Lynnwood - There is nothing better than a beautiful sunny day, when a Semi-Finals playoff game with a trip to Memorial stadium on the line. Unbeaten Lynnwood brings there 13-0 record in against the “Cinderella” team, the Overlake Owls. Overlake just came off a huge victory over 12-0 Tacoma, and have every intention of upsetting the Tigers. Both teams very anxious to get started, starting the game 15 minutes early.
Lynnwood comes out of the blocks gunning with a goal at 11:23 by Sean Girgus from Senior Middie Alex Burns. After winning the face-off, Lynnwood’s Casey Bloomquist gets in the action with a goal at the 9:11 mark from Sean Girgus. Lynnwood appears to be relentless, taking advantage of every ground ball. At 7:15 of the 1st quarter, Casey Bloomquist rings in a solo shot, which was followed-up by a solo shot from Curtis Wisser at 6:54. The score is now 4-0 Lynnwood in the middle of the 1st and no sign of the Owls Parpia or the offense. Lynnwood maintains possession of the ball for nearly the entire first quarter, Kyton Blair and Curtis Wisser both scored making it 6-0 at the end of the quarter.
Overlake started the 2nd quarter as if they would start there assault when Schoening puts in a solo shot at the 11:34 mark of the quarter. Goaltender Ben Ambrey came up HOT in the second with 8 saves as the Lynnwood offense slowed down, and Overlake began getting their shots out of the 2-3. Regardless, The Owls couldn’t get their shots to fall, and the half ended with the score 6-1 Lynnwood.
Lynnwood has outshot Overlake in the first quarter with the score to prove it, but Overlake had the higher shot total for the second, and will need to keep up the fireworks to stay in the game.
The 3rd quarter started off with a lot of good ball possession by both teams. Overlake’s Schultz finds his way past Ambrey on a solo shot to get the Owls on the board again to start the quarter off. Lynnwood started to turn up the heat as the offense found their stride again as Kyton Blair finds the back of the net on a feed by Alex Burns at 9:15. Burns continues to master the ground balls and takes one solo at the 6:59 mark of the game. The Lynnwood offense seemed to have the Owls on their heals. After 2 more goals from both Curtis Wisser and Sean Girgus, the score was Lynnwood 10 and Overlake 2.
The 4th quarter was all defense for these two teams. It wasn’t until the 4:56 mark when Owls Attacker, Guren finds the net from a pass from Schultz. However, the Tigers score at the 3:55 mark by Sean Girgus from Alex Burns taking the last of the wind from Overlake’s sails in a battled 11-3 Tigers victory. The Tigers in their second year of High School play, will face either Eastlake or Skyline in the Division II State Championship on Saturday.
