Everett scores in the ninth inning to win a pitchers’ duel with Jackson, 1-0

Published 9:00 pm Tuesday, May 17, 2005

EVERETT – If a pitchers’ duel were ever defined, Tuesday’s bout between Everett’s Cory Mattson and Jackson’s Rachel Koenig-Eng would undoubtedly qualify.

The two batteries posted 12 strikeouts each, surrendering just a total of six hits. Through eight innings not a single runner crossed the plate at Lincoln Park Field.

“Not a lot of hitters were even getting the ball in play,” said Everett coach Kyle Peacocke. “It felt like whoever was going to make the first mistake was going to lose it.”

In the bottom of the ninth, the Seagulls managed some overdue offense, picking up two of the team’s three hits to notch the game’s only run in a 1-0 Wesco South victory.

Everett senior Jessica Luatua initiated the ninth-inning rally with a one-out double. Jessica Carey followed with a sacrifice bunt to get Luatua to third. Jackson then intentionally walked Mattson, who had previously recorded Everett’s only other hit. Seagulls sophomore Elizabeth Ritche finally broke the stalemate with a single that brought home Luatua.

The Seagulls have won eight of their last nine games.

At Everett

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Koenig-Eng and Wheadon. Mattson and Welly. WP-Mattson (8-4). LP-Koenig-Eng. 2B-Mattson (E), Luatua (E). Records-Jackson 13-3 league, 14-4 overall. Everett 12-5, 13-6.

Shorewood 3, Meadowdale 2: In their last home game as seniors, Brianna Devine doubled home Jill Wyatt in the bottom of the sixth inning as the Thunderbirds eked out a victory over their Wesco South rivals.

At Shoreline

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Mataya and Olds. Devine, Osborn (6) and Morton. WP-Osborn. LP-Mataya. 2B-Devine (S). Records-Meadowdale 7-10 in league, 7-12 overall. Shorewood 5-12, 6-13.

Shorecrest 8, Lynnwood 1: Jen Hoeper doubled and Ashley Morrison hurled a four-hitter as the Scots improved to 14-3 and moved into first place in the Wesco South going into Thursday’s regular season finales.

At Lynnwood

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Morrison and Berg. Casuccio, Humes (5) and Ulrich, Hansen (5). WP-Morrison. LP-Casuccio. 2B-Hoeper (S). Records-Shorecrest 14-3 in league and overall. Lynnwood 1-16, 1-18.

Edmonds-Woodway 6, Mariner 0: On Senior Night, the Warriors’ three seniors, Kathy Cannon (2-for-4 with two RBI), Nora Dean (1-for-3) and Sheryl Gilmore (3-for-3 with two RBI) were instrumental in the Wesco South win. Annika Lindberg pitched the shutout.

At Edmonds

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Thomas, Alderich (2) and McMullen. Lindberg and Herzer, Dugger (7). WP-Lindberg. LP-Thomas. 2B-McMullen (E-W) 2. Records-Mariner 0-17 in league and overall. Edmonds-Woodway 9-8, 10-8.

Mountlake Terrace 4, Kamiak 2: Sophomore Miranda Hanson drove home the winning run in the top of the eighth inning of the Wesco South game. Megan Watson had three hits for the Hawks.

At Mukilteo

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Woodhouse and Richardson. Defenbach and Sherrill. WP-Woodhouse (M). LP-Defenbach (K). 2B-Sherrill (K), Defenbach (K), Wheat (M). 3B-Poole (K), Hanson (M). Records-Mountlake Terrace 12-5 in league, 12-7 overall. Kamiak 12-5, 13-6.

Mount Vernon 7, Oak Harbor 1: Jackie Richter pitched a complete game one-hitter, allowing one earned run and striking out eight to help Mount Vernon win the Wesco North game. With the victory Mount Vernon (11-4 league) is tied for second place. Courtney Brown had an RBI double for Oak Harbor.

At Oak Harbor

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Richter and White. Lin. Bear and Lib. Bear. WP-Richter. LP-Lin. Bear. 2B-Slayton (MV) 2, Crawford (MV), Jensen (MV), Brown (OH). 3B-Jensen (MV). Records-Mount Vernon 11-4 in league and 15-4 overall. Oak Harbor 0-15, 0-19.

Lake Stevens 5, Monroe 0: Allison Hall was 4-for-4 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored to lead Lake Stevens to the Wesco North victory. Monroe’s Ashly Forsberg struck out seven batters to bring her season total to 221 in 141 innings pitched.

At Monroe

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Surface and Froman. Forsberg and Holmes. WP-Surface. LP-Forsberg. 2B-Hall (LS), Froman (LS), Balunsat (LS). Records-Lake Stevens 15-1 in league, 15-2 overall. Monroe 10-5, 12-7.

Arlington 3, Snohomish 1: In the 10th inning of the Wesco North contest, Arlington’s Andrea Summers singled in the winning run and Stephanie McDowell added an insurance run with an RBI single. Snohomish took an early lead on Alex Riedeman’s RBI double in the first.

At Snohomish

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Bellon and Twitchell. Rimbaugh, Riedeman (10) and Ludlam. WP-Bellon. LP-Rimbaugh. 2B-Riedeman (S). Records-Arlington 7-8 in league, 10-8 overall. Snohomish 5-10, 8-10.

Cascade 4, Stanwood 0: Playing her last game in a Cascade uniform, senior Kari Moore pitched a complete-game no-hitter, holding Stanwood to just one walk en route to the Wesco North win. Brandi Klemm (2-for-2) provided the Bruins’ offense with a triple, one RBI and two runs scored.

At Everett

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Vaughan and Coony, Knott (4). Moore and Benvenuti. WP-Moore (5-2). LP-Vaughan. 2B-Sofie (C). 3B-Klemm (C), Shaw (C). Records-Stanwood 2-15 league, 4-15 overall. Cascade 7-8, 10-8.

Granite Falls 14, Sultan 3: Led by freshman Jenelle Jones (2-for-4, two RBI and two runs scored), Granite Falls scored early and often to earn the Cascade Conference win.

At Sultan

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Jones and Todd. Thomas, Gilman (5) and Cramer. WP-Jones. LP-Thomas (1-7). Records-Granite Falls 4-10 league, 7-10 overall. Sultan 1-14, 2-16.

Baseball

Archbishop Murphy 8, Granite Falls 1: JP Blair pitched a complete game, scattering three hits and striking out 13 to lead Archbishop Murphy to the 2A District 1 loser-out victory. Chris Mitchell added a home run for the Wildcats, who play Meridian in a winner-to-state, loser-out game at 10 a.m. Saturday at Sherman Anderson Field in Mount Vernon.

At Mount Vernon

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Blair and Burch. Peden, Pennington (5), Fowler (7) and Bowers. WP-Blair. LP-Peden. 2B-Keo (AM), P. Ackerman (AM), T. Ackerman (AM), Muller (AM). HR-Mitchell (AM). Records-Archbishop Murphy 14-9 overall. Granite Falls 12-9.

Friday Harbor 6, Coupeville 2: Chas Lawson was 2-for-4 and hit a two-run home run to lead Friday Harbor to the Northwest 1A/B League victory. Coupeville seniors Trevor Mueller (2-for-3 with a run scored) and Anthony LaPoint (1-for-2 with a double and an RBI) played in their final game for the Wolves.

At Coupeville

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Shanks, Lawson (5), Roth (6) and Lawson, Shanks (5), Lawson (6). Evans, Black (4) and Larson. WP-Shanks. LP-Evans (2-1). 2B-Woodruff (FH), Franklin (FH), LaPoint (C). HR-Lawson (FH). Records-Friday Harbor 12-0 in league, 15-2 overall. Coupeville 6-6, 12-7.

Boys golf

Wesco South Tournament: Meadowdale’s Jon Keane shot a 1-under- par 71 to complement last week’s first round 68, but the Kamiak Knights were solid from player one through six, enabling them to edge the Jackson Timberwolves and win the 36-hole event. Keane was joined on the all-division first team by Kamiak’s Tommy Bullock, Julian Peters and Johnny Carey; Everett’s Jacob Koppenberg; Jackson’s Joel Micka, and Lynnwood’s Kris Jackson.

At Legion Memorial, Everett

18 holes, par 72

Team results-Kamiak 375, Jackson 390, Edmond-Woodway 406, Everett 410, Lynnwood 410, Meadowdale 411, Shorecrest 415, Shorewood, 424, Mountlake Terrace 487, Mariner 495.

Kamiak-Bullock 71, Peters 73, Carey 74, Finnie 78, Goodwin 79.

Jackson-Micka 74, Young 75, Vargas 79, Hansen 81, Fitzpatrick 81.

Everett-Koppenberg 68, Barhanovich 79, Johnson 87, Silverman 88, Morris 88.

Edmonds-Woodway-Beach 78, Shandil 80, Pinneo 81, Schmaus 83, Tucker 84, McCray 84.

Shorecrest-Bracht 75, Aoki 80, Singh 82, Huh 89, Hatch 89.

Lynnwood-Olson 75, Aguayo 77, Jackson 77, Matzen 90, Schreven 91.

Meadowdale-Keane 71, Dippold 79, Black 82, Simonson 88, Horgan 91.

Shorewood-Kuel 81, Crandall 82, Tran 84, Han 86, Bourne 91.

Mountlake Terrace-Vanisko 91, Shoemaker 95, Wall 95, White 102, Whalen 104.

Mariner-Dreessen 88, Baker 94, Murray 94, Millerup 106, Umbinetti 113.

Wesco North Tournament: Max Conway shot a 1-under-par 69 to win medalist honors. Conway shot a two-round total of even-par 140 and helped Arlington win the division title with a two-round total of 17 points, one point ahead of second-place Snohomish.

At Cedarcrest G.C., Marysville

18 holes, par 70

Team results-Arlington 374, Monroe 378, Snohomish 381, Oak Harbor 392, Mount Vernon 393, Lake Stevens 394, Marysville-Pilchuck 402, Cascade 415, Stanwood 419.

Arlington-Conway 69 (medalist), Godden 76, Hedlund 77, White 79, Husby 85.

Monroe-Warnek 76, Erickson 78, Mahoney 79, Epstein 81, Kazen 82.

Snohomish-White 72, Younggren 72, Morishige 76, Brown 81, Dolder 85.

Oak Harbor-Holmly 78, Steitenroth 79, Tercero 81, Whitley 84, McCardle 88.

Mount Vernon-Froling 77, Austin 79, O’Laughlin 82, Duffy 87, Brannan 92.

Lake Stevens-Holman 78, Summers 79, Howes 81, Danas 82, Montgomery 99.

Marysville-Pilchuck-Johnson 82, Wilcox 83, Saunders 84, Freeman 95, Clark 99.

Cascade-Snel 83, Shewfelt 88, Mugge 90, Lee 96, Hymas 107.

Stanwood-Tafoya 82, Sloan 87, Lynn 89, Bradburn 92, Olsen 98.

Northwest B League Tournament: Medalist Luke Phifer led Grace Academy to the team title. His teammate Jon Enge placed third.

At Avalon G.C.

18 holes, par 72

Team results-Grace Academy 196, Lopez Island 185.5, Master’s Touch 124.5.

Individual results-Phifer (medalist) (GA) 84, Crawford (MT) 85, Russ (LI) 87, Enge (MT) 91, Munneke (GA) 95.

Girls golf

Northwest B League Tournament: Master’s Touch’s sole participant, Sarah Brown, placed second. Grace Academy’s Elizabeth Callaghan, Kimberly Weinberg and Keri Heigel placed third, fourth and fifth respectively.

At Avalon G.C.

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Team results-Lopez 200, Grace Academy 195, Master’s Touch 47.

Individual results-Tetu (medalist) (LI) 93, Brown (MT) 115, Callaghan (GA) 116, Weinberg (GA) 117, Heigel (GA) 133.

Girls tennis

Wesco 3A preliminaries: In qualifying matches, Shorecrest’s Gina Auriemma and Roxanne Sharkey advanced to Thursday’s Wesco/Cascade crossover singles matches. In doubles action, the Scots’ Ashley Opdyke and Annelise Owen, along with Lynnwood’s Brittany Little and Mary Nguyen moved on. The Royals’ Laura Harding and the Shorecrest doubles team of Katrina Barlow and Alena Owen play today against South Whidbey opponents to determine Thursday’s final berths.

At Shoreline

Singles-Auriemma (S) def. Sharkey (S) 6-3, 6-2; Harding (L) def. Ingram (L) 6-1, 6-4. Doubles-Opdyke-Annelise Owen (S) def. Little-Mary Nguyen (L), 6-0, 6-0; Barlow-Alena Owen (S) def. Nawza-Julie Nguyen (L), 6-3, 6-1

South Whidbey 6, Lakewood 1: Catie Newman and Janelle Iversen won at No. 1 doubles, 6-2, 7-5, helping South Whidbey win the Cascade Conference meet.

At Langley

Singles-Vizcaya (L) def. Mydynski, 7-5, 6-3; Enell (SW) def. Thorn, 6-3, 6-3; Stelling (SW) def. Campbell, 6-1, 6-1; Lindus (SW) def. Sather, 6-2, 6-1. Doubles-Newman-Iversen (SW) def. Spah-Wentz, 6-2, 7-5; Fox-Alexander (SW) def. Osti-Newcomb, 6-1, 6-3; Schorr-Schoder (SW) def. Desmond-Carstens, 6-2, 6-0.