Arlington advances in 3A girls soccer tournament; local runners qualify for state

ARLINGTON — The No. 1-seeded Arlington girls soccer team won a first-round match in the 3A district tournament over Lynnwood 4-1 Oct. 29. Arlington goals: McKenzie Buell scored a hat-trick, and Kirsten Phillips had one more. The Eagles play a quarterfinals game, tonight, at the fifth-seeded Shorecrest at 7 p.m.

November 1, 2016 5:30 pm

ARLINGTON — The No. 1-seeded Arlington girls soccer team won a first-round match in the 3A district tournament over Lynnwood 4-1 Oct. 29. Arlington goals: McKenzie Buell scored a hat-trick, and Kirsten Phillips had one more. The Eagles play a quarterfinals game tonight at the fifth-seeded Shorecrest at 7 p.m.

MARYSVILLE — The No. 2-seeded Marysville Getchell girls soccer team lost in the first round of the 3A district tournament to Snohomish 2-0 Oct. 29. MG hosts a consolation game against Squalicum tonight at 7. If MG wins, it will advance to the semifinal-consolation game against either Lynnwood or Edmonds-Woodway Nov. 3. If it wins that game, MG will compete in a winner-to-state loser-out game Nov. 5.

LANGLEY — The Arlington boys cross country team qualified for state by placing first in the 3A District 1 Championship Oct. 29. The boys championed with 68 points out of 14 teams. Arlington’s top finishers and state qualifiers—5. Kevin Mullin, 16 minutes and 43 seconds; 8. Dawson Andrews, 16:51; 9. Blake Landry, 16:53; 19. Eric Acero-Rosas, 17:07; and 27. Noah Lofits, 17:17. Because Arlington qualified as a team, it will take two additional varsity runners and two alternates. They are—39. Favian Villanueva, 17:50.69; 55; Ryan Barene, 18:09.82; and alternates Nathaniel Alexander and Jackson Darling.

Marysville Getchell was fifth with 138 points. MG’s state qualifiers—17. Zachary Arcaro-Frazier, 17:04.24; 20. Gregory Panther, 17:10.21; and 21. Channing Frohlich, 17:11.52; 34. MGs other finishers—Levi Jones, 17:44.19; 46. Evan Krautkremer, 17:58.06; 51. Connor Stickels, 18:01.54; and 56. Austin McAuliffe, 18:15.24.

Marysville-Pilchuck was 13th with 387 points. M-P’s results—64. Nathan Venables, 18:24.62; 70. Josiah Gould, 18:35.30; 78. Jeffery Richner, 19:08.60; 86. Raffaele Simeone, 19:55.28; 89. Caleb Lingle, 20:02.21; 95. Trever Stone, 21:13.25; and 97. Brandon Lang, 22:33.29.

Lakewood was seventh in the 2A race with 199 points. Lakewood’s results—33. Adam Cross, 18:02.33; 38. James Hafner, 18:04.63; 39. Anthony Meza, 18:05.55; 44. Alex Jensen, 18:16.02; 47. Spencer Solvberg, 18:19.06; 68. Ryan Hudson, 19:15.64; and 79. Dylan DeVon, 19:33.81.

LANGLEY — The Arlington girls cross country team placed fifth out of 13 teams with a score of 125 points at the 3A District 1 Championship Oct. 29. Arlington’s state qualifiers—11. Mary Andrews, 20:12; 19. Rachel Sherson, 20:37; and 21. Jensyn Smith, 20:39. Other finishers—30. Paige Nelson, 20:56.65; 44. Shyenne Heuer, 21:49.98; 50. Sidney Trinidad, 22:17.61; and 66. Kelsey Mutton, 23:18.43.

Marysville Getchell placed 10th with 238 points. MG’s results—Julia Rea qualified placing 14th in 20:27; 48. Taylor Roscoe, 22:11.30; 57. Ariana Sagali, 22:40.75; 59. Abby Fisher, 22:41.69 60. Caitlyn Smith, 22:43.61; 79. Abby Ryiter, 25:35.76; and 83. Sabrina Farrell, 26:27.34.

M-P placed 13th with 400 points. M-P results: 72. Kennedy Lentini, 23:48.68; 75. Katie Barrett, 24:11.16; 84. Natalia Zieroth, 27:00.40; 89. Sarah Turral, 28:11.40; and 90. Lauren Ghosn, 28:46.82.

Lakewood was ninth in the 2A race with 243 points. Lakewood’s results—43. Madison Howe, 22:07.81; 44. Callie Buchanan, 22:09.45; 49. Kallie Yargus, 22:28.06; 50. Palina Buchanan, 22:38.00; 57. Jessika Smith, 23:04.33; 60. Autumn Jensen, 23:19.28; and 63. Keely Hall, 23:44.10.