In an intense game that came down to the closing minutes, Redmond fell short in a 4A Kingco league soccer match against Issaquah 3-2 at home on Tuesday night.

The Mustangs opened up the scoring in the 15th minute with Andrew Leadbeater’s shot off a feed from Preston Horner, only to have the Eagles respond with two goals, in the 25th and 35th minutes, to take a 2-1 lead into halftime.

Both teams’ defenses shined in the second half, with the Eagles breaking through inside the 10-minute mark for a 3-1 lead, with senior co-captain Shawn Cooley taking one in himself with five minutes remaining to get the Mustangs within one goal, but the Mustangs were unable to score the equalizer.

With the loss, Redmond dropped to 1-3 in league play and 5-3 overall.

Mustang fastpitch suffers first loss

The Redmond High fastpitch squad dropped their first game of the year to Eastlake, 7-2, on Monday night at Hartman Park.

Wolves’ starter Sophie Palenscar earned the win, keeping the red-hot Mustang offense off-balance.

Pitchers Melissa White and Emily Graves stayed in the strike zone, walking none, but the Wolves were deadly with runners in scoring position, driving in all seven of their runs with extra-base hits.

The Mustangs next play tonight Wednesday at Issaquah in another Crest Division matchup.

Bear Creek boys beat Crosspoint

Playing at the beautiful and challenging Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, the Grizzlies went low in a 213-231 victory over Crosspoint Academy on Tuesday afternoon.

Medaling for the Grizzlies was Jake Imam, who fired a 3-over 39, followed by Jamie Clough (40), Gannon McCahill (42) and Will Stansell (45).