Seattle’s Magnuson Park.

With the win, the high scoring Roughriders advanced to 6-1-1 in league play, passing Holy Names for sole ownership of third place.

The six-goal performance was a season high for Anderson, who scored four in Friday’s defeat of Overlake. But it was the crisp passing and skilled ball control of her teammates that the junior center credited with the pivotal win.

“We were connecting really well today. We were on it,” said Anderson, who also had 10 draw controls setting the stage for Roosevelt's skilled play on offense. “Olivia (Hull) and Madeline (Grose) played well. Olivia was seeing the open player and getting it there and Nicole Nevin was making the open cuts.” Grose had five goals and four assists.

Roosevelt took charge of the Bellevue early on, getting on the board just 1 minute, 24 seconds into the game on a goal by Hull for the first of her five goals on the night.

Following a Merielle Moffatt goal by Bellevue just 15 seconds later, Roosevelt went on to score seven of the next nine goals to grab an early 8 – 3 lead. The goal was the first of five for Moffatt.

For the remainder of the half, Bellevue twice closed the gap to a three-goal margin, but was never able to shake a dominant Roosevelt offense, as the Roughriders built an 11 – 7 advantage by the intermission.

In the second, Roosevelt again found the net early and often, scoring three goals in the first three and a half minutes of play to increase their lead to 14 – 7.


But with Bellevue mounting a second-half challenge, netting four of the next six goals, Emily Lee was dealt a yellow card forcing the Wolverines to play short handed.
Roosevelt’s Hull, taking advantage of the situation, connected again at 15:53 for the first of a five goal Roughrider run that drove the score to 21 – 11 and put the game out of reach.

Roosevelt’s, Rissa Andersen had 14 saves in the win, while Bellevue’s Taylor Blackbourne had eight saves.


Scoring
Bellevue 7 7 -- 14
Roosevelt 11 13 -- 24

Highlights: Angie Anderson, R, 6 goals, 2 assists, 10 draw controls; Olivia Hull, R, 5 goals, 6 assists; Merielle Moffatt, B, 6 goals.

Girls Division I Playoff Watch: Bainbridge (8-0-0), Lakeside (8-0-0), Roosevelt (6-1-1), Mercer Island (5-1-1), Holy Names (5-3-1), Lake Sammamish (4-4-0), Nathan Hale (3-3-0), Tacoma (3-3-0), Forest Ridge (3-4-0). On the Bubble: Bellevue (2-5-1), Snohomish (2-6-0), Seattle Prep (2-6-0).

Girls Division II Playoff Watch: Issaquah (7-1-0), Mercer Island (7-0-0), Bellevue East (6-2-0), Bainbridge (6-0-0), Kennedy (5-2-0), Snohomish (5-3-0), Eastside Catholic (4-2-0), Lakeside (3-4-1). On the Bubble: Klahowya (3-4-0), North Kitsap (2-4-1), Holy Names (2-4-0).


Results for Monday, April 20

Boys Division I
None

Boys Division II
None

Girls Division I
Bellevue 24, Roosevelt 14 (Angie Anderson, R, 6 goals, 2 assists, 10 draw controls; Olivia Hull, R, 5 goals, 6 assists; Merielle Moffatt, B, 6 goals)
Lake Sammamish 19, Curtis 11 (Allison Clements, LS, 7 goals)
Forest Ridge 4, Garfield 11 (Rebecca Feldman, G, 3 goals)
Overlake 5, Mercer Island 21(Caroline Mahoney, MI, 7 goals, 1 assist; Alison Havran, O, 2 goals)

Girls Division II
Snohomish 19, Tahoma 14 (Allie Wilson, T, 9 goals, 1 assist; Hannah Brown, T, 14 saves; E. Dalrymple, S, 7 goals, 1 assist)
Mercer Island at Klahowya (No score reported)


Games for Tuesday, April 21

Boys Division I
Seattle Prep at Northshore (Bothell / 7:00 p.m.)
Lakeside at Issaquah (Issaquah High School / 8:00 p.m.)
Eastlake at Skyline (Skyline High School / 8:00 p.m.)

Boys Division II
Mukilteo at Whatcom (Roosevelt Park / 5:00 p.m.)
Lynnwood at Stanwood (Stanwood Middle School / 5:00 p.m.)
Blanchet at Redmond (Marymoor Park #3 & 4 / 5:30 p.m.)
Highline at Eastside Catholic (Eastside Catholic / 7:30 p.m.)
Overlake at Snohomish (Glacier Peak High School / 7:30 p.m.)

Girls Division I
Nathan Hale at Forest Ridge (Robinswood / 4:00 p.m.)
Seattle Prep at Garfield (Magnuson Park 4 / 5:15 p.m.)
Lakeside at Tacoma (Mason Middle School / 5:30 p.m.)

Girls Division II
Holy Names at Ballard (Ballard High School / 5:30 p.m.)
Bainbridge at Bellevue East (Robinswood Park / 5:30 p.m.)
Issaquah at Tahoma (Tahoma High School / 5:30 p.m.)

About High School Lacrosse in Washington State
Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the U.S. and in Washington State the sport has seen double-digit growth in five of the last seven years. In 2009, over 2,370 high school students representing 75 boys and 49 girls varsity and junior varsity teams in Washington state will compete in a nine-week season March – May with the annual Washington State High School Championships taking place May 16 (girls) and May 30 (boys). Varsity boys lacrosse is contested in the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association (http://www.whsbla.org/) with 14 Division I and 28 Division II teams. Varsity girls lacrosse is contested in The Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association (http://www.wslax.org/) with 15 Division I and 16 Division II teams. Most of the teams represent high schools throughout the Puget Sound area.

For daily high school lacrosse results or to receive results through an RSS feed, please visit http://www.uslax-wa.org/media.html


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Media Contact:
Mike McQuaid
McQuaid & Co. Strategic Communications
206-262-7301
mike@mcquaidcompany.com

Labels: Bellevue, Division I, Girls, Press Release, Results, Roosevelt

April 6, 2009


SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. – Senior attackman Kyle Mutzel scored the game winning goal just 1 minute, 30 seconds into overtime to lift Bellevue High School to a 13 – 12 non-league boys lacrosse win over Santa Margarita Catholic High School, Monday in Orange County, Calif.

After playing to an 8 – 8 tie to close out the first half, Bellevue was outscored 2 – 4 in the third, as Santa Margarita took a 12 – 10 lead into the final stanza.

In the fourth, the Wolverines defense turned up the heat shutting out the Eagles 2 - 0 to force the overtime period. With just three minutes to go, Blake Samuel caught Santa Margarita’s defense flat footed in front of the cage and converted a Cole Nordstrom pass into the game-evening goal to force the sudden death period.

Following a dead ball whistle just 1 minute, 30 seconds into overtime, Mutzel, the Boys Div. I leading scorer, drove down the left wing and fired a bullet over the top left shoulder of the Santa Margarita goaltender to win the game for the Wolverines.

The win overcame a 7 – 12 loss on Saturday to Foothill OC and evened the Wolverines’ record on their spring break California road trip to 1 -1. On Tuesday, Bellevue faces St. Margaret’s for the final game of the trip.

Scoring
Bellevue: 4 4 2 2 1 -- 13
Santa Margarita (Calif.): 5 3 4 0 0 -- 12

Bellevue: Cole Nordstrom (4 goals, 5 assists), Kyle Mutzel (4 goals), Tom Zervas (2 goals, 1 assist), Blake Samuel (2 goals), Dom Schiro (1 goal).
Santa Margarita (Calif.): Jack Cranston (6 goals, 1 assist), Jordan Lievois (2 goals), Chris Fox (1 goal), Cory Thomsen (2 goals), Ben Bridges (1 goal).


Results for Monday, April 6

Boys Div. I
Bellevue 13 at Santa Margarita 12 OT

Boys Div. II
NEXT GAMES TUES. APR. 7

Girls Div. I
Seattle Prep 9 at Holy Names 13

Girls Div. II
Holy Names 4 at Eastside Catholic 15

Games for Tuesday, April 7

Boys Div. I
Bellevue at St. Margaret's (California) (California / 4:00 p.m.)
Bainbridge at Eastlake (Eastlake High School / 7:30 p.m.)

Boys Div. I
Blanchet at Roosevelt (Ballard High School / 5:30 p.m.)
Port Angeles at Tacoma (Bellarmine Prep / 5:45 p.m.)
Skagit Valley at Lynnwood (Meadowdale High School / 7:00 p.m.)
Redmond at Snohomish (Glacier Peak High School / 7:30 p.m.)

Girls Div. I
Tacoma at Lake Sammamish (Marymoor Park 9 / 5:00 p.m.)
Snohomish at Roosevelt (Magnuson Park 2 / 5:30 p.m.)
Mercer Island at Garfield (Magnuson Park 4 / 5:30 p.m.)

Girls Div. II
Mercer Island at Kennedy (Kennedy High School / 5:00 p.m.)
Ballard at Klahowya (Klahowya Secondary School / 6:00 p.m.)
About High School Lacrosse in Washington State

Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the U.S. and in Washington State the sport has seen double-digit growth in five of the last seven years. In 2009, over 2,370 high school students representing 75 boys and 49 girls varsity and junior varsity teams in Washington state will compete in a nine-week season March – May with the annual Washington State High School Championships taking place May 16 (girls) and May 30 (boys). Varsity boys lacrosse is contested in the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association (www.WHSBLA.org) with 14 Division I and 28 Division II teams. Varsity girls lacrosse is contested in The Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association (www.WSLAX.org) with 15 Division I and 16 Division II teams. Most of the teams represent high schools throughout the Puget Sound area.

For daily high school lacrosse results or to receive results through an RSS feed, please visit http://www.uslax-wa.org/media.html


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Labels: Bellevue, Boys, Division I, Press Release, Results