Three-set singles triumph, doubles sweep lift Panthers

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, September 9, 2004

SNOHOMISH – Snohomish swept the doubles matches on its way to a 5-2 Wesco North triumph over Marysville-Pilchuck Thursday.

Panthers coach Dick Jansen said the No. 2 singles match was the highlight. Kaleb Stevens of Snohomish outlasted Nicholas Haughian 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

“That was the match of the day, very competitve play,” Jansen said.

At Snohomish

Singles-Gordon (S) def. Niewiabonski, 6-2, 6-4; Stevens (S) def. Haughian, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4); Wike (M-P) def. Merkley, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; Bailey (M-P) def. Scott, 6-2, 6-2. Doubles-Reimers-Bell (S) def. Rumsey-King, 6-2, 6-2; Cruikshank-Sher (S) def. Rochon-Thomas, 6-2, 6-2; Cummins-Ferrin (S) def. Wolf-Bartley, 6-3, 6-3. Records-Marysville-Pilchuck 0-2 in league and overall. Snohomish 2-0, 2-0.

Monroe 4, Mount Vernon 3: Riley Mahoney, Kent Herman and Brett MacIntyre took the first three singles matches to help Monroe win the Wesco North meet.

At Mount Vernon

Singles-Mahoney (Mon) def. M. Gonzales, 6-2, 6-1; Herman (Mon) def. Rindal, 6-3, 6-4; B. MacIntyre (Mon) def. VanDyken, 7-5, 6-3; C. Gonzales (MV) def. Speer, 6-3, 7-5. Doubles-Jensen-Brannan (MV) def. Tremaine-Thornton, 7-5, 6-4; Surber-J. MacIntyre (Mon) def. Lien-Mueller, 6-3, 6-1; Rolnick-Findley-Meir (MV) def. Gebhardt-Myhre, 6-4, 6-4. Records-Monroe 1-1 league and overall. Mount Vernon 0-2, 0-2.

Shorecrest 4, Kamiak 3: Cameron Purn clinched Shorecrest’s Wesco South victory with a 6-1, 7-5 win at No. 4 singles. In other action, Kamiak coach Vic Alinen praised Knights David Ro and Pat Yoon, who won 6-2, 7-5 at No. 2 doubles. “It was a fun match to watch,” Alinen said. “It was a battle.”

At Mukilteo

Singles-Tat (S) def. Klaczynski, 6-1, 6-3; Morita (S) def. Negishi, 6-1, 6-4; Lee (K) def. Jacobson, 6-4, 6-3; Purn (S) def. Choi, 6-1, 7-5. Doubles-Byrnes-Huang (K) def. Mananishi-Frisk, 6-4, 6-2; Ro-Yoon (K) def. Cheung-Ehrlichman, 6-2, 7-5; Chou-Kato (S) def. Backholm-Stoltz, 6-2, 6-3. Records-Shorecrest 1-1 in league and overall. Kamiak 0-2, 0-2.

Everett 4, Lynnwood 3: Everett swept the doubles and Bobby Olsen followed a tiebreaker win in the first set with a 6-0 sweep in the second at No. 2 singles to give the Seagulls the Wesco South win.

At Everett

Singles-Wise (L) def. Sontra, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3; Olsen (E) def. Kao, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0; Miklautsch (L) won by forfeit; Guiles (L) def. Dunn, 7-5, 6-3. Doubles-Schultz-Woodhouse (E) def. White-Goetz, 6-4, 6-4; McKee-Swehla (E) def. Bjornerem-Aslam, 6-0, 6-0; Horton-Loup-Monro (E) def. Yuen-Haung, 6-1, 6-0. Records-Lynnwood 0-2 league and overall. Everett 2-0, 2-0.

Jackson 7, Mountlake Terrace 0: Jackson lost just four games in the Wesco South sweep.

At Mill Creek

Singles-Reading (J) def. Lee, 6-0, 6-0; Yee (J) def. Loch, 6-0, 6-0; Lin (J) def. Swanson, 6-0, 6-1; Oam (J) def. Quesnell, 6-2, 6-0. Doubles-Reed-Kim (J) def. Pham-Hsieh, 6-0, 6-0; Houvener-Branson (J) def. Vo-McMahan, 6-0, 6-0; Kang-Buser (J) def. Niles-Kim, 6-1, 6-0. Records-Mountlake Terrace 0-2 league and overall. Jackson 2-0, 2-0.

Edmonds-Woodway 7, Meadowdale 0: Edmonds-Woodway senior Mike Maldazys came back from a 5-7 first set loss, winning the final two sets 6-4, 6-2 to defeat Drew Eli at No.2 singles. Warriors freshman William Guo also bounced back from one set down to win his No. 4 singles match in the Wesco South meet.