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

31st Washington Lacrosse Boys State Championships
Memorial Stadium, Seattle

SEATTLE – Overlake’s Devon Schmidt scored six goals and 12 ground balls to lead the Owls to their first boys lacrosse state championship in a 17 - 11 Division II defeat of Eastside Catholic, Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Seattle.

Overlake used an aggressive transitional offense, firing 42 shots at freshman Eastside Catholic goaltender O’Neil Hughes to throw the Crusaders off their game. The game was the first state title appearance for Overlake in its 20-year history.

“This is an amazing win,” said senior George Dolack who scored three goals for the Owls. “After three years of losing in the first round of the playoffs we finally made it. The Redmond game was our biggest weapon,” said Dolack, referring to Overlake’s 12 – 7 loss to cross-town rival on March 25. “We had been playing well early in year. That loss felt horrible – it motivated us.”

Overlake came out of the gates hard with Sky Tweedie-Yates connecting beating Hughes just 51 seconds into the game and again nine seconds later give the Owls an early 2 – 0 lead.

Following a David Carlton goal at 10:35 to put the Crusaders on the board, Greg Safadago answered with his only goal of the night to send the Owl’s on a 4 – 1 run to close the first at 6 – 2.

In the second, with Overlake having extended their lead to 8 – 3, the Crusaders came marching back on a short-handed goal by Carlton, as the Crusaders scored four of the final five goals in the half close the gap to 9 – 7.

“It’s a game of runs. We had a run in the beginning and they hit us back,” said Overlake goaltender Chap Grubb. “After (Eastside Catholic’s) run, we came back and stopped them.”

In the third, Carlton, one of just four seniors for the Crusaders – who began playing the sport at Eastside Catholic just three years ago, opened scoring just 12 second into the half, but the Owls answered with four unanswered goals to extend their lead to 13 – 8.

In the fourth, the teams traded goals, but the Crusaders three nets weren’t enough as the Owls scored four of their won to cruise to the win.

“We were fighting to get momentum all night, but unfortunately it wasn’t there,” said Carlton who had seven goals, one assist and seven ground balls in his final game of his prep career.

Scoring:
Overlake 6 3 4 4 -- 17
Eastside Catholic 2 5 1 3 -- 11

Highlights: Devon Schmidt, OV, 6 goals, 2 assists, 12 ground balls; Sky Tweedie-Yates, OV, 3 goals, 5 assists, 4 ground balls; Scout Tweedie-Yates, OV, 3 goals, 1 assist, 2 ground balls; Joe Dolack, OV, 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 ground balls; Greg Safadago, OV, 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 ground balls; Bryce Remington, OV, 4 ground balls; Nick Wright, OV, 1 ground balls; Brandon D’Ewart, OV, 4 ground balls; Chapp Grubb, OV, 12 saves; David Carlton, EC, 7 goals, 1 assist, 7 ground balls; Kyle Decker, EC, 2 goals, 1 assist; Andrew Carlton, EC, 2 goals, 1 assist; Michael Rambaldini, EC, 10 ground balls; O’Neil Hughes, EC, 7 saves.


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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McQuaid & Co. Strategic Communications
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Caption: Eastside Catholic's David Carlton charges toward the Overlake goal at the Washington Lacrosse Boys State Championships, Saturday. Overlake downed the Crusaders 11 - 7 to win their first boys state lacrosse title.

Credit: Charles Mauzy

Labels: Boys, Division II, Eastside Catholic, Overlake, Press Release, State Championships

Labels: Boys, Division I, Division II, Eastside Catholic, Issaquah, Mercer Island, Overlake, Press Release, State Championships

WENATCHEE, Wash. – George Dolack scored six goals to lead the Overlake School to a 14 – 6 Boys Division II lacrosse win over Wenatchee, Saturday, at Westside High School in Wenatchee.

The win was the sixth straight for Overlake, which jumped past Redmond for sole possession of first place in the Evergreen Conference. Wenatchee is still winless at 0-8-0.

Overlake jumped out to the early lead, taking a 5 – 3 advantage in the first before Wenatchee came charging back in the second on back-to-back goals by Scott Hershey at 9:40 and Mitchell Parks 18 seconds later to knot the game at 5 – 5.

Just 16 seconds later, Overlake went back up for good as Devon Schmidt found the net. Schmidt connected again at 4:56 as the Owls eased ahead 7 – 5.

Wenatchee again pulled within one at 3:23 on Hershey’s third of the night, however the Owls’ offense was too much as they responded with another three goals to take a 10 – 6 lead into the intermission.

In the second half, behind shut-out goaltending of Overlake’s Chap Grubb, who replaced Jason Yokoyama in goal, the Owls blanked Wenatchee 6 – 0 through the third and fourth quarters.

“Overlake has one of the best offenses in the league. Over half their goals came on fast breaks,” said Wenatchee coach Ryan Fancher. “Our goaltender (Thomas Bass) stopped a lot of shots. He communicated well with our defense to keep them in line. This was one of his best games of the year.”

Overlake’s Sky Tweedie-Yates had four goals and one assist in the win and was backed by Devon Schmidt’s 22 ground balls on defense. Scott Hershey had three goals, while Bass had 15 saves in goal for Wenatchee.


Scoring
Overlake 5 5 2 2 -- 14
Wenatchee 3 3 0 0 -- 6

Highlights: George Dolack, OV, 6 goals, 1 assist; Sky Tweedie-Yates, OV, 4 goals, 1 assist; Devon Schmidt, OV, 3 goals, 1 assist, 22 ground balls; Scott Hershey, W, 3 goals, 4 ground balls; Connor Tidd, W, 12 ground balls; Thomas Bass, W, 15 saves.

Results for Saturday, May 2

Boys Division I
Issaquah 16, Eastside Catholic 7 (Jake Goldstein, IS, 4 goals)
Puyallup 14, Tahoma 3 (no highlights available)

Boys Division II
Selah 15, Franklin 1 (Corrie Friedrich, S, 6 goals, 1 assist, 7 ground balls; Weston Ritts, S, 4 goals, 2 assists, 5 ground balls; Jacob Chin, F, 1 goal; Michael Ingles, F, 6 saves)
San Juan 2, Mukilteo 10 (Riley Wanzer, M, 3 goals, 1 assist; Nate Regan,M, 2 goals, 1 assist; Dillon Starkenburg, M, 15 saves; Forest Dayton, SJ, 1 goal; Ryan Guard, SJ, 1 goal; Calen Mehrer, SJ, 22 saves)
South Kitsap 3, King's Way (Vancouver, Wash.) 21 (Zach Lindahl, KW, 5 goals; Connor Harwood, KW, 3 goals, 2 assist; TJ Pulkrabek, SK, 2 goals)
Providence JV 6, North County (Lynden) 10 (no highlights available)
Overlake 14, Wenatchee 6 (George Dolack, OV, 6 goals, 1 assist; Sky Tweedy-Yates, OV, 4 goals, 1 assist; Devon Schmidt, OV, 3 goals, 1 assist, 22 ground balls; Scott Hershey, W, 3 goals, 4 ground balls; Connor Tidd, W, 12 ground balls; Thomas Bass, W, 15 saves)

Girls Division I
None

Girls Division II
Bellevue East 15, Wenatchee 19 (Piper Essick, W, 6 goals, Cindy Lucas, W, 7 saves)



Games for Monday, May 4

Boys Division I
Northshore at Overlake (Overlake School / 4:00 p.m.)

Boys Division II
Nathan Hale at Tacoma (Cirque-Bridgeport Park / 6:00 p.m.)
Klahowya at Lake Tapps (Game Farm Park / 6:30 p.m.)

Girls Division I
Lake Sammamish at Overlake (Overlake School / 4:45 p.m.)
Garfield at Lakeside (Lakeside Upper School / 5:00 p.m.)
Mercer Island at Curtis (Curtis High School Stadium / 5:30 p.m.)
Tacoma at Nathan Hale (Nathan Hale School / 6:00 p.m.)
Holy Names at Bellevue (Bellevue High School Stadium / 8:00 p.m.)

Girls Division II
Bainbridge at Holy Names (Magnuson Park #1 / 5:30 p.m.)
Auburn Mountainview at Lakeside (Lakeside Upper School / 6:30 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 (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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Media Contact:
Mike McQuaid
McQuaid & Co. Strategic Communications
206-262-7301
mike@mcquaidcompany.com

Labels: Boys, Division II, Overlake, Press Release, Results, Wenatchee

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – Jessika Carstrom scored her seventh goal of the night with 47 seconds remaining in regulation to give Curtis a 16 – 15 come-from-behind Girls Division I high school lacrosse win over the Overlake School, Tuesday at Curtis High School near Tacoma.

In a tight transition game where the lead changed hands six times, Curtis engineered two goals in the final minute of play to capture their first win of the season and their first ever in Division I play.

With just 59 seconds remaining, Curtis’ Amanda Johnson picked up a pass at the restraining line and dodged two defenders on the way to the Overlake cage. Johnson’s shot beat Owl goaltender Erica Johnson on the stick-side to knot the game at 15.

On the following face-off, Curtis center Caroline Vandiver pulled the ball back in a cluster of six players where Carstrom grabbed her fifth draw control of the game. It took Carstrom just 12 seconds to shed two defenders and drive deep into the Overlake zone to set up the decisive shot, a stick-side blast past Johnson for victory. The score was her 21st of the season.

“I am very excited. This is an important win for our program,” said Curtis head coach Michelle Flaten, whose school made the leap to the more competitive Division I level in 2009 with six other teams to make room for new high school programs entering the sport. In 2008, an 11-2-1 Curtis squad advanced to the Division II state semi-final game before falling to state runner-up Bellevue High School.

Curtis got on the board just 2 minutes, 16 seconds into the game as Carstrom put the Vikings up 1 – 0. Overlake then scored the next three on goals by Sophie Arlow, Michelle Dutro and Kerri Smith to take a 3 -1 lead.

After an Amanda Johnson goal at 17:01 to bring Curtis within one, Overlake struck twice at 16:38 and 16:06 to again pull ahead by two goals prompting Flaten to call a time out and regroup.

“I told them we needed to communicate better on defense. In a man to man situation we needed to be sliding back to cover the open player,” said Flaten.

The adjustment paid off with Curtis regaining control of the ball, setting up six of the next nine goals scored over the remaining 7 minutes, 42 seconds and taking an 8 – 7 lead into the intermission.

In the second half, Curtis again took the field with furry as Carstrom scored just one minute into the half and Amanda Johnson and Caroline Vandiver each finding the Overlake net to gain an 11 – 7 advantage.

At 14:03, Overlake delivered the first of two three-goal bursts to creep within one of Curtis at 10 - 11. Following two Curtis goals separated by a lone Overlake score, the Owls again connected for a trio of scores to take a 14 – 13 lead with 6:35 remaining.

In the final six minutes, Curtis fought back twice with game knotting goals, each by Amanda Johnson, to put the Vikings in position for their first win in seven starts.

With the loss, Overlake dropped to 1-4-0 on the season.

Scoring
Overlake 7 8 -- 15
Curtis 8 8 -- 16

Highlights: Jessika Carstrom, C, 7 goals; Amanda Johnson, C, 5 goals; Rachel Phua, C, 12 saves; Claire Krueger, O, 5 goals; Alison Havran, O, 4 goals, 4 assists

Results for Tuesday, April 14

Boys Division I
Bellevue 8, Issaquah 13 (Jake Fritz, IS, 5 goals; Todd Jones, IS, 2 goals, 4 assists; Riley Goodman, IS, 2 goals)

Boys Division II
Lake Tapps 21, Franklin 1 (Ryan Robinson, LT, 5 goals; Corey Carson, LT, 3 goals, 2 assists; Garrett Kline, LT, 2 goals, 3 assists; Alexandrew Wong, F, 1 goal)

San Juan 10, Skagit Valley 3 (Forest Dayton, SJ, 4 goals, 3 assists; Kyle Skoog, SJ, 3 goals; Calen Maher, SJ, 8 saves; Blake Berg, SV, 2 goals; Tyler Tarabochia, SV, 19 saves)

King's Way (Vancouver, Wash.) 12, Klahowya 5 (Matt Friesen, KW, 5 goals; Jordan Goodspeed, KW, 3 goals, 1 assist; Zach Lindahl, KW, 3 goals; Dan Zimny, KLA, 2 goals, 1 assist, 11 ground balls; Chad Reeder, KLA, 16 saves)

South Kitsap 5, North Kitsap 10 (Jake Icard, NK, 4 goals; Brad DeShano, NK, 4 goals; Abe McGowan, NK, 13 saves)

Three Rivers (Tri Cities) 11, Hermiston (Oregon) 7 (no scoring details available)

Wenatchee 3, Snohomish 10 (Connor Tidd, W, 2 goals; Wesley Anderson, S, 3 goals; Justin Steranka, S, 2 goals, 2 assists; Conrad Pendergast, S, 2 goals, 1 assist; Ryan McAlister, S, 2 goals)

Girls Division I
Forest Ridge 14, Lake Sammamish 11 (Jillian Chong, FR, 4 goals, 4 assists, 6 ground balls; Melina Harrang, FR, 3 goals, 1 assist, 10 ground balls; Kylie Neale, LS, 3 goals; Kaitlin Fithian, LS, 3 goals)

Overlake 15, Curtis 16 (Jessika Carstrom, C, 7 goals; Amanda Johnson, C, 5 goals; Rachel Phua, C, 12 saves; Claire Krueger, O, 5 goals; Alison Havran, O, 4 goals, 4 assists)

Girls Division II
Bellevue East 14, Ballard 11 (Sophie Wolz, BE, 5 goals; 3 assists; Macey Mirante, BE, 3 goals, 1 assist; Sam Gunnerson, BE, 15 saves; Amanda Bryan, BAL, 4 goals; Hannah Breton, BAL, 14 saves)

Klahowya 18 at North Kitsap 7 (Ruthie Hawley, K, 11 goals, 2 assists; Koyuki Fritchman, K, 4 goals, 3 assists; Mallory Glebe, NK, 3 goals; Zandi Lougheed, NK, 10 saves)

Mercer Island 20, Auburn Mountainview 6 (Sarah Drucker, MI, 4 goals, 1 assist, 4 ground balls; Elena Skouras, MI, 4 goals, 3 ground balls; Hannah Morse, AM, 4 goals, 4 ground balls)

Issaquah 8, Snohomish 9 (E. Dalrymple, S, 3 goals; J. Toy, S, 11 saves; Katelyn Mincin, IS, 3 goals; Sidney Lee, IS, 3 goals)

Games for Wednesday, April 15

Boys Division I
Seattle Prep at Chaparral (Arizona) (Arizona / 4:00 p.m.)
Bainbridge at Vashon (Vashon High School / 7:00 p.m.)
Curtis at Eastlake (Eastlake Community Fields / 7:15 p.m.)
Tahoma at Skyline (Skyline High School / 8:00 p.m.)

Boys Division II
Stanwood at North County (Lynden) (Bender Fields / 5:00 p.m.)
Sammamish at Blanchet (Blanchet High School / 5:00 p.m.)
Roosevelt at Overlake (Overlake School / 5:00 p.m.)
Lynnwood at Mukilteo (Kamiak High School / 7:00 p.m.)
Nathan Hale at Redmond (Redmond High School / 7:00 p.m.)

Girls Division I
Bellevue at Nathan Hale (Nathan Hale High School / 6:00 p.m.)
Roosevelt at Bainbridge (Bainbridge High School Stadium / 6:15 p.m.)
Snohomish at Mercer Island (Mercer Island High School / 8:00 p.m.)

Girls Division II
Snohomish at Mercer Island (Mercer Island High School / 6:30 p.m.)
Tahoma at Bainbridge (Bainbridge High School Stadium / 7:45 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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Media Contact:
Mike McQuaid
McQuaid & Co. Strategic Communications
206-262-7301
mike@mcquaidcompany.com

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

March 18, 2009

REDMOND, Wash. – Garfield’s Linea Whisman scored four goals to lift the Bulldogs past Overlake, in a season opening victory Wednesday at Redmond’s Overlake School.

In a close-fought game that saw Overlake take a 4-3 lead into the intermission, the Owls appeared to be in control, before coaches elected to play short-handed for most of the second half instead of run afoul of a new substitution rule.

With 10:48 remaining and a 7-6 lead, Overlake’s Claire Krueger was slapped with her second yellow card of the night for a slash while double-teaming a Garfield player along with Devika Dhawan. By rule Krueger was ejected.

But with early-season confusion over the length of time a team must play short-handed following an ejection, Overlake coach Sue Haviland elected to play conservatively and not replace her player after the three-minute power play had elapsed. Prior to the 2009 season, coaches could replace an ejected player immediately.

“I was hesitant to go to the referee, because it’s my responsibility to know the rules,” said Haviland, who saw her team’s lead begin to evaporate just 30 seconds later on a Garfield goal by Maria Sandvig. The Bulldogs then went on to score four unanswered goals to take an 11-7 lead with 2 minutes remaining before a referee questioned Haviland’s team playing short-handed.

After returning to full strength, Overlake quickly scored three goals, bringing the game to within one, but was unable to convert in the final 40 seconds of play to tie the game.

Overlake’s Alison Havran scored five times in her team’s loss.

Garfield goalkeeper Sydney Campbell (1-0) had eight saves in her first win of the season. Overlake’s Erica Johnson (0-1) stopped 11 in the loss.

Scoring
Garfield 3 8 -- 11
Overlake 4 6 -- 10

Garfield: Linea Whisman (4 goals, 1 assist), Maya Code-Williams (2 goals, 1 assist), Megan Williams (2 goals), Maria Sandvig (1 goal), Annie Schlossman (1 goal), Zoe Storck (1 goal), Rebecca Feldman (1 assist). Goalkeepers: Sydney Campbell 1-0 (8 saves).

Overlake: Alison Havran (5 goals, 1 assist), Kaylee Kautz (2 goals), Claire Krueger (1 goal, 2 assists), Carla Frank (1 goal), Emily Warden (1 assist). Goalkeepers: Erica Johnson 0-1 (11 saves).

Results for Wednesday, March 18

Boys Div. I

None

Boys Div. II

San Juan 5 at Lynnwood 12

Stadium 10 at Klahowya 9

Tacoma 19 at North Kitsap 0

Stanwood 2 at Mukilteo 14

South Kitsap at Port Angeles (not reported)

Whatcom at Skagit Valley (not reported)

Girls Div. I

Snohomish 4 at Lakeside 9

Garfield 11 at Overlake10

Roosevelt 17 at Holy Names 17

Lake Sammamish 12 at Bellevue 6

Girls Div. II

Snohomish 9 at Lakeside 10

Kennedy 11 at Bellevue East 8

Klahowya at Tahoma (postponed)

Eastside Catholic at Bainbridge (postponed)

Games for Thursday, March 19

Boys Div. I

Curtis at Northshore (Pop Keeney Stadium / 7:00 p.m.)

Boys Div. II

Redmond at Blanchet (Blanchet High School / 5:00 p.m.)

Roosevelt at Nathan Hale (Summit Fields / 7:30 p.m.)

Lake Tapps at Highline (Moshier Park / 8:00 p.m.)

Girls Div. I

Nathan Hale at Seattle Prep (Magnuson Park 1 / 3:30 p.m.)

Tacoma at Bainbridge (Bainbridge Stadium / 7:45 p.m.)

Girls Div. II

Lake Sammamish at North Kitsap (North Kitsap / 5:15 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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Media Contact:
Mike McQuaid
McQuaid & Co. Strategic Communications
206-262-7301
mike@mcquaidcompany.com

Labels: Division II, Garfield, Girls, Overlake, Press Release, Results