The Ballard girls and boys lacrosse teams played their season openers last night with a win for the boys and a narrow loss for the girls.

The Ballard boys lacrosse team played their season opener against Franklin last night and the boys couldn't have asked for a better first home game. The Beavers quickly outscored Franklin and gave them no chance to catch up. Ballard won 11 to 2.

Ballard attack man Brian Gemme lead the way with three goals for Ballard. Taz Berkeley added another two goals along with two assists and Scott Brownlee scored two goals as well.

Game Stats:

Goals/assists:

# 1 Brian Gemme 3/0
#8 Taz Berkeley 2/2
#12 Scott Brownlee 2/0
#27 Jacob Marks 1/3
#28 John DeGarmo 1/0
#33 Thomas Christensen 2/0

GroundBalls:

#27 Jacob Marks, 12
#8 Taz Berkeley 7
#38 Joe Kirkendall 7

Goalie/Saves:

#29 Nick Onstad-Hawes 3
#37 Taylor Eagan 1

Girls lacrosse loses season opener to Overlake

The girls lacrosse team faced a tough team in Redmond last night as they played the Overlake Owls. The Beavers and Owl played to a 7-7 draw at the half before Overlake pulled ahead in the second half for the win.
Ballard made plenty attempts on the goals but the Overlake goalie, Emma Howard, was too strong, saving nine attempts. Ballard lost 14 to 10.

Maddie Soukup lead Ballard with 3 goals and an assist.

Game Stats:

Maddie Soukup had three goals, one assist. Jayne Barnes had two goals and Jessica Bryan added another two goals; Goalie Hannah Breton had 11 saves.