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By Neil [email protected]

The Lakeside Recovery 17-and-under American Legion baseball team is learning a difficult lesson this summer — it’s tough to play consistently when your roster is in turmoil.

Coach Chris Tamminen’s squad started the summer with 19 play-ers. One moved away and another five got injured, leaving 13 players eligible for games. Working with a short bench hasn’t been an ideal situation, Tamminen said.

“It’s definitely hurt us as far as moves that we can make during in-game situations,” he said.

Lakeside Recovery’s roller-coaster season continued last week as it dropped three of four games at the Chevy Cup, a five-team, wood-bat invitational tournament at Eastlake High School.

On June 27, Lakeside missed out on several scoring opportunities and saw the Kennewick Bandits pull away for a 6-1 victory.

Starting pitcher Danny Shomaker was able to work out of some jams early in the game, but was knocked out in the fourth inning after he is-sued a leadoff walk and Kennewick’s Jake Kirchoff tripled to tie the score, 1-1.

Reliever Raoul Soans couldn’t stop the bleeding, and Kennewick scored four runs in the frame to take the lead for good.

Shomaker and Soans had some good moments, combining to strike out three batters while allowing seven hits. But they also struggled

with control, walking six batters.“They’ve just got to improve a

little bit in between the ears, and you’ve got to throw strikes in those situations,” Tamminen said. “Giving guys free passes puts a lot of pres-sure on your defense. It adds to your pitch count, and we’ve got to be better than that. We’ve got to pitch to contact.”

Most of the walks didn’t hurt Lakeside directly. In the first inning, Shomaker walked Trenton Nett, but catcher Kyle DeCamp caught Nett stealing for the third out.

In the second inning, DeCamp again helped stop a walk-fueled rally by picking off a runner at first

base. And Lakeside turned a double play in the third, erasing Bryce Grigg’s one-out walk.

In the top of the third, Lakeside took a 1-0 lead when Tyler Kim drew a one-out walk, stole second and came home on Gunnar Erick-son’s long double to the right-field gap.

However, Lakeside failed to capi-talize on numerous other scoring chances. Tate Spivey pitched all seven innings for the Bandits, and although he walked seven batters and hit two more, he held Lakeside

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By Christina [email protected]

Puget Sound Gunners midfielder Justice Duerk-sen had no choice but to score in the June 27 con-test against Lane United FC. Family pride was on the line.

His younger sister, in town from California for a local soccer tournament, had scored a couple of goals that morning, and his whole family, includ-ing mom Betsy, an All-American player herself at Boston College, made it to Issaquah High School to watch him play.

“Oh yeah, I knew I had to go get a goal, too,” he said.

The Seattle University star didn’t disappoint, putting the Gunners on the board in the game’s 17th minute with a well-curled free kick from about 20 yards out. It was all the Gunners (2-6-2) needed to defeat Lane United FC (2-6-1) on a drizzly, mild

night.“I’ve been practicing

free kicks lately, and I just told the guys I was going to cross it,” Duerk-sen said of the score. “I think I caught the keeper out, and I just hit it near post.”

It was the Gunners’ second win of the season, and the team’s first at home since relocating to Issaquah this year. The team’s first win came more than a month ago when it defeated the Sounders U-23.

It was a long time to wait between victories, Gunners head coach Jim-

my Ball said, but it was a big win for the young team as his players continue to mature.

“With this being my first season in this league, I’ve learned a lot as the year’s gone on,” he said. “I thought we were fantasti-cally organized tonight and I thought we were very patient, and I’m very pleased with that.”

The last time the teams met, Lane United beat the visiting Gun-ners, 4-1. The June 27 matchup was a duel between the two teams at the bottom of the Northwest Division. The Gunners’ win vaulted the team out of the division cellar, at least for now, giving it eight points to Lane United’s seven.

Both teams are young, Ball said, as he praised the visiting team’s play. It is the Oregon club’s first season in the Premier Development League.

“I thought they played ever so well, but they just

couldn’t break us down, and I’m proud of that, be-cause we’ve been broken down too many times,” Ball said.

The Gunners have just a few games remaining, including home games against the Seattle Sound-ers U-23 and the Victoria Highlanders. The team made the short trip to Redmond to play the Washington Crossfire on June 30, but results were not available at press time.

“As a team, we’re com-ing together, got the result we needed to today and hopefully we can build on this for the rest of the season,” said goalkeeper Keegan Rogers, who had the shutout.

Fans are invited to watch the Gunners take on the Seattle Sounders U-23 in a special Independence Day game at Issaquah High School. The team takes on the Major League Soccer-affiliated squad at 3 p.m. July 4.

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By Neil [email protected]

Jason Twaddle lived in Madrid for the first seven years of his life, and the Spanish influence on his soccer game is undeniable.

Twaddle, who recently graduated from Skyline High School, had levels of success during his prep career that rivaled those of famed Spanish strikers like David Villa and Fernando Torres.

He leaves as the Skyline program’s all-time leading scorer, piling up 76 points (33 goals, 10 assists), and will continue playing this fall at Seattle University.

Twaddle said he isn’t

amazed at toppling the previous mark of 70 points, set by Travis Strawn (2008-11).

“My brother was going to try to beat it, but he got injured, so I had to do it for him,” he joked about his brother Josh Twaddle. “It was fun, but definitely couldn’t have done it with-out my teammates.”

Skyline’s successful 2014 season, which ended with a trip to the Class 4A state quarterfinals and a 14-2-3 record, was due in large part to Jason Twaddle. He had 10 goals — more than one-third of the team’s total — and

By Rachel [email protected]

Mountains to Sound Greenway invites you to hike the hidden trails of Tiger Mountain, traversing 9 miles from Issaquah to Preston, where the ad-venture concludes with a barbecue.

“The bulk of the hike is on Tiger Mountain Trail, but part of it is a guided experience through a network of trails,” said Margaret Ullman-Hess, communications and development manager for Mountains to Sound Gre-enway. “We worked with Green Trail Map to make a custom map for this trip, creating a journey through Tiger Mountain you may not be able to discover on your own.”

Hikers will park their cars in Preston and take a shuttle to the Harvey Man-ning statue in Issaquah, where Mayor Fred Butler will welcome the adven-turers. From there, local guides will lead the way, offering historical and eco-logical commentary about the mountain throughout the trek. The 9-mile hike will cover 1,300 feet of el-evation gain through Tiger Mountain’s lush forests of hemlock, Douglas fir and maple.

“The custom trail covers

many different sections of Tiger, taking hik-ers through the recently acquired Park Pointe area and into the quiet moss-filled forest on the backside of the mountain,” Ullman-Hess said.

“This is an opportunity to have a good time and meet new people,” she added. “We are an organization that loves the outdoors and loves food, so of course we are ending in true green-way fashion with a barbe-cue.”

Hidden Trails of Tiger Mountain is an Explore the Greenway trip, foster-ing relationships between people and nature though volunteering, outdoor recreation and education. The Greenway 365 calen-dar of events lists outdoor

Explore hidden trails of Tiger Mountain on July 15 hike

IF YOU GOHidden Trails of Tiger Mountain Hike48:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. 4July 154Registration is $25.4206-382-55654mtsgreenway.org/explore-the-greenway/trips4Sign up early. Space is limited.

Skyline duo listed among top prep soccer players

By Neil PiersoN

Spartans Jason Twaddle (left) and Nick Morgan were recently honored as all-state selections by the Washington State Soccer Coaches’ Association.

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By ChristiNa Corrales-toy

Kevin Cook (left), Puget Sound Gunners defender, sprints for the ball, while a Lane United FC defender attempts to hold him back.

Gunners shutout Lane United

Lakeside traveling bumpy road

By GreG Farrar

Tyler Kim (left) of Lakeside Recovery, heads home on a ground-rule double as bat-ter Gunnar Erickson heads for second base with an RBI on a dead ball signal by the umpire in the third inning June 27 against the Kennewick Bandits.

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