Soccer: Raiders move into first place with 2-1 win over Tahoma
Published 2:37 pm Wednesday, April 21, 2010
The Thomas Jefferson Raiders remained in first place in the South Puget Sound League North Division with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Tahoma Tuesday night in Federal Way.
Jefferson (7-3-1) tallied two late goals to get by the Bears, who entered the game tied with TJ. The Raiders’ goals came from Isidro Prado-Huerta in the 64th minute and Austin Egerton in the 75th. Jimmy Oganga assisted on both of the goals. Tahoma (6-3-1) scored its only goal in the 76th minute.
In other soccer action:
• The Todd Beamer Titans remained in first place in the South Puget Sound League South Division with a 5-0 win over the Spanaway Lake Sentinels Tuesday.
Beamer (8-1-2) got goals from five different players and Ben Draeger picked up the shutout in net. The Titans’ goals came from Ike Crook, Paul Park, Michael Manolides, Ian Lange and Brent VanWechell.
Beamer also re-entered ESPNRise’s Top 50 national soccer rankings earlier this week. The Titans received enough votes to be the 50th-ranked team in the United States, according to ESPNRise. They are one of four Washington teams in the rankings.
Shorecrest fell one spot to No. 3, despite maintaining its undefeated record. Tacoma’s Stadium High School is ranked 11th and Lake Stevens is No. 44.
• The Federal Way Eagles got five goals from senior striker Kelyn Rowe Tuesday during a 9-1 win over the Kent-Meridian Royals.
The win moved the Eagles to 4-4-3 in the SPSL North Division and into the fifth and final playoff spot.
The five goals give Rowe 12 on the season. The UCLA-bound senior has four multi-goal games this year.
Federal Way’s other goals against Kent-Meridian came from Brad Lewis, Kodey Eley and Max Ward.
• Decatur (7-2-1) remained in third place in the SPSL South with a 1-0 win over Curtis Tuesday in University Place.
Josh Smith scored the only goal of the game in the 66th minute and Conner Adkisson made it stand, earning the shutout in goal for the Gators.
