LAKEPORT — Forwards Kristy Hayes, Telia Paskaly, Amely Ballesteros and Briana Dutcher scored a goal apiece on Tuesday as the Clear Lake Cardinals closed out their North Central League I South girls” soccer schedule with a 4-0 whitewashing of the St. Helena Saints at Lakeport.
Clear Lake, a 3-1 loser to St. Helena in their first South encounter, closes out league play at 4-4. The Cardinals can also square their overall record, which currently stands at 10-11-2, with a NCL I interlock win Thursday in Lower Lake.
“We knew this would make a big difference in the seeding (for the playoffs),” Clear Lake coach Paul Larrea said of a win over St. Helena. “We came out and played a great game.”
Clear Lake honored its seniors before the start of play, including Dutcher, who scored on a penalty kick in the first half to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.
“All of our seniors played pretty well but three of our sophomores did a great job,” Larrea said of Hayes, Nadine Bradley and Emily Norwood.
“Nadine controlled the ball on defense and Norwood was outstanding on defense back there with her,” Larrea said.
Hayes, who has bounced back and forth between the junior varsity and varsity squads this season, capped off the scoring with a goal in the second half, Savannah DeKeyer picking up the assist.
Chelo Lundquist-Krag”s play in the midfield also helped choke off St. Helena”s offense.
“She”s just so active in the middle,” Larrea said.
Clear Lake grabbed a 2-0 lead before the half on a goal by Ballesteros with an assist from Alyssa O”Donnell.
In other girls” soccer action Tuesday:
St. Vincent 4, Kelseyville 0
At Kelseyville, Kelseyville keeper Shannon Fontana made 19 saves in a losing cause as NCL I South leader St. Vincent shut out the Knights in NCL I interlock action.
“We had a lot of hurt and sick people today,” Kelseyville coach Christie Fricke said. “And they (Mustangs) were nice to us.”
Standouts for the Knights besides Fontana were Monica Perry, Morgan Shannon and Amanda Santana, according to Fricke.
Kelseyville closes out its season Thursday at home against Fort Bragg.
Cloverdale 3, Upper Lake 0
At Cloverdale, the Upper Lake Cougars played steady defense but were unable to generate much of an offense in a shutout loss to the Cloverdale Eagles in NCL I South play.
Brianna Carter and Amber Sheets turned in strong performances for the defense as did keeper Zania Esqueda with 18 saves.
“On defense we were doing it,” Upper Lake coach Mike Sheets said.
Upper Lake”s league and season finale takes place today in St. Helena.
Boys” soccer
Lower Lake 6, Middletown 1
At Middletown, Lower Lake built a 3-0 halftime lead and went on to beat the Middletown Mustangs in NCL I North play.
Jesus Garcia scored Middletown”s lone goal on a corner kick.
“It was a nice shot,” Middletown coach Chuck Rannells said.
“We had our offense going but things just didn”t go our way,” Rannells said. “We controlled the ball most of the game.”
Garcia and Cody Astley turned in strong efforts for Middletown, according to Rannells.
Clear Lake 2, St. Helena 2 (tie)
At Lakeport, the St. Helena Saints scored in the final minute to gain a tie with the Clear Lake Cardinals in NCL I South play.
All the scoring took place in the second half. Goals by Chandler Perry and Juan Alvarado gave the Cardinals a 2-1 lead until the Saints pulled even.
Raymundo Gregorio had a strong game in the net for Clear Lake, which closed out its league schedule. The Cardinals finish out their season Thursday in Lower Lake.
St. Vincent 6, Kelseyville 2
At Petaluma, playing on St. Vincent”s artificial turf field proved to be an eye opener for the Kelseyville Knights in NCL I interlock action.
“It”s something totally different,” Kelseyville coach Eduardo Ledesma said. “The way it (the ball) bounces, the way it rolls. We weren”t used to it.”
Oscar Martinez and Cesar Arroyo scored Kelseyville”s goals.
St. Vincent, the NCL I South leader, led 3-1 after one half.
Kelseyville travels to Fort Bragg for its season finale on Thursday.
Volleyball
St. Vincent def. Clear Lake
At Lakeport, even with Vanessa Tullos back in the starting lineup for three of the four games, the Clear Lake Cardinals fell victim to the St. Vincent Mustangs, who won 25-22, 22-25, 25-22, 25-22 for their first NCL I South victory.
“I haven”t been that disappointed in a long time,” Clear Lake coach Marci Psalmonds said of her team”s up-and-down performance. “We let our emotions get the best of us.”
Jessica Asbury had 12 kills to lead the Cardinals (2-4) and Rebecca Baker added seven. Coree Alexander led the team with 11 digs.
“Coree Alexander passed very well in the back row,” Psalmonds said. “And Baker played very well up front.”
St. Vincent improved to 1-5.
Willits def. Upper Lake
At Willits, NCL I North leader Willits beat Upper Lake 25-21, 25-13, 25-23 in NCL I interlock play.
Upper Lake battled hard in the first game and it was tied 20-20 late, but the Wolverines pulled out the win.
“I thought we had a good shot at taking one of them,” Upper Lake coach Sandy Coatney said of the first and third games. “The second game ? it was like we weren”t there.”
Katherine Edmonds had seven kills, three blocks and four aces to power Upper Lake. Olivia Carter led the team with five kills and Bobbielynn Collins added two kills and four aces.
Fort Bragg def. Middletown
At Middletown, the Fort Bragg Timberwolves nearly let a 2-0 lead get away before beating the Middletown Mustangs 25-20, 25-17, 23-25, 19-25, 15-11 in NCL I North action.
“We came back a little too late,” Middletown coach Suzanne Riccio said. “That”s the best my girls have played all season.”
Jamie Ridgway led the Mustangs (0-5) with 29 digs and Rachel Sutton had a team-best eight kills.
Middletown”s junior varsity squad improved to 5-0 in league with a 25-8, 25-16 victory.
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