Shorewood plays District soccer semifinal Tuesday at Shoreline Stadium, Shorecrest in elimination game after Saturday games

Updated 05-06-2013 9:52pm

Shorewood’s Danny Han, number 9, shields the ball.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

The Shorewood and Shorecrest soccer teams both continue play in the Northwest District 3A tournament at Shoreline Stadium Tuesday after their first-round games Saturday.

Shorewood will meet Oak Harbor in a District semifinal game at 6pm Tuesday at Shoreline Stadium, with Glacier Peak and Meadowdale meeting at 8pm in the other semifinal game. Shorecrest will play Marysville-Pilchuck in an elimination game at 4pm at the Stadium.

Matt Owen and Dylan Collins of Shorewood try
to take the ball from the Tomahawks’ player
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Shorewood takes a 14-1-1 record into its semifinal game against Oak Harbor following a 1-0 double overtime victory over Marysville-Pilchuck Saturday.

With just seconds to go in the second overtime
the Marysville-Pilchuck goalkeeper attempts to kick the ball
from Shorewood’s Taj McChesney’s possession.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

In Shorewood’s first-round victory over Marysville Pilchuck at Shoreline Stadium Saturday, Shorewood had many more chances to score, but the Thunderbirds were unable to connect because of a strong effort by the Marysville defense and their two goalies.

Shorewood’s Taj McChesney scores the winning goal
with 26 seconds left in the second overtime.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Regulation play ended 0-0, with the scoreless tie lasting through an overtime period. In the second overtime, after a corner kick, Dylan Collins made a quick counter attack pass to Taj McChesney, who was able to beat the goalie to the ball, control it and finish for a 1-0 win with 26 seconds left.

Goalie Calvin Crawford recorded the shutout for Shorewood.

More of Wayne Pridemore’s game photos.

Oak Harbor advanced to the semifinal and dropped Shorecrest into the losers’ bracket by defeating the Scots, 3-2, on penalty kicks.

The winners of the two semifinal games advance to the District championship game Saturday for the District’s No. 1 and No. 2 berths in the State tournament. The losers need to win two games to win the District’s No. 3 State berth.

The winner of the game between Shorecrest and Marysville-Pilchuck also must win two more games to win the District’s No. 3 berth.