Another game, another shutout.
Such is life these days for the eighth-ranked Kentwood High girls soccer team.
Wins have been few and far between in past seasons for the Kent-Meridian volleyball team.
But even before the season began, third-year K-M coach Michael Christiansen has preached that this year’s team is different.
The Royals proved as much Tuesday night, knocking off perennial power and South Puget Sound League North Division foe Auburn Riverside in four games: 25-16, 25-20, 24-26 and 25-17.
They admittedly came into Tuesday night’s South Puget Sound League North Division volleyball match against upstart Tahoma a bit out of sync.
But the Kentlake Falcons certainly found their rhythm before it was too late, using big matches from senior hitters Sarah Ralph and Melissa Kozy to knock off the Bears in five games, 25-18, 16-25, 21-25, 25-22 and 15-13.
In their four years together, a whole lot of depth has added up to a whole lot of nothing for the seniors on the Kentridge girls swim team.
But it’s a good nothing:
Because this group has nothing in the loss column.
Just three games into the football season, the Kentlake High football team is doing something it fell short of in previous years.
For nine straight years, the Taylor Trophy has been out of the Auburn High display case only long enough to be carted to the annual football game between the Trojans and Kent-Meridian.
The South Puget Sound League North Division just got a whole lot tougher on the volleyball court.
From the Kentwood Conquerors’ point of view, there were no surprises about what Auburn did on the football field last Friday night.
BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF: AT A GLANCE
Kentridge boys golf coach Mark Champoux saw it coming. Inch by inch. Pound by pound. Yard by yard.
Changes are afoot.
And for the girls soccer teams that now comprise the re-shuffled South Puget Sound League North Division, the numbers can be both daunting and inspiring at the same time.
GIRLS SOCCER: AT A GLANCE
For a football program that prides itself on success, the Kentwood Conquerors entered the new season Saturday at Qwest Field with more than their usual share of question marks.
The Seattle Thunderbirds are now selling single-game tickets to the eight games the team will play at KeyArena this season.
Preseason talk on the Tahoma football field centered around returning to tradition.
They put a perfect record into the books last season, and seem confident they can do it again.
That part about the Kentridge High boys tennis team remains to be seen. But this part seems clear: The road to the South Puget Sound League North Division title definitely runs through KR’s courts.
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