State soccer: Grant boys off to 6A final, Lincoln girls fall just short

No. 5 Grant boys soccer senior Owen Bonnin scored three goals Tuesday night.

However, one was an own-goal that changed the momentum on the road at No. 1 Lakeridge, cutting the Generals lead to 2-1.

The Pacers found the equalizer, but Bonnin made up for it by converting on a penalty kick in the 67th minute, which proved to be the game-winner in a 4-2 victory.

Grant now heads to the 6A state final for the first time since 2014, its fifth overall appearance in the season’s final game and the Generals will be looking for title No. 2. The first and only came in 2008.

“It’s unreal, we worked so hard over the summer and there’s so much camaraderie and passion for the game,” Bonnin said. “It feels like we’re on top of the world, we can’t lose to anybody.”

Grant took control of the match from the jump, dominating possession and creating some early chances as the Pacers tried to recover.

In the sixth minute, junior Ewan Massimino was tackled in the box and the Generals were awarded a PK. Bonnin, the 2025 Co-PIL Player of the Year, stepped up and nailed the shot for the early 1-0 lead.

“He’s been our leader for three years,” Grant head coach Erik Miller said of Bonnin. “For him to have that tonight to step up again for his team – he’s never let us down once – I’m just super proud of what he’s done.”

The Generals weren’t resting on that one-goal lead as they continued to push forward despite Lakeridge getting some looks and corners on counter attacks.

On a deep pass into the box, senior Henry Wines was able to corral the ball in the 13th minute, find a hole among three Pacers defenders and ripped the second goal of the match for Grant.

“It was huge, all season we’ve been talking about getting the first one, coming out hard and setting the tone,” Bonnin said. “For (Massimino) to draw that pen and then I step up and take it, it was just unreal, unreal feeling.”

Lakeridge was able to salvage the rest of the half and went into the break only trailing by two. In the second, the Pacers played like their back was against the wall as the attack pressed forward.

The Pacers weren’t able to get a shot, but applied enough pressure to force a mistake. Bonnin in front of the Grant goal tried to head a pass back to goalkeeper Travis Lobdell who came out of goal to get the ball. Bonnin’s pass sailed past his keeper and into the net in the 53rd minute.

Grant was able to get two shots on goal following the own-goal, but Lakeridge broke through in the 65th minute thanks to a header from Dominic Lemuz off a corner kick to level the match at two.

“We’ve gone through so much this year,” Bonnin said. “Our whole team steps up in a big way every time, we respond when we go down. Just keep pushing, we trust all of our guys to score.”

Nemo Mathews kept pushing for Grant, drawing a penalty in the box in the 67th minute to allow Bonnin another shot at a PK, which he hit once again to make it 3-2 Generals and take the air out of the Pacers’ sails.

However, following the goal, less than a minute later Mathews was issued his second yellow of the match, turning into a red and leaving Grant down a man for the final 12 minutes.

It didn’t seem to matter much though as the Generals attack was still applying pressure. Massimino got a pass at the top of the box and turned it over to senior teammate Oscar Kohn on the near side in the box.

Kohn worked a couple dribbles and created an opening, firing a shot that found the upper, far-side corner for a Grant goal in the 75th minute that sealed the deal.

“(Kohn’s) journey has been amazing, he suffered a big injury last spring, had two knee surgeries, and has really been working his way back all year,” Miller said. “We had a long heart-to-heart conversation after the last game and I said, ‘We’re going to need you for this game.’ He did exactly what we talked about, stepping up for the team and that’s kind of what this team has done all year. It’s not him, it’s the next person, next man up. It’s a special group.”

The Generals draw No. 3 Beaverton for the state title match after the Beavers won in PKs over No. 2 West Linn.

Beaverton is in the final for the first time since 2010 and is looking for its first title since a shared one in 1985 with Sunset. The last outright title for the Beavers was the year prior in 1984.

“We’re gonna respect every team and just play our game, trust what we’ve learned and come out hard no matter who the opponent is,” Bonnin said.

The match is set for 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at Hillsboro Stadium.

Lincoln girls fall 5-3 in penalty kicks

The No. 3 Lincoln girls soccer team never gave up on the road at No. 2 West Linn, but fell in penalty kicks to end its season.

West Linn went up 1-0 in the fifth minute on a goal from Kylee Schreck, but the Cardinals limited the damage to the one score.

In the second half, Juliette Azizi leveled the match with an arching shot that found the net in the 52nd minute.

Lincoln senior France Reuland appeared to give the Cardinals the lead in the 56th minute when she forced home a rebound goal off a blocked Azizi shot, but the goal was waived off.

As time started to wind down, the Lions went back in front in the 60th minute on a goal from Brystol Leslie, but once again the Cardinals battled back.

Four minutes later, Rose Sandell fought space between three Lions defenders to fire a shot and tie the match at two.

The score held there the rest of the way and through two halves of overtime to send the match to PKs.

Both sides hit their first two shots and West Linn scored on its third. Lions goalkeeper then made the play of the match with a save on the Cardinals third attempt.

The Lions hit their next two, making Lincoln's fifth shot irrelevant and ending PKS 5-3 in favor of West Linn, and the match 3-2. Lincoln's season ends at 16-2 overall.