Despite a loss to Charles Wright on Thursday, the Vashon High School boys soccer team had a good week.
The Vashon soccer boys played 180 minutes of soccer the week after spring break to come away with two ties, both 1-1, at Cascade Christian Tuesday and home with Orting on Thursday.
Because the three public schools and three private schools in Nisqually League 1A boys soccer all have different break schedules, Vashon didn’t have any league games last week.
Spring was in full swing last week, and the Pirate boys soccer fortunes were as changeable as the Northwest weather.
If the rest of the season goes like opening week, the Vashon High School boys soccer team will be strong this year.
If the Pirate girls didn’t play another soccer game this season, last week would have been a fitting end. But they have a game today, Nov. 4, and are close to a spot in the state tournament.
The Pirate girls earned themselves a spot in the 2009 soccer playoffs with a 9-1 win over the visiting Chimacum Cowboys last Tuesday. Going into the game, Chimacum had a mathematical chance to overtake Vashon for the fourth and last playoff spot.
As the second half of the girls soccer season got under way, the Seattle Christian Warriors strengthened their claim to Nisqually League supremacy Oct. 8 at the expense of the Vashon Pirates, dominating 3-0.
Vashon’s soccer girls stayed in the thick of the Nisqually League race with a win and an overtime loss last week.
Fourteen goals in two games spelled victory for the Pirates girls soccer team.
It was a busy week on the Vashon soccer pitch for the Pirates. The varsity played three games in four days, coming out with two wins and a loss. The JV had two games, both big wins. And the girls finished the week with picture day on Friday.
Opening day of the Pirate girls’ soccer season could almost have been a metaphor of life on Vashon Island.
Vashon High School head football coach Clay Eastly didn’t hesitate when asked about the Pirates’ prospect this season.