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If anyone needed a reminder that the WIAA tournaments encompass schools of all classifications, there is a round of 16 game matching a minnow vs. shark. San Juan County's Lopez High School, Northwest B champion with an enrollment of 44 students in grades 10-12, faces Highline (1,400). Lopez, missing two of its best players, starts two eighth-graders in a 12-0 loss to the AAA Pirates.
Hundreds fill the Kirkland Performance Center as Washington State Legends of Soccer presents A Night with Alan Hinton & Friends. Emcee Mark Wright of KING 5 interviews Hinton, the past Sounders coach, and invites the likes of Brian Schmetzer, Bernie James, Ty Keough, Peter Hattrup and Marcus Hahnemann onstage to exchange stories. The fundraiser enables WA Legends to expand its history website and purchase video equipment for future interviews. A WA Legends/Alan Hinton scholarship fund for underserved youth is also established with proceeds.
Justi Baumgardt, 21, and a senior-to-be at Portland, comes off the bench to score in the U.S. National Team’s 3-1 win over Australia in Bathurst. It’s the first international goal for Baumgardt, who three days earlier returned to the team after a four-year absence.
Hassani Dotson of Federal Way sustains a season-ending ACL tear just as he was enjoying arguably his best start in four pro seasons with Minnesota United. Dotson, after scoring a goal and adding two assists in the first seven games, is injured during a training session.
Wendy Lee of Puget Sound answers Pacific Lutheran's equalizer within a minute, and the Loggers leave Olympia with another NAIA District 1 title, 2-1. Stephanie Somes puts UPS in front in the 58th minute, but Laura Dutt pulls PLU even with five minutes to go. The Lutes have little time to celebrate. Lee latches on to a cross that slices across the box and deposits it in an open net.
A goal and assist from Jen Estes helps propel Lake Washington to a 3-1 triumph over Bellevue in a contest of Kingco rivals for the WIAA girls' 3A championship at Puyallup. It's the first title for the Kangaroos, who have never advanced beyond the quarterfinals previously. Lake Washington never trails, going up after 23 minutes on Abby Nikfard's shot from 24 yards. Estes scores her 20th goal from an even greater distance four minutes before halftime. Her 18th assist is to Ari Issa in the 63rd before Bellevue replies via Audrey Miller three minutes later.