Stanwood sweeps front-running Snohomish

Published 11:24 pm Tuesday, April 22, 2008

SNOHOMISH — Playing fundamental baseball can lead to a victory, or a two-game sweep at the hands of a division rival.

Josh Docken and Doug Joyce delivered big hits, Stanwood’s defense came up with crucial plays, and the Spartans defeated Snohomish 6-4 on Tuesday, completing a two-game sweep of their Western Conference North Divison foes.

“It was a game of big hits,” Panthers coach Kim Hammons said. “Stanwood delivered with two home runs and three doubles — and they all led to runs.”

A victory Tuesday would have clinched a Class 4A District 1 playoff berth for Snohomish (10-2 in league, 13-3 overall). Instead, the Panthers dropped into a tie with Monroe — a 5-2 victor over Arlington on Tuesday — for first place in the division.

The Spartans (8-6, 10-7), which defeated Snohomish 3-2 on Friday, swept the season series with the Panthers by playing by-the-book baseball.

“In the two-game series Stanwood did not make an error,” Hammons said. “Plus they took advantage of every walk, every error we made by delivering big hits.

“Excellent fundamental baseball.”

Although the Panthers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, two errors led to a Stanwood run in the second and Joyce followed a walk and another error in the third with a three-run home run to put the Spartans ahead for good.

Docken led off the fourth inning with a solo home run, and Joyce doubled home Patrick Bliss in the fifth to close out Stanwood’s scoring.

Hammons said Docken’s solo shot was “really the key hit of the game,” and then described Joyce’s RBI double as “the icing on the cake” for the Spartans.

Joyce was 2-for-4 with four RBI and Docken finished 1-for-1.

The Panthers had four hits in the first inning but didn’t get another hit until the seventh. Even so, Snohomish had chances to score, but couldn’t push any runs across the plate, even after loading the bases in the fourth and fifth innings.

“We hit the ball hard, but we hit the ball right at people,” Hammons said. “We left nine men on base (on Tuesday) and nine in the first game with Stanwood. We just did not get that clutch hit.”

Tom Chandler was 1-for-1 with a double for the Panthers and Derek Jones finished 2-for-3 with two singles.

Both Snohomish and Monroe face other division rivals in two-game series today and Friday, before facing off for their own two-game series next week.

Hammons said the Panthers are taking their sweep at the hands of the Spartans in stride.

“I told the team ‘we hit the ball hard, but that’s baseball.’” Hammons said.

At Snohomish H.S.

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Stahl, Plummer (4), Vaughn (5) and Joyce. Jones, Allen (5) and Chandler. WP—Plummer. LP —Jones (4-1). 2B—Bliss (St), Vaughn (St), Joyce (St), Chandler (Sn). HR —Joyce (St), Docken (St). Records—Stanwood 8-6 league, 10-7 overall. Snohomish 10-2, 13-3.

Lake Stevens 3, Oak Harbor 1: At Lake Stevens, junior shortstop Josh Solemsaas was 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored to lead Lake Stevens to victory in the Wesco North game. Vikings starter Bryan Johnson allowed just one run while striking out six and Matt Blacken earned the save by getting two of the final three outs on strikeouts. Pat Higbee batted 2-for-3 with a double for Oak Harbor.

At Lake Stevens H.S.

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Richter and Encinas. Johnson, Iseri (6), Blacken (7) and Nelson. WP—Johnson (2-0). LP—Richter. S —Blacken (1). 2B—Valencia (OH), P. Higbee (OH). Records—Oak Harbor 4-8 league, 6-10 overall. Lake Stevens 6-6, 8-7.

Monroe 5, Arlington 2: At Monroe, Zac Miller batted 2-for-3 with two RBI and Ian Parmley pitched all seven innings and threw four strikeouts to help Monroe get the Wesco North victory. Kyle Ayres had an RBI for Arlington.

At Marshall Field

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Surber, not recorded (7), and Ward. Parmley and Andring. WP—Parmley. LP—Surber. 2B—Ayres (A), Parmley (M). Records—Arlington 3-9 league, 4-11 overall. Monroe 10-2, 13-3.

Marysville-Pilchuck 14, Cascade 4: At Marysville, junior right fielder Levi Cartas was 4-for-4 with three RBI and senior shortstop Ryan DiMascio batted 2-for-2 with two runs batted in to lead Marysville-Pilchuck to victory in a Wesco North game shortened to six innings by the 10-run rule. Aaron Frye was 2-for-4 for Cascade.

At Marysville-Pilchuck H.S.

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Frye, additional pitchers not reported, and Hanson. Nelson, Unruh (5) and Botham, Hebner (5). WP—Nelson. LP—Frye. 2B ­— Cartas (MP), DiMascio (MP), Kruick (MP), Holm (MP), Morrison (C). Records—Cascade 3-10 league, 4-12 overall. M-P 7-4, 10-4.

Lynnwood 9, Mariner 1: At Lynnwood, Jason Lotzer pitched a complete game, striking out eight batters while scattering six hits, to lift Lynnwood to the Wesco South victory. Tanner Detschman hit a two-RBI triple for the Royals and Kyle Horner doubled and drove in two runs.

At Lynnwood H.S.

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Thompson, Rush (6), Malysheff (6) and Saga. Lotzer and Smith. WP—Lotzer (1-1). LP —Thompson. 2B—Rush (M), Saga (M), Hoerner (L), 3B—Detschman (L). Records—Mariner 2-10 league, 4-11 overall. Lynnwood 3-11, 4-14.

Jackson 9, Kamiak 4: At Mukilteo, Bryan Morse batted 4-for-4 with two RBI to power Jackson to the Wesco South victory. Kamiak’s Seth Heck was 2-for-3 with a double.

At Kamiak H.S.

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Kellington, McGee (5), Oh (7) and Morse. Guinn, Bennett (3), Doten (7) and Smullin. WP—Kellington. LP—Guinn. 2B—Heck (K), Wang (J), Morse (J). Records—Jackson 9-3 league, 12-3 overall. Kamiak 5-7, 7-9.

Shorewood 2, Edmonds-Woodway 0: At Edmonds, Cole Clerget was 2-for-3 with a home run and Andrew Giles batted 3-for-3 with three singles to lead Shorewood to the Wesco South victory. Harrison Torrance singled home the Thunderbirds’ first run in the second inning. Tyler Lange was 2-for-2 with a double for the Warriors.

At Edmonds-Woodway H.S.

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Kuniyashi and Torrance. Scott and Cox. WP—Kuniyashi. LP—Scott. 2B—Hammer (S), Lange (EW). HR — Clerget (S). Records—E-W 8-6 league, 8-8 overall. Shorewood 7-5, 10-6.

Shorecrest 9, Everett 2: At Shoreline, Willie Davies was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI and picked up the pitching victory to lead Shorecrest to the non-league win.

At Shorecrest H.S.

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Jaurez, C. Herrick (6) and B. Herrick. Davies, Olson (3), Cain (5), Leupold (7) and Leupold, Desrosier (6). WP—Davies. LP—Juarez. 2B—Davies (S). Records—Everett 4-12 overall. Shorecrest 5-11.

Archbishop Murphy 2, South Whidbey 1: At Everett, Jake Robinett was 2-for-3 with a run scored and Joey Clancy gave up one run in six innings as the Wildcats won the Cascade Conference contest.

At Archbishop Murphy H.S.

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Rawls, Hodson (5) and Mannie. Clancy, C. Robinett (7) and Ash. WP—Clancy. LP—Rawls. S—C. Robinett. Records—S. Whidbey 3-13 league, 4-14 overall. Murphy 11-5, 11-5.

Granite Falls 9, Sultan 6: At Sultan, Max Whitt was 3-for-5 with a triple and three RBI to lead Granite Falls to the Cascade Conference victory. Riley Olson batted 2-for-3 with two runs scored for Sultan.

At Sultan H.S.

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Whitt, not reported (5), Knudson (6) and Bryon. Hatton, Nuyan (6) and Romeun, Miller (4). WP—Whitt. LP—Hatton. 2B—Beebe (S). 3B—Whitt (GF). Records—Granite Falls 3-13 league, 3-15 overall. Sultan 6-10, 6-12.

Darrington 4, Concrete 3: At Concrete, Mark Jones had all four RBI, including a three-run home run, and got the win on the mound as Darrington defeated Concrete in Northwest 1A/2B League action.

At Concrete H.S.

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Jones, Schillhammer (6) and O’Dell. Kales, Rach (3) and Taylor. WP—Jones. LP—Kales. S—Schillhammer. 2B—Smith (C), Howell (C). HR—Jones (D). Records—Darrington 6-4 league, 7-7 overall. Concrete 7-6, 10-7.

Softball

Archbishop Murphy 6, South Whidbey 1: At Langley, Brittany Allen had 14 strikeouts and gave up just one run while pitching the complete game for Archbishop Murphy. Catcher Jaimee Greenup was 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double for Murphy in the Cascade Conference game.

At South Whidbey H.S.

Allen and Greenup. Stratton and Spalding. WP—Allen. LP—Stratton. 2B—Greenup (AM) 1. Records—Murphy 9-3 league, 9-3 overall. S. Whidbey 3-6, 4-7.

Burlington-Edison 3, Lakewood 0: At Burlington, Rachelle Berry hit a double, batted 1-for-1 with two walks and scored twice to help Burlington-Edison take the non-conference victory.

At Burlington-Edison H.S.

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A. Bean and B. Bean. Dawson, Aux (3) and Tingley. WP—Aux. LP—A. Bean. 2B—Berry (BE). Records—Lakewood 4-6 overall. B-E 11-3.

Jackson 14, Meadowdale 1: At Mill Creek, Jackson broke a 1-1 tie wide open by scoring 12 runs in the third inning to take the Wesco South victory.

At Jackson H.S.

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Ball, Helm (4) and Zenger. Todd, Feeney (3) and York, Covello (4). WP—Feeney 2-1. LP—Ball. 2B— Shepard (M), Shanks (M), Todd (J), Covello (J), Higinbotham (J). HR— Tetzlaff (J). Records—Meadowdale 0-10 league, 0-12 overall. Jackson 9-0, 10-3.

Shorecrest 7, Shorewood 1: At Shoreline, Alana Schade hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning to help power Shorecrest to the Wesco South victory.

At Shorewood H.S.

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Collins and Towles. Jacobs, Hollenbeck (6), and Edinger. WP—Collins. LP—Jacobs. 2B—Towles (SC), Tarvis (SC), Ellersick (SW). HR—Schade (SC). Records—Shorecrest 5-4 league, 5-7 overall. Shorewood 5-5, 5-8.

Mariner 6, Edmonds-Woodway 4 (11): At Edmonds, Kristy VenEman singled home the winning runs in the 11th inning to lift Mariner to the Wesco South victory. Joleen Monfiletto was 3-for-6 with a double, a triple and two RBI for the Marauders and Kayla Christiani also drove in two runs. Erika Hayes batted 3-for-5 with a double for Edmonds-Woodway, and Sydney Mahan struck out 12 batters in 10 innings of relief.

At Edmonds-Woodway H.S.

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Monfiletto and McFarland. Moore, Mahan (2) and Gnagey. WP — Monfiletto. LP — Mahan. 2B —Hayles (EW), Monfiletto (M), Christiani (M). 3B—Monfileto (M). Records—Mariner 3-7 league, 3-10 overall. E-W 4-6, 4-9.

Lynnwood 2, Kamiak 1 (8): At Mukilteo, Julia Nealer of Lynnwood gave up only one hit — a solo home run by Heather Ching — and had 12 strikeouts while pitching all eight innings of the Wesco South game.

At Kamiak H.S.

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Nealer and Parker. Malland and Droz. WP—Nealer. LP—Malland. 3B—Parker (L) 1. HR—Ching (K) 1. Records—Lynnwood 5-4 league, 7-5 overall. Kamiak 5-4, 6-5.

Monroe 3, Lake Stevens 0: At Lake Stevens, Haley McCutchan hit a two RBI double to lead Monroe to the Wesco North victory over Lake Stevens. Lake Stevens pitcher Lindsey Walter struck out eight and Monroe pitcher Jordan Birch had seven strikeouts.

At Lake Stevens H.S.

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Birch and Stanley. Walter and Brewer. WP—Birch. LP—Walter. 2B—McCutchan. 3B—none. HR—none. Records—Monroe 10-1 league, 11-1 overall. Lake Stevens 2-7, 3-8.

Arlington 3, Snohomish 0: At Snohomish, Christina Rayner struck out seven batters during her complete-game, Wesco North shutout for Arlington.

At Snohomish H.S.

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Rayner and Johnson. Kasch and Dillon. WP—Rayner. LP—Kasch. 2B—Lyon (A) 1, Granger (S) 1. Records—Arlington 4-5 league, 7-6 overall. Snohomish 3-4, 4-4.

Stanwood 5, Marysville-Pilchuck 4: At Stanwood, Anna West hit a one-run home run and M-P scored all four of its runs in the final inning, but Stanwood’s Jordan Nemo batted 2-for-4 with a double and scored the winning run from third base to hand the Spartans the Wesco North victory.

At Stanwood H.S.

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Fritz and Perrine. Stillman and Bingham. WP—Stillman. LP—Fritz. 2B—Nemo (S). 3B—Rolling (MP), Morgan (S). HR—West (MP). Records—M-P 4-6 league, 5-6 overall. Stanwood 5-5, 7-5.

Sedro-Woolley 6, Oak Harbor 4: At Oak Harbor, Jessica Kallander batted 2-for-4 with a double for Oak Harbor, but Sedro-Woolley scored five runs in the final two innings to come from behind and take the non-conference win.

At Oak Harbor H.S.

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Lynch-Crumrine and Best. Osborn and N. Mowbray. WP— Lynch-Crumrine. LP— Osborn. 2B—Brewer (S), Kallander (OH). Records—Sedro-Woolley not recorded. Oak Harbor 2-10 overall.

Concrete 12, Darrington 6: At Concrete, Jordan Corley hit a double and had an RBI in Darrington’s Northwest 1A/2B loss to Concrete.

At Concrete H.S.

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Corley and Pugh. Thomas and League. WP—Thomas. LP—Corley. 2B—Corley (D). 3B—Pringle (C). HR—none. Records—Darrington 1-1 league, 1-2 overall. Concrete 3-4, 4-4.

Boys golf

Highland Christian 218, Grace Academy 279: At Snohomish, Craig Crawford and Jon Enge each shot 3-over-par 39s to lead Highland Christian to the win in a Northwest 1B League meet.

At Snohomish Golf Course

Nine holes, par 36

Grace Academy: Weinburg 52, Lugg 53, O’Kelly 54, Salk 56, Schoolcraft 59. Highland Christian: Crawford 39 (co-medalist), Enge 39 (co-medalist), Witt 43, Fuller 45, Grondyke 52.

Jackson 422, Monroe 425, Stanwood 480: At Mill Creek, Huey Siemer of Jackson was the medalist in the non-league meet, leading Jackson to a victory.

At Mill Creek Country Club

18 holes played, par 72

Jackson: Siemer (medalist) 77, McGinnis 78, Miele 87, Pirnke 87, Kim 93. Monroe: Monahan 79, Partridge 84, Claybrook 85, Love 88, Gorman 89. Stanwood: Solvberg 83, Smith 96, Rasmussen 96, Bell 97, Epperson 108.

Wesco South Group B meet: At Lynnwood, Shorecrest’s Jens Bracht shot a 29 on the back nine and a 63 overall to grab medalist honors, but Shorecrest finished in fifth place with a team score of 416. Kamiak took first place, powered by Dylan Goodwin’s 66 and Reid Martin and Johnny Carey’s 67.

At Lynnwood Municipal Golf Course

18 holes played, par 65

Team scores—Kamiak 342, Edmonds-Woodway 362, Meadowdale 380, Shorewood 394, Shorecrest 416.

Edmonds-Woodway: McDonald 66, Halle 74, Byun 73, Roeter 72, Phillips 77. Kamiak: Martin 67, Goodwin 66, Carey 67, Strickland 69, Yun 84. Shorecrest: Bracht 63 (medalist), Uppinghouse 75, Brickel 84, Hewitt 89, Johnston 105. Shorewood: Brindle 77, McKinley 72, Khan 93, Kane 83, Greeny 77. Meadowdale: Burks 74, Hodge 72, Bayer 79, Hollenhorst 82, Cooke 76.

Girls golf

Wesco North Group B meet: At Everett, Snohomish’s Emily Guthrie shot a 1-under-par 71 and scored 73 points to lead the Panthers to the Wesco North meet victory.

At Legion Memorial Golf Course

18 holes, Stableford scoring

Team scores—Snohomish 280, Everett 256, Monroe 216, Cascade 162.

Snohomish: Guthrie (medalist) 73, Nichols 57, Adams 57, Park 47, Hoover 46. Cascade: Brush 47, Armintrout 43, Feller 32, Griesner 29, Shively 21. Monroe: Bowery 52, Walker 49, Cooper 44, Johnston 29, Felske 42. Everett: Ma. Burton 63, Diede 62, Soelling 60, Mo. Burton 40, Hollingshead 31.

Girls tennis

Arlington 5, Oak Harbor 2: At Arlington, despite losing her first games of the season, Ivana Krommelova won at No. 1 singles to improve to 9-0 and lead Arlington to a Wesco North win.

At Arlington H.S.

Singles—Krommelova (A) def. Jansen 6-2, 6-0; Newton (OH) def. Abdo 7-6 (7-2), 6-1; Neilon (OH) def. McElroy 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Scott (A) def. Deleon 7-5, 6-3. Doubles—Burkholder-Galusha (A) def. Rico-Morgan 7-5, 6-4; Kelley-Hamilton (A) def. Green-Muzzall 6-1, 6-0; Butler-Taylor (A) def. Flores-Jaquilmac 6-1, 6-4. Records—Oak Harbor 1-8 league, 1-8 overall. Arlington 4-6, 4-6.

Marysville-Pilchuck 6, Everett 1: At Marysville, Julie Mills came back from a first-set loss to win at No. 1 singles, but M-P swept the rest of the matches to win the Wesco North meet.

At Marysville-Pilchuck H.S.

Singles—Mills (E) def. Bartlett 4-6, 6-0, 6-2; Anderson (M-P) def. Barber 6-4, 6-4; Falenski (M-P) def. J. Nguyen 6-1, 6-1; Brubaker (M-P) def. Asim 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. Doubles—Bobadilla-Olsen (M-P) def. M. Nguyen-Letourneau 6-2, 6-3; Enberg-Famelos (M-P) def. Lauritzen-Nasr 6-4, 6-4; Albano-Coy (M-P) def. Gordon-Holmes 6-2, 6-3. Records—M-P 5-6 league, 5-6 overall. Everett 3-10, 3-10.

Stanwood 4, Lake Stevens 3: At Lake Stevens, Stanwood swept the singles to take the Wesco North meet.

At Lake Stevens H.S.

Singles—Mickels (S) def. Essman 6-0, 6-1; Hamiter (S) def. Young 6-2, 6-2; Pollock (S) def. Pena 6-3, 6-1; Welch (S) def. Boren 6-2, 6-4. Doubles—Millan-Jones (LS) def. Tobin-Winkler 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5); Iffrig-Obayashi (LS) def. Daly-Rogers 3-6, 6-0, 6-0; Tate-Sobotka (LS) def. Lewinski-Morgan 6-2, 7-5. Records—Stanwood 10-1 league, 10-1 overall. Lake Stevens 5-5, 5-5.

Snohomish 7, Oak Harbor 0: At Oak Harbor, Snohomish swept the Wesco North meet on Monday.

At Oak Harbor H.S.

Singles—Elliott (S) def. Jansen 7-5, 6-3, Jorgensen (S) def. Newton 6-3, 6-1, Schilaty (S) def. Neilon 6-2, 6-2, La Berge (S) def. Deleon 6-3, 6-4. Doubles—Bjornethun-Melnyk (S) def. Rico-Morgan 6-2, 7-6 (5), Kaltbrunner-Zelmer (S) def. Muzzall-Green 6-1, 6-0, Perron-Cook (S) def. Jaquilmac-Flores 6-0, 6-0. Records—Snohomish 12-0 in league and overall. Oak Harbor 1-8, 1-8.

Meadowdale 6, Mariner 1: At Lynnwood, Meadowdale swept the doubles matches to take the Wesco South victory.

At Meadowdale H.S.

Singles—Viswanathan (Mar) def. Bates 6-1, 6-0, Dyson (Mea) def. Gayvoronskiy 6-2, 6-3, Tumbaga (Mea) def. Johanson 6-0, 6-0, Woo (Mea) def. Thunder 6-2, 6-2. Doubles—Porteson-Fijoeka (Mea) def. Ruscha-Lang 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, Landa-Rahkonen (Mea) def. Bui-not reported 6-3, 6-3, Dyer-Buseach (Mea) def. Mitchell-Kelley 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

Shorewood 5, Kamiak 2: At Shoreline, Stephanie Lim battled back against Michelle Lee for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 win, which proved to be decisive in the Wesco South victory for Shorewood.

At Shoreview Park

Singles—Baik (K) def. Chatilo 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Bang (S) def. Lee 6-2, 6-3; Hamman (S) def. Shin 6-2, 6-1; Lim (S) def. Lee 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. Doubles—Fredericks-Staton (K) def. McInnes-Strandberg 6-3, 6-1; Kim-Yang (S) def. Jacobsen-Thorsen 4-6, 6-0, 6-2; Jeong-Yuen (S) def. Gabel-Ahn 6-2, 6-1. Records—Kamiak 3-3 league, 3-3 overall. Shorewood 8-1, 8-1.

Sehome 6, Lakewood 1: At Marysville, twins Jillian and Jocelyn Shafer won the No. 2 doubles match for Lakewood in the non-league meet, but Sehome took the rest of the matches.

At Lakewood H.S.

Singles—Tull (S) def. Hesselman, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Sather (S) def. Boe, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; Young (S) def. Asano, 6-1, 6-3; Flinn (S) def. Ross, 6-2, 6-0. Doubles—Rhoades-Rhode (S) def. Steinborn-Prosser, 7-5, 6-3; Ji. Shafer-Jo. Shafer (L) def. Smith-Kim, 6-4, 6-0; Matijaseie-Gayraud (S) def. Wendt-Griffith, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. Records—Sehome not reported. Lakewood 4-8 overall.

South Whidbey 7, Mt. Vernon 0: At Langley, South Whidbey swept Mt. Vernon in the non-league meet.

At South Whidbey H.S.

Singles—Newman (SW) def. Kinsolving 6-0, 6-0; Wheeler (SW) def. Brookings 6-0, 6-0; Metz (SW) def. Allison 6-0, 6-2; Hough (SW) def. Walker 7-6 (7-2) 6-2. Doubles—Comfort-Craig (SW) def. Strachila-Starkovich 6-0, 6-4; Gemkow-Zalewski (SW) def. Barnet-Stransky 6-1, 6-1; Weeks-Iverson (SW) def. Ellingsen-Taylor.