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KW leapfrogs Tahoma in soccer standings
October 22nd, 2009 at Thu, 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 pm by Erick WalkerIf it seems as though you’ve heard this one before, it’s probably because you have.
Thursday night, Kentwood handed Tahoma its first loss of the season on the girls soccer pitch, beating the Bears 1-0 in a South Puget Sound League North Division game. With the win, the Conquerors (10-0-3, 33 points) jumped past Tahoma (10-1-2, 32 points) and into first place in the SPSL North standings with just three regular season games to go.
Interestingly, Kentwood did the same thing to Tahoma in 2007, when the Bears led the division for most of the regular season only to fall to the Conquerors on Oct. 22, 2-1.
Talk about a repeat performance, even down to the day. Now that’s impressive. Of course, there were plenty of repeat performances going around for the Conquerors on Thursday. Kentwood’s goalkeeping tandem of Courtney Johnson and Megan Walburn posted their 12th shutout of the season. In fact, the duo has allowed just one goal all season, that coming in a 1-1 tie to Auburn Riverside.
Both of these teams very well could qualify for state again this year. Now, however, the question remains: When will one of them crack the state’s top 10? The SPSL North is traditionally good in girls soccer, which leaves me to wonder why neither are yet ranked. Hmmm …
Erick Walker is the sports writer for the Kent Reporter newspaper. His specific prep sports coverage focuses on Kent-Meridian, Kentridge, Kentlake, Kentwood, Tahoma, Auburn and Auburn Riverside. Walker has been a sports reporter since 1994. Before coming to the Reporter Newspapers, he worked seven years for the King County Journal, where he covered prep football, wrestling and fastpitch along with the Tacoma Rainiers and Seattle Mariners. Walker has been covering sports in the Kent Valley since 2000. Outside of the newspaper industry, Walker is married (Janinne) and has two children (Asher, 10, and Nolan, 4).
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