This past weekend, The Magnolia Soccer Club?s Boy U-16 team, the Mudsharks, won the Seattle Youth Soccer Association?s City Tournament up in Shoreline. The Boys From the Bluff shut out a very tough Ballard Bolt team 2-0 to take the Championship. The Mudsharks, led by their tri-captains, Nolan Baker, Josh Martin and Austin Keaton went 5-1 over the course of the two week tournament, losing their first game in a penalty kick shootout, then coming through the loser?s bracket to sweep to their way to the championship on their way, they avenged their first round loss and beat the first, second and third place teams to win the title. In the championship game, the boys took advantage of first half goals by Devon Winterer and Danny Banco. To defeat a very game Ballard team. The win capped off a great season as the Mudsharks went 8-2.
Back row (left to right) Assistant coach Brian Keaton, Danny Banko, Nolan Baker, Derek Adams, Adam Kubota, Nathan Schmidt DevonWinterer,Josh Martin, Quintin Sweeney, Ethan Fritzberg
Front row ( left to right(Austin Keaton, Tyler Stanley, Brady Ehrlich, Alex Tolton, Colby Hilt, Ian Kirk, Alden Scherrer, Hunter Thompson, head coach John Baker. (not pictured, Santiago Reagan, Brandon Griffith and Paul Seibert, Jr.)
And, The Magnolia Community Center Pioneers basketball team took 1st place at the inaugural Seattle Parks and Recreation “Unity in the Community” 3 vs.3 basketball tournament 10 year old division.? The tournament was held the past weekend at the Yesler Community Center as part of food drive for the local community.
Congratulations!