May 1 – Ballard: 3 Garfield: 2
With one match remaining, the Ballard High School soccer team is flying high. The team beat Garfield 3-2 May 1 and has only lost two of its last nine matches.
Greg Testa put the Beavers on the board in the 14th minute with a goal off a Nick Christie assist. Five minutes later, Kentaro Bowzewski supplied the ball to Balin Larson for another Ballard goal.
Garfield evened the match in the second half, but Bowzewski got a late goal of his own to give the Beavers the win.
It was Ballard's highest-scoring match of the season.
In the past five matches, Testa has scored four goals and Larson and Bowzewski have two apiece.
The team is at 6-5-2 overall and 4-4-2 in the conference. The Beavers have won five and tied one of their last eight matches.
Ballard's final match is against Eastlake at 7:30 p.m., May 5 at Eastlake High School.