Soccer: Mount Si, Cedarcrest girls get big road wins – and Wildcats’ earns them a trip to playoffs for the first time in six seasons

Time to talk some soccer on a Friday.

For the first time since 2015, Mount Si High School’s girls’ soccer team is bound for the playoffs. They got there with a 3-1 win over Newport last night at Newport High School in Bellevue. Addy Gaul had a pair of goals and Kendal Forrest added the third as Mount Si responded to an early second half goal by the Knights by scoring twice later in the frame to seal the win.

“There were times where we completely controlled possession (the first 20-30 minutes of the game was completely controlled by us) and there were times where we were scrambling a bit. It wasn’t our cleanest game, but we fought hard and wanted the win, and a win is a win no matter how pretty or ugly,” Mount Si coach Sophie Rockow told us.

Gaul opened the scoring with a first-half tally off a feed from Ella Jacobson, then after Newport’s tying goal in the second half, Gaul got a pass from Giovanna Hansen and finished the deal. Forrest closed out the scoring with her insurance goal, off a feed from Maya Baker.

As things stand currently, Mount Si is the sixth seed from Kingco into the district playoffs. They still have something to play for next Tuesday night at home against Eastlake on Senior Night. A win plus some help – an Inglemoor loss to Woodinville – would move the Wildcats into the fifth seed from Kingco, and that would mean a home game for the opening playoff round for Mount Si. Otherwise, it’s a trip north to a Wesco 4A location in Snohomish County.

Game time next Tuesday night is 8:00 p.m.

Cedarcrest girls win in dramatic fashion over rivals: Changes to the Wesco Conference this past school year put Cedarcrest and Monroe High Schools into the same league, and the two neighboring rivals squared off last night in a very important contest that could help shape the Red Wolves’ postseason positioning.

Cedarcrest’s Melanie Cammarano scored what turned out to be the game-winner in the 80th minute and the Red Wolves escaped with a 2-1 victory over the Bearcats at Monroe High School that pushed CHS into third place overall in the Wesco standings and was also their 10th win of the season. I’m really proud of our accomplishment and against a good team and on the road. “We just keep finding ways to win and support each other and it’s just so fun to be a part of this team,” Cedarcrest coach Alex Hickox tells us by email. Madelyn Davidson also scored a goal for the Red Wolves in this one.

Monroe opened the scoring with a penalty kick goal in the 15th minute and took a 1-0 lead into halftime. Davidson tied it in the 55th off a feed from Sadie Schaefer, then Cammarano got the feed from Schaefer with moments to spare and was able to open up enough of a lane to fire the ball towards goal and it sailed past a backup Monroe goalie (the starting goalie had to leave midway through the second half after getting injured in a collision with Schaefer) to give the Red Wolves the lead. Stoppage time ensued and CHS held on. “This was a really fun game if you like high-intensity and high-tension. I think the fans were treated with a really great back and forth battle all night,” Hickox told us.
Cedarcrest hosts Archbishop Murphy next Tuesday night at home in Duvall. Game time is 7:00 p.m.

College scoreboard
Chico State 2, Cal State East Bay men 0: The Wildcats blanked the Pioneers on home turf last night in northern California. Defender Mateo DiDomenico, from Snoqualmie and a Mount Si HS grad, started and worked 83 minutes of the game, firing two shots, one on goal, with no goals scored, for East Bay.

Seattle Pacific men 2, Western Washington 0: The Falcons headed up I-5 to Bellingham last night and came home with a win over the Vikings. Duvall’s Alden Massey and Nik Reierson both started in the game for SPU. The two of them played for almost the entire game together (Massey worked 87 minutes while Reierson did the full 90) with the Cedarcrest HS alums each getting two shots. Reierson had one on goal, with neither scoring any goals in the contest.

Rhett Workman

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