Lady Indians earn shot at state tournament

Tribe whips Yamhill-Carlton 3-0 n Saturday playoff to set up battle with OES for state

By John Brewington

The South County Spotlight, Nov 5, 2009, Updated Nov 5, 2009

John Brewington / The South County Spotlight

ON THE ATTACK—Scappoose freshman Ariel Viera (17) has wowed the district this season with 21 goals. She has scored seven in the past week. She is moving the ball here while being marked by a Yamhill-Carlton player.

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The Scappoose Lady Indians soccer team dominated Yamhill-Carlton in a district playoff match on Saturday to earn a shot at the state playoffs in a battle with Oregon Episcopal School.

The Tribe posted a 3-0 win over YC and the match was never really in question.

“When we played them before they sat back and defended and this game was no different,” Coach Chris Dorough said. “Since they sit players back and in the middle we knew we had to get the ball wide and crack their shell. Our first goal was scored by Ariel (Viera) and assisted by Athena Loos. Later in the half, Hayley Tuttle scored with her left foot on a pass from Kate Collard. In the second half, Hayley put the game away with a goal on a pass from Ariel. Our defense played great and only allowed three shots on goal. Emma Fouts played a great game out wide left, filling in for a sick Ashley Peterson.”

The win sent Scappoose up against OES on Tuesday (Nov. 3). The Lady Indians led OES 2-0 in their only other meeting this season (Oct. 20), before OES came back and tied the match. That game was also at OES.

Dorough is very pleased with the play of his club in the last week. “We have scored a lot of goals without giving any up in the last week (21-0) and have won four straight games going in. We have 10 wins (five last year) and feel great going into the game.”

OES is a perennial power in the 4A/3A/2A/1A playoffs. A Scappoose win would be considered a major upset.

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