Archbishop Murphy softball team wins title

Herald staff

MOUNT VERNON – The Archbishop Murphy softball team scored six runs in the first three innings to run away with the Class A tri-district championship, beating Coupeville 8-0 Saturday at Skagit Valley College.

Kristen Linscott hit a two-run double, while Lindsey Shandera was 2-for-4 with two runs scored to lead the Wildcats.

Both Archbishop Murphy and Coupeville qualified for next week’s state tournament in Pasco.

The Wildcats picked up 10-0 and 11-5 victories over Bear Creek and Cascade Christian, respectively, to reach the championship game.

Linscott pitched every single inning for Archbishop Murphy picking up three victories while giving up only five runs on 10 hits.


Linscott and L. Shandera. Magraw and Greenup. WP-Linscott. LP-Magraw. Records-Archbishop Murphy 14-4 overall.

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Girls track

3A Northwest District meet: Lynnwood’s Sarah Owen qualified for next week’s state meet in two events Friday, finishing second in the 200- and first in the 400-meter dashes. Teammate Caroline Carter also won the 300 hurdles and the Royals qualified their 1,600 relay squad.

At Bellingham Civic Stadium

Team scores-Sehome 164.5, Ferndale 120, Anacortes 64.5, Meadowdale 63, Squalicum 57, Burlington-Edison 54, Bellingham 54, Lynnwood 53, Lynden 41, Sedro-Woolley 27

State qualifiers-100-2. Martin (Meadowdale) 13.18; 200-2. Owen (Lynnwood) 26.88; 400-1. Owen 58.42; 300 hurdles-Carter (Lynnwood) 47.25; 1,600 relay-2. Lynnwood 4:06.83.

A tri-district meet: King’s athletes won 12 of the 18 events to overwhelm the competition. King’s scored 247.5 points, more than triple the total of second-place Charles Wright Academy. King’s won all three relays and the Knights’ Julie Reese won all three throws.Breyanne Nordtvedt won both hurdles races and placed second in the triple jump. She also ran on the 1,600 relay team. Archbishop Murphy’s Teresa Mathias qualified for state in two events, finishing second in the javelin and third in the 100-meter dash. The Wildcats’ Rachel Ogle qualified for state in both hurdles. Coupeville’s Amy Mouw won the 800.

At King’s

Team scores-King’s 247.5, Charles Wright Academy 81, Seattle Academy 57, Bear Creek School 43, Bellevue Christian 43, Archbishop Murphy 41.5, Seattle Chrtian 39, Tacoma Baptist 36.5, La Conner 19, Concrete 15, Friday Harbor 14, Coupeville 12, University Prep 11, Snohomish County Cristian 10, Cascade Chrisatian 8.5, Northwest School 6

State qualifiers-100-1. McGlaughlin (Bear Creek School) 13.34, 2. Widing (King’s) 13.41, 3. Mathias (Archbishop Murphy) 13.58, 5. VanSkaik (King’s) 13.64; 200-1. Lain (Bear Creek School) 27.40, 3. Coulson (Snohomish County Christian) 27.85, 5. VanSkaik (King’s) 28.22, 6. West (King’s) 28.35; 400-1. Mensonides (Tacoma Baptist) 1:02.59, 6. Fruhling (King’s) 1:04.34; 800-1. A. Mouw (Coupeville) 2:23.18, 4. Hansen (King’s) 2:24.57; 1,600-1. Camner (Charles Wright Academy) 5:21.11, 3. Hansen (King’s) 5:22.95, 4. Strand (King’s) 5:28.28, 5. Miles (King’s) 5:30.29; 3,200-1. Strand (King’s) 11:57.18, 2. Hansen (King’s) 12:07.13, 4. Kieling (King’s) 12:14.32; 100 hurdles-1. Nordtvedt (King’s) 16.44, 3. Keeney (King’s) 17.60, 5. Ogle (Archbishop Murphy) 17.83; 300 hurdles-1. Nordtvedt (King’s) 48.59, 2. Ogle (Archbishop Murphy) 49.66, 5. Huebner (King’s) 51.42; 400 relay-1. King’s (VanSkaik, Louie, Kwan, Widing) 51.90, 6. Archbishop Murphy (Mequet, Clancy, Wagner, Hammond) 54.08; 800 relay-1. King’s (VanSkaik, Louie, Kwan, Widing) 1:49.67; 1,600 relay-1. King’s (Nordtvedt, Fruhling, Hansen, Miles) 4:14.60; High jump-1. DeBell (King’s) 5-0, 3. Zevenbergen (King’s) 4-8, 5. Mequet (Archbishop Murphy) 4-6; Pole vault-1. Huebner (King’s) 7-6, 2. Dillow (King’s) 7-0; Long jump-1. Leonard (Seattle Academy) 16-9, 3. Louie (King’s) 15-6.25, 4. Kwan (King’s) 15-5.5, 5. West (King’s) 15-4; Triple jump-1. Kwan (King’s) 33-3, 2. Nordtvedt (King’s) 33-0, 3. Rice (Archbishop Murphy) 32-8, 4. DeBell (King’s) 32-6, 5. Zevenbergen (King’s) 32-2; Shot put-1. Reese (King’s) 40-9; Discus-1. Reese (King’s) 110-10; Javelin-1. Reese (King’s) 119-4, 2. Mathias (Archbishop Murphy) 104-10, 4. Strand (King’s) 102-1.

Boys track

3A Northwest District meet: Lynnwood’s Keith Ellis qualified for next week’s state meet in the 100- and 200-meter sprints Friday, winning the 100 and finishing second in the 200. Teammate Anthony Porter won the long jump and the Royals qualified both of their relay teams.

At Bellingham Civic Stadium

Team scores-Ferndale 110, Sehome 89, Anacortes 87, Squalicum 84, Lynnwood 78, Meadowdale 63.5, Bellingham 62, Burlington-Edison 37, Sedro-Woolley 24.5; Lynden 24

State qualifiers-100-1. Ellis (Lynnwood) 11.56; 200-2. Ellis 23.20; 3,200-2. Shimer (Meadowdale) 9:45.14; 110 hurdles-2. Myhre (Meadowdale) 16.28; 400 relay-2. Lynnwood 44.43; 1,600 relay-2. Lynnwood 3:31.55; Long jump-Porter (Lynnwood) 21-4.5.

A tri-district meet: Adam Roe led King’s to the team title with victories in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs. Archbishop Murphy’s David Wilcox qualified for state in three events, winning the 300 hurdles and finishing third in the 200 and long jump. The Wildcats’ Jevon Butler won the triple jump.

At King’s

Team scores-King’s 135, Tacoma Baptist 84, Charles Wright Academy 71, Archbishop Murphy 67, Bellevue Christian 57, Life Christian 44, University Prep 39, Cascade Christian 38, Friday Harbor 29, Snohomish County Christian 21, Seattle Academy 18, Bear Creek School 14, Bush 14, Seattle Christian 9, La Conner 8, Coupeville 5, Northwest School 3, Concrete 2

State qualifiers-100-1. Bousman (Tacoma Baptist) 11.05, 3. Wilcox (Archbishop Murphy) 11.40; 200-1. Bousman (Tacoma Baptist) 23.00, 3. Wilcox (Archbishop Murphy) 23.26; 400-1. Wall (Tacoma Baptist) 49.37, 5. Flowers (King’s) 52.30; 800-1. Wall (Tacoma Baptist) 1:56.56, 2. Gwaltney (Snohomish County Christian) 1:59.50, 4. Coghlan (King’s) 2:02.10, 6. Hewitt (Archbishop Murphy) 2:04.11; 1,600-1. Roe (King’s) 4:32.86, 3. Thompson (King’s) 4:35.93; 3,200-1. Roe (King’s) 9:48.61, 2. Thompson (King’s) 9:53.88, 5. A. Woodham (King’s) 10:11.94, 6. B. Woodham (King’s) 10:25.09; 110 hurdles-1. Yen (Archbishop Murphy) 16.02, 5. Dixon (King’s) 16.52; 300 hurdles-1. Wilcox (Archbishop Murphy) 40.31, 3. Faidley (King’s) 41.34, 4. Gray (Snohomish County Christian) 41.94; 400 relay-1. Cascade Christian 44.33, 3. King’s (Quan, Wilson, Waldburger, Faidley) 45.36; 1,600 relay-1. Tacoma Baptist 3:29.48, 2. King’s (Flowers, Chen, Faidley, Waldburger) 3:31.36, 4. Snohomish County Christian (Gray, Zuspan, Rouse, Gwaltney) 3:32.79, 5. Archbishop Murphy (A. Ferris, G. Ferris, Feltner, Hewitt) 3:33.24; High jump-1. Kobayashi (Charles Wright) 6-4, 5. Wilson (king’s) 5-10, 6. Mazdra (Coupeville) 5-10; Pole vault-1. Merck (Seattle Academy), 2. Cramer (King’s) 10-6, 3. Dobbs (King’s) 10-0, 4. Stueckle (King’s) 9-6, 5. Waldburger (King’s) 9-0; Long jump-Angiulo (University Prep) 20-10, 3. Wilcox (Archbishop Murphy) 20-3.5, 4. Waldburger (King’s) 20-2.25; Triple jump-1. Butler (Archbishop Murphy) 41-7; Shot put-Holden (Tacoma Baptist) 52-9, 3. 3. Fisher (King’s) 49-2.75, 6. Vanderwel (Archbishop Murphy) 40-10; Discus-1. Holden (Tacoma Baptist) 131-0, 5. Vanderwel (Archbishop Murphy) 123-10, 6. Fisher (King’s) 122-9; Javelin-1. Andresen (Bellevue Christian) 172-11, 2. Dobbs (King’s) 158-7, 4. McPherson (King’s) 152-9.

Girls tennis

3A Northwest District meet: The Meadowdale doubles team of Tanya Subcleff and Whitney Frank qualified for next week’s state tournament by finishing second. Subcleff and Frank defeated Jeaneen Brewster and Laina Vanderstoep of Burlington-Edison 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the second-place match late Friday night.

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