PREP ROUNDUP: Baseball, boys golf

Published 11:17 pm Monday, April 27, 2009

DUVALL — Archbishop Murphy kept its perfect baseball record intact, and clinched the Cascade Conference championship with a 12-7 win over second-place Cedarcrest on Monday at Tolt Middle School.

Murphy is now 18-0 overall, and 16-0 in the Cascade Conference. Cedarcrest is 14-3 overall, and 13-3 in the Cascade Conference. Both teams have secured playoff berths in the Class 2A District 1 tournament.

“There is nothing that indicates (this has happened before) as far as we know,” Murphy head coach Stan Taloff said of clinching the conference.

Wildcats starter Kevin Waldron pitched five innings, giving up two runs and keeping Cedarcrest from scoring multiple runs when it had the opportunity.

“He stranded five or six runners,” Taloff said. “A pretty classy performance.”

Jake Hines hit a three-run home run in the third inning to give the Wildcats a 5-0 lead, but the Red Wolves came back with two runs in the bottom of the inning to cut the deficit.

Taloff said the key to the game was clutch hits, including Evan Howard’s bases-loaded double in top of seventh inning that scored three runs, giving Murphy a 12-3 lead.

Cedarcrest’s answer was not enough, with the Wolves putting up four runs up in the bottom of the seventh. Cameron Padron batted 3-for-4 with a double, home run, two runs scored, and two runs batted in for Cedarcrest, and Craig Chittenden batted 2-for-4 with a run and one RBI.

At Tolt Middle School

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Waldron, Kane (6) and Robinett. Bishop, Coble (6) and Bunce. WP—Waldron. LP—Bishop. 2B—Coble (C), Howard (AM). 3B—Padron (C). HR—Padron (C), Hines (AM), Burr (AM). Records—Archbishop Murphy 16-0 league, 18-0 overall. Cedarcrest 13-3, 14-3.

Granite Falls 13, South Whidbey 11: At Langley, Max Whitt batted 3-for-3 with a home run, double and two RBI for Granite Falls in a Cascade Conference slugfest. Mitch Byron batted 2-for-4 with a double for the Tigers. South Whidbey hit five home runs in the game. Nick Tenuta batted 2-for-4 with a home run and a triple for South Whidbey. Also, Jon Adams had a double and home run and senior Cameron Shipley’s first varsity hit was a three-run home run. Colton Wilson also hit a solo home run for the Falcons.

At South Whidbey H.S.

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Matronic, Major (6), Whitt (7) and Byron. Adams, Babcock (7) and Woodbury. WP—Matronic. LP—Adams. S—Whitt. 2B—Whitt (GF), Byron (GF), Adams (SW). 3B—Tenuta (SW). HR—Whitt (GF), Rawls (SW), Tenuta (SW), Wilson (SW), Adams (SW), Shipley (SW). Records—Granite Falls 8-8 league, 8-9 overall. South Whidbey 5-11, 5-12.

Lakewood 4, Coupeville 1: At Marysville, Jordan Stauffer struck out six and scattered three hits for Lakewood in a Cascade Conference win. Stauffer allowed just four Coupeville baserunners in the game. Also for Lakewood, Cory Moore batted 2-for-3 with two doubles and two runs scored.

At Lakewood H.S.

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Hill and Griffin. Stauffer and Etchey. WP—Stauffer (3-1). LP—Hill. 2B—Moore (L) 2. 3B—Campbell (L). Records—Coupeville 7-9 league, 7-11 overall. Lakewood 8-8, 10-8.

Sultan 10, Cedar Park Christian 5: At Sultan, Steve Miller pitched 52/3 innings, giving up two unearned runs and batted 2-for-4 with one RBI, as Sultan scored six runs in the first inning and held on for its first win of the season. Sultan’s Tom Maxwell batted 2-for-3 with two RBI.

At Sultan H.S.

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Moi, Walker (4), Kaleohano (6) and Bader. Miller, Olsen (6) and Rutz. WP—Miller (1-4). LP—Moi. 2B—Kaleohano (C) 1, Olsen (S) 1, Maxwell (S) 1, Cooper (S) 1. Records—Cedar Park Christian not reported overall. Sultan 1-19.

Boys Golf

Snohomish 384, Stanwood 434, Cascade 451

At Kayak Point Golf Course

18 holes, par 72

Snohomish: Dylan Stensland 74, Mike Jaeger 78, Mick Stocker 72 (medalist), Matt Tygert 78, Sam Riedemann 82.

Cascade: Anthony Chiarelli 83, Brenden Beaver 91, Brian Bachmann 86, Joey Elrand-Wert 96, Alex Hereford 95.

Stanwood: Jordan Solvberg 89, Wade Smith 83, Jeff Epperson 89, Paige Kavanagh 87, John Thayer 86.

Oak Harbor 425, Marysville-Pilchuck 434, Monroe 435

At Whidbey Island Golf and Country Club

18 holes, par 72

Marysville-Pilchuck: Nathan Pratt 81, Brandon Caldwell 83, Kyle Hanks 86, David Fugate 91, Cory Hunt 93.

Monroe: Preston Love 77, Andrew Russell 88, Mitchell Smith 89, Sam Swenson 90, Eric Merriman 91.

Oak Harbor: Phil Reedy (medalist) 72, Judd Ford 74, Brandon Kenworthy 89, Matt Fiske 90, Greg Martin 100.

Lake Stevens 409, Arlington 430, Everett 440

At Gleneagle Golf Course

18 holes, par not recorded

Lake Stevens: Kyle Gellner 85, Nick Paylor 83, Chris Lian 85, Patrick Barrett 76 (medalist), Mitch Girard 80.

Everett: Nick White 83, Kyle Maahs 88, Ryan Certain 87, Zach Greve 88, Nate White 94.

Arlington: Dylan Hunton 80, Austin Allen 95, Levi Larson 81, Tanner Olson 88, Jack Lindley 86.

South Whidbey 191, Lakewood 237

At Cedarcrest Golf Course

9 holes played, Par 35, Stroke Play

South Whidbey: Shane Thompson 35 (Medalist), Brooks Guetlin 38, Perry Cooley 39, Harrison Price 39, Josh Yingling 40.

Lakewood: Bryan Gregory 40, Ryan Anderson 44, Kris Parrish 48, Jacob VonPein 51, Travis Givler 54.