PREP BASEBALL: Snohomish clinches district playoff berth

Published 11:23 pm Wednesday, April 23, 2008

SNOHOMISH — It would appear the defending 4A state runner-up Snohomish Panthers are back on track.

Snohomish rebounded from a two-game sweep at the hands of red-hot Stanwood to defeat Lake Stevens 6-1 on Wednesday.

In doing so, the Panthers became one of the first Wesco North baseball teams to clinch a spot in the 4A District 1 tournament.

“It feels good to get back in the playoffs,” said Snohomish coach Kim Hammons. “We learned a lot about our club and what adjustments we needed to make (in the two losses to Stanwood), and moved on.”

The Panthers opened the bottom of the first inning with four consecutive singles. Snohomish used a sacrifice fly, a walk, a Lake Stevens error and another hit en route to scoring five runs in the first inning.

Snohomish’s Brian Wolfe pitched a three-hitter, allowing just a solo home run to Ben Nelson in the sixth inning while striking out three and walking only one.

“Brian Wolfe had a very good game and we jumped ahead pretty early in the first,” Hammons said. “Our defense played well behind him. He was always ahead in the count.”

Braden Allen was 3-for-4 with an RBI and Bryce Meinhold was 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead Snohomish.

Wednesday’s contest was originally scheduled to be played at Lake Stevens, but wet field conditions moved the game to Snohomish. The teams conclude their series Friday at Lake Stevens High School.

At Snohomish H.S.

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Pulitano, Kelly (4) and White. Wolfe, Hargrave (7) and Chandler. WP—Wolfe (5-1). LP—Pulitano. HR—Nelson (LS). Records—Snohomish 11-2 league, 14-3 overall. Lake Stevens 6-7, 8-8.

Shorewood 10, Jackson 6 (8): At Shoreline, Shorewood’s Bobby LeCount’s walk-off, grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning prevented Jackson from clinching a 4A District 1 postseason berth. LeCount’s home run, his second of the game, came on a first-pitch fastball. “I was just hoping for a groundball or a flyball,” Shorewood head coach Wyatt Tonkin said., “(The game) was a lot of fun. It was good to see the kids celebrate a home run like that.” Greg Cranson homered twice for the Timberwolves in a game that featured six home runs.

At Shorewood H.S.

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Kiel, McGee (6) and Morse. Clerget, Clement (7) and Schaefer. WP—Clement. LP—McGee. 2B—Kellogg (J), Malo (J). HR—Kim (J), Cranson (J) 2, Clerget (S), LeCount (S) 2. Records—Jackson 9-4 league, 12-4 overall. Shorewood 8-5, 11-6.

Lynnwood 8, Shorecrest 7: At Lynnwood, Kyle Hoerner singled home the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth to lead Lynnwood to a Wesco South victory against Shorecrest. Lynnwood’s Karl Rodriguez hit a triple and had three RBI and Chris Gordon had three RBI for the Royals.

At Lynnwood H.S.

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Bayern, Cain (6) and Leupold. Gordon, Mann (6) and Smith. WP—Mann. LP—Cain. 2B—Orallo (S) 1, Davies (S) 1, Detschman (L) 1. 3B—Sanford (S) 1, Rodriguez (L) 1. Records—Shorecrest league 4-9, overall 5-11. Lynnwood 4-11, 5-14.

Monroe 7, Oak Harbor 1: At Monroe, Andy Chriscaden hit a two-run homer in the third inning and Ian Parmley was 3-for-4 as Monroe clinched a 4A District 1 playoff berth.

At Marshall Field

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Encinas, Valencia (4) and Farnum. Ihrig, Reppert (6) and Andring, Rintala (6). WP—Ihrig. LP—Encinas. 2B—Rintala (M). HR—Chriscaden (M). Records—Oak Harbor 4-9 league, 6-11 overall. Monroe 11-2, 14-3.

Kamiak 3, Meadowdale 1: At Mukilteo, Kamiak’s Andrew Groves pitched a six-hitter, striking out eight and walking one, and Daniel Schmidt hit two doubles to lead the Knights to the Wesco South victory.

At Kamiak H.S.

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O’Neil and Anselment. Groves and Smullin. WP—Groves. LP—O’Neil. 2B—Anselment (M) 2, Schmidt (K) 2. Records—Meadowdale 9-4 league, 10-7 overall. Kamiak 6-7, 8-9.

Everett 3, Stanwood 2: At Stanwood, Jake Frauenholtz pitched six solid innings, striking out seven and walking one as he led Everett to the Wesco North victory over Stanwood. Stanwood’s Doug Joyce was 1-for-3 with a double and Drew Pearson added two hits for the Spartans.

At Stanwood H.S.

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Frauenholtz, Gardner (7) and Herrick. Phillips, Plummer (6) and Joyce. WP—Frauenholtz. LP—Phillips. S—Gardner. 2B—Joyce (S), Gonzalez (E). Records—Everett 5-8 league, 5-12 overall. Stanwood 8-7, 10-8.

Marysville-Pilchuck 4, Arlington 3: At Marysville, Joe Bray was 1-for-2 and Brennen Steinbaugh pitched a four-hitter to lead Marysville-Pilchuck to the Wesco North victory. Arlington’s Tony Geist was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored.

At Marysville-Pilchuck H.S.

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Ayres and Street. Steinbaugh and Botham. WP— Steinbaugh. LP— Ayres. 2B—Geist. Records—Arlington 3-10 league, 4-12 overall. M-P 8-4, 11-4.

Mountlake Terrace 6, Mariner 5 (8): At Mountlake Terrace, Mountlake Terrace clinched a 4A District 1 playoff berth with an extra-inning defeat of Mariner. Garrett Totten was 3-for-3 with an RBI and three runs for Mountlake Terrace, which won in the bottom of the eighth on a run-scoring single by Craig Heath.

At Mountlake Terrace H.S.

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Rush and Saga. Barisic, Monfiletto (6), Woeck (7) and Clingan. WP—Barisic (1-1). LP—Rush. 2B—Totten (MT) 1, Shafer (MT) 1, Clingan (MT) 1, Strieby (MT) 1. 3B—Totten (MT) 1. HR—Miloff (M) 1. Records—Mariner 2-11 league, 4-12 overall. Mountlake Terrace 10-3, 11-6.

Lakewood 18, Granite Falls 1: At Marysville, Josh Spears hit two home runs to knock in five runs and Jesse Etchey added three hits and two RBI as Lakewood won in a game halted after 4 1/2 innings. Lakewood clinched a 2A District 1 playoff berth with the victory.

At Lakewood H.S.

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Dancer, Major (4) and Byron. Grafenauer and Etchey. WP—Grafenauer (5-2). LP—Dancer. 2B—Harkins (L), Stauffer (L), Leach (L), Etchey (L). HR—Spears 2. Records—Granite Falls 3-14 league, 3-16 overall. Lakewood 14-3, 15-4.

Archbishop Murphy 7, Sultan 3: At Sultan, Jake Robinett hit a home run and a double to lead Archbishop Murphy to victory over Sultan in the Cascade Conference game.

At Sultan H.S.

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Hanley, Howard (6), Davis (7) and Robinett. McCrorey and Miller. WP—Hanley (record). LP—McCrorey. 2B—Robinett (A) 1. HR—Robinett (A) 1, Hines (A) 1. Records—Murphy 12-5 league, 12-5 overall. Sultan 6-11, 6-13.