Ballard, Blanchet take titles

LAKEWOOD -Ballard’s Zach Gussin and Bishop Blanchet’s Casey Conroy led their respective cross country teams to titles at the Hole in the Wall Invitational on Saturday at Lakewood High School.

Gussin won the boys race in a time of 16 minutes, 25 seconds, edging Seattle Prep’s Mike Lovejoy by a single second. Everett’s Matt Kaftanski finished third in the 5,000-meter race in 16:39. Ballard finished with a team score of 59 followed by Everett (72) and Seattle Prep (81).

In the girls race, Conroy won with a time of 20:10. Bellevue Christian’s Liz Smit was second and Lake Stevens’ Bailey Granstrom was third, both crossing in 20:14. Bishop Blanchet finished with a team score of 55 to outpace Ballard (108) and Lake Stevens (117).

At Lakewood 5,000 meters Boys Team scores-Ballard 59, Everett 72, Seattle Prep 81, Bishop Blanchet 87, Sehome 173, Meridian 189, Colville 197, King’s 211, Lakewood 215, Mount Baker 236, Lake Stevens 237, Archbishop Murphy 313, Mount Vernon 338. Everett-3. Kaftanski 16:39, 12. Magee 17:15, 14. Stanovsky 17:18, 20. Bjella 17:34, 27. Lampi 17:51. King’s-16. Miller 17:19, 25. Woodham 17:46, 29. Croutworst 17:55, 66. Burningham 18:57, 85. Pflugrath 20:04. Lakewood-10. Rapp 17:01, 41. Wehmeyer 18:15, 53. Skiles 18:35, 61. Zahn 18:46, 62. Ervin 18:47. Lake Stevens-30. Smith 17:57, 45. Evans 18:20, 47. Lantz 18:26, 56. Larson 18:40, 71. Williams 19:26. Archbishop Murphy-11. Alkire 17:11, 72. Snyder 19:26, 73. P. Sadowski 19:32, 81. N. Sadowski 19:59, 91. Morrison 21:03. Girls Team scores-Bishop Blanchet 55, Ballard 108, Lake Stevens 117, Mount Baker 123, King’s 128, Seattle Prep 130, Colville 182, Meridian 186, Everett200, Lakewood 211, Archbishop Murphy 291, Mount Vernon 327. Lake Stevens-3. Granstrom 20:14, 20. Fraser 21:26, 28. Cornish 21:57, 40. Wright 22:33, 41. Page 22:44. King’s-19. Coghlan 21:25, 26. Strand 21:49, 30. Snyder 21:57, 34. Miles 22:14, 36. Peterson 22:26. Everett-8. Moore 20:40, 23. Mulligan 21:39, 49. Hoof 23:37, 67. Escamilla 24:55, 71. Rainer 25:36. Lakewood-22. Gogert 21:33, 46. Nash 23:09, 48. Osti 23:18, 56. Ward 24:04, 58. Hannah 24:10. Archbishop Murphy-4. Sandoval 20:22, 74. McClure 25:42, 76. Sleister 26:34, 79. Hines 28:13, 81. Catey 28:43.

Kodiak Invitational: Mountlake Terrace finished second in the boys competition behind the fourth-place finish of James Hudson, who finished with a time of 16 minutes, 37 seconds. In the girls meet, Estelle Kills Right paced Mountlake Terrace to a fourth-place finish, taking seventh in 20:18.

At Ski Hill 3.0 miles Boys Team Scores-West Valley (Yakima) 68, Mountlake Terrace 92, Wenatchee 111, Eastmont 137, Ephrata 154, Naches 181, Cascade 186. Mountlake Terrace-4. Hudson 16:37.00; 6. Preugschat 16:43.30; 15. Henning 17:15.40; 34. DeBoer 17:48.80, 35. Juretich 17:49.00. Cascade-7. Jones 16:43.60; 16. Rickman 17:17.20; 50. Metz 18:35.40; 56. Green 18:32.20; 67. Levitsis 18:49.20. Girls Team Scores-West Valley (Yakima) 52, Wenatchee 62, Eastmont 75, Mountlake Terrace 84, Wapato 153, Arlington 163. Mountlake Terrace-7. Kills Right 20:18.70; 18. Jensen 21:06.50; 21. Brister 21:22.10; 31. Forsberg 21:01.22; 40. Dittmar 22:39.30. Arlington-8. Liberda 20:35.10; 52. Hamilton 23:09.60; 53. Muschler 21:11.30; 55. Wright 21:14.30; 56. Heffernan 23:33.60.

Football

Cascade Christian 42, King’s 7: Brian Dahl ran for four touchdowns to lead Cascade Christian to victory in the Chinook League opener for both teams. David Howell scored King’s lone touchdown on a 6-yard pass from Chris Faidley.

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King’s	0	0	0	7	–	7
Cascade Christian	7	13	8	14	–	42

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Cascade Christian-Dahl 9 run (Jackson kick)

Cascade Christian-Dahl 48 run (Jackson kick)

Cascade Christian-Bratz 1 run (kick failed)

Cascade Christian-Absher 20 run (Absher from Bratz)

Cascade Christian-Dahl 3run (Jackson kick)

King’s-Howell 6 pass from Faidley (Lutton kick)

Cascade Christian-Dahl 13 run (Jackson kick)

Nooksack Valley 43, Lakewood 30: Nooksack Valley scored 43 straight points after Lakewood took a 7-0 lead in the North Cascades game played Friday night.

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Lakewood	7	0	0	23	–	30
Nooksack Valley	7	12	17	7	–	43

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Lakewood-Reagan 4 run (Mansfield kick)

Nooksack Valley-Williamson 11 run (Vandyken kick)

Nooksack Valley-Vandyken 11 pass from Mitchell (kick failed)

Nooksack Valley-Williamson 5 run (run failed)

Nooksack Valley-FG Matthews 27

Nooksack Valley-Matthews 6 pass from Mitchell (Matthews kick)

Nooksack Valley-Vandyken 40 pass from Williamson (Matthews kick)

Nooksack Valley-Vandyken 22 pass from Mitchell (Matthews kick)

Lakewood-Clifton 58 pass from Nelson (Mansfield kick)

Lakewood-Wiederkehr 10 run (Sears run)

Lakewood-Clifton 25 pass from Nelson (Nelson run)

Records-Lakewood 1-4 in league, 1-5 overall. Nooksack Valley 4-2, 4-2.

Volleyball

Crossover Classic At Spokane, Marysville-Pilchuck went 5-2 and finished fourth out of 54 teams. The Tomahawks went 3-0 in pool play. Then in knockout play M-P beat Shadle Park 15-10, 15-13, beat Pullman 15-13, 15-12, lost to Eisenhower 17-15, 15-10 and lost to Mead 15-7, 15-6. Micaela Parker had 51 kills and nine aces, Korissa Clevish had 94 assists and Natanya Parsons had 53 digs for the Tomahawks.

Mount Baker Tournament: At Deming, Granite Falls went 2-3 and finished sixth out of eight teams. The Tigers finished 1-2 in pool play, then in elimination play Granite Falls beat Steilacoom 30-28, 29-27 before losing to Chief Sealth 14-25, 25-22, 15-11. Casey Jensen had 28 kills, 11 blocks and was 44-for-46 serving to lead the Tigers. Nichole Megard added 19 kills and 17 blocks and Zuzanna Drebert dished out 59 assists.