SUMNER – The Orcas Island Vikings’ girls’ soccer team are the 2009 1B/2B state champions after netting three shootout goals past Napavine goalkeeper, Sam Grove, at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner Saturday afternoon.
For the second straight day, the Orcas Vikings’ girls’ soccer squad found themselves beyond overtime and into the shootout format to determine a winner. Friday, the Vikings netted 4-of-6 shootout attempts to advance past La Conner and into the title game. Saturday, they hit 3-of-3 needed for the title, and were 7-of-9 shootout goals for the tournament.
Shootout results:
Orcas: 1st att. GOOD A. Klein upper left
Napavine: 1st att. E. Montes missed over crossbar
Orcas: 2nd att. GOOD H. North upper right
Napavine 2nd att. H. Dekoker missed wide right
Orcas: 3rd att. GOOD E. Diepenbrock right side
Napavine 3rd att. J. Carroll’s shot blocked by Orcas goalie Alison O’Toole for win.
In the 75th minute, the Vikings finally pressed through Napavine’s intense defense, and the Orcas forwards clipped the ball in front of the Tigers’ goal. Stephanie Shaw, a mid-fielder, backed into her defender and got a left-footer past Sam Grove and into the upper-right corner of Napavine’s net to tie the game 1-1 – the only goal in the second half.
Napavine’s forward, Elaun Sherwood found herself standing over a loose ball that was bounding off shins and shoes of both teams’ players just in front of the Viking goal. Sherwood’s right-footed swipe didn’t get much on the ball, but it slowly trickled through attempted kicks by Orcas defenders and the diving goalie, Alison O’Toole, before it rolled into goal on the left side from eight yards out in the 37th minute of play for the only goal of the first half.
Regulation play stats:
Score: Orcas 1, Napavine 1
Shots-on-Goal: Orcas 11, Napavine 10
Saves: Orcas (O’Toole 1H 3, Bronn 2H 4) 7, Napavine (Sam Grove) 5
Corner Kicks: Orcas 1, Napavine 3
Free Kicks: Orcas 5, Napavine 2
Orcas Vikings’ final line-up: GK 16 Lana Bronn; D 6 Susanne Mietzner, D 4 Hannah North, Swpr 10 Ashley Klein, MF 5 Makala Forster, MF 1 Sophie Thixton, MF 12 Stephanie Shaw, MF 15 Emily Diepenbrock, F 11 Alison O’Toole, F 3 Huxley Smart, F 2 Grace Thompson. The Vikings are coached by Chama Anderson and Bridget O’Toole.
Earlier Saturday, the La Conner Brave boys’ soccer team defeated the Northwest Christian Crusaders 3-1 for third place in the boys’ 1B/2B soccer tournament. The Braves’ girls’ team took fourth after a 6-2 loss to Seattle Lutheran.
(Reports brought to you by Peace & Plenty Flower Farms and by the Orcas Island Volunteer Firefighters and EMTs)
