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YOUTH SOCCER: Now’s the time to sign up young soccer players for Vashon Island Soccer Club’s fall season. Online registration opens Saturday and closes May 31. VISC offers on-island “MOD� soccer programs for kindergarten thru U-10 as well as an Association League for teams ages U-11 through U-18. For more information or to register, see www.vashonsoccer.org. 8FEOFTEBZ .BZ t 7BTIPO .BVSZ *TMBOE #FBDIDPNCFS
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Baseball team goes two for two, heads to playoffs By RITA ALLMAN For The Beachcomber
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Junior Peter Amick breaks through an Eatonville midfield, flanked by senior Sean O’Neil.
Pirates finish season with three consecutive wins Boys complete a challenging season with an even record By KAREN O’NEIL For The Beachcomber
Vashon’s boys soccer season concluded last week, when the team won its final two matches, defeating Life Christian and Eatonville. The last three games of the season were all victories, which brought the Pirate record to dead even — eight wins and eight losses for the year. With 24 overall points in the 1A Nisqually League, Vashon finished sixth in the league under the direction of head coach Sergei Serebryakov. In the last varsity game on May 1, against Life Christian, the final score of 5-1 was a capstone in the confidence that had been building throughout the season. The game, which was also senior
night, featured the depth of experienced players, since there are nine seniors on the roster. The game got underway when senior Tanner Montague fed a ball up the middle to senior forward Sean O’Neil, who scored at just three minutes in. A second goal materialized after the ball was passed by senior Matt Swope to O’Neil, who bounced it into the net. As the game headed into the second half, with a score of 2-1, the Pirates intended to keep momentum and succeeded when junior Ariel Henriquez scored on an assist by senior midfielder George Silagi. The final two goals of the game came from sophomore Austyn Heit with an assist by junior midfielder Peter Amick. Goalie Ben Stemer was elemental in defusing any more attempts from Life Christian, and the game ended with a final score of 5-1. The team’s seniors and their families were acknowl-
edged with flowers at the halftime, and everyone enjoyed the tradition of finishing the evening with a potluck meal on the field. At the match at Eatonville on April 29, the Pirates finished equally strong, also scoring five goals to the opponent’s one. However, at the half the Pirates were only up 1-0 (goal by Heit). Action ramped up after the 65th minute of play, when scoring opportunities resulted in fast passing, and collective teamwork resulted in three goals by O’Neil (including a penalty kick) and a fine goal by junior Jack Brenner on an assist by Amick. The Pirates’ season was marred by significant injuries that were a contributing factor to the team’s ability to consistently perform at its collective best. But despite some shortfalls, the team’s last three victories were a sweet ending to quite a competitive season. — Karen O’Neil is a longtime Pirate soccer volunteer and the mother of a senior player.
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During its last week of regular-season play, the Pirate baseball team took two wins, defeating both Chimacum and Life Christian. During an April 29 home game against Chimacum, Vashon scored all of their seven runs in the first two innings and coasted to the 7-5 victory. Starting as pitcher for the Pirates was Ezra Lacina, who threw five innings, allowing two earned runs on just four hits. He struck out six batters and gave up four base on balls. Kelly Sullivan pitched two shutout innings surrendering only two hits. He notched one strikeout and had one walk. Offensively, Vashon was able to score seven runs on just four singles. They were aided by nine walks. Ryan Bernheisel, Clyde Pruett, Logan Hawkins, and Lacina delivered the Pirates’ four hits. Line score: Vashon 7 runs, 4 hits, 3 errors, Chimacum 5 runs, 6 hits, 1 error. Vashon completed its Nisqually League schedule on May 1 with a game against Life Christian at Jim Martin Field. The visitors opened the scoring with two runs in the first and still held a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth, when the Pirate bats woke up.
Vashon put up five in the fifth to take the lead and two more in the sixth to cement the 7-2 victory. The win improved the team’s league record at home this year to 7-1. Kelly Sullivan started for the Pirates and turned in a nice complete game performance. He allowed the two runs in the first and shut the opponents down the rest of the way. Sullivan surrendered four hits, four walks and recorded two strikeouts. The Vashon offense was led by Ben Reoux and Lacina, who each delivered two hits. Josh Myer, Logan Hawkins, Colton Alberthal and Sullivan all chipped in with hits as well. Line score: Vashon 7 runs, 8 hits, 2 errors, Life Christian 2 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors. The Pirates finished their regular season with a 10-6 league record and 10-8 record overall. The team’s thirdplace finish qualifies them for post-season play, which begins on May 9 on Vashon against Friday Harbor. Game time is 4 p.m. The winner of the game advances to the next round of Tri-District play on May 11, while the loser is eliminated. The Pirates last played the Friday Harbor team in 2007, when they lost a 2-1 heartbreaker. Vashon enters the post season with a threegame winning streak.
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