Page 18 • The ENUMCLAW Courier-Herald • Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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Postseason play awaits Plateau soccer squads Senior Writer
Enumclaw opens Wednesday against Peninsula High
Subdistrict soccer play awaits the Enumclaw High girls, who head into postseason on a high note, having captured a share of the South Puget Sound League 3A regular-season championship. The Hornets begin their postseason experience tonight, Wednesday, with a trip to Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner. The Hornets open against the Peninsula
WR boys earn state XC trip, Moser dashes to girls’ berth By Kevin Hanson Senior Writer
A handful of White River High cross country runners will head east for Saturday’s Class 2A state meet, based on quality performances during last weekend’s district meet. The state event, as usual, will be staged at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco. Making the trip from White River will be the entire boys team as well as Madison Moser from the girls side.
Seahawks, a team they shut out twice during the regular season. Game time is 7:30 p.m. in Sumner. The winner will head into district play as the No. 2 seed from subdistricts, while the loser advances as the No. 3 seed. Also tonight at Sunset Chev, Bonney Lake and Kennedy Catholic will do battle. The winner gets the subdistrict’s No. 1 seed and the loser moves on as No. 4. District play opens Saturday and EHS will play at Highline Stadium in Burien. If the Hornets enter as the No. 2 seed, they will play at 2 p.m. against the No. 3 seed from the Southwest District (Greater St. Helens League). If the Hornets lose to From the district meet, the top six boys teams qualified for state, along with the top 30 individuals. Among girls, it was the top five teams and 25 individuals. The Hornet boys finished third, trailing only Sumner and Lindbergh, in a field of 11 teams. Leading the way for White River was Chris Fisher, who placed third in a field of 88 runners, clocking a time of 16 minutes, 42 seconds. Making up the rest of the Hornet team were Brandon Scheer, 10th place, 17:02; Wes Fueston, 13th, 17:05; Austin Pulley, 38th, 18:00; Justin Donnelly, 57th, 18:29; Zac Morris, 73rd, 19:12; and Taylor Moser, 77th, 19:22. The White River girls placed eighth as a team, missing out on a state berth. Moser, however, finished with a time of 20:31, good for eighth individually and a trip to Pasco. Other Hornets girls competing were Kacy Coyle, 34th, 21:59; Jenna Guenthner, 55th, 23:10; Maddi Stinson, 56th, 23:16; Brenna Liebel, 60th, 23:49; Eryn Maris, 67th, 24:18; and Cierra Burnett, 81st, 25:25.
Peninsula and are the No. 3 district seed, they will play at noon Saturday against the No. 2 club from the Narrows League. Saturday’s games are loser-out affairs, with the winners advancing to the Class 3A state tournament.
White River plays Saturday at Franklin Pierce
The White River High girls find themselves one victory away from the Class 2A state soccer tournament, needing just a Saturday morning victory to keep their season alive.
The Hornets are slated to play at 10 a.m. Saturday at Franklin Pierce High School, taking on the No. 2 seed from the Olympic League. The winner advances to state as the West Central District’s No. 6 seed, while the loser is finished for the year. White River finished the regular-season with an 8-6 record in South Puget Sound League 2A play, good for third place behind undefeated Sumner High and second place Fife. The Hornets finished the season Thursday with a 2-0 victory over Orting, receiving two goals from Madison Morris and shutout goalkeeping by Kylee Englebert.
Tourney time for volleyball By Kevin Hanson Senior Writer
Enumclaw enters after tying for league title
The co-league champion Enumclaw High Hornets took runner-up status during Saturday’s subdistrict volleyball tournament and will kick off West Central District play Friday evening. By virtue of their second-place subdistrict showing, the Hornets enter WCD action as the No. 2 seed and earned a first-round bye. Their first district contest will come at 6 p.m. Friday at Auburn Mountainview. Last weekend’s subdistrict action included a decisive, three-set victory over Auburn Mountainview, which launched the Hornets into the championship round against the Bonney Lake Panthers. After grabbing the opening game 25-20, EHS
fell in the next three.
White River opens against Port Angeles
The White River Hornets open district volleyball action Friday night, fresh off a break-even subdistrict tourney. The West Central District III tournament opens at Franklin Pierce High School, with White River paired against Port Angeles in a 5 p.m. contest. White River enters as the No. 4 seed from last weekend’s South Puget Sound League/Seamount subdistrict, while the Roughriders come in as the No. 5 seed from the Olympic League. If the Hornets defeat Port Angeles, they will play again at 10 a.m. Saturday against the top-seeded squad from the Olympic League; if the Hornets fall Friday to the Roughriders, they will be finished for the season.
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Enumclaw’s record to 11-3 in league play and 17-7-1 overall. The victory was highlighted by eight goals by Bennon VanHoof and four by Bryce VanHoof. The scoring was rounded out by two goals each by Will Cooper, Carson Lanphere, Mason Culp and Brandon Butler; scoring one each were Quinn Warner, Jack Pugh and Thomas Petersen. The Hornets’ final game of the regular season comes Thursday against Bellevue, the defending state champion.
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