West Valley

For the second week in a row the Suns were to play the second game of back to back tilts on the road. This time instead of a trip across the river we loaded up the "yellow limousine" and headed for Yakima. One of Southridge's biggest weaknesses over the years has been our ability to win on the road. Our biggest fear is the boys coming out flat and not ready to play. Unfortunately it happened again against the Rams. West Valley scored two goals in the opening 10 minutes and it took us another 20 minutes to start playing to our capability. Junior Captain Jared Brisbin scored his third goal of the year off an assist from Michael Brewer and it was only a few minutes later when Brewer got his own opportunity to score. The ball was served off a corner kick from Freshmen Chandler Mertens who had just entered the game as a sub. The ball was driven low and hard and Brew rose up between two defenders to smash the ball into the back of the net. The rest of the game was close with each team getting chances at the goal, but in the end it was West Valley scoring with just eight minutes left in the game.