It's hard to start a match any better than junior Cassie Winter did for the Ballard High School girls soccer team in its Oct. 7 win against Redmond High School.

In the first minute of the match, Winter had already scored a goal to put the Beavers in the lead for good. She also earned the assist on senior Jordan Travis' goal in the 70th minute that cemented the Ballard win.

Senior keeper Jessica Spaulding preserved the shutout for Ballard. It was only the second Ballard shutout of the season.

The Beavers upped their record to 2-4-0 in KingCo and 2-7-3 overall, already seeing an improvement in fortunes after a tough first half of the KingCo schedule.

Next up for Ballard is Inglemoor (1-4-0 KingCo, 1-8-1 overall) at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at Inglemoor High School.