HS Soccer: Dist 4 2A Pigtails Games; WF West and Ridgefield advance to complete field of 8 District Bracket

5/8/2025

The District 4 2A Boys Soccer tournament began on Thursday night with 2 play-in Pigtail games. The winners advanced to the field of 8 in the District Tournament while the losers had their seasons come to an end. The match-ups had Centralia traveling to Ridgefield and Washougal at WF West. Results and coverage below.

Link to District Bracket

1st Round District Tournament Schedule
Saturday, May 10

Hudson’s Bay at Tumwater 1pm
Ridgefield at Columbia River 2pm
WF West at Hockinson 5pm
RA Long at Aberdeen 6pm

Thursday, 5/8 Pigtail Results

Ridgefield 2, Centralia 1 OT (4-2 Shoot-out)

(Ridgefield, WA) The Spudders get the win in a shoot-out to end the Tigers season. Centralia finished the season with an 8-9 mark. Ridgefield improves to 6-11 and advances to District Tournament play on Saturday. The Spudders will travel to Columbia River to take on the Rapids at 2pm.
Game Story in The Columbian
Game Story in the Chronicle

WF West 5, Washougal 0

(Chehalis, WA) With the season on the line the WF West Bearcats came up big with a burst of offense in the 1st half scoring 3 goals in about a 7-minute period of time. Colin Bradley began the attack scoring in the 15th minute on an assist from Nano Jaimes. The opening goal gave the Bearcats a surge of momentum and usual starter Moi Sanchez Hernandez was coming off the bench as they were using him sparingly while he is getting over an injury.

It didn’t appear Sanchez Hernandez struggled much as he made an immediate impact scoring in the 18th minute on an assist from Braden Newman to make it 2-0. Sanchez Hernandez wasn’t finished and struck again in the 21st and the Cats led 3-0 going into the half.

Washougal got some good work from starting keeper Michael Jehne but he was under attack for a good portion of the game. The Panthers had a couple of good opportunities to get on the board late in the 1st half but could not find the back of the net.

Grant Cowart, Gavin Cowart and Noah Migaki got off some solid shots but the Bearcat defensive back line constantly interrupted runs prior to getting into the final 1/3 of the field and when they did Bearcat keeper Noel Montenegro was a backstop and left the match in the final 10 minutes with a clean sheet.

The Bearcats let it be known there would not be a comeback in this match as Alex Mathuzima scored less than a minute into the 2nd half on an assist from Moi Sanchez Hernandez to quickly make it 4-0. Sanchez Hernandez would then end the scoring and tally the hat trick with the final goal in the 50th minute.

It was an easy choice to make our Thorbeckes MVP, a hat trick and an assist will pretty much get you the MVP of the match every time so Moi Sanchez Hernandez was our Thorbeckes MVP.

Washougal’s season is over and they finish 4-11 for the season.

WF West is now 8-8 on the season and advances to the District Tournament and are guaranteed at least 2 more matches. They begin on Saturday traveling to Hockinson for a 5pm kick-off.

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