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Girls Soccer, Swimming Teams Rule Metro League BY MIKE LENGEL
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T W O U L D B E S A F E to say that on the soccer field last fall, not much made it past sophomore goalkeeper Hannah D. ’22. Goals? Nope. On the season, she racked up 13 individual shutouts in 22 games, posting a remarkable .236 goals-against average (the average number of goals she allowed per game). Awards? She snatched them up, too. Her stellar work in the net made her the Metro League’s Mountain Division Most Valuable Player and the Star Times Goalkeeper of the Year. The Lions finished with 18 wins against just two losses and had 12 All-Metro League team nominations. They picked up their second consecutive Metro League title along
the way on a 35-yard, game-winning free kick by Nina C. ’22. (Watch that stunning goal here: https://bit. ly/2yNHB4y). Program head and varsity coach Derrek Falor was named Metro League Coach of the Year for his team’s efforts. Lakeside went on to take fourth place in the Washington State Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) state tournament. Along with Hannah, Lily S. ’21, Kara O. ’22, and Laurel Ovenell ’20 were selected to the 2019 Washington State Soccer Coaches Association All-State Team. In the pool, the Lions girls swim and dive team made waves of their own, winning an unmatched sixth consecutive Metro League title. Sophomore Mackenzie M. ’22 took
home the individual Metro trophy in the 100-butterfly, and senior Nathalie Valdman ’20 won both the 100and 200-yard freestyle with times of 1:50.5 and 52.09, respectively. Nathalie would go on to capture WIAA state titles in the 200- and 500-freestyle, at 1:48.92 and 4:52.80, respectively, both times marked as the second-fastest in state history. Elsewhere in the fall, junior golfer Kevin H. ’21 lifted the individual Metro League trophy (the fourth consecutive Lakeside boy to win the title); senior Fred Liu ’20 set four new school cross-country records on his way to taking third place in Metro and 17th at state; senior football player Eli Trop ’20 was named the Metro League’s Sound Division Offensive MVP, thanks to 1,119 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns on the season; and freshman volleyball player Rebecca DeP. P. ’23 earned a spot on the All-Metro team. When fall gave way to winter, it was the boys swim and dive team’s turn to make a splash. Every Lakeside
Left to right: Stalwart keeper Hannah Dickinson ’22, school record-setter Fred Liu ’20, wrestling co-captain (and academic state champion) Liz Bowen ’20.
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Photos: Clayton Christy | Collage: Mike Lengel