Sammamish Lacrosse Defeats Skagit Valley Tuesday

BELLEVUE – Tyvan Schmidt equaled a season-high 6 goals to lead Sammamish to its 8th win of the season with an 8 – 5 boys high school lacrosse defeat of visiting Skagit Valley, Tuesday at Newport High School in Bellevue.

Evergreen Division leading Sammamish and Skagit matched each other goal-for-goal to take a 4 – 4 deadlock into the fourth. In the end, Sammamish delivered 4 fourth quarter goals to take log their 8th win of the season.

Sammamish (8-1-0) next faces Lakeside (1-8-0), Thursday, April 7 in a 5 p.m. start at the Lakeside School in north Seattle. Skagit Valley (1-3-0) next faces Wenatchee (6-2-0), Friday, April 8 in a 5:30 p.m. start at Skagit River Park.

Griffin Van Baush led Skagit with five points and helped fuel the offensive effort with 9 ground-ball grabs. Jordan Johnson had 11 saves in the goal, holding Sammamish to its lowest scoring production of the season.

SCORING HIGHLIGHTS: Sammamish 8, Skagit Valley 5 (Tyvan Schmidt, SAM, 6 goals, 4 ground balls; Cooper Horton, SAM, 1 goal, 7 ground balls; Mitch Williams, SAM, 4 saves; Griffin Van Baush, SV, 2 goals, 3 assists, 9 ground balls; Mac Burnett, SV, 2 goals, 4 ground balls; Corbin Mellow, SV, 1 goal, 1 ground ball; Kyle Mack, SV, 10 ground balls; Jordan Johnson, SV, 11 saves)

-- Information from Washington State chapter of US Lacrosse

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