The Garfield High varsity girls soccer team lost a heart-breaker to Skyline High, 2-1, on a rainy Tuesday night in Sammamish.
The Bulldogs battled the Spartans — who are undefeated in 9 games this year and the top-ranked 4A team in the state – to a scoreless tie in the first half.
Skyline got on the scoreboard first after the break with a goal at the 48:00 mark.
But Garfield answered back quickly at 51:00 when Heather Kovar fed a deft pass to Kelsey Billedo, who scored the equalizer with a short shot in front of the goal.
Skyline wrested the lead back 15 minutes later by scoring off a corner kick.
The loss dropped the Bulldogs to a record of 2-3-2 (5-4-3) while the Spartans’ record improved to 5-0-1 (9-0-2).
Garfield next plays at Woodinville High on Thursday. The Falcons are 4-2-0 (7-2-1).
Players recoil from collision near Garfield goal during JV game. Photo: Lou Cuevas
Skyline JV 2, Garfield JV 0
The Garfield JV team lost to a hard charging Skyline JV team, 2-0, in a windswept contest on Tuesday afternoon. The game was interrupted twice by serious injury.
The first occurred at the Garfield goal, as shown above, with Sophie Segel avoiding serious injury. The Skyline forward was helped off the field.
Then in the final minutes of the game, Garfield keeper Clare Fuget was injured in a similar collision. She is recovering. – Reporting by Lou Cuevas
