MIDDLETOWN >> Madison Ketchum”s hat trick propelled the Middletown Mustangs to a 6-0 shutout win over the Willits Wolverines in the North Central League I opener for both of these varsity girls” soccer teams on Tuesday in Middletown.
Megan Touros added a goal and an assist as Middletown improved to 4-1-1 overall. Kaleigh Alves and Rosie Emerson added goals as well, Emerson”s coming on a corner kick.
“It was a pretty chaotic game,” Middletown coach Amy Emerson said. “It took us awhile to settle the ball down and find our center. After that we had a really nice passing game going.”
Middletown led 4-0 after the first half.
Freshman Lucy Schisler stopped 10 shots in goal.
“She didn”t let anything past her,” Emerson said. “Our defense was tough to get through. It”s pretty good.”
In othergirls” soccer action Tuesday:
St. Helena 6, Kelseyville 0
At St. Helena, the St. Helena Saints dominated the Kelseyville Knights in the league opener for both teams.
“They just didn”t play their game,” Kelseyville coach Dave Wold said of his players. “Things just didn”t go our way.”
Kelseyville keeper Juliette Brown turned back a number of shots to keep the damage at just six goals, according to Wold.
“It could have been a lot worse. She stopped a lot of goals,” Wold said.
St. Helena scored three goals in each half.
Cloverdale 2
Clear Lake 1
At Lakeport, a goal originally waved off on an offsides call by one official was then reinstated by another, breaking a 1-1 tie in the final three minutes and giving Cloverdale a victory over Clear Lake in the Cardinals” first home game of the season.
“Tough way to lose,” Clear Lake coach Paul Larrea said. “But it”s only our first league game, we have a lot of games left and we”ll just go back to work.”
Clear Lake (0-1, 6-3-1) out-shot Cloverdale 24-4 although two of the Eagles” attempts, both by Bailey Stewart, found the mark, one in each half. Stewart”s first goal gave Cloverdale a 1-0 lead until Emily Hayes tied it with an unassisted goal late in the first half.
Boys” soccer
Cloverdale 5
Clear Lake 1
At Lakeport, Luis Martinez scored just a minute into the game to give Clear Lake its first lead of the season, but the Cardinals fell to the Cloverdale Eagles in the league opener for both teams.
Clear Lake (0-1, 0-3) lost its starting keeper, Frankie Sturr, to a possible broken toe, according to Clear Lake co-coach Tony Paskaly.
“He came out to challenge the ball on a breakaway and collided with a Cloverdale player,” Paskaly said.
Bailey Elkington filled in the rest of the way.
“He did a good job but it”s really not his position,” Paskaly said.
Cloverdale led 4-1 after one half.
Luis Muniz, the Cardinals” stopper, turned in a solid effort on defense, according to Paskaly.
“He did an absolutely great job,” Paskaly said.
“The guys fought hard and held them to one goal in the second half,” Paskaly added.
Willits 3, Middletown 0
At Middletown, while missing out on an early scoring opportunity didn”t beat the Middletown Mustangs against the Willits Wolverines, a quick goal might have been a boost for his squad, according to Middletown coach Luis Chairez.
“It might have helped change some things,” Chairez said.
The league opener for both teams marked Middletown”s third game of the season and its third shutout loss.
“Overall we had a good game and some solid opportunities,” Chairez said. “We just didn”t take advantage of them.”
The defense kept Middletown in the game the entire way. Willits led just 1-0 at halftime.
“They capitalized on some of our mistakes,” Chairez said.
Volleyball
Clear Lake def. RVC
At Lakeport, Aliza Atkins and Kiana Richardson helped power the Clear Lake Cardinals to a 25-23, 19-25, 25-19, 25-14 non-league win over Rincon Valley Christian.
Atkins had seven kills and four blocks to go along with 19 service points while Richardson, a freshman, added six kills, three blocks and 13 points.
“We didn”t start passing until the middle of the third game,” Clear Lake coach Marci Psalmonds said. “It was ugly until then. But we got the win.”
Emily Psalmonds, the team”s setter, had 19 assists and 11 points while Rachel Wingler and Jasmine Rice had five kills apiece.
Clear Lake won by forfeit in the junior varsity match.
Fort Bragg def. Upper Lake
At Fort Bragg, the Fort Bragg Timberwolves swept the Upper Lake Cougars 25-11, 25-21, 25-19 in non-league action.
LaShaye Taylor led the Cougars (1-4) with nine kills, Sierra Fugate added eight kills and five blocks, and Jojo Augustine had seven kills and five blocks.
Upper Lake”s JVs won 25-14, 26-24 to improve to 5-0 on the season. Christina Wilson led the way with 12 service points, four digs and two kills. Other leaders were KJ Taylor with six kills and Natalie Karlsson with nine points, three aces and two kills.
