Prep roundup: Arlington’s top doubles team sends Eagles to Wesco North win

Published 11:42 pm Monday, September 17, 2007

ARLINGTON — Will Heath and Max Morin won a 7-3 tie-breaker in the third set at No. 1 doubles to give the Arlington Eagles a 4-3 Wesco North meet victory over Monroe on Monday.

“It was a great match,” Arlington coach Ben Mendro said of Morin and Heath’s contest. “It was back and forth (the whole time).”

Morin and Heath were up 4-2 in the third set before dropping three straight games to make it 5-4. But the pair rallied to tie and force the tie-breaker.

Mendro added this was the first two-match winning streak he could remember during his tenure at Arlington.

“It was a nice win,” he said.

At Arlington H.S.

Singles—C. Amsberry (M) def. Aylesworth, 6-0, 6-1; T. Amsberry (M) def. Meyer, 6-4, 6-1; Boulton (A) def. Carel, 6-1, 6-4; McElroy (A) def. Hastings, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles—Heath-M. Morin (A) def. Adams-MacIntyre, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3); Simon-Harris (M) def. N. Morin-Cobb, 6-1, 6-4; Fernando-Tankersley (A) def. Edwards-Meeus, 6-1, 6-0. Records—Arlington 2-4. Monroe: 1-4.

Oak Harbor 6, Lake Stevens 1: At Oak Harbor, the Wildcats swept the singles matches en route to the Wesco North victory. Scott Jerede and Nick Johnson of Lake Stevens were the lone victors for the Vikings at No. 3 doubles.

At Oak Harbor H.S.

Singles—Lura (OH) def. Kesler, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2; Abrahamse (OH) def. Franzmann, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1; Thomas (OH) def. Perez, 6-0, 6-0; Evans (OH) def. Smith, 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles—Kingma-Valles (OH) def. Gibbens-Hanh, 7-5, 5-7 (3), 6-4; Jewell-Bragg (OH) def. Orwiler-Colemen, 6-1, 6-1; Jerede-Johnson (LS) def. Whitley-Merritt, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Records—Oak Harbor 3-3. Lake Stevens 0-5.

Boys soccer

North Sound Christian 1, Shoreline Christian 0: At Mountlake Terrace, Jin Tae Kim scored the only goal of the game on a free kick in the second half to lift North Sound Christian to the non-league victory. Brandon Doucet recorded his second shutout in goal.

At North Sound Christian

Goals—North Sound Christian: Jin Tae Kim. Goalkeepers—Shoreline Christian: Not reported. North Sound Christian: Brandon Doucet. Records—Shoreline Christian: 3-2-0 overall. Shoreline Christian: 2-1 overall.

Volleyball

Darrington 3, Orcas 0: At Eastsound, the Loggers (2-1 league, 3-1 overall) won 25-19, 25-23, 25-21 as they swept the Vikings (1-1, 2-1) in the Northwest 1A/2B match.

“This was the first time in recent memory we’ve been able to sweep Orcas,” Darrington head coach Greg Powell said. “The team was a little off, but they hung in there when they needed to (for) the sweep.”

Hailey Wales had four kills and three blocks. Kimi Woodward had 12 digs and Mandy Powell had 18 assists for Darrington.