From the Sidelines

Last night the Vashon soccer girls completed a clean sweep of Chimacum teams and earned themselves a spot in the playoffs.

With a 9-1 win over the Cowboy girls the Pirates completed what started last Monday, Oct. 12, with the varsity and JV volleyball teams both winning 3-0. On Friday, as everybody knows, Pirate football out-splashed the Cowboys 27-6 and on Monday the JV gridders won 44-6.

Soccer night started with the Pirate JV winning 7-1 in an unofficial contest between small sides. Chimacum only had six JV players plus two borrowed from their varsity for half the game.

Pirate backup goalkeeper Katelyn Carter offered to be keeper for Chimacum for the first half and the teams played eight-a-side. In the second half Carter came back to the Pirates and the game continued with six-a-side.

Samantha Clements made four goals for the Pirates, Taylor Hernandez had two and Marielee Storms had one.

In the varsity game Catherine Amick, known as Cat, redefined the term “hat trick” into “Cat trick” when she scored her first three goals before seven minutes had ticked off the clock.

Amick scored on assists from Teal Sigler in the third and fourth minutes after Sigler had softened the Cowboy defense with a few quick shots. Then in the sixth minute Carlyle Scott sent one of her patented crosses for Amick to head in.

Sigler got an unassisted goal in the 21st minute and another in the 26th from another Scott cross.

Pirate fans come in all shapes and sizes.

After Coach Paul Beytebiere sat many of the starters Olivia Andrus scored unassisted in the 33rd minute. Sarah Browning got an unassisted goal for the Cowboys in the 35th minute.

Andrus answered in the 39th minute with the assist going to Bailey Protzellor.

Most of the Vashon seniors rested in the second half.

Amick added her fourth goal in the 52nd minute, again with an assist from Sigler. And Sigler completed her own hat trick in the 56th minute with another assist from Scott.

The win assured the Pirates of no less than a fourth-place finish in the Nisqually League. Going in to last night’s game the Cowboys were the only team that could have overtaken the Pirates for fourth.

Orting and Charles Wright tied 2-2 last night. If Life Christian should pull off a huge upset over the Tarriers tomorrow and Vashon beats Cascade Christian, next Tuesday’s home game with the Tarriers could be for third place.

The Pirates thank their fans after the game, a Vashon tradition both at home and on the road.