September 14, 2003
Crater girls overwhelm Eureka
EUREKA, Calif — The 1-2 punch of Crater High senior strikers Sarah LaFontaine and Kasidy Reina is overwhelming opposing defenses this fall.
LaFontaine registered four goals and two assists and Reina generated two goals and two assists to power the Comets to a 7-3 victory over Eureka High on Saturday.
LaFontaine was so dominant that a frustrated Eureka player punched her in the mouth in the second half, Crater coach Terry Fretz said. The Eureka player got a red card and was ejected.
LaFontaine suffered a swollen, bloody lip and had to leave the match for medical attention. She returned a few minutes later.
When LaFontaine went back in, she received a rude welcome, said Fretz.
Midfielder Courtney Ratty got the Comets off to a good start when she tallied an unassisted goal one minute, 45 seconds into the match.
LaFontaine connected once and Reina twice over the next 15 minutes, giving Crater a 4-0 lead 17 minutes into the contest.
Sophomore Emily Brookins scored the final goal for Crater (4-0) on a direct kick from 30 yards out in the second half.
SOUTH MEDFORD 8, WOODBURN 1 — Seven girls got into the scoring column for South Medford in the nonconference game at Fichtner-Mainwaring Park.
Sarah Hollister had two goals for the Panthers (2-1 overall), Chelsie O’Neill contributed three assists and Jill Walport and Amber Stevens each had a goal and an assist.
NORTH MEDFORD 4, CANBY 1 — Caitlin Seeley scored on two penalty kicks as North Medford won the nonconference game at Hoffbuhr Field and improved to 4-0-1.
After Canby scored early, North’s Kim Tiger tied it with an unassisted goal at the 24th minute. Seeley put the Tornado up for good six minutes later on a PK after Tiger was taken down in the box.
REYNOLDS 4, EAGLE POINT 0 — At Portland, Eagle Point had more shots and corner kicks than its nonconference opponent but didn’t finish well and suffered its first loss.
The Eagles (2-1) had 16 shots to Reynolds’ 15 and eight corner kicks to its two.
Lucy Wolbert scored twice for the Raiders.
GRANTS PASS 3, ARCATA 1 — At Grants Pass, Grants Pass (2-0-1) erased a 1-0 halftime deficit with three second half goals.
Sophomore Megan Franko tied the game on a header at the 54th minute.
Just one minute later, Kelli Roots connected for what proved to be the winning score.
Patina Taylor tacked on an insurance goal at the 70th minute.
PLEASANT HILL 3, PHOENIX 0 — At Pleasant Hill, Rochelle Townley scored 2 goals and assisted on another as third-ranked Pleasant Hill improved to 3-0 on the season.
Phoenix fell to 0-2 on the season.
NORTH VALLEY 2, ELMIRA 2 — At Elmira, Shea Miller and Emily Verser scored for North Valley.
Verser’s goal in the 53rd minute knotted the score at 2-all.
Maya Hunt and Renee Johnson converted goals within one minute of each other in the first half to give the Falcons a 2-1 lead at intermission.
HIDDEN VALLEY 7, JUNCTION CITY 2 — At Junction City, Nina Jaramillo scored twice and was one of six Hidden Valley players to tally in the nonconference contest.
Hidden Valley outshot the Tigers, 33-13.
ST. MARY’S 3, ASHLAND JV 1 — At Ashland, Kayla Eichamer scored two goals as St. Mary’s (2-0) captured the nonconference match.
The Crusaders’ Renee Huizinga broke a scoreless tie at the 23rd minute when she scored off a pass from Britta Beckstead.
Eichamer deposited a loose ball at the 28th minute, then tallied off a corner kick 12 minutes later to make it 3-0 at halftime.
Zaya McSky scored Ashland’s goal.
