The Edmonds-Woodway High School boys soccer team knows their recent history; the Warriors closed out both the 2018 and 2017 regular-season campaigns with less-than-satisfactory 0-2 records. This year’s E-W squad is determined to turn that history around.

Motivated to win down the stretch — and get back into 3A state playoffs — the Warriors earned a strong 2-0 victory over the Shorewood Thunderbirds on Wednesday in their next-to-last contest of the 2019 regular season.

E-W won the match with a dominating second-half performance. Both Warrior goals came after halftime — Sebastian Olson with a nifty touch on a ball crossed into the box by Ryan Hanby in the 46th minute, and Hanby with a powerful strike off the rebound of a saved penalty kick he took in the 78th minute.

Olson explained the teams’ spirited play against the T-Birds as the result of a reminder given by E-W Coach Mike Ochoa at halftime.

“What we talked about is if we even want a chance to go to state, we just need to start working harder in these last couple of games,” Olson said. “The last couple of years we’ve fallen short … and this year we really want to go to state. That’s our goal.”

The coach’s nudge worked as the Warriors were clearly the better team after the halftime break.

E-W outshot the T-Birds 10 to three, earned one corner kick to none for Shorewood, and barely missed two more goals during the second half of play. In the 59th minute, Olson bounced a free kick from 22 yards out off the goal to deny a score. Then a minute later, the junior had a penalty kick opportunity stopped by Shorewood goalkeeper Karsten Nye, who saved a follow-up blast from the Warriors’ Omar Padilla on the rebound.

Already ahead of the history from the past two seasons, the Warriors now want to add a win to their total in their final match before the postseason; E-W will face the Mountlake Terrace Hawks on Tuesday, April 30, at Edmonds Stadium in the 2019 regular season finale.

“We’re hoping for a good result to close out the season.” Olson said.

In other E-W sports on Tuesday, the Warriors baseball, softball and boys golf teams all picked up wins.

Prep Boys Soccer: Edmonds-Woodway at Shorewood, April 24

Edmonds-Woodway 0 2 — 2

Shorewood 0 0 — 0

Goal scorers:

— Sebastian Olson (Edmonds-Woodway), assisted by Ryan Hanby, in the 46th minute

— Ryan Hanby (Edmonds-Woodway), unassisted, in the 78th minute

Shots:

— Edmonds-Woodway, 14

— Shorewood, 8

Saves:

— Mackey Guenther (Edmonds-Woodway), 7

— Mate Alexander / Karsten Nye (Shorewood), 8

Corner kicks:

— Edmonds-Woodway, 2

— Shorewood, 3

Penalty kicks:

— Edmonds-Woodway, 2

— Shorewood, 0

Yellow cards:

— Jack Bowerman (Shorewood), in the 77th minute

Records: Edmonds-Woodway 8-3-2 in 2A/3A Wesco League, 8-4-2 overall; Shorewood 10-3-0 in 2A/3A Wesco League, 10-4-1 overall

Edmonds-Woodway next match: versus Mountlake Terrace; Tuesday, April 30; 7:30 p.m. at Edmonds Stadium

Prep Baseball: Shorecrest at Edmonds-Woodway, April 24

Shorecrest   0 0   0 0  0 x x     — 0 1    2

Edmonds-Woodway   1 5   0 2  2 x x     — 10 12  0

Winning pitcher: (unreported – Edmonds-Woodway)

Losing pitcher: Aris Goss (Shorecrest)

Records: Edmonds-Woodway 7-3 in 2A/3A Wesco League South Conference, 9-7 overall; Shorecrest 3-10 in 2A/3A Wesco League South Conference, 5-14 overall

Edmonds-Woodway next game: versus Mountlake Terrace; Thursday, Apr. 25; 4 p.m. at Edmonds-Woodway High School

Prep Softball: Lynnwood at Edmonds-Woodway, April 24

Lynnwood   0 0   0 0  0 0 0     — 0 6 1

Edmonds-Woodway   0 1   0 2  0 1 x     — 4 9 1

Winning pitcher: Annika Forseth (Edmonds-Woodway)
Losing pitcher: Hailey Johnson (Lynnwood)

Records: Edmonds-Woodway 4-5 in 2A/3A Wesco League, 5-10 overall; Lynnwood 2-8 in 2A/3A Wesco League, 3-13 overall

Edmonds-Woodway next game: versus Shorewood; Monday, Apr. 29; 4:00 p.m. at Edmonds-Woodway High School

Prep Boys Golf: Edmonds-Woodway vs. Lynnwood; April 24 (nine hole, par 36 at Lynnwood Golf Course)

Edmonds-Woodway 159 – Lynnwood 221

Edmonds-Woodway next match: versus Meadowdale, Mountlake Terrace, Lynnwood; Tuesday, Apr. 30; 3:00 p.m. at Lynnwood Golf Course

–By Doug Petrowski