September 11, 2005
Pirates pound Rogue River in opener
TALENT — The Phoenix girls soccer team wasted little time asserting itself as a District 6 favorite.
The Pirates, who lost just two players from last year’s state-playoff team, got four goals from senior Marci Klimek — three in the first 22 minutes — during a 12-0 rout of Rogue
River at Colver Field Saturday afternoon.
Phoenix (1-0 Dist. 6) amassed 30 shots on goal while holding Rogue River without an attempt.
"It wasn’t like we were shooting a lot," said Phoenix coach John Doty. "We were making better than one goal on every three attempts. That’s pretty incredible."
Klimek opened the scoring with goals in the third and sixth minutes. Freshman Carlee Storey notched the first of her three goals in the 12th minute and Sarah Giardina, who had just subbed in,
punched in another score 30 seconds later.
Klimek recorded her hat trick in the 22nd.
"We sat our starting forwards for half of the first half," Doty said. "We were trying not to pour it on."
Tamara Heryford, a returning second-team all-state pick, tallied twice in the second half, while Theta Frazier-Corry and Jordan Ceremony each scored their first varsity goals.
Phoenix takes on Mazama Tuesday, then travels to face District 6 title contender Hidden Valley next Saturday.
"Conventional wisdom says the three of us (Phoenix, Hidden Valley and North Valley) are the favorites," Doty said. "I think Cascade Christian will have something to say about that,
but I’m thinking it’ll be a tight three-way race."
CASCADE CHRISTIAN 5, ST. MARY’S 1 — Katie O’Brien scored a hat trick as Cascade Christian opened the season with a District 6 victory over rival St. Mary’s at
Fichtner-Mainwaring Field.
O’Brien gave the Challengers a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute off the first of two assists from Janie Bennett. O’Brien added her second goal in the 30th minute and Sarah Brown capped
Cascade Christian’s scoring in the opening half five minutes later.
Kayla Eichamer tallied the Crusaders’ lone goal in the 39th minute.
Stephanie Cotta scored in the 75th and O’Brien tacked on her final goal in the 76th.
Cascade Christian had 17 shots on goal, while goalkeeper Katy Stieglitz had 12 saves on 13 St. Mary’s shots.
HIDDEN VALLEY 2, HENLEY 0 — At Klamath Falls, Kayla Flick tallied unassisted goals in the 13th and 29th minutes of the first half to lead Hidden Valley to a win in its District 6
opener.
Flick gathered a loose ball and scored from 9-yards out on her first goal, then lofted a chip over the Henley goalkeeper from 20-yards out for her second.
Melissa Henner did not face a shot in posting the shutout in goal.
NORTH VALLEY 4, MAZAMA 0 — At Klamath Falls, freshman Raquel Robles had a goal and two assists to help lead North Valley to the District 6 victory.
Emily Morehouse scored in the 19th minute off an assist by Robles, who tallied four minutes later for an unassisted goal.
Kayla Wilhelm added two second-half goals for North Valley, with assists by Robles and Carli Clark in the 66th and 89th minutes, respectively.
Chelsea Giesen faced no shots on goal to post the shutout in goal.
Skyline Conference Boys
PHOENIX 7, ROGUE RIVER 0 — At Rogue River, Phoenix senior Kyle McKinnis scored three consecutive goals in the first 26 minutes and four overall to lead the Pirates to a Skyline
Conference win.
Julio Uribe chipped in with two goals and an assist for the Pirates (2-0, 1-0 Skyline).
Phoenix goalkeeper Francisco Padillo had three saves and punted to assist on McKinnis’ fourth goal at the 58-minute mark.
ST. MARY’S 5, PACIFIC 4 — Austin Grant scored four of St. Mary’s goals and assisted on the other in the nonconference win at Spiegelberg Stadium.
Grant’s last two goals came in the 66th and 67th minutes as the Crusaders (2-1) overcame a 4-3 deficit.
Grant had an assist on a Dash Hillgartner goal that helped give St. Mary’s a 3-2 halftime lead. Max Miller and Sam Moore, the latter on the game-winner, also had assists.
HIDDEN VALLEY 2, HENLEY 0 — At Murphy, Corey Dean scored two first-half goals for Hidden Valley in the Skyline Conference match, and the Knights improved to 2-0 overall, 1-0 in
league.
Dean tallied at the 11th minute on an assist from Shay Campbell and at the 36th minute off a feed from Joe Guevara.
NORTH VALLEY 6, MAZAMA 0 — At Merlin, six players scored as North Valley opened Skyline Conference play with a win, evening its overall record at 1-1.
The Knights got first-half goals from Patrick Mahoney, Kip Hamilton and Chase Murphy, then matched the output in the second half with scores from Tyler Goens, Kyle Pulare and Gevanny Fierres.
Goens and Hamilton added assists, and Fierres’ goal was a header off an assist from his brother, Victor.
