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Girls’ Soccer Team experiences playoff blues

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The Girls’ Soccer season came to a halt on Saturday night at Thurston High School. The team ended its season with a 4-1 loss to the Thurston Colts. Madison Leek, junior, scored the team’s lone goal in the loss. This marked the second time in many seasons the Lions have been knocked out in the first round of playoffs.

“I think it was a good season,” Nicole Campbell, junior, said. “I think our team goal was to improve and play the way we can play no matter who we are playing. We had some trouble keeping the consistency up, but in the end I think we stepped up in playoffs and did our best.”

The Lions had advanced to the round of 32 teams after a play-in game victory at home against the Aloha Warriors, 3-1. Leek scored twice, using her breakaway speed to put the ball in the back of the net. Mackenzie Danies, junior, tallied her first goal of the season on a header, coming off of a corner kick from Paige Myers.  The Warriors didn’t score their goal until there was five minutes left in the game.

Looking ahead to next season, the Lions look to build on this year’s success with all but one starter returning.

“By knowing what we know now, we’ll be pretty good next year,” Campbell said. The team finished the year 5-7-3 (3-4-3 Three Rivers League)

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“College baseball? I think about it every day but if it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t,” Ben Jacobs, senior said. Jacobs has been playing baseball since he was just five years old. Whether it’s playing baseball, football, fishing or backpacking Jacobs is always busy doing what he loves. Besides being very intelligent he is also a quick worker and has a passion for writing. Those attributes and the fact that he loves sports make him a great co-editor in chief for the Amplifier. Jacobs joined the Amplifier after being inspired by his cousin, a journalist at ESPN. Jacobs also hopes to become an athletics journalist or broadcaster, blending his love of sports and passion for writing. He would love to attend University of Washington in Seattle, Wash. due to its journalism program and sports programs. Not only does Jacobs love school, but he loves his family too. He especially admires his grandfather, “because he always supports me through thick and thin. He is so easy to talk to we’ll be talking for hours and it will just feel like a few minutes. Also he loves sports as much as I do” Jacobs said. However, he is not fully aware of the extent of his family roots and he hopes to travel to Russia to fully understand his ties. To meet his goal of going to Washington University Jacobs is taking two AP classes: he also has sports practice every day after school. When taking a break from school he enjoys fishing and backpacking on the weekends with his brothers Max, seventh grade, and Sam a sophomore. “It’s a great way to relax from the stress of school and sports” he said. Hoping to achieve his goals, Jacobs has worked hard throughout his career in both school and sports. Look forward to seeing Ben Jacobs announce the big game someday.    
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