Sports

Soccer wraps up season

Peyton Allen, Staff Reporter • December 10, 2024

LHS’s boys and girls soccer wrapped up their seasons in the playoffs this year. Boys soccer beat West Salem 8-0 in round one of playoffs and beat Ida B. Wells 4-2 in round two.
“I like playing a longer season,” Xavi Sandino-Taylor said. “I think we’re ready.” The LHS boys soccer team was ranked no. 1 in Oregon with a record of 16-1, but after a 3-1 loss to Grant, they were knocked out in the third round of playoffs
Some key players were defender Lucas Waarvick; midfielder Max Harris-Inman and goalkeeper Olander Tangkjaer.
Big wins for the boys were against Jesuit 3-0 on Sept. 23, 5-0 to Tigard on Oct. 9, and especially the 8-0 West Salem playoff match on Nov. 2. Their only regular season loss was to La Salle Prep 3-0 on Sept. 5.

Girls soccer lost to Sheldon 2-0 in round one of playoffs. The girls soccer team was ranked No. 27 in Oregon with a record of 5-8-2. The girls team started off strong by winning four out of their first six games, however, they had a challenging end to the season with five losses.
Some of their key players were senior captain and defender Mallory Ensing, co-captain, senior and defender Sydney Chaver; and goalkeepers senior Emilie Driscoll and sophomore Meredith Razey.
Big wins for the girls were against Roosevelt 6-1, showing the team’s offensive skill, and against Sherwood 5-4.

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Peyton Allen, Staff Reporter

Peyton Allen is a new sophomore at Lakeridge High School who loves meeting new people. She is kind, outgoing, and hard working. Peyton spends most of her time playing softball, photographing or broadcasting sports, at Young Life, and picking out the perfect outfit. Her parents say she has “always been independent” so she also finds herself doing her own nails and upcycling some of her clothes. Peyton pushes herself to be the best she can be in academics, athletics, social, and extracurriculars. She one day hopes to attend a journalism school with and emphasis on sports media somewhere less cold.

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Mo Myers, sophomore, is a staff reporter and photographer for the Newspacer. This is her first year being on of the Newspacer staff. Myers plays softball and manages the football team for the school. During her free time she likes to read, listen to music, watch movies, work out, and be with her friends and family. This year she is so excited to photograph all the events around the school and find her voice in writing.