PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP
Published 1:18 pm Wednesday, May 13, 2009
ANACORTES — The Lakewood Cougars entered their 2A District 1 semifinal game winners of seven straight.
Unfortunately they faced an Archibishop Murphy team that had won all but one of its 21 games.
Behind the timely hitting and clutch pitching of Ty Kane, the Wildcats defeated Lakewood 6-2 Tuesday night, earning a state playoff berth and advancing to Saturday’s 2A District 1 championship game.
Kane batted 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. On the mound he struck out seven, scattering seven hits in seven innings of work.
“Tyler Kane pitched an outstanding game,” Archbishop Murphy head coach Stan Taloff said.
The Cougars were led by Jesse Etchey’s three hits. The Cougars (13-9) had won seven straight after a slow first start that saw Lakewood drop its first three to the Wildcats by a combined score of 42-9.
“They were much improved and we knew that. We knew we had our hands full,” Taloff said of his opponent.
Keanen Albright batted 3-for-4 for the Wildcats.
At Daniels Field
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Melhart and Etchey. Kane and J. Robinett. WP—Kane. LP—Melhart. 2B—Etchey (L), Dearing (L), C. Robinett (AM), Howard (AM). HR—Leach (L). Records—Lakewood 13-9 overall. Murphy 21-1.
Cedarcrest 13, Granite Falls 6: At Anacortes, Craig Chittenden batted 3-for-4 with two runs and a RBI, and teammate Mark Bishop batted 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI leading Cedarcrest to the 2A District 1 loser-out win over Granite Falls. Cedarcrest will face Lakewood in a loser-out game at 11 a.m. Saturday at Anacortes. Brandon Brown hit a three-run home run for Granite Falls.
At Volunteer Park
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Whitt, Major (4) and Major, Whitt (4). Padron, Swanson (7) and Chittenden. WP—Padron. LP—Whitt. 2B—Bishop (C), Chittenden (C), Cook (C). HR—Brown (GF), Bunce (C). Records—Granite Falls 10-12 overall. Cedarcrest 17-5.
Shorecrest 5, Lynnwood 1: At Shoreline, Shorecrest’s James Robbins had 14 strikeouts and Max Bayern hit a home run to lead the Scots to the 3A District 1 playoff victory.
At Shorecrest H.S.
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Robbins and Desrosier. Lotzer and Smith. WP—Robbins (4-3). LP—Lotzer. 3B—Hake (S). HR—Bayern (S). Records—Shorecrest 10-12 overall. Lynnwood 14-8.
Meadowdale 4, Glacier Peak 3: At Shoreline, Chase Anselment pitched six innings giving up four hits, striking out eight to help Meadowdale to the 3A District 1 playoff victory. Tagen Struhs hit a home run for Glacier Peak.
At Shorecrest H.S.
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Ristoff, Gilbertson (3), remaining three relievers not reported and Tuba. Anselment, Solomon (6) and O’Neill. WP—Anselment (2-3). LP—Gilbertson. S—Solomon (1). 2B—Foster (GP) 2, Anselment (M) McCabe (M). HR—Struhs (GP). Records—Glacier Peak 5-17 overall. Meadowdale 12-10.
