PREP BOYS ROUNDUP: Groves leads Kamiak to baseball win

Published 5:00 pm Wednesday, March 31, 2010

EDMONDS — When Kamiak’s Andrew Groves took the mound, Edmonds-Woodway head coach Dan Somoza knew his team was facing one of the Wesco South’s most complete pitchers.

Groves pitched five innings and the Knights got timely two-out hits and a solid defensive performance to notch a tough 8-4 league win against conference co-leader Edmonds-Woodway Tuesday night. Both teams are now 2-1 in league, 4-1 overall.

Kamiak got two runs in the first and two more in the third, both aided by Warriors errors for an early 4-0 lead. Three more runs in the fourth inning made it 7-0 and E-W had dug itself too deep of a hole.

“Going down that much against Groves is a recipe for disaster,” Somoza said. “Kamiak came out really good and Groves is probably the best pitcher in the league, so its hard to come back against him.”

Groves mixed in offspeed pitches to contrast his fastball and had effective pitch location. Somoza called him “the complete package.”

Senior catcher Jared Houghtaling batted 2-for-2 with three RBI, Jake Sortor and Seth Heck each batted 2-for-4 and Chris Guinn was 2-for-3, accounting for the majority of Kamiak’s hits.

“He (Houghtaling) had clutch hits,” Somoza said, later aatributing the Knights’ success to “a bunch of clutch two-out hits.”

Blaine Liukko led the Warriors, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and a solo home run in the seventh inning.

At Edmonds-Woodway H.S.

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Groves, Pennick (6) and Houghtaling. Lowe, Budnick (4), Daniels (6) and Liukko. WP—Groves. LP—Lowe. 2B—Heck (K), Lopresti (EW). HR—Liukko (EW). Records—Kamiak 2-1 league, 4-1 overall. Edmonds-Woodway 2-1, 4-1.

Glacier Peak 10, Meadowdale 7: At Snohomish, James Tuba batted 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI and Lance Foster was 3-for-3 with three RBI for Glacier Peak in a Wesco South win. Dane Larsen added a home run for the Grizzlies. Taylor Brennan (2-for-3, home run), Andrew Suh (2-for-4, double and home run) and Robbie Baldridge (home run) provided the offense for Meadowdale.

At Glacier Peak H.S.

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Triece, Smith (6) and Moore. West, Ristoff (5) and Tuba. WP—Ristoff. LP—Triece. 2B—Suh (M), Foster (GP). HR—Brennan (M), Suh (M), Baldridge (M), Tuba (GP), Larsen (GP). Records—Meadowdale 2-1 league, 2-3 overall. Glacier Peak 1-2, 2-3.

Shorewood 4, Mountlake Terrace 1: At Shoreline, junior right-hander Kevin Moriarty struck out 13 in a complete-game performance for Shorewood in a Wesco South game. Moriarty issued no walks in the 82-pitch performance. Thomas Vincent (2-for-3, two RBI), Robbie Rusch (2-for-3) and Duncan Hendrickson (2-for-3, two RBI) provided run support for Moriarty.

At Shorewood H.S.

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Brooks and Volpone. Moriarty and Hendrickson. WP—Moriarty (2-1). LP—Brooks. 2B—Wick (MT), Fickle (MT), Rusch (S). Records—Mountlake Terrace 2-1 league, 3-2 overall. Shorewood 2-1, 4-1.

Jackson 13, Lynnwood 3 (6 innings): At Mill Creek, Jackson’s Yokim Soderqvist had three doubles and three RBI and Sam Brown had a double, triple and four RBI in the Wesco South game. Nick Kiel pitched five innings, striking out 10 batters and improving his record to 3-0.

At Jackson H.S.

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Ansdell, Shaw (3) and Johnsen. Kiel, Land (6) and Johansen. WP—Kiel (3-0). LP—Ansdell. 2B—Melillo (L), Huerner (L), Soderqvist (J) 3, Plummer (J) 2, Brown (J), Wishko (J), Olson (J). 3B—Brown (J). Records—Lynnwood 0-3 league, 0-5 overall. Jackson 3-0, 5-0.

Shorecrest 7, Mariner 1: At Everett, Mariner couldn’t recover from a four-error first inning and fell to Shorecrest in a Wesco South game. Alex Coffman gave up no earned runs and struck out three for Mariner in 51/3 innings. Ted Hammond had five strikeouts for Shorecrest. Jeff Lazcano batted 2-for-3 with an RBI and Henry Dickmeyer added an RBI for the Scots.

At Mariner H.S.

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Hammond, Jarvis (6) and Desrosier. Coffman, Kohout (5) and Degamo, Parra (6). WP—Hammond (1-1). LP—Coffman. 2B—Lazcano (S). Records—Shorecrest 1-2 league, 3-2 overall. Mariner 0-3, 0-5.

Marysville-Pilchuck 16, Oak Harbor 2 (5 innings): At Oak Harbor, Kyle Pace led a strong offensive performance for M-P in a Wesco North win. Pace batted 3-for-4 with two RBI and Tylor Klep (2-for-2, two RBI) and Kyle Flanders (2-for-3, three RBI) kept the Tomahawks undefeated. Oak Harbor’s Jay Stout batted 2-for-2 with a double and one RBI.

At Oak Harbor H.S.

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Keister and Flanders. Evans, Rosen (4) and Farnum, Tillotson (5). WP—Keister (1-0). LP—Evans (0-2). 2B—Denton (M-P), Pace (M-P), Klep (M-P), VanDalen (M-P), Turner (M-P), Flanders (M-P), Stout (OH). 3B—Pace (M-P). Records—Marysville-Pilchuck 3-0 league, 5-0 overall. Oak Harbor 0-3, 3-4.

Lake Stevens 9, Arlington 3: At Arlington, Dylan Lavelle had a three-run home run and Sam Parris had a two-run home run, giving Lake Stevens two of its five extra-base hits in the Wesco North contest. Justin Surber batted 2-for-4 with an RBI double for Arlington.

At Arlington H.S.

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Blackey, Fiske (5) and Tyler. Surber, Baker (7) and Ward. WP—Blackey. LP—Surber (0-2). 2B—Lavelle (LS), Fiske (LS), Parris (LS), Surber (A). HR—Lavelle (LS), Parris (LS). Records—Lake Stevens 3-0 league, 6-0 overall. Arlington 1-2, 2-4.

Stanwood 4, Everett 3: At Everett, David Gerdes batted 2-for-2 with two RBI and Josh Orcutt allowed three hits and a run and struck out four over 51/3 innings for the Spartans win. Andrew Bloom held on for the save as Everett tacked on two runs in the sixth inning to close within one run. Bloom pitched a scoreless seventh.

At Stanwood H.S.

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Juarez and Marthaller. Josh Orcutt, Bloom (6) and Calkins. WP—Orcutt (1-1). LP—Juarez. Records—Everett 0-1 league, 1-4 overall. Stanwood 1-2, 2-2.

Monroe 9, Snohomish 5: At Monroe, Miles Kendrick hit a walk-off grand slam in the seventh inning for Monroe in a Wesco North win. Kendrick finished 3-for-4 with six RBI and two runs scored as the Bearcats grabbed their first win of the season. Troy Mantle batted 3-for-4 with an RBI and Tyler Ihrig was 3-for-4 for Monroe. Garrett Dmochowsky (1-for-4, RBI), Colter Henry (3-for-3, double) and Jordan Ridley (1-for-2, double) led Snohomish.

At Marshall Field

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Gunning, Becker (6), Henry (7) and Taubenheim. Hopkins, Ihrig (6) and Reed. WP—Ihrig. LP—Becker. 2B—Dmochowsky (S), Henry (S), Ridley (S). HR—Kendrick (M). Records—Snohomish 2-1 league, 4-3 overall. Monroe 1-2, 1-6.

Cedarcrest 9, South Whidbey 4: At Langley, Gunnar Swanson had 11 strikeouts in 51/3 innings and batted 3-for-4 to lead Cedarcrest to a Cascade Conference win. Tommy Edwards (2-for-3), Jansen Woelz (two RBI) and Jordan Gross (two RBI) provided the offense for Cedarcrest. Austin Bennett batted 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a double for South Whidbey.

At South Whidbey H.S.

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Swanson, Woelz (6) and Bunce. Hawkinson, Brown (5) and Woodbury. WP—Swanson (2-0). LP—Hawkinson. 2B—Bennett (SW), Woelz (C), Swanson (C). HR—Bennett (SW). Records—South Whidbey 3-1 league, 5-1 overall. Cedarcrest 7-0, 7-0.

Boys soccer

South Whidbey 2, Sultan 1: At Langley, Henry Mead put South Whidbey on the board early, rocketing a shot from 35 yards outs in the 14th minute. Falcons goalie T.J. Russel had 12 saves in the Cascade Conference clash. With the score tied after Tim Abt’s goal (Alex Nicholas assist) for Sultan in the 28th minute, Ian McCauley made a precise pass to the far post where Pat Myatt tapped it in for the lead and South Whidbey’s (2-1 league, 2-2 overall) win. Sultan (1-2, 1-4) had Clayton Knoles in goal.

Cedarcrest 3, King’s 2: At Shoreline, Nik Torchia and Ben Poler scored two second-half goals to give Cedarcrest a Cascade Conference win. Ingbar Judson assisted on both goals for the Red Wolves (2-1-0 league and overall). Evan Sabo scored both goals for King’s (2-1-0, 2-1-0). Richie Evans scored an unassisted goal for Cedarcrest in the first half. Colin McHargue earned the win in goal for Cedarcrest and Ryan McGill took the loss for King’s.

Archbishop Murphy 3, Coupeville 2: At Coupeville, Jason Houts hit Matt Fryer on a breakaway and Fryer bounced one off goalie Evan Ameluxen-Coleman, then put the rebound back for the game-winner for Murphy (3-0 league, 3-1 overall) in the Cascade Conference game. Justin Adams (Tony Jansen assist) gave Coupeville (1-2, 1-3) an early lead with a goal in the fifth minute. Murphy’s Sean Ryan (Riley Raynor assist) tied it up in the 13th minute and in the 20th minute Jacob Clark (Ryan assist) made it a 2-1 Murphy advantage. Coupeville’s Jansen (Spencer Tack assist) tied it in the 43rd minute. Doug Ehlebracht was Murphy’s goalie.

Lakewood 5, Granite Falls 1: At Marysville, Granite Falls took a 1-0 lead on Maika Matalomani’s goal, but Joseph Hawkins got a hat trick with three goals and assisted on the other two for Lakewood in its Cascade Conference win. Taylor Fellows and Sean Hackworth scored the Cougars’ (1-2 league, 1-4 overall) other goals. Lakewood had Sam Johnston as its goalie. Granite Falls (0-3, 1-4) had Ryan Murphy in goal.