Things are finally coming together for the Kentridge High girls soccer team.<\/p>\n
After a slow start to the season, the Chargers got on track last week thanks to a huge offensive performance by Katie Clayton.<\/p>\n
Clayton scored one goal, and assisted on four others on Sept. 23, lifting the Chargers past Mount Rainier 6-2 in a South Puget Sound League North Division game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m hoping that Mount Rainier match was a good coming-out party for us,\u201d said Kentridge coach John Gavino.<\/p>\n
The key was Clayton\u2019s performance and, of course, a fantastic start to the game.<\/p>\n
It took Kentridge, which opened the week 1-2-2 in league play, just 14 seconds to find the back of the net against the Rams.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was definitely a good sight for sore eyes,\u201d Gavino noted. \u201c(All the scoring) is something we\u2019ve been waiting for. It has been a while since we had a lady like Katie on our team. She makes everyone around her perform better.\u201d<\/p>\n
That certainly was the case against Mount Rainier.<\/p>\n
The Chargers pushed their lead to 2-0 in the 23rd minute, when Hannah Jorgenson assisted Amy Hanson on a goal. However, Mount Rainier quickly responded, scoring once in the 33rd minute and again in the 38th minute to tie the game, 2-2.<\/p>\n
Clayton then took over. She put Kentridge on top for good in the 41st minute, scoring on an assist from Shyann Glasser. Clayton then assisted on a goal by McKenna Hayes (47th minute), another by Hanson in the 64th minute, and rounded out the onslaught by assisting Maddie Durret on a goal in the 76th minute.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings are finally clicking,\u201d Gavino said.<\/p>\n
Which is a good thing, especially considering the difficulty of the SPSL North this fall. Kentridge opened the season Sept. 7 with a 4-0 loss to fourth-ranked Tahoma, and later lost 3-1 to fifth-ranked Kentwood. Other than those two matches, the Chargers have been right there, a run that included ties against Jefferson and Kentlake, which is ranked eighth.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just like every year, the SPSL is one of the toughest leagues in the state,\u201d Gavino said. \u201cFor the most part, I truly believe that we can play with anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Does that mean a playoff berth, something the Chargers haven\u2019t grabbed since 2006, is on the horizon?<\/p>\n
\u201cI think our postseason drought will end,\u201d Gavino said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Things are finally coming together for the Kentridge High girls soccer team.
\nAfter a slow start to the season, the Chargers got on track last week thanks to a huge offensive performance by Katie Clayton.
\nClayton scored one goal, and assisted on four others on Sept. 23, lifting the Chargers past Mount Rainier 6-2 in a South Puget Sound League North Division game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":3141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-3140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3140"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}