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Greg Dimeling and Jake Gillen score second-half goals as Ferris becomes the first 4A boys' champion from the state's east side, 3-1, over Sehome at Vancouver. Whitney Zoller tallies to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead after eight minutes into the contest, but Garth Cummings answers for the Saxons. Dimeling put Ferris in front in the 47th minute, and Gillen strikes five minutes later. The previous 23 state champions had all been from west of the Cascades.
Freshman Mary Ann Santucci scores to finally deliver the first state 3A championship to Seattle Prep, 1-0 over Bonney Lake at Lakewood. The Panthers had finished runners-up four times before, including three straight between 2006-08. Bonney Lake had never advanced beyond the first round. Santucci finds the net in the 30th minute, getting her foot on the ball from a scrum of several players in Bonney Lake’s 6-yard box. Afterward, Seattle Prep coach Andy Hendricks loses his trademark black mustache. He first promised in 1991 to shave if off if Prep ever won state.
Devvyn Hawkins of Olympia returns from injury to score for the second game in a row, a 3-1 Santa Clara win over Michigan in the NCAA quarterfinals. Hawkins, whose head needed 11 stitches after coming out of the second-round win over Arizona State, had also nodded in the winner vs. Nebraska in a third-round win on Nov. 23.
Both a testimonial match and banquet are held for the ailing Barney Kempton. Proceeds go toward Kempton's medical expenses. Over 500 see Vancouver's Royal Oaks defeat a Seattle all-star selection, 2-0, at Catholic Memorial. Former mayor Bobby Harlin, sports promoter and newspaper editor Royal Brougham are among the banquet speakers who toast Kempton's years of service to the game over 40 years. Besides being an outstanding winger in his day and key administrator, he is credited with keeping the youth game alive, having helped organize the sport in Parochial schools under auspices of the CYO.
Jean Harbor’s hat trick helps Seattle beat Arizona on the road, 6-5, to clinch the CISL Western Division with four games remaining in the regular season.
India Jencks breaks open a scoreless stalemate to give Gonzaga its first away win over Seattle University at Championship Field. After outshooting the Redhawks 9-1 in the first half, the Zags finally go in front in the 75th minute when Jencks collects the rebound of a blocked shot for her fourth goal of the young season. The Bulldogs, who have not allowed a goal over the last 277 minutes, get a two-save shutout from Isabel Jones.