With just days remaining in the regular season on the South Puget Sound League North Division boys soccer pitch, one thing remains abundantly clear: It\u2019s still anybody\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s still wide open,\u201d said Kentridge coach Glenn Walrond. \u201cBefore the season, I talked with a few coaches and we all thought that six teams would be fighting for four playoff spots.\u201d<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s exactly what has happened.<\/p>\n
With two games remaining on the regular-season schedule as of Monday night, Jefferson (10-2-3 with 33 points in league) and Kentridge (9-2-3, 30) already had clinched two of those playoff berths.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Auburn Riverside (8-2-4, 28), Tahoma (9-4-1, 28) and Kentlake (7-5-2, 23) also are in the mix for a playoff berth. The Ravens and Bears still have an outside shot of capturing the North Division title, but would need help.<\/p>\n
Kentwood (6-5-3, 21 points) was eliminated from postseason contention on Saturday after working a scoreless tie with Kentlake.<\/p>\n
Any tiebreakers from the North \u2013 and there very well could be a couple \u2013 will be played next Monday.<\/p>\n
Kentridge, which has been one of the league\u2019s most consistent teams, didn\u2019t officially clinch a playoff berth until Saturday, when Kentlake tied Kentwood. Jefferson blanked Federal Way 3-0 the same night, giving the Raiders the inside track on the North Division crown.<\/p>\n
However, it all could come down to Friday afternoon, when Jefferson plays host to Kentridge at 3:30 p.m. Kentridge needs to beat Kentlake on Tuesday to essentially force a showdown for the crown.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is one of their goals (to win the league title),\u201d Walrond said. \u201cThe seniors would like to have a banner, but the big picture is just making the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Auburn Riverside and Tahoma still have title aspirations as well. Mathematically, there even could be a four-way tie for the top spot (if Kentridge beats Kentlake on Tuesday, then ties with Thomas Jefferson on Friday while AR and Tahoma both win out, a four-way tie would be forged).<\/p>\n
Whatever happens, it remains clear that Kentridge might currently be playing its best soccer of the season. The Chargers posted a pair of wins last week, throttling Kent-Meridian 5-0 and doing the same to Federal Way, 7-1. Both offensive outbursts established a new season-high in goals scored.<\/p>\n
During that two-game, 12-goal stretch five different players \u2013 Sam Piehler, Jesse Jensen, Scott Geffre, Landen Wasserstrom and Emmanuel Camarero \u2013 scored two goals apiece. Piehler, Nicolas Tobon and Sean Dunn each had a pair of assists as well.<\/p>\n
One of the keys to Kentridge\u2019s surge to the upper echelon of the North Division standings has been Geffre. A first-team all-leaguer last spring, Geffre has scored seven goals this season, a mark that may seem lower than anticipated.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the things that don\u2019t show up in the statistics that has made Geffre so key, Walrond said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody thought he\u2019d be a big scorer this year and he\u2019s just made things run so well,\u201d he said. \u201cHis vision has increased. Without scoring, he has created so much more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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