Showing posts with label High School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label High School. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Skyview HS Girls Varsity Soccer Team - State Finals Playoff 2025

Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 5 pm
At Kiggins Stadium in Vancouver, WA, Clark County
2025 WIAA Girls Soccer Playoffs

Skyview HS Storm (13-2-4) from Vancouver, WA,
play the Stadium Tigers (11-3-1) from Tacoma, WA.

The Skyview Team was dominant Offensively all evening, and the Skyview Defense was excellent. Skyview won: 4-0. Pleasant weather for the game. Many Tiger fans came down from Tacoma for the game.

Skyview High School

Girls Varsity Soccer Team 2025
Season Results (14-2-4) as of 11/13/2025

Central Catholic High School 3-0 Win
Curtis 0-0 Tie
Ridgefield 1-0 Win
Sumner 1-1 Tie
Columbia River 0-0 Tie
Mountain View 7-1 Win
Chiawana 2-1 Win
Prairie 6-1 Win
Rogers (Puyallup) 3-0 Win
Heritage 7-0 Win
Battle Ground 7-0 Win
Camas 1-1 Tie
Union 3-2 Win
Battle Ground 8-0 Win
Camas 0-1 Loss
Union 3-1 Win
Puyallup 1-0 Win
Camas 1-0 Win
Tahoma 0-1 Loss
Stdaium 4-0 Win

20 Games as of 11/13/2025
14 Wins
2 Losses
4 Ties
14-2-4

Goals Scored = 58
Goals Given Up = 10

Skyview will now be seeded in the State of Washington overall girls soccer high school Finals for 2025. This will be the Final 8 competition.

Karen and I have attended nearly all the soccer games this 2025 season, as have her parents, as well as Hanna Flinn and Beryl Flinn.

We have enjoyed the play of the entire team and the very good coaching this entire 2025 season.


We, of course, take special interest
in the Skyview soccer team Defense:

We carefully watch Goalkeeper Sure-Handed Brynnlee Williams #0, Wing Defender Speedy Leilany Elias Sanchez #8, Center Defender [our Granddaughter] Mean Machine Makenna Flinn #17, and Wing Defender Cannonball Quinn Lundy #9. 

This stout defense, in addition to all the fine Skyview mid-fielders that helped in defense as needed, recorded 11 shut-out games out of 20, only gave up 2 goals in only one game this season, had four ties against very good teams, and only gave up 10 goals total in 20 games. We lost only 2 games, both by a low score of 0-1.


Skyview will now be seeded in the State of Washington overall girls soccer high school Finals for 2025. This will be the Final 8 competition.

Here is the Finals Schedule

Skyview HS Storm (14-2-4) from Vancouver, WA,
will play the Mead HS Panthers (11-3-6) from Spokane, WA.

Date: Friday, November 14, 2025.

Location ????  Time???






Friday, October 10, 2025

Does Your College Women's Soccer Team Need a Very Good Center Defender?

 

Subject: Recruiting: A Noteworthy Center Defender: Makenna Flinn

Makenna Erin Flinn is an excellent Center Defender for the Skyview High School Girl’s Varsity Soccer Team in Vancouver, Washington. 

Makenna Flinn was awarded First Team Soccer Defender in 2024 in the 4A Greater St. Helens District League. Skyview won the St. Helens League title in 2024.

Makenna is a Senior, and she is a straight A student. She plans to study to become a Physician’s Assistant. She is an officer for both the DECA Entrepreneurial Business Club and the Medical Club at Skyview.

She has lettered in three varsity seasons in both soccer and track and field. In soccer, she has played the entire game in every game for two years.

Makenna is tall, fast, strong, smart, quick, and calm. She is a good leader, and a skilled defender. She is a Captain of the Skyview team in 2025.

Information on 2025 Skyview High School Girls Varsity Soccer Team:

As of 10/10/2025, the Skyview record is 8-0-4. In 12 games this year, Skyview has scored 38 goals, given up only 5, and are undefeated. They are currently ranked 3th in the State of Washington in the 4A Division, and 5th in the entire State. This is despite losing two key offensive players suffering season ending injuries, and another key defender being injured for many games.

Makenna (#17) has defended extremely well against top forwards from other schools (Chiawana, Somner, Camas, Ridgefield, and Columbia River) who are already having scholarship offers.

Makenna knows how to help, cooperate with, and encourage the other two Defenders and the Goalie. Her passing to mid-fielders and defenders is accurate and fast. She can play tough and aggressively and keeps fouls to a minimum in critical situations. She often steals the ball and can drive it forward skillfully for 15-25 yards when needed. She closely guards the best Forward Striker in every game.

She is also an offensive threat. In the second half of games, when Skyview is ahead in scoring, she sometimes is switched to playing a Forward Striker. She has scored three goals this year: one off a header into the goal, and one off her foot into the goal, on Skyview offensive corner side kicks; and, one direct shot for goal after good passing back and forth with other Forwards. Not many top-notch Center Defenders score goals.

Makenna has a good work ethic and puts in the gym work and conditioning for extra strength and speed. She is intelligent and coachable. She has played for the Salmon Creek Nemesis Club since the 4th grade, and as a mid-fielder on other Portland teams. She was coached for many years in Nemesis by Coach Tina Frimpong Ellertson; and, now at Skyview for two years by Coach Matt Houghton.

I hope your scouts will watch Makenna Flinn (#17) show her superior defensive prowess in one of Skyview’s upcoming games. The game at Kiggins Stadium in Vancouver on October 21, 2025, will pit Camas against Skyview; and these two teams tied 1-1 on 10/9. Also, I am sure Skyview will be competing in the Washington State Girls Varsity Soccer Finals.

 

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For more information and video/film clips of Makenna, please request information from her father: Sean Flinn at Email:  seanflinn12@msn.com


Mike Garofalo

P.S. I have watched Makenna Erin Flinn play for the last seven years.  I am her grandfather. I am supporting her efforts in seeking university studies in medicine and biological science. Obviously, I am also a fan of women’s soccer … go Portland Thorns, go Skyview Storm!!

 

Saturday, November 02, 2024

Girls Varsity Soccer Champions - Skyview High School



On Saturday, 11/2, the Skyview High School Girls Soccer Team played the Tahoma Bears in a Sectional State Playoff Game. The Bears brought a record of 5-5-2.

It was a cold and overcast day at the Skyview soccer field. The crowd was small.  

Unfortunately, as usual, the Skyview sound system was very poor.  No banners for each of our players like we saw at Richfield, Union, and Camas. No cheerleaders. No student section of rooters. On the positive side, the bleachers were clean, outdoor toilets nearby, having a Make a Wish fundraising table, modest attendance fees, an orderly and even tempered audience, good referees, and a security and administrative presence. Everyone felt safe.  Younger children were everywhere and smiling. 

The usual group of Skyview soccer parents and their children were in attendance. Our group of Skyview fans and rooters included Alicia and Sean (Makenna Flinn's (#16, Center Defender) parents, Hanna and Matt Flinn, Hanna's visiting sister and her husband, Ryan, Joey, April Garofalo, Grandma Beryl, Grandma Karen, and Grandpa Michael. Everyone had fun!!



Skyview High School Girls Varsity Soccer Team in 2024


A tense and intense game. A stingy defense on both teams. 

The game was tied 0-0 at the end of regulation and 2 overtimes.  A final shootout took place.  Each team was tied after 6 shots. The Tahoma kicker hit the side pole and missed. Then, Cannonball Quinn Lundy, kicked the winning goal in the shootout (penalty kick, one on one, one kicker and one goalie ... high tension).


Skyview Girls Varsity Soccer Team
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Skyview 1 and Tahoma 0


Current Skyview High School Girls Varsity Soccer: Overall Record of  12 - 0 - 3  Conference  5 - 0 - 1

The Skyview Girls Varsity Soccer Team is now ranked 8th in the State of Washington. Information.

Another local high school, Ridgefield, is ranked 10th in the State of Washington. It has a
record of 15-1-1.  Ridgefield and Skyview played to a 2-2 tie early in the season.

The local Columbia newspaper reporter said the standouts for Skyview in the game were: Brynlee Williams, Quinn Lundy, Scottie Crooks, and Makenna Flinn.



NEXT??    Summer High School vs Skyview High School, Girls Varsity Soccer, 7 pm, 11/5/2024, Tuesday, Federal Way Memorial Field. 

Federal Way is City in Kings County and part of the Seattle Metapolitician Area.

Summer High School is ranked 6th in the State of Washington for 4A Division sized large schools.
It has a record of 11-2-3.  Skyview High School is ranked 4th in the Statewide 4A Division.
Information.


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Skyview (HS) High School is located in the area north of Vancouver, Washington.  It is located in the northwest unincorporated suburbs of Vancouver, called Salmon Creek.

Our grand daughter, Makenna Flinn, plays center defender (#16) on the Skyview HS Girls Varsity Soccer Team.  She plays the entire game, every game. She is a Junior. She is an A grade student.

The Skyview Girls Varsity Soccer team went undefeated in 2024.
Overall Record of  11 - 0 - 3  Conference  5 - 0 - 1
The Skyview Girls Varsity Soccer Team won the District Championship of the 4A Greater St. Helens Athletic District in the State of Washington.
The last time Skyview HS  won the GSHAD Championship was in 2014.

The Skyview Girls Varsity Soccer Team fielded a very stingy defense - the best in the league.
The defense recorded eight shoutouts, and gave up only 8 goals all season.
The defense never gave up more than 2 goals in a game.
All players pitched in on defense!
The three main defensive players, who played the entire game every game were:
Brynnlee Williams    Goalie                  Junior
Makenna Flinn          Center Defender  Junior   # 16
Quinn Lundy            Wing Defender     Junior   # 19

The Skyview offense was quite powerful at times, and tallied 57 goals in the season. Only six of the games were close. Some of their wins were by wide margins, e.g., 8-0.  Rotations of mid-fielders and striker forwards were frequent, keeping players fresh, strong, and fast. Standouts on offense included Dea Covarrubias, Mya Ellertson, Bella Town, and Cameron Watson.

This team 2024 team had four seniors on the entire roster.
Many of the team members have played together since elementary school at Chinook Elementary in Salmon Creek on the local league team called "The Nemesis."  Karen and I have attended scores of Nemesis soccer games in the last 7 years.

First year Head Coach was Matt Houghton, and his Assistants were Nello Picinich, Mackenzie Ellertson, and Samantha Schoene.

Overall 2024 Record of  11 - 0 - 3  Conference  5 - 0 - 1
57 Goals Scored by Skyview. Only 8 Goals Scored Against Skyview.

Karen and I attended eight of these Girls Varsity Soccer Games.  We went out to dinner with Makenna's parents (Alicia and Sean) and her other grandmother (Beryl) before three of the games. We got to meet many parents of the girls.  

We visited some of the big stadiums in the area, e.g., Battleground, Richfield, Union, Camas, and the local Kiggins/Boggs Vancouver Field.

They The Skyview HS Girls Varsity Soccer Team will play their first State Tournament Soccer Game on November 2, 2024, at Skyview.



Makenna Flinn and Quinn Lundy
Key Skyview Soccer Defenders



Final Game Photo of Skyview Team
We defeated Union High School, 4-1
October 24, 2024, 9:20 p.m.



Makenna Flinn, Center Defender, #16




4A Greater St. Helens
#TeamW-LGBOVR
1SkyviewSkyview8-0-12-0-2
2Mountain ViewMountain View6-4-13.010-6-1
3CamasCamas6-22.08-5
4KelsoKelso5-33.012-4-1
5UnionUnion4-3-13.57-6-2
6PrairiePrairie3-76.05-10
7Battle GroundBattle Ground2-87.04-11
8EvergreenEvergreen0-77.55-8
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