Boys soccer roundup: Moses Lake boys soccer falls to Wenatchee
Connor Vanderweyst/Columbia Basin Herald Moses Lake's Tyrell Garza (right) tries to handle a pass in front of a Wenatchee defender.
MOSES LAKE — Senior forward Luis Navarette gathered a through ball, outran one defender and fired a right-footed rocket by Moses Lake goalkeeper Michael Villarreal.
It was the exclamation point on a night that belonged to Wenatchee, 4-1.
The Panthers scored three goals in the first half and, other than a quick attack in the opening minutes from Anthony Cortez, controlled possession for the majority of the game.
Conversely, Moses Lake was unable to muster many shots on goal, moving to 0-4 in the Columbia Basin Big Nine and 0-7 overall.
Wenatchee worked the left side of Moses Lake’s defense in the first half. Panthers midfielder Erik Zaldivar won a ball in the air, dribbled up the left sideline and shot low and away past Villarreal in the 15th minute for the game’s first goal.
Less than 10 minutes later, Navarette — working the left side again — played a cross to Jose Camarillo who punched another shot into the net.
Guillermo Calderilla added one more goal in the 31st minute.
Despite the large lead, Wenatchee remained aggressive and saw plenty of open looks throughout the second half. Eventually, Navarette broke free to score in the 64th minute.
Moses Lake was able to avoid a shutout with a goal just before the final whistle. Cortez rebounded his own free kick and shot toward the Wenatchee goal. The saved shot found Erik Shaporda who scored.
Selah 3, Quincy 2
QUINCY — Selah scored three second-half goals to stun Quincy 3-2.
“We’ve got to correct the mistakes we make and move onto the next one,” head coach Arturo Guerrero said.
After a scoreless first half, Yordi Coronel converted a penalty kick and Arturo Aramburo scored in the 54th minute.
Selah responded with three goals in a 12-minute span.
Toppenish 5, Ephrata 2
TOPPENISH — Ephrata could not handle Cristobal Cervantes, who scored a hat trick in the first half, and lost to Toppenish 5-2.
The Tigers’ Noe Sanchez evened the game in the 16th minute before Cervantes answered with two more goals to complete his trio.
Luis Rodriguez added another goal for the Tigers in the 65th minute.
East Valley 2, Othello 1 (SO)
YAKIMA — Othello was edged in a shootout by East Valley 2-1.
The Red Devils’ Juan Mendoza scored in the 11th minute before Juan Tapia evened the game in the 60th.
After two overtimes, East Valley was able to sink five shots to Othello’s four to win the shootout.
Royal 6, College Place 0
ROYAL CITY — Miguel Torres scored a hat trick and Royal routed College Place 6-0.
Alonso Hernandez, Lizandro Hernandez and Martin Hernandez also found the back of the net for the Knights.
Other Basin scores
Wahluke 9, Warden 0