Mountlake Terrace remains unbeaten in Wesco South play

Published 1:08 pm Thursday, April 10, 2008

EDMONDS — The Mountlake Terrace Hawks are starting to make believers out of the rest of the baseball teams in the Western Conference’s South Division.

The Hawks scored four runs in the first two innings before cruising to a 7-4 victory over Edmonds-Woodway Wednesday at Edmonds-Woodway High School.

The victory was Terrace’s fifth straight and kept the Hawks undefeated in league play with a 7-0 record (8-3 overall).

Catcher Paul Clingan got the Hawks off to a fast start, blasting a three-run home run in the first inning. Pitcher Kyle Barisic was solid, giving up three runs in five innings of work.

A season after finishing 7-9 in league, the Hawks are off to their best start in years.

Terrace’s success doesn’t come as a surprise to Warriors coach Matt Barker.

“I thought they were really good last year,” Barker said. “They had a bunch of injuries and their record did indicate how they played.”

Barker said that the Hawks, “probably have two of the top four pitchers (in the South Division) and their relief pitching is real strong.”

Warriors’ senior Kyle Long seemed to have the only success against the Hawks pitching, batting 4-for-4 with two doubles and a RBI.

Edmonds-Woodway and Mountlake Terrace will face each other for the second and final time in the regular season on Friday at Mountlake Terrace High School.

At Edmonds-Woodway H.S.

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Barisic, Monfiletto (5), Woeck (6) and Clingan. Scott and Cox. WP—Barisic. LP—Scott. S—Woeck. 2B—Strieby (MT), Sells (MT), McDowell (MT), Shafer (MT), Long (EW) 2. HR—Clingan (MT). Records—M. Terrace 7-0 league, 8-3 overall. E-W 5-4, 5-6.

Jackson 4, Lynnwood 2: At Mill Creek, Danny Oh of Jackson was 3-for-3 and also picked up his second save of the season, relieving Jordan Kellington in the seventh and preserving the Wesco South win.

At Jackson H.S.

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Presby, Mann (6) and Smith. Kellington, Oh (7) and Morse. WP—Kellington (2-0). LP—Presby. S—Oh (2). 2B—Wang (J) 1. Records—Lynnwood 2-7 league, 3-10 overall. Jackson 6-1, 9-1.

Mariner 4, Snohomish 3: At Everett, Jaren Saga’s two-out, two-run, double in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted Mariner to the non-conference win. It was Snohomish’s first loss of the season. Josh Thompson pitched a complete game victory for the Marauders, allowing three earned runs in the first two innings before finishing the game with five shutout innings. Tom Chandler had two doubles for the Panthers.

At Mariner H.S.

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Hargrave, Oglesby (5), Wolfe (7), Leahy (7) and Chandler. Thompson and Saga. WP—Thompson (1-3). LP—Leahy. 2B—Hargrave (S), Allen (S), Chandler (S) 2. Records—Snohomish 9-1 overall. Mariner 2-9.

Marysville-Pilchuck 3, Monroe 1: At Monroe, Josh Bartlett’s one-out, two-run double in the seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie. Marysville-Pilchuck’s John Trimble pitched a one-hitter as the Tomahawks handed the Bearcats their first Wesco North loss. Ryan Dimascio was 2-for-3 for M-P. Monroe’s Ian Parmley was charged with the loss. Parmley gave up two earned runs in the complete-game performance.

At Marysville-Pilchuck H.S.

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Trimble and Botham. Parmley and Rintala. WP—Trimble. LP—Parmley. 2B—Gilbertson (MP), Barlett (MP). Records—Monroe 6-1 league, 9-2 overall. M-P 4-3, 5-4.

Everett 7, Oak Harbor 2: At Oak Harbor, Everett’s Jake Frauenholtz didn’t allow a hit until the sixth inning and was 2-for-4 with a run scored.

At Oak Harbor H.S.

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Frauenholtz, Juarez (7) and B. Herrick. Encinas, Richter (5), Fikse (7) and Koepke, Encinas (5), Koepke (7). WP—Frauenholtz. LP—Encinas. 2B—Murray (E) 1. Records—Everett 2-7 league, 2-9 overall. Oak Harbor 3-3, 5-5.

Lake Stevens 13, Cascade 8: At Everett, Lake Stevens scored eight runs in the top of the seventh to beat Cascade and earn the Vikings first Wesco North win. Steven Kesler went 2-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI for the Vikings and Aaron Frye (3-for-5) led Cascade with one triple.

At Cascade H.S.

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Johnson, Kelly (5), Iseri (7) and White. McPartland, Davis (4), Duff (6), Freeman (7) and Carney. WP—Kelly. LP—Duff. 2B—Solemsaas (L), Kesler (L) 2, Emmel (L), Morrison (C), Ort (C). 3B—Frye (C), Wilson (C). HR—none. Records—Lake Stevens 1-4 league, 3-5 overall. Cascade 3-6, 4-8.

Stanwood 8, Arlington 2: At Arlington, Catcher Doug Joyce of Stanwood was 2-for-3 with two home runs in the Wesco North win.

At Arlington H.S.

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Stahl, Plummer (6), Vaughn (7) and Joyce. Hanson, Huge (7) and Ward. WP—Ward. LP—Hanson. HR—Joyce (S) 2. Records—Stanwood 4-5 league, 6-6 overall. Arlington 2-3, 3-4.

Meadowdale 4, Shorecrest 3 (8): At Lynnwood, Andy Lyon singled home Taylor Brennan with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, giving Meadowdale the extra-inning victory over Shorecrest in the non-league game. Brennan’s double preceded Lyon’s game-winning hit. James Robbins pitched seven innings, allowing three hits and striking out 11 for Shorecrest.

At Meadowdale H.S.

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Robbins, Olson (8) and Leupold. Haight, O’Neill (8) and O’Neill, Anselment. WP—O’Neill (2-0). LP—Olson. 2B—Morrison (SC), Brennan (M), Gorman (M), Suh (M). Records—Shorecrest 3-6 league, 3-8 overall. Meadowdale 5-2, 6-4.

Shorewood 6, Kamiak 5 (8): At Shoreline, Cole Clerget scored on Derek Schaefer’s infield single in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Shorewood to victory in the Wesco South game. Clerget went 3-for-3, including a home run and a double. Jake Sortor was 3-for-4 with a double for Kamiak.

At Shorewood H.S.

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Peterson, Groves (7) and Smullin. Clerget, Torrance (7), LeCount (7) and Schaefer. WP—LeCount (2-2). LP—Groves. 2B—Sortor (K), Dykes (S), Clerget (S). 3B—none. HR—Clerget (S). Records—Kamiak 3-4 league, 5-6 overall. Shorewood 5-4, 8-5.

Granite Falls 7, South Whidbey 5: At Granite Falls, Granite Falls had six hits and three walks during a six-run fifth inning. Chris Reed pitched the complete game for Granite Falls in the Cascade Conference win.

At Granite Falls H.S.

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Adams, Baker (5), Rawls (5) and Mannie. Reed and Jones. WP—Reed. LP—Baker. Records—S. Whidbey 1-10 league, 2-11 overall. Granite Falls 2-9, 2-11.

Sultan 2, Coupeville 0: At Sultan, Jazz McCrorey hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning for the Turks in the Cascade Conference game. McCrorey won a pitching duel with Coupeville’s Zach Hauser. McCrorey allowed five hits, struck out two, walked one and recorded 14 outs on ground balls.

At Sultan H.S.

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Hauser and Wilcox. McCrorey and Miller. WP—McCrorey. LP—Hauser. 2B—Wilcox (C). HR—McCrorey (S). Records—Coupeville 6-7 league, 6-7 overall. Sultan 4-6, 4-8.