Boys Lacrosse: Bellevue Proves Too Much for Emerald Ridge-Puyallup

PUYALLUP – Will Penner scored four goals as Bellevue rolled to its third win of the varsity boys Division I high school lacrosse season with an 18-2 defeat of Emerald Ridge Puyallup, Saturday at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup. 

After adding an assist, Penner finished the night with five points and four ground balls to lead the Wolverines.

Bellevue again established itself of the team-to-beat in boys high school lacrosse in the state jumping out to a 5-1 lead in the first quarter and then blanking Emerald Ridge-Puyallup in the second and third quarters to take a 15-1 lead into the final quarter. 

In the fourth, Emerald-Ridge Puyallup managed to score its second goal, but Bellevue added another three to round out the scoring.

Hank Bethke and Joe Fennel had three goals each and Simon Jenkin grabbed a game-high 10 ground balls for Bellevue.

For Emerald Ridge-Puyallup, Gerrick Mundt and Trevor Buman handled the scoring while Devon Ehli had 12 saves. 

Bellevue (3-0-0) next faces Issaquah (2-0-0), Tuesday, March 19 in an 8 p.m. matchup at Issaquah High School. Emerald Ridge-Puyallup (0-2-0) next faces Bellarmine Prep (0-3-0)  Tuesday, March 19 in an 8 p.m. matchup at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

Scoring

1

2

3

4

 F

Bellevue

5

5

5

3

18

Emerald Ridge-Puyallup

1

0

0

1

2

Game Summary

Bellevue 18, Emerald Ridge-Puyallup 2 (Will Penner, B, 4 goals, 1 assist, 4 ground balls; Hank Bethke, B, 3 goals, 1 ground ball; Joe Finnell, B, 3 goals, 1 assist, 3 ground balls; Simon Jenkin, B, 10 ground balls; Ryan Eastes, B, 5 ground balls; Bradley Medeiros, B, 3 saves; Gerrick Mundt, ER-P, 1 goal; Trevor Buman, ER-P, 1 goal; Kyle Jasaitis, ER-P, 3 ground balls; Devon Ehli, ER-P, 12 saves) 

Information courtesy of US Lacrosse - Washington State Chapter.