Sumner falls to Eastmont in 4A soccer state championship game, 3-1
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Sumner kept things tight for a half in the WIAA Class 4A state high school boys soccer championship game at Sparks Stadium on Saturday night, taking a scoreless draw into the halftime break.
But Eastmont (Wenatchee) has been piling up goals left and right in every round of the state tournament, and eventually, the Wildcats’ firepower showed up.
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Aaron Leon, who had a hat trick against Lincoln of Seattle a day earlier in a 3-0 Eastmont win in the state semifinals, continued his red-hot pace, scoring another hat trick against Sumner. All three of Leon’s goals (‘47, ‘61, ‘88) came in the second half and Eastmont won, 3-1.
Sumner’s Aiden Vannoy scored the team’s lone goal in the 88th minute.
Eastmont was untouchable in the state tournament, beating Puyallup in the state tournament opening round, 7-1, followed by a 3-1 win over Mount Si in the quarterfinals and a 3-0 win over Lincoln of Seattle in the semis.
Sumner’s second-place finish is the program’s best finish ever in the state tournament. Craig Johnson’s eighth-seeded Spartans had a memorable run through the bracket, beating No. 9 Lewis and Clark in the opening round, 4-1, before knocking out top-seeded Stadium in the quarterfinals, 3-1, and beating Newport in a penalty kick shootout in the semifinals on Friday.
It’s been a historic year for Sumner High School athletics. The baseball team won the 4A state championship on Saturday evening in Everett, beating Gonzaga Prep, 7-0. The football team won its second consecutive 4A state title last fall, and the girls basketball team played in the 4A state championship game, falling to Davis.