La Conner girls head to soccer post-season

Heartwarming and heartbreaking. Such were the results of last week’s soccer matches for La Conner.

The La Conner girls improved to 4-5-2 on the season and secured a post-season berth with a thrilling 3-1 shootout-round win at NW2B/1B foe Lopez Island last Wednesday. The boys posted their third straight, single-goal, overtime loss, this time to archrival Coupeville on Nov. 1.

Baylee Smith, Aisley Zimmerman and Yami Ocampo-Contreras made shootout goals for the Braves, who were locked in a shutout through regulation and two overtime periods.

Zimmerman took over in goal for the shootout frame and...