Sammamish's Young Leads Off in 13-2 Victory over Klahowya
Using a balanced midfield attack led by junior Matt Young, Sammamish travelled to the Kitsap Peninsula on Saturday and defeated Klahowya 13-2 in the opening game of Division II action. Behind 6 1st quarter face-off wins by Young, Sammamish controlled the tempo early building a 4-1 lead with goals by 4 different scorers. Junior attackman Brian Headland got the scoring started off a ride 5 minutes in.
A minute later, Matt Young fired a shot on the run to extend the lead to 2 before Klahowya answered back with a strong top side dodge from attackman Johansen. Unfortunately for Klahowya, that was as close as the Eagles would get as Sammamish using balanced scoring from 4 other scorers including Tyler Wright, Andrew Wenzl, Sam Chapman and Neil Hones to extend the lead to 8-1 at half. The second half saw Klahowya controlling much of play due to penalties and solid ball control. However, they were unable to penetrate Sammamish's defense eventually scoring with 9 minutes left in the quarter.
A man up opportunity due to an offsides from Klahowya was quickly taken advantage of as senior attack Alex Cornell found a shooting lane courtesy of a skip pass from Neil Hones. Sammamish added 3 more in transition as they ran off some clock leaving with a 13-2 win. Coach Hawley and his team from Klahowya fought hard, and a credit to him should go out for accommodating Sammamish with a game time delay of two hours so that junior players from Sammamish could take the SAT test and still play. Overall, a great start to the Division II schedule with a clean, hustle filled game. Credits go to Sammamish's Keeper, Scott Johnson for 11 saves in net. Stay tuned to Walax for plenty more in game coverage throughout the season!
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