Vibes were about as high as they could be for the Thomas Jefferson High School girls soccer team back on Nov. 1 after the Raiders went down to South Sound Stadium in Lacey and beat the 6th seeded Timberline Blazers, 1-0.

The Raiders won their second playoff game in the span of three years and were one game away from the state tournament, grounds they haven’t been to since 2006. The one team that stood in their way was the White River Hornets, which the Raiders were playing for the third time in 2025.

The good vibes ran out on a cold Nov. 4 night as the Raiders fell 3-1 to White River at Mount Tahoma High School, putting the Raiders’ state tournament hopes in jeopardy.

“I thought we had 15 minutes of playing down and that is when we got killed. Those three goals came in 15 minutes. It su

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