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Spokane Shadow completes an undefeated regular season by drawing at home with Kitsap Pumas, 1-1. Chase Reidt's volley from 30 yards puts Spokane ahead in the 66th minute. Tomas Jamett levels it with two minutes to go. It turns out to be the Pumas final outing. The Shadow win the NPSL Northwest Division at 7-0-5.
Thomas Jefferson rolls to its third straight AAA boys’ state crown with a comfortable 3-0 win over previously perfect (19-1) Bellarmine Prep at Memorial Stadium. Jeff Moser, Ray Hoff and Todd Holman find the net for the Raiders, now unbeaten in 59 games and winners of 30 straight. TJ, missing Rob Sakamoto, Jim Weber and Kobi Yamada due to club conflicts, survived a semifinal scare from Roosevelt, getting a late Hoff equalizer and vital save from Mike Gosselin in the shootout (2-2 5-4). Bellarmine becomes the first Tacoma team to reach a final, eliminating Redmond, which takes third place.
Laethe Al-Rashid comes off the bench to score two goals in the final eight minutes of the first half, and Cascade proceeds to roll over Gonzaga Prep, 4-0, in the state 3A championship game at Veradale. An Nuon gives the Bruins a lead in the eighth minute before Al-Rashid blows it open. Nick Parker adds a second-half goal for Cascade (15-1-4), which secures its third state title and first since 1989.
Olivia Sekany both saves and shoots Washington into the Sweet Sixteen. The Huskies knock off No. 15 Saint Louis, 0-0 (4-3), to reach the NCAA third round for the first time since 2014. After a scoreless 120 minutes, Sekany makes a huge punch save in the fourth round the tied shootout, then slots home the decisive penalty. UW out-shoots the Billikens, 15-9.
Bobby McAlister's hat trick fuels Kennedy's 4-1 victory over Lakeside in the boys' 3A final at Vancouver's Kiggins Bowl. It's Kennedy's second title in four years. McAlister, who also scored three goals in the Lancers' semifinal win over Blanchet, scores the go-ahead goal in the 64th minute. He then adds another eight minutes later to make it 3-1 before Eun Kang Chung's final tally two minutes from time. Chris Pohl scores for the Lions.
Seattle Sounders 2 makes a victorious entrance to their USL existence by entertaining 2,951 Starfire fans en route to a 4-2 win over Sacramento. Seattle blows open scoreless deadlock in the second half, with Andy Craven finding the historic first goal in the 49th minute. After Republic tie it, Sam Garza no sooner enters the match than scores the go-ahead goal in the 70th minute. Pablo Rossi and Cristian Roldan add late goals.