BI A View: In the most exciting championship game in recent memory, Maple Valley successfully defended its B Division title with a 7-6 win over Nathan Hale in sudden death overtime.  Congratulations Hale on a truly great season.  You looked and played like champions all year!  You were well coached and played disciplined lacrosse at both ends of the field.  But this year the fat lady sang for the Vandals of Maple Valley. Hale started off strong with goals by Eric Weitz and Stephen Heller, but MV answered with goals from attackmen Josh Staudt and Brian Johnson to tie it up.  Then, with 2 seconds left in the quarter, MV took the lead with an outside high shot by Johnson.  Hale answered quickly in the
second with a goal by Ben Morris.  Four minutes later co-captain Andy Scanlon put MV back on top with a drive and shot on goal.  Michael Lowther quickly answered with his only score and two minutes later Hale took the lead on Heller's second goal of the game.  Leading 5-4 at half, Hale played hard throughout the 3rd quarter, extending its lead to 2 goals on Heller's third unassisted goal of the day.  In the fourth, Hale attempted to play a settled offense, but the Vandals kept the pressure on and Hale committed 4 of its 8 penalties in the final period.  With six minutes left in the game, junior Travis Cornelison scored on an outside shot.  One goal behind, MV kept the pressure on and, with 32 seconds left in the game, sophomore Brian Johnson tied it up.  Maple Valley won the face-off and promptly ignored the settled plays called for by
the coaches.  Brian Johnson took a feed from midfield, beat his defenseman, and notched MV's second championship in as many years with his 4th goal of the game.  MV's goalie, Nate Holstein, finished the day with 11 saves, while the defensive work of co-captain Cody Kunning and juniors Weston Butt, Adam Running, and Robbie Totten kept the high scoring Hale attack under control.
Kudos to all 38 MV players, 28 rookies and 10 second year players.  You worked hard from day one and never quit trying to improve!  In its first two seasons, the Vandals have won two championships with a combined record of 25 and 3.  This year 6 Vandals received league recognition: co-captain Andy Scanlon, All-Division First Team Attack;  junior Travis Cornelison, All-Division First Team Midfield and Vail All-Star Team; co-captain Isaac Pulkinnen, All-Division First Team Midfield;  junior
Weston Butt, All-Division First Team Defense;  Nathan Holstein, All-Division First Team Goalie and Vail All-Star Team;  and junior Adam Running, All-division Second Team Defense.  Congratulations gentlemen! Next year, Maple Valley will field teams in both the A and B Divisions. Thanks for a great season everyone!  

MV -  Johnson, B.  4;  Scanlon    1;   Staudt  1;  Cornelison  1;

Hale  - 

MV View: MV traveled to PA and came away with a hard fought 8-1 victory in the B semi-finals.  The Vandals played with more discipline than in recent
games and slowly pulled away, leading 2-1 after one quarter and 4-1 at the half.  Sophomore Brian Johnson led the offense with 4 goals and 1
assist while Nate Holstein had 10 saves in goal.  Junior defenseman Weston Butt led the D with 4 ground balls, 2 takeaways and 1 shot.  PA -
you have a great team and played well all season.  You will only be better next year!

MV -  Johnson, B.  4;  Pulkinnen  2;  Cornelison  1;  Staudt 1

PA - 

BI A View:

BI A -  Eliasen 2;  Smith 1; Savage 1; Johnson  1; Pratt 1; Vanderhoek  2;  Fairbank 2

Eastside - 

Vashon View:

Vashon - 

BI B -  Hayashi 3; Schafer 1;  Kelly  1;  Steffen   1

Hale  view:  With only 12 hours rest Nathan Hale had to come out strong in the second half to beat Franklin and win the division title and a home playoff
game.  Hale was very flat and Franklin took advantage by taking a 3-2 lead into halftime.  Eric Weitz sparked the Hale comeback with great clears, cuts and one on one goals. Hale had some great team and individual achievements:  11-2 overall record and the division title.  Two A league victories, two 19 goal games, 172 goals for and 91 goals against with 91 assists.  Team GPA over 3.0.  Seven 10 goal scorers:  Jeff Haines 34g-39a (Vail All-Star),
Michael Lowther 30g-10a (Vail All-Star), Stephan Heller 23g-2a, Ben Morris 22g-8a, Evan Snyder 18g-8a (Vail All-Star), Eric Weitz 15g-6a, Andy Denzel 11g-9a. Lacrosse and Academic scholarship for Sherandoa Benitez (Vail All-Star) to Swarthmore.  Fun and outstanding sportsmanship at every game!

Hale - Denzel 3 ;  Weitz   3;  Haines   2;  Morris 2;  Heller 1;  Leytham 1; Snyder  1

Franklin - 

Curtis  view:  WHAT A GAME!  This was one of those contests where you hate to see either team lose.  Bellevue came from behind in the final minutes to tie the game.  It took double overtime for Curtis to get the ball to Ian Strand who put one in for the win.  Kyle Holland spent his second night in goal and had some great saves.  Ryan McCloskey waited four years on defense and finally became the guy he loves to hate.  Taking the ball from behind the goal he drove the length of the field, cranked off a shot and just caught the upper corner far side.  Thank you Bellevue for a great hard fought lacrosse game

Curtis - Hudson 4 ; Strand 5;   Anderson, E   1;   McCloskey 1

Bellevue - Kirsch 2;   Menaker  2;  Peterson  4 ; Althouser 1; Beck  1

Hale  view:  Nathan Hale pulled off the road upset going to Maple Valley to up end the first place team 8-5.  The tough road victory set Hale up for a shot
at first place in the division.  Jeff Haines had 4 goals and an assist. Hale bolted ahead 4-0 and then played a smart patient game to secure the victory.  John Hanna had a great game on defense along with the solid goaltending of Ryan Garrett.  Doa Benitez controlled the middle of the field and Evan Snyder won most of his faceoffs

Hale -  Haines  4 ; Denzel 1; Morris  1; Weitz  1;  Heller 1

BI A  view:  

BI A - Johnson  2 ; Vanderhoek  4 ; Smith  3;  Eliasen 2;  Hanseth  1 

Lakeside - Lynam 4 ; Fine  2; Lewis   2; Redman  2; May  1 

Eastside View:  Despite giving up the first goal of the game, Eastside came out fired up and pushed to a 5-2 1st quarter lead.  Junior John Trenkamp was all over
the field igniting Eastside's defense and sparking a few transition oppurtunies, even notching a goal himself.  The pace of the game slowed a bit in the second half and despite good ball control from MI, Justin Patterson kept the door closed and Trenkamp notched another goal!  The game headed to the 4th with Eastside up 8-3.  The first part of the 4th quarter looked to be more of the same, but this game was far from over. With about 4:30 to play a couple Eastside penalties gave MI the chance they needed and the took advantage.  They notched a couple quick goals
and then scored again with :54 left on the clock to cut it to 8-6. Eastside appeared to win the following faceoff, but scrappy play kept the ball alive.  MI gained possession and looked to go to the goal
quickly.  Shot-score-:24 seconds left- the crowd was in a frenzy.  Eastside had just enough left to scrap and kill the final :24 and thwart MI's valliant comeback.  Great Game, Great Crowd, a beautiful day for lacrosse- the regular season ended with some excitement!  Good luck in the playoffs.

Eastside - : Bayly    2;  Trenkamp   2;  Kaminski  2;  Sinkula  1;  Lynch   1

MI - 

Curtis  view:  Doesn't get much uglier than this game.  Two 15 minute "weather" delays for lightening, hail and RAIN turned this one into an awfully long afternoon.  Tied at one, we stopped for lightening.  Curtis scored again to make it 2-3 and we stopped again.  Never got back the momentum.  Hats off to Kyle Holland for "volunteering" to be Curtis' sixth goalie of the season

Curtis -  Hudson  2; Anderson, M  1;  Strand  1

Eastside  view:  Eastside came out strong and firing, but couldn't finish.  Bellevue hung tough out playing Eastside in the 2nd quarter to pull to a 4-2 halftime
score.  Finally Eastside  began settling the offense a bit more and putting their shots on cage.  The combination of Sinkula, Twining and Dwyer controlled most of the faceoffs.  Sinkula also lead the offense with 4G and had a fifth taken away on an illegal screen call.  Junior Marcus Ohno stepped it up and notched his first career goal and added a second in the 4th quarter for good measure.  Trenkamp had several take away checks and Dwyer had a strong night clearing the ball, chipping in with an assist to Lynch.

Eastside - Sinkula  4;  Ohno   2;  Kaminski  2;  Lynch 1

BI B  view:  Forfeit

BI B -  

BI A  view:  

BI A -  Pratt  3;    Smith 3; Eliasen  1;   Johnson   3;  VanderHoek   9;  Fairbank 2 ;Lamoreaux   1  ;  Steinecker  1

MV  view:  Thank you P.A. for a hard fought game.  MV started fast with 3 quick goals, but P.A. re-grouped and the first half finished with MV leading 4-3.  Both teams continued to alternate between good lacrosse and sloppy play in the second half, with MV prevailing 9 - 7.  MV scoring was led by Andy Scanlon (3g, 2a) and Isaac Pulkinnen (2g, 1a).  Junior Robbie Totten had his best game on defense and led the team with 3 takeaways and several key checks.  As always, PA hosts a great game with a great crowd.

MV -  Johnson, B.  2;   Pulkinnen  2;  Scanlon  3;  Staudt 1;  Cornelison  1

Lakeside  view:  

Lakeside - Fine 4; Redman 3; Lane 1; Lewis  1

MI  view:  

MI -  Biehn  6;  Thilo 3;  Frankel   3;   Pattison  2;   Larson  2;  Lisbakken  2;  Sonkin  2;  Kaplan 1;  Gumprecht  1

BI A  view:  

BI A -  Pratt  5;  Smith   5;  Eliasen  3;   Johnson   3;  VanderHoek   2;  Fairbank 1

Eastside  view:  A fairly sloppy game.  The ball seemed to be on the ground an awful lot. Teams scrapped back and forth and Overlake forged ahead 5-4 at the end of 3 quarters.  But, Eastside showed some fight and clawed back as Matt Sinkula was finally able to find the net and Eastside held on for a 6-5victory.  Freshman Loren Thomas came through huge with his first career goal and John Trenkamp had big game in frustrating Overlake's Waite.

Eastside -  Sinkula 2; Kaminski  2;  Thomas 1 ; Hanover  1

Lakeside  view:  

Lakeside - Fine 3;  Lynam  3; Lewis  2;  Jorve  1;   Geilhufe 1;  Emerson  1; Harder  1; Greenman  1
 

PA  view:  Important game with big playoff implications for the Roughriders. Riders jumped out with the first score only to have BB pop back with a
tying goal seconds later. The remainder if the first half we were able to stay on top scoring two for each of BB's goals.  With a 7-3 halftime lead we tried to work on our offensive sets and defensive fundamentals in the second half, but Bainbridge made it tough, continuing to come atus. Big factor was winning 17 of 22 faceoffs with Jim Baumstark comming up with 14 of 17. We still need to work on passing and ground balls tobecome a quality team. 5th quarter for the new kids was received well by
those players and their parents, and gave all the rookies a chance to show what they have learned this year. We need to do more of that next
year. Bainbridge is a class act with knowledgable fans, and the game calls over the stadium PA system really impressed my kids and our baseball team which was playing on the adjacent field. Maybe some of those ! kids will join me next year.

PA -  Hartman  4;  Eykemans  2;  Waknitz   2;  Cummings   1;  Pratum  1;   Fors 1;   Baumstark  1

BI A  view:  

BI  A -  Smith  5;  Johnson 4;  Pratt  3; VanderHoek 1;  Eliasen 1;  Savage  1

MV  view:  Thank you Franklin for a hard fought game.  The score does not reflect how hard you played for all 4 quarters.  But the MV shooters got hot with Brian Johnson scoring 5 goals on six shots and Isaac Pulkinnen   coring 4 on 6 shots.  Weston Butt led the defense with a team high 9 ground balls while he and Adam Running each had 2 takeaways.  Rookie goalie Mark Louvier finished out the game, making 2 saves on 4 shots while starter Nate Holstein had 9 saves on 10 shots on goal. 

MV -  Clark  1;  Johnson, B.  5;   Pulkinnen   4;   Scanlon   2;  Staudt  1; Cornelison   2

Hale  view:  Nathan Hale took care of business at Kitsap.  Record breaking 8 goal game from Stephan Heller including the natural hat trick.  Longstick
middie goal from Forrest Longman, his first of his career.  6 assist game from Jeff Haines.  Score was 14-5 at the end of the third period.

Hale -  Heller  8;   Weitz  2;  Morris  1 ;   Snyder 1 ; Denzel  1;  Longman  1

Lakeside  view:  

Lakeside -Lewis 3;  Fine  3;  Jorve 2; Redman  2;  Lynam  1;  Greenman  1

Hale  view:  After a slow start, Nathan Hale outscored P.A. 9-1 in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.  Jeff Haines continued his torrid scoring with a 12 point game, 6g and 6a, a Nathan Hale record for assists, goals and total points!  Ben Morris added 3a to his one goal.  Hat tricks from
Alex Wells, Eric Weitz and Michael Lowther.  Rookie goal, his second of the year, from Nate Koppleman.  

Hale-  Haines  6;  Wells 3;  Weitz 3;  Lowther  3;   Snyder 1;  Morris  1;  Koppleman 1;  Heller 1

Bellevue -  Young  2;  Peterson 4;  Reed 4; Beechinor  1; Todd 1;  Deal 1

Curtis -  Hudson  2  Johnson 2  Bowen 1  Shipp  1 Strand  5  Anderson, E 2   Anderson, M 1

MV -  

Franklin  view:  It was a great game and a very sportsman like game!  Franklin took a lead in first half 6-2. Bainbridge stayed in the game in second half but Franklin was unstoppable!  But Bainbridge B did very well in offense and defense! Good game you guys!

Franklin-  Azami 2;  Orion  1; Ragutero  2; Valdez   1;  Hubbard  2;  Thach 2

MI  view:  

MI-  Sonkin  2;  Pattison  2;  Biehn  3;   Springer   1;   Gumprecht 1;  Chadick  1;   Thilo  1;  Kaplan   1;   Conrad   1

MV  view:  

MV-  Johnson, B. 2; Scanlon  2;  Hudson  1;  Staudt  2; Johnson, N.  1 ; Kriska  1; Cornelison   4;  Cline  1;

BI A  view:  

BI A-  Eliasen 3;   Smith 4;  Pratt  2;  Fairbank  2;  Bonoff 1;  Steinecker 1;  Vanderhoek  2;  Johnson  2

Eastside  view:  Kudos to the defense for pitching a shutout.  Justin Patterson had 12 saves to complete the goose egg.  Both offenses seemed content to stand and pass.  Eastside had a few spurts and managed to stick a few in. Matt Sinkula went 7/8 on faceoffs and led the offense with 2g, 1a

Eastside-  Sinkula 2 ; Andrews 2;  Lynch  1;  Kaminski  1 

BI B  view:  Good offensive ball movement which created opportunities for the offense.  Charles had two assists in the game.  Outstanding play by our
new goalie, Delius.  The defense husseled every time the ball was there which created opportunities for fast breaks.  Good game!

BI B-  Charles 1; Hayashi  3;   Kelly  1;  Maloney 1; Piraino 1 ; Schafer 1

Franklin  view:  

Franklin -  Franklin 5;  Thach  3; Ragutaro 1;

Lakeside  view:  

Lakeside-  Fine  5;    Lewis 3;   Lynam 3;   Jorve   1;  Watkins  1;  Emerson  1;   Lane  1;  Greenman  1

Hale  view:  Great game between two teams interested in playing fair lacrosse. Sportsmanship was the top priority today.  I take my hat off to the MI coaches for the great job they've done.  Other teams could learn from them. Jeff Haines with an 8 point game, 4A, 4G.  Stephan Heller with 4 goals.
Kevin Lewis gets his first of the year.  

Hale -  Haines  4;  Heller 4;  Lowther 3; Weitz  2;  Morris 2;  Lewis  1

Lakeside  view:  

Lakeside-   Fine  4;   Lynam  3; Redman  3;  Lewis  3;  Watkins   1;  Fluke  1

BI A  view:  

BI A- Smith 7; VanderHoek 2;   Johnson 5; Eliasen  2; Ragin 1
 

Lakeside  view:  

Lakeside-  Lynam 2;  Fine 1;  Redman 3; Lane 3 ; Lewis 2;  Jorve 1;   Grady 1; Harder 1; Lynam, T. 1;  Greenman  1

PA  view: A very intense game.  PA was down 2-3 in the last minutes of the game, Cline scored the tying point.  The game went scoreless into triple over time, where Cline scored the game winner in the minute of the OT.   

PA-  Waknitz 1;  Cummings  1; Cline  2

Overlake  view:  A Bellevue/Overlake game was finally played on a BEAUTIFUL day for lacrosse.  A good hard fought game with the Overlake scorers Nelson and Waite finally breaking out in a season where goals have been hard to come by.  A very fun game to coach and watch.  Thanks Bellevue for a
really enjoyable afternoon.

Overlake -  Waite  6;   Nelson 3;  Nordin 2; Baxter 1

Lakeside  view:  

Lakeside-  Redman 4;  Lynam 4;  Jorve 3; Grimm  2; Fine 1; Greenman 1;  Emerson 1

BI A  view:  

BI A-  Smith  2;  Hanseth 1 ; Vanderhoek  3; Pratt 2; Johnson  2;  Steinecker 1;  Ragin  1

MI  view:  

MI -  

BI A view:  

BI A -  Johnson 4 ;Vanderhoek 2; Laws 1; Eliasen 1;  Pratt 3 ;Ragin 2; Smith 1

PA view:  Awsome game guys, thanks for coming out.  Nice job goalie!  Good game by both teams

PA -  Cummings  3; Cline 1; Waknitz 1; Eyekmans 1;  Hartman 1

MV view:  Thank you Bainbridge B for a well played game.  The teams combined for only 1 slash, 1 hold, and two technical fouls.  The first quarter was exciting with both teams seemingly scoring at will and MV taking a 5-4 lead into the 2nd.  MV then settled down and outscored BI 6 to 2 in the 2nd and
3rd quarters.  BI never quit, however, and played tough in the 4th, scoring two fast break goals.  MV's Andy Scanlon continuted to show he is back from his bronchitis, scoring 5 goals on 9 shots, while Travis Cornelison continuned to play well at midfield, winning all 8 of his face-offs and scoring 4 goals on 8 shots.  Other scoring came from Brian Johnson, Jon Clark, and Isaac Pulkkinen.  The defense was led by co-captain Cody Kunning (2 ground balls and 3 takeaways), Robbie Totten, and Adam Running.  All 37 MV players got playing time, including rookie goalie Mark Louvier.  Good luck with the rest of your season, BI-B.

MV -  Clark 2; Johnson, B 1 ;Pulkkinen 1;  Scanlon 5; Cornelison 4

Kitsap view:  Awindy, wet and cold weather coupled with absent players due to previous injuries and illness on both teams took their toll.  There were only 11 players present for each team and everyone played.  The score was Kitsap 5, Burien 4 at the half.  After that Kitsap pulled away.  There were lots of shots and both goalies had their work cut out for them. It was a good workout for everyone. Thanks, Burien

Kitsap -  Bates 4;  Haun 3;  Olson 3; Chestnut 2; Hill 2; Meikel 1

MV view:  Thank you Curtis for a hard fought game.  The score does not indicate how evenly the teams played thru much of the game.  It didn't help Curtis to have their best offensive player hobbled with a bad wheel. MV's Andy Scanlon, finally recovering from bronchitis, had his best game ever, however, with 3 goals and 2 assists.  Other scoring came from
attackman Brian Johnson and middies Issac Pulkinnen and Travis Cornelison.  Nate Holstein had another fine game in goal with 18 saves on 21 shots.  The defensive unit of Cody Kunning, Adam Running, and Robbie Totten combined for 7 ground balls and 6 takeaways.  MV appears to be refocused again after a distracting two weeks with illness, senior projects, and Camp Casey duty.  Good luck with the rest of your season Curtis!

MV -Johnson, B  1; Pulkkinen 1;   Scanlon 3;   Cornelison  2
  

PA view:  Awesome game guys, thanks for coming out.  Nice job goalie!  Good game by both teams

PA -  Waknitz 2;  Cummings 2; Cline 1;   Pratum 1;  Serrianne  1; Weed 1

Eastside view:  Eastside took its first loss of the year as Bainbridge played patient and smart eventually wearing down Eastside in the 4th quarter.  The teams played fairly even in the first half although Eastside had trouble clearing the ball and Bainbridge seemed to set the tempo playing very patient on offense.  However, Eastside made up for it with plenty of
hustle and a good ride, taking advantage of a couple Bainbridge miscues to notch a couple goals.  A couple of patented Bayly goals put Eastside up 4-3 at half. Even so, Eastside never really found a good rhythym and it showed in the 3rd quarter.  Playing man down most of the quarter Eastside was lucky to be tied 6-6 at the end of three.  The start of the 4th was the end for Eastside.  Bainbridge capitalized on a 3 minute stick penalty and jumped to and 8-6 lead.  Eastside deflated a bit and Bainbridge notched 3 more in a 3 minute stretch to push to a 11-6 lead with just about 5 minutes to play.  Eastside showed a little fire at the end pulling two back but it wasn't enough.  Great Game Bainbridge, we will see you again real soon.

Eastside -  Kaminski  2; Bayly 2;  Sinkula  2;  Andrews  1; Hanover  1

Maple Valley view:  Thanks for a great game Nathan Hale!  6-5 overtime win!  Hale showed a lot of skill at every position, but the MV players never gave up.  MV took an early lead on two goals by Travis Cornelison and one by Isaac Pulkkinen.  But Hale stormed back with 3 goals in the last minute of the
first quarter.  The scored stayed tied going into the half when MV's goal by Cornelison at the horn was disallowed.  By the end of the third quarter, Hale held a 5 - 4 lead.  But midway thru the 4th quarter, MV's Andy Scanlon tied the game on a feed from middie Jon Clark.  For the second game in a row, MV was faced with sudden death overtime.  Hale won the face-off and got off a good shot, but goalie Nate Holstein made the last of his 28 saves and the fast break was on.  At Hale's restraining line, Jon Clark fed attackman Brian Johnson who drove past his man and put a low shot into the net.  Hale's Michael Lowther was largely unstopable, scoring 4 of NH's goals.  But MV's Cornelison answered with three of his own.  Despite the hard hitting, MV again had fewer personal fouls (2) than its opponent (3). 

MV -  Johnson, B 1; Pulkkinen 1;  Scanlon 1;  Cornelison   3

Lakeside view:  

Lakeside -  Fine   5 ;   Lewis    3;  Jorve 3;   Emerson    2;   Lynam     1;  Tang  1

Curtis view:  What a great game.  Coach Corley has a great bunch of kids.  Both teams played hard and it could have gone either way, right down to the wire.
Curtis had a decent lead at half, but Bellevue jumped out with two quick  goals to start the second half.  Curtis got a couple of cushion goals in, then our goalie decided to make things more interesting by bobbling a stopped shot, dropping it between his feet and kicking it in...  Hey kids, don't try this at home, your coach will hate it.  Bellevue had a
chance in the last minute to tie it up but the Curtis long stick rose to the occasion and we eeeked out a one goal win.  Thanks Bellevue.

Curtis -  Hudson  2 ; Johnson  1;   Strand  3;    Shipp   2

Franklin view:  

Franklin -  

Hale view:  Rookie goal by Nate Koppelman.  Six point games by Haines and Lowther. Rookie assist by Mark Schuldt.

Hale -  Morris  4; Wells  4 ;  Lowther   4;     Haines  2;  Snyder  2;    Weitz  1;  Denzel   1;  Koppelman   1

Eastside view:  Bellevue played with a "Never Say Die" attitude and pushed Eastside to the brink.    Eastside controlled the ball and the game in the first
half.  A big game from Brady Lynch and more of the same from Bayly paced Eastside to a 6-1 halftime score.  But Bellevue never quit and came back
with a huge 4-1 fourth quarter.  Bayly also had 2 asists bringing his season assist total to 10 and Frank Kaminski chipped in with 2 assists. Justin patterson saw his first action of the year in net and contributed with 3 saves. 

Eastside -  Bayly 4: Lynch 2; Andrews 1

Lakeside view:  

Lakeside -  Lane   5 ; Fine  3;  Jorve   3;  Lewis  3

Franklin view: We had a great game and getting to Lakeside High school.  It was a good day playing Lacrosse.  It was a very intense game and close also.  We went two OT and Vu scored the winning game.  Lakeside caught up with 2  goals before the 4th quarter was over and went OT but won the game.
Thanks Lakeside for the game!!!

Franklin -  Thach  3;   Valdez  1;  Lawrence   1;  Ragutero   1

Eastside view: Big win for Eastside!  Both teams came out composed and ready for battle.  Teams traded goals in the first quarter and the period ended
2-2.  In the 2nd quarter, man up situations gave MI some oppurtunities and they took advantage pulling away to a 5-3 lead.  MI's ball control offense seamed to be taking its toll on Eastside, but Bayly and Sinkula sparked a huge momentum swing.  Picking up a loose ball near his own goal line, Bayly raced the length of the field on his own, outrunning, juking and dodging several on his way, to score with about a minute left in the half.  Then Sinkula won a big faceoff, Bayly collected the ball and called timeout.  With 25 seconds left in the half Eastside set up a
play and Bayly stuck one upper corner to tie the game seconds before half time.  That seemed to take the air out of MI as the third quarter proved huge.  Eastside came out fired up winning the groundballs 13-3 and outshooting MI 10-4.  The attack rode hard and Kaminski captilized on a! miscue.  Near the end of the third Bayly tried to score another last second goal, but was doubled quickly.  Keeping composure he found Sinkula who made a nice feed to Kaminski and Eastside scored with 2 seconds left.  In the 4th Eastside kept good posession and Sinkula iced
it with a man-up goal.  Well played MI we will see you again.  The defense pitched a second half shutout and Sinkula dominated the faceoffs!!!!!!!

Eastside -  Bayly 4 ;  Kaminski   3;  Andrews    1;    Sinkula   1

Hale view: Andy Denzel is back to near 100% and his statistics are on the rise. Evan Snyder is near perfect on face offs.  Defensive assist from Doa Benitez.  Three quarters of domination under the sun, finally!

Hale -  Snyder  4 ;  Haines  3;   Denzel   3;    Lowther   2;   Morris  2;   Heller   2

Franklin view: 

Franklin -  Franklin 3;  Thach 2; Valdez  1;  Azami  1; Ragutaro 1

Maple Valley view: MV's first foray onto artificial turf showed as they struggled to a 6-5 overtime win over a talented and tough Bellevue squad.  MV took a 1 - 0 lead into the second quarter, but Bellevue dominated the 2nd quarter with 4 unanswered goals.  MV players looked confused and flustered for much of that quarter, and it showed with numerous personal fouls.  They regrouped in the 2nd half, however, and took a 5-4 goal lead with about 2 minutes remaining.  Bellevue came back with the tying goal with 45 seconds left.  Luckily, MV won the overtime faceoff and finished the game on Travis Cornelison's second goal of the night.  MV's Brian Johnson led all scorers with 3 goals, while Cornelison added 2 plus an assist.  Thank you Bellevue for a great game - you showed just how far
our stick skills still need to develop.

Maple Valley - Johnson, B  3;  Rohrbach  1;  Cornelison  2

Kitsap view: Brandon Reiner (misspelled last time as Reimer) contributed two assists and Joe Bates added an assist to their scoring.  Defender Mark Franklin
managed two assists before Vashon caught on to his fast break scenario. Vashon were good sports both before (by filling in on a last minute reschedule when Lakeside couldn't make today's appearance) and during  the game (keeping their composure and grit enabling Vashon's Bill Currie to slip past Kitsap's defenders and  score their goal).  Thanks again to
the referees and Vashon for accommodating our reschedule.

Nathan Hale view: 

Eastside view: Sloppy Game.  Port Angeles' pressure defense confused Eastside as the  offense couldn't find a rhythm.  However, Jordan Bayly came up with a couple huge individual efforts notching 3 goals and 1 assist to pace Eastside out to a 6-1 lead.  The game turned ugly for a bit in the second quarter as an unidentified fan began chanting through a
megaphone.  The referees assessed a penalty to Eastside igniting a situation leading to Eastside being 3 men down for 2 minutes.  Port Angeles could not capitalize and the combination of Lynch and Bayly killed the rest of the penalty.  Eastside emptied the bench in the second half and great efforts were turned in by Lee Watterson and Marcus Ohno.  Kiel Lunsford finished with 7 saves.  final score 10-1.  Thanks  for coming out Port Angeles.  Apologies for the 2nd quarter mess.  Good
luck the rest of the way! 

Curtis view: 

MV view: Thanks for the practice game Mercer Island.  Your young guys have some great stick skills.  For this game, MV's middies led the offense,
combining for 7 goals and 2 assists.  Rookie attackman Kelly Krista got his first start on the crease and responded with a solid game and 1
assist.  The game lacked any defensive intensity, but the defense still combined for 14 ground balls and 5 takeaways.  Best news of the day was only one personal foul by MV.

Lakeside -Redman 4; Lewis   4;  Kelly  3;  Fine   2;   Lynam  1

PA -Waknitz 1; Eykemans 2; Cummings 2; Cline 3; Hartman 2; Field 1

Eastside -Bayly 5; Kaminski 3; Andrews 2;    McCann 1; Lynch 1; Hanover 1

Nathan Hale  View: Eight assists on 11 goals.  Andy Denzel dominated the second half with face offs and four assists.  Hale played well from goalie forward.  

Nathan Hale -Haines 5; Snyder 2; Lowther 1; Heller 1;  Morris 1; Weitz 1

Mercer Island  View: 

Mercer Island -Thilo 2; Gumprecht 2; Biehn 1; Kaplan 1; Frankel 1;  Conrad  1; H. Ishijima 1; Sonkin 1;

Lakeside View: 

Lakeside -  Redman 4;  Fine  4;  Lewis  1; Lynam 1; Greenman 1; Lane 1

Maple Valley View: The first half of the game was a hard fought game. The second half the Vandals started to pull away with a 6-0 run on Franklin. Franklin played a great game and fought the whole time. Good game Franklin

Maple Valley - Cornelison 3; Pulkkinen 2;  Johnson 2; Butt 1; Staut 2;

Bainbridge-b View: Great unselfish play. Hayashi,  Steffen, Charles, and Morris all assisted goals.

Bainbridge -b - Hayashi  3; Schafer 1; Steffen 1;  Maloney 1; Kubin 1; Charles 1; Tjemsland 1

Nathan Hale View: Hang in there Burien.  Rookie hat trick from Jeff Whiteside.  Two goals including one nice quickstick from rookie Armand Goetlieb.  Six assist game from Jeff Haines.  Nice saves from freshman goalie Stewart Leytham.

Nathan Hale - Lowther 4; Morris 3; Whiteside 3; Haines 3; Heller 2;  Goetlieb 2;  Snyder 1

Overlake View:      ugh! again!

Overlake - Giaudrone 1; Archdeacon 1; Nordin 1

Kitsap View: Curtis' strong defense and having taken twice as many shots as Kitsap was the determining factor of this game.  B. Reimer celebrated his first game appearance by scoring two goals.  M. Walters also contributed an assist on top of his two goals..

Kitsap - Walters 2; Wertheim 2; Reimer 2; Bates 1

Bellevue -  Mylroie, B. 1; Peterson, R. 1

Nathan Hale - Lowther  3;  Snyder 3; Haines 2; Morris 1; Wells 1 

Eastside -  Bayly 4;  Kaminski 2; Sinkula 2;  McCann  1; Lynch 1

Port Angeles -  Waknitz  2; Pratum 1; Cummings 1

 

Maple Valley -  Cornelison 3;  Johnson, B. 3 ;Johnson, N. 1; Macklin 1 ;Pulkkinen 1;   Scanlon  2; Staudt  4; Waldron 1
 

Curtis -  Shipp 1; Strand 2

Bainbridge A View: Bainbridge Island Boys Lacrosse got off to a flying start in the opening game of the season with a crushing defeat of Overlake School, 19-6. With goalie Mike Penn out sick, "B" team goalie Brad Tatum stepped up and held the Overlake team to just 6 goals, making a total of 12 saves. Tight defense by Ben Blakey, Peter Bonoff, and Trevor Kale clamped hard on the Overlake attack.  Midfield defense by Justin Hanseth and long stick midfield play by Byron Masi kept the Overlake midfield shooting from the outside. At the attack end, Bainbridge got off to a slow start, then started cranking up the rate of fire as they worked out the kinks of the first game of the season.  "We just needed to get settled in." said captain Peter Van derHoek.  The attack and midfield showed that there is a lot of goal-scoring ability in this team, and that any player on the field can get the ball in the net.  Aggressive play by Kelton Johnson led to scoring from his own stick and also a number of assists.   "This could be a tough year for us."  commented coach Dave Low.  " Coming off the State Championship again, we know that every team in the
league is trying to knock us down.  The team this year is pretty deep, and we can really run the midfields.  This game showed we can get goals from any number of players, which means the other teams will have to cover the whole team, not just one or two high-scorers.  We have some young players on this team that I have high expectations of."

Bainbridge A - Smith 3; Pratt 3; Vander hoek 3; Johnson 3; Fairbank 1; Eliasen 4; Savage 1; Lamorureux 1: 

Maple Valley View: With 22 rookies, Maple Valley travelled to Lakeside and were treated to a skill demonstration as the Lions beat the Vandals 8 to 3.  But for some outstanding goal keeping by senior Nate Holstein, the score could easily have been 18 to 3.  In 3 quarters of play, Nate made 17 saves on 20 shots on goal.  Freshman goalie Dustin Cavin played the third quarter and made 6 saves on 11 shots on goal.  Junior defenseman Adam Running led the team in takeaways with 3, while sophomore attachman Brian Johnson led the team in ground balls with 6.  All scoring came from the midfielders, with Isaac Pulkkinen, Travis Cornelison, and Matt Rohrbach each scoring unassisted goals.  The game was a great learning experience for Maple Valley;  they now see the level to which they must aspire. Thank you Lakeside for a great game - good luck in San Diego and with your season.

Maple Valley - Pulkkinen. 1; Rohrbach 1; Cornelison 1: 

Bainbridge B View:

Lakeside View: 

Lakeside - Fine 4; Redman 2; Lynam 2;  Grimm 3; Hosford 1; Fluke  2; Grady 1

MI jv View: 

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Overlake View: Rain and cold are the only two words that fit the game played tonight at
Bellevue High.  Thanks for the good game Bellevue, hopefully it will be
warm and sunny when we next meet.

Overlake - Baxter  2;  Nordin 2; Waite 2;  Oka 1