It was a day of double delight in a deluge at Federal Way Memorial Field on Tuesday, Oct. 26.
Todd Beamer blasted Spanaway Lake, 10-0, to open the proceedings and wrap up the Class 4A South Puget Sound League South Division title before Decatur took to the soggy field and beat Lakes, 5-1, in a 3A SPSL game.
Beamer ran its final division record to 10-0-6 ahead of the 10-2-3 mark of Curtis and the Gators improved to 5-3-1 to remain mired in second place in the 3A standings behind the 8-0-1 mark of Bonney Lake.
Off and on downpours plagued the players in both games and continued as Thomas Jefferson capped off the day on the down side with a 2-1 SPSL North 4A loss to Tahoma. The Raiders fell to 6-6-3 for fifth place in the standings and Federal Way fell to the same mark for sixth place in the SPSL South 4A race with a 3-0 loss to Rogers at Puyallup's Sparks Stadium.
Beamer remained undefeated but frequently tied with its win over Spanaway Lake that featured five goals per half plus a running clock and only eight Titans on the field in the second half.
It did not take long for Beamer to gain control.
Tiarra Fentress struck with only 1:20 elapsed in the match by shooting a soft shot into the left corner. Teammate Jasmine Brilliante then scored with 35:20 remaining in the first half on a corner kick that went off the Sentinels' goalie and in.
Breanna Straus then scored at the 31:37 mark, driving into the open ant rolling a shot past the diving goalie and in.
Jenny Hoefel found the back of the net at 27:08 on a hard shot from the left side of the goal to the right and Brilliante scored with 26:56 to go before halftime.
The changes to the Titans' lineup kept the second half scoreless until Fentress stepped up and drilled a penalty kick into the back left corner.
Straus struck on a hard shot into the middle at 25:30 to go in the match and scored again at 22:40 on a point blank shot into the middle.
Avery Salisbury scored her first goal at 17:15 on another hard shot to the middle to make it 9-0 and Katya Bixenman made it 10-0 by scoring off an assist off a corner kick from Salisbury with 3:30 left.
Decatur 5, Lakes 1
Decatur found itself on the scoreboard with only 6:55 elapsed in the first half when Hannah Herbert took a cross and knocked it in.
Sierra Shugarts scored with 11:31 left before halftime on a hot shot and the 2-0 lead held through halftime.
Abby McFaul opened the second half with a goal at 36:35 to play, dribbling past the defenders and punching the ball past the keeper.
Victoria Braun of the Gators scored with 26:27 remaining and, after Lakes scored its lone goal with 22:56 to go, Decatur's Allison Lewis floated in a shot over the goalie and in at 3:49 left.