Lakers squeak by Colts.Byline: JOE LODLE The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Making the state girls soccer playoffs has not been a common occurrence for Thurston. In fact, assistant coach Steve Morelock said the Colts had qualified only once before, and that was at least nine years ago. But Thurston, the Midwestern League's No. 4 seed, showed how much its program has improved on a sunny but blustery blus·ter v. blus·tered, blus·ter·ing, blus·ters v.intr. 1. To blow in loud, violent gusts, as the wind during a storm. 2. a. To speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner. Tuesday by battling highly regarded Lake Oswego Lake Os·we·go A city of northwest Oregon, a residential suburb of Portland. Population: 35,800. on even terms before falling 1-0 to the Lakers See Lake poets in the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs. The Colts suffered a scare in the first minute of play when Kelly Sutherland went down with a leg injury, but the junior midfielder
In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). returned to action midway through the first half. Lake Oswego, the No. 4 seed from the Three Rivers Three Rivers, Que., Canada: see Trois Rivières. League, outshot Thurston 24-3, but the only shot that got inside the goal came in the 75th minute when freshman Megan Watson scored off an assist from sophomore Cecily Northup. "We were ready, and we got better at what we wanted to get better at during the last month," Colts coach Doug Piquette said. "The first half was probably the best half that we've played since I've been here." The Lakers made some adjustments and played better in the second half. "They really took control of the midfield mid·field n. Sports 1. The section of a playing field midway between goals. 2. Players whose usual positions are in the midfield. mid ," Piquette said. "That's a good soccer team. They're so much faster than we were." Lake Oswego moves on to the second round and will travel to South Salem South Salem is the name of several places in the United States:
"Thurston pressured us out of our game. I don't think it was one of our better matches. Our team play and possession game weren't very good," Lakers coach Dominic Yambasu said. "But, it's the first match of the playoffs and Thurston was a good team out there. They hustled hard." Piquette singled out the play of senior midfielder Stephanie Padilla and junior goalkeeper Jessica Cardwell among the many good efforts by his team. "We made some mistakes and got away with most of them," said Piquette, who took over the Colts in midseason on an interim basis. "There's not a girl on our team that didn't get better this year. "We learned how to be a team." State Tournament First Round TUESDAY'S RESULTS Lake Oswego 1, Thurston 0 Crescent Valley 3, Crater 1, OT Summit 4, Franklin 0 Southridge 1, Centennial 0 Second Round TODAY'S MATCH Gresham v West Linn linn n. Scots 1. A waterfall. 2. A steep ravine. [Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.] at Wilsonville, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY'S MATCHES Sheldon at Corvallis, 5 p.m. Lincoln at Sunset, 6 p.m. FRIDAY'S MATCHES Summit v St. Mary's at Delta Park, 4 p.m. SATURDAY'S MATCHES Crescent Valley at Churchill, 5:30 p.m. Lake Oswego at South Salem North Medford North Medford is the name of some places in the United States of America:
Wilson at Tualatin, 6 p.m. Westview at Hood River The Hood River is a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Approximately 25 mi (40 km) long from its mouth to its farthest headwaters on the East Fork, the river descends from wilderness areas in the Cascade Range on Mount Hood and flows Redmond v Central Catholic at Delta Park, 4 p.m. Canby at South Medford West Salem West Salem may refer to:
Putnam at Jesuit, 7:30 p.m. Southridge v Grant at Lincoln, 3 p.m. McMinnville at Mountain View Lakeridge at Klamath Union, 2 p.m. CAPTION(S): State Tournament First Round TUESDAY'S RESULTS Lake Oswego 1, Thurston 0 Crescent Valley 3, Crater 1, OT Summit 4, Franklin 0 Southridge 1, Centennial 0 Second Round TODAY'S MATCH Gresham v West Linn at Wilsonville, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY'S MATCHES Sheldon at Corvallis, 5 p.m. Lincoln at Sunset, 6 p.m. FRIDAY'S MATCHES Summit v St. Mary's at Delta Park, 4 p.m. SATURDAY'S MATCHES Crescent Valley at Churchill, 5:30 p.m. Lake Oswego at South Salem North Medford at South Eugene, 4 p.m. Wilson at Tualatin, 6 p.m. Westview at Hood River Redmond v Central Catholic at Delta Park, 4 p.m. Canby at South Medford West Salem at Tigard, 5 p.m. Putnam at Jesuit, 7:30 p.m. Southridge v Grant at Lincoln, 3 p.m. McMinnville at Mountain View Lakeridge at Klamath Union, 2 p.m. |
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