Wolves Lasso Cowboys, 5-1

Corny Headline Way Overdue

April 29, 2003

     Goalkeeper Kyle McKenzie held the Cowboys scoreless for 65 minutes, then scored a goal as a field player with five minutes left as the Wolves dumped Chimacum Tuesday night.  Luke Apple opened the scoring 11 minutes into the game with a breakaway goal after receiving a lovely feed from Cody Sandell.  Sandell added his second assist 6 minutes later when he touched a Joe Quan cross back to Vann Brasher who beat Cowboy keeper Dylan Hendy high and left.

     Mario Servin then went to work befuddling the Chimacum defenders with moves before sending a sweet chip through to a streaking Apple.  Apple made no mistake with the feed and Sequim was up 3-0.  The second half opened with more Wolf pressure and 9 minutes after the whistle, Evan Still found Sandell on the left side.  Sandell finished sharply into the right corner, 4-0.  Brian Lippert replaced McKenzie in goal with 15 minutes to go and was forced to make a couple of sliding saves due to lethargic Sequim defending.  The Cowboys were able to get one back on a nice combination between Josh Brown and Robbie Andrus.  Brown lofted a 35-yard free kick that Andrus ran onto and headed home from the left side of the penalty box.

Schoessler's Pair Lead Sequim Over Redskins

Both Goals Assisted by Brasher in 4-0 Rout of Port Townsend

April 19, 2003

  Kyle Schoessler scored two gems on assists from Vann Brasher as Sequim rolled over a young Pt. Townsend team on the Rainshadow Grounds in Sequim Saturday.  Schoessler, who had to to come off the bench after missing practice "helping his mom clean the house", scored on a lovely one-timer off a cross from the right from Brasher in the 48th minute and again 3 minutes later with a dynamite header off a Brasher corner.  Kyle's mom Teri said, " That little liar, he never helped me one bit with the house work.  But he's not starting anyway so go ahead and don't start him, Dave."

     Luke Apple opened the scoring 4 minutes in after receiving a beautiful feed up the middle from Evan Still.  Apple took the ball at about the 30, bumped hard with Townsend defender Brock Isaac as they ran side by side and Apple let go a low left footer from the 10 into the right corner past Casey Glaubman.

     The Redskins had a chance to pull within 2 in the 62nd minute when Gus Geftlen broke down the left side and let go a bullet that beat Kyle McKenzie to his left.  The ball bounced off the post and was cleared away by Morgan Carl.

     Matt Finitzer finished the scoring with a hard blast from the left in the 72nd minute.  The Finitzer blast completed a darling sequence begining with a lurch up the left from Brian Lippert who touched it in to Carl at the PT 18.  Carl slipped it in to space on the left and Fin ran on to it and left no doubt on the finish.

Seniors Tally All Goals As Sequim Pounds Eagles

Two Late, Great Saves by McKenzie Keep 4-0 Shut-out Intact

April 17, 2003

     Seniors Cody Sandell, Tony Walla, Elliot Watson and Luke Apple scored a goal apiece as Sequim dominated Klahowya 4-0.  After a freak thunder, lightning and rainstorm moved through, the Wolves gave a little thunder and lightning to the young Eagles by pounding goalkeeper Justin Wick with 32 shots.  At one point Klahowya sophomore sweeper Elias Cook shouted "How are we going to mark these guys?" as the Wolves came in waves to the Eagle net.

     Sandell opened the scoring at 26:00 with a low, hard blast from the 20 into the lower left corner.  Set up on a lovely drop from Matt Finitzer, Sandell wasn't to be denied.  Kyle Schoessler started the play with a cross from the right side that Joe Quan neatly dummied and Finitzer was able to spot an unmarked Sandell lurking at the 20.

    The unlikely duo of Bill Stansberry and Tony Walla combined for the second goal right before halftime.  Stansberry took a ball from the right side of his own end and sprinted up the side with it.  Seeing nothing but space, he carried it into Eagle territory.  As defenders converged on him, he fed the ball through to the left as Walla burst through.  Walla finished it past Wick in the lower left corner.

     The 2nd half was more Sequim power as Brian Lippert sent in a cross from the left at 42:00.  Wick got a hand on the cross but Watson was there to poke in the loose ball and Sequim was in control 3-0.  Vann Brasher started the attack that led to the 4th goal, driving the ball up the middle and finding an open Watson on the right.  Watson delivered a peach of a ball through the Klahowya defense to Apple who neatly finished it in the right corner.

     The Wolves then put it in cruise mode and forgot to play good defense.  A long shot from Thoreau Tiknis got redirected in front of the Sequim goal, forcing Kyle McKenzie to make an outstanding reaction save to his right.  3 minutes later a blown clearance from Morgan Carl led to a 1 vs. 1 breakaway from near midfield.  McKenzie sized up the onrushing attacker, came out perfectly and stuffed the ball in his midsection, preserving the shut-out.

Steilacoom Deals First League Defeat to Wolves, 3-1

Great Game Leaves Wolves Licking Wounds

April 15, 2003

     The Steilacoom Sentinels came to Sequim to battle the Wolves in a match-up of Nisqually League undefeateds.  The same two teams were co-Nisqually League Champions last year and both only lost 3 seniors.  Both 5-0 teams were primed and ready to go on a drizzly night in the rainshadow.  From the opening whistle, the game had the intensity of a play-off game. Both teams had chances in the first 20 minutes with the Wolves controlling most of the play.  The Sentinel defense stood tough, blocking shots by Elliot Watson and Vann Brasher.  The Sentinels cracked the ice first when Brandon Beeks broke free down the left side and finished off a weird squirting deflection after Sequim Goalie Kyle McKenzie made the original save.  The Wolves came back with renewed vigor and finally got the equalizer with  3 minutes left in the half.  Brasher's low driving corner kick was mis-played by the defense and snuck in past the near post.  Right before the halftime whistle, Sequim defender Per Berg brought down a Steilacoom attacker in the penalty box and the Sentinels were poised to walk off with a 2-1 halftime lead.  But Kyle Mac came up huge with a lunge to the right stuffing Sophomore sensation Sean Grisham.

     The second half opened with the Wolves sitting back a bit and Grisham made amends for his PK failure with a wonderful streaking header.  The ball was lifted from the right side and Grisham met it in stride and put it past onrushing McKenzie.  Sequim tried to turn it up and had excellent opportunities to tie it from Kyle Schoessler on a diving header, Evan Still and Matt Finitzer on a scramble in front and Brasher on a cross from Berg.  Grisham added his 2nd goal of the night with 2 minutes left when a Sequim clearance got deflected backwards and set him free on the left side and he tucked it past McKenzie.

Rusty Wolves Hang On, Defeat Chimacum 5-2

31 Shots, 5 Goals Against Improved Cowboys

April 10, 2003

  Vann Brasher knocked in 2 second half goals to complete a sloppy victory over a game Chimacum team at HJ Carroll Park Thursday afternoon.  Cody Sandell opened the scoring after many missed opportunities with a nice finish of an Elliot Watson feed.  Evan Still started the play coming up the middle and finding a slashing Watson at the Chimacum 25.  Watson slipped the ball through to Sandell at the 18 who tucked in to Goalie Dylan Hendy's left.

  Chimacum's All-World basketball star Robbie Andrus knotted the score on a wind-aided curling corner kick from the left side that befuddled Sequim's fill-in Goalkeeper Brian Lippert.  Sequim re-gained the lead on a Tony Walla goal.  Walla gathered in a long cross from the right by Sandell at the left side of the penalty area and took it inside.  Unable to get a drop off to an approaching Vann Brasher, Walla shrugged his shoulders and knocked in a right-footed blast.  The Cowboys tied it minutes later as a lofting ball into Sequim's penalty area was unable to be cleared by Bill Stansberry and Joe Quan.  Andrus got inside and poked the lose ball toward goal. Josh Brown gathered in the deflection and pushed it past Lippert.

  The second half was all Sequim as the overmatched Cowboys started to fade.  A sprinting Walla got a head on a wicked cross from Luke Apple 5 minutes in.  Hendy made the initial save, but Vann Brasher was there to knock in the rebound.  Quan led the next charge with a foray down the right side.  Cutting in from the side, he slid the ball across to Brasher who slotted it in the right corner from the 18.  Substitute Casey Nagler finished the scoring after Allen Ohmert blasted a header at Hendy off a Brasher corner.  Nagler cleaned up the rebound and Sequim moved to a 6-1 over-all record, 5-0 in league.

Wolves Go Into Spring Break Atop Nisqually

Eatonville Cruisers Latest Victim 5-1

March 27, 2003

     Four different Wolves plus an Eatonville player scored goals for Sequim as the boys  Soccer team pummeled the Cruisers 5-1.  Heading into Spring break, the Wolves sit atop the Olympic Division of the Nisqually League with a 4-0 record.

     The Cruisers opened the scoring after Elliot Watson failed to clear a ball in the Sequim penalty area.  The resultant deflection ended up on Eatonville's David Hamilton's right boot with an unimpeded track to the goal.  He placed it to Kyle McKenzie's left and into the back of the net and the Cruisers were up 1-0.  Some fans speculated Watson was upset and tried to kick it at an Eatonville player which led to the turn-over.  Anyway, the Wolves had given up their first goal in League play and had to dig out of a hole.  Watching from the press booth, Brian Berg said that for the next 30 minutes the Wolves played, "some of the best soccer I've seen in a while".  Coming in waves and with purpose, Joe Quan received a ball at the Eatonville 30 and cut hard to the goal.  He was laid out by an Eatonville defender as he entered the penalty box and referee Cam Corey pointed to the Spot.  Evan Still converted the PK and the game was knotted 1-1.  Substitute Tony Walla then started a drive up the right side, delivered a give'n'go to Elliot Watson and then nudged it through to a sprinting Luke Apple who buried it.  Cody Sandell started the next attack, delivering an express package to Mario Servin in the left corner.  Servin tracked it down and sent it on to the wild one, Kyle Kautzman.  Wild then settled it, and put a guided roller past the Keeper and barely into the far right corner and the half ended with Sequim up 3-1.

     Matt Finitzer headed in a weird over the shoulder kick from Kautzman 10 minutes into the second half and Sequim led 4-1.  Sequim continued the pressure, outshooting the Cruisers 19-9.  The Wolves had good chances from Vann Brasher, Casey Nagler, Joe Quan and Elliot Watson.  Eatonville tried to head clear a Sequim corner kick late in the game and it ended up in their own goal.  Final, Sequim 5, Eatonville 1.

Foster Falls to Sequim in Penalty Kicks

Rough Play Fails to Derail the Wolves

March 24, 2003

     The Foster Bulldogs nearly toppled the Wolves by tugging, tripping and popping their way into a PK shoot-out at Foster Stadium in Tukwila.  Sequim dominated the game but not the scoreboard, as regulation time ended in a 0-0 tie.  Foster, fielding a multi-ethnic European mix of gritty, experienced players, gave the Wolves a face full of hard-nosed soccer.  Sequim was up to the task and nearly ended it in the 2nd overtime period when a Matt Finitzer cross from the left ended up on Luke Apple's head.  Apple saw nothing but clear net and drove the ball a bit too much right and nearly bent the rght goalpost in half.  The scramble with the rebound was nudged wide by Joe Quan.

     In the shoot-out, Matt Finitzer was first for Sequim.  Unstoppable in practice, Fin put the ball wide right.  Adis Sehovic then buried Foster's first to the left of Keeper Kyle McKenzie, Sequim 0-1.  Evan Still put the Wolves on the scoreboard with a blast that keeper Darko Slugic couldn't contain.  Sasha Alic then drove the ball over the top and things were tied, 1-1.  Cody Sandell mirrored Still with a drive through Slugic, Sequim 2-1.  McKenzie then came up big as Faruk Hajdarevic pounded one that Mac ate up.  An emphatic spike of the stone by McKenzie showed his feelings.  Kyle Schoessler next had the only clean PK bending the left side of the twine, Sequim 3-1.  After Damir Alic put the second Foster PK in, Vann Brasher had a chance to win it and calmly sent the ball to a diving Darko's right.  The Dark one came up with it and the 'Dogs were still alive.  "This one's for you #14" cried Jasmin Kasumovic as he stepped up.  Jasmin sent a rocket into low-orbit that McKenzie may have touched on its collision course with the crossbar.  Kasumovic collapsed to his knees and the Wolf celebration was on.

Wolves Grill Pirates 4-0

Team Treated to BBQ by Humbled Islanders

March 20, 2003

        The Vashon Island Pirates provided a sweet BBQ dinner for the visiting Wolves after being beaten by the Wolves 4-0.  Sequim dominated the game from the start with Cody Sandell getting the first goal at 19:00, volleying in a lofted ball from striker Evan Still.  Still held the ball in the middle at about the 20 yd mark, waited for Sandell to open up, then flipped a little lob that was one-timed into the back of the net.  Vann Brasher got free down the right side 5 minutes later and drove a nice cross through the penalty area that Matt Finitzer caught on the run with a left footed finish.

     The second half saw 2 long range goals from the Wolves.  Tony Walla ran down an errant clear from the Pirates on the left side at about the Vashon 40 yd line.  Noting the keeper was out too far, Walla pushed it forward to the 35 and lit up the sky with a neon laser that only slowed down as it got caught in the back of the net.  Mario Servin worked a little magic 10 minutes later, dribbling the Pirate defenders into shambles, mesmerizing the overmatched keeper, then lofting a 25 yd left footer into the upper left corner. 

     The JV won 3-2 on goals from Casey Nagler, Corey Verdu and Kurt Ludke.

Wolves Dominate Bulldogs 5-0, Move to 2-1

March 18, 2003

        Kyle Kautzman had 2 goals in the 2nd half as the Wolves rolled to a 5-0 win over the North Mason Bulldogs in Belfair Tuesday.  Cody Sandell opened the scoring 10 minutes into the game finishing an excellent cross by Kyle Schoessler.  Luke Apple dummied the cross and Sandell snapped in the marker from about 6 yards out.  Evan Still had the lovliest goal of the night at the 18 minute mark, ripping a 20 yard rocket into the upper left corner after Apple dropped the ball to him from the 18.  North Mason made Sequim Goalkeeper Kyle McKenzie work a bit, firing 6 shots at him in the first half.  The closest came 30 minutes in when a lofted shot from the 25 was pushed off the crossbar by a grumpy McKenzie.  A 2-0 halftime lead wasn't enough for Mac as he chided his teammates for playing a weak 1st half.

     The talk spurred the Wolves to work harder and Apple got his own goal at 51:00 on an assist up the middle from Vann Brasher.  Brasher, who was issued a yellow card later in the half for rough play, did a nice job working with Still, Elliot Watson and Mario Servin controlling the middle.  Kautzman then went to work at 56:00 and 61:00, converting a penalty kick after being hauled down in the box and finishing a breakaway on a feed from Watson.