Tri-Cities Athlete of the Week: Summer Yates, Jr., Chiawana soccer

Summer Yates, Jr., Chiawana soccer

The Riverhawks’ star scorer poured it on last week, having a hand — or foot — in all nine goals her team scored in a pair of wins.

First, she connected for a pair of goals in a key 2-1 win over Richland to give Chiawana a leg up on the Mid-Columbia Conference’s No. 2 4A seed.

She then went off against Walla Walla, scoring five goals and dishing out two assists in a 7-0 win over Walla Walla.

It was a strong return for Yates, who recently spent a couple weeks in the Netherlands with the United States U-16 team.

This story was originally published October 12, 2016 at 3:39 PM with the headline "Tri-Cities Athlete of the Week: Summer Yates, Jr., Chiawana soccer."