Bainbridge players help power Puget Sound Select to title

The Puget Sound Select girls lacrosse team took first place in the recent Cascade Cup Lacrosse Tournament in Snohomish — the largest girls lacrosse tournament in the state — with a roster boasting eight Bainbridge Island players.

August 8, 2015 2:24 pm
The Puget Sound Select girls lacrosse team took first place in the recent Cascade Cup Lacrosse Tournament in Snohomish — the largest girls lacrosse tournament in the state — with a roster boasting eight Bainbridge Island players: Sophia Hagstromer
The Puget Sound Select girls lacrosse team took first place in the recent Cascade Cup Lacrosse Tournament in Snohomish — the largest girls lacrosse tournament in the state — with a roster boasting eight Bainbridge Island players: Sophia Hagstromer

SNOHOMISH – The Puget Sound Select girls lacrosse team took first place in the recent Cascade Cup Lacrosse Tournament in Snohomish — the largest girls lacrosse tournament in the state — with a roster boasting eight Bainbridge Island players.

The team was coached by Jamie Asaka, and featured island players Sophia Hagstromer, Robin Hildermann, Karsen Shaleen, Hannah Elzig, Hannah Maroni, Maggie Sweeney, Kiera Havill and Sonia Olson.

The squad claimed victory over more than a dozen other competing teams in four matches, advancing through their final two matches Sunday, July 26. First, they faced off against Bay Area Wave 2016/17 at Harvey Field and came out ahead 12-3.

Then, in the championship game, PSS claimed an 8-6 win over Seattle Starz HS Elite at the same venue.

The team also includes McKenna Ooley, Lucy Ackerman, Kelsey Ruhl, Emily Cohen, Allie Hill, Lousia Heywood, Anne Marie Heywood, Alle Dunbar, Julia Panelli, Anabel Ohsman, Kaley Holland, Leah Drucker, Adrian Russian, Sadie Iucide, Ella Van Cleeve, Lindsey Call, Wendy Donier and Jordyn Vaughn.

Several other players from Bainbridge came home with honors as well.

There was a Bainbridge team that finished sixth overall in the “Middle School B” division, coached by three BHS alumni: Kelsey Mackin, Grace Deery-Schmitt and Cappy Yarbrough.

Mackin played varsity at Bainbridge High. She was her team’s captain and won back to back WA State Championship titles. She was also a 2012 All-American, played for Chapman University in the 2013 season and, while she led the team in goals, traveled to the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference DIII Championship game.

Deery-Schmitt also played varsity at BHS.

She was her team’s captain for two years, won back to back state titles as well as All American and all-state honors. She has coached for six years, and is currently playing on a college women’s league team on Tuesday nights at Harvard.

Yarbrough has played lacrosse since third grade. While playing for Bainbridge, she won a state championship, was team captain during her senior year, an academic All American her junior year, played PSS and was defensive All Conference.