Shorecrest boys' soccer makes mincemeat out of Meadowdale

By Frank Workman

The Shorecrest boys' soccer team took a giant step toward achieving their goal of winning WESCO 3A South Monday night  by making mincemeat of Meadowdale, 5-0, on Senior Night at Shoreline Stadium.

With a road win over Mountlake Terrace Wednesday night, the Scots (10-1 in league, 13-1-1 overall) would finish first, a fancy feat considering Shorecrest's enrollment has them playing in the post-season at the 2A level.

The Scots expected more of a fight from the perennially pesky Mavs, especially in the first half when Shorecrest had a 10-15 MPH wind in their face for the first forty minutes. But three first-half goals. by junior Rhys Krohler, senior Anton Resing, and senior Alex Day, in the span of about twelve minutes gave them an insurmountable lead.

After Day scored his second goal of the game early in the second half, followed soon by Haithem Moussaddak's goal to make the score 5-0, Scots' coach Drew Thompson felt comfortable enough to insert back-up goalkeeper Spencer Haddenham-Gibler for the sure-handed starter Matt Wheaton. The two combined for the team's tenth shutout of the season.

The regular season concludes with a Wednesday match against Terrace, to be played at Lynnwood HS, game time 7:30.

District One 2A tournament play begins this Saturday.  Bracket information can be found here.