Herald staff
EVERETT – It came down to the end, with Cascade’s Wade Bovard outlasting Stanwood’s Nick Planiuk in a No. 3 singles match that lasted more than 2 1/2 hours, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5) as the Bruins earned a 4-3 Western Conference North Division boys tennis victory Monday at Cascade High School.
“This was an exciting meet,” said Cascade head coach Bob Martin. “It doesn’t get any better then this.”
With the two teams splitting the first six matches, everyone watched and waited for the No. 3 singles match between Bovard and Planiuk to end.
“This was a great battle and Stanwood has good players, but we needed this win,” Martin said.
With the victory, the Bruins take sole possession of second place in the Wesco North behind undefeated Snohomish (8-0). Cascade improved to 6-1 in league and overall.
In another long match at No. 4 singles, Chad Schroeder of Cascade kept his unbeaten string intact with a 7-6, (9-7), 6-2 win.
“Our kids came through and just outlasted Stanwood,” Martin said.
With Stanwood holding a 3-2 lead Cascade’s No. 3 doubles team of Trevor Wade and Nathan Escalona evened the score with a 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 victory over Zach Upton and Erik Gustafson and then it came down to the Bovard Planiuk match.
Stanwood dropped to third place in the standings at 6-2 in league and overall.
Meadowdale 6, Lynnwood 1: The Mavericks swept the Royals in singles play, losing only five games in the Wesco South meet. Jared Wachtveitl and Boera Neth each won their matches by identical 6-1, 6-0 scores. Singles-Lee (M) def. Wise, 6-1, 6-2; Lucero (M) def. Jang, x-x, 6-0; Morrison (M) def. J. Wachtveitl, 6-0, 6-1; Park (M) def. Neth, 6-1, 6-0. Doubles-Hjerstedt-Thompson (L) def. Stayley-Chu, 6-3, 6-4; Bettinghouse-Anderson (M) def. Crollard-Bautista, 6-2, 6-2; McGinnis-Knight (M) def. Z. Wachtveitl-Peterson, 6-1, 6-3. Records-Meadowdale 8-1 in league and overall. Lynnwood 1-8.
Jackson 5, Kamiak 2: Jackson’s No. 2 doubles team of Bobby DeWeese and Kyle Osborne defeated Aaron Yoon and Kevin Dang 7-6 (11-9), 4-6, 7-6 (7-5) to clinch the Wesco South meet.
Singles-Rollins (K) def. Kim, 6-3, 6-3; Chong (J) def. Lee, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4); Busch (K) def. Yee, 7-6 (7-1), 7-5; Reading (J) def. Holzer, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. Doubles-Kr. Pope-Ko. Pope (J) def. An. Yoon-K. Yoon, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1; DeWeese-Osborne (J) def. Aa. Yoon-Dang, 7-6 (11-9), 4-6, 7-6 (7-5); Sohn-Burke (J) def. Baik-Ro, 6-0, 6-1. Records-Kamiak 4-5 in league, 4-5 overall. Jackson 6-3, 6-3.
Everett 6, Mariner 1: Sam Wertheimer won his match in three sets including a tie-breaker to lead the Seagulls to the Wesco South victory. No. 1 singles player Bennett Johnson and the No 4 doubles team of Trevor Swezey and Chris Nichols shut out their opponents. Pablo Tyler had the lone victory for Mariner.
Singles-Johnson (Everett) def. Trinh, 6-0, 6-0; Wertheimer (Everett) def. Anaya, 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3; Tyler (Mariner) def. Nielsen, 6-0, 6-2; Barnett (Everett) def. Digre, 6-2, 6-0. Doubles-Wagar-Mattson (Everett) def. Elrod-Pederson, 6-2, 6-3; Swanson-Sheraton (Everett) def. Tao-Klang, 6-0, 6-3; Swezey-Nichols (Everett) def. Marave-Lara, 6-0, 6-0. Records-Everett 4-5 in league and overall. Mariner 0-9.
Lake Stevens 7, Arlington 0: Lake Stevens’ No. 2 doubles team of Kyle Dowd and Grant Kottsick held off Jay Heath and Nick Boyce 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) en route to the Wesco North victory.
Singles-Froman (LS) def. Welch, 6-0, 6-1; Heinonan (LS) def. Isreal, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2; Ferrucci (LS) def. Lee, 7-6 (7-1), 6-1; Prim (LS) def. Twitchell, 6-0, 6-4. Doubles-Carbonatto-Kruse (LS) def. Nagel-Issak, 6-2, 6-0; Dowd-Kottsick (LS) def. Boyce-Heath, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3); Olsen-Patchin (LS) def. Yunker-Bennett, 6-1, 6-3. Records-Lake Stevens 5-3 in league, 5-3 overall. Arlington 0-7, 0-7.
Snohomish 6, Monroe 1: Tyler Christensen won at No. 1 singles to help keep Snohomish undefeated (8-0) in the Wesco North. Mark Hammerquist and Josh Anderson won Monroe’s lone match in doubles No. 1.
Singles-Christensen (S) def. G. Pickens, 6-4, 7-5; Gordon (S) def. Walsh, 6-0, 6-2; Stocker (S) def. Goodwin, 6-1. 6-2; Marshall (S) def. T. Pickens, 6-0, 6-3. Doubles-M. Hammerquist-Anderson (M) def. Helms-Perron, 6-4, 6-0; Mitchell-Sahlberg (S) def. Pieroni-Gragert, 6-0, 6-2; Markey-Pratt (S) def. E. Hammerquist-Mahoney, 6-2, 7-5. Records-Snohomish 8-0 in league, 8-0 overall. Monroe 2-5, 2-5.
Shorewood 7, Mountlake Terrace 0: No 4 singles player Evan Turner sealed the Wesco South win for Shorewood (9-0) over Mountlake Terrace (2-7). The Thunderbirds also swept the doubles competition.
Singles-Jablonski (S) def. Matthews, 6-1, 6-2; Michelson (S) def. Nguyen, 6-2, 6-0; Larsen (S) def. Appleby, 6-3, 6-1; Turner (S) def. Tesfalder, 7-5, 6-1. Doubles-Ma-McCall (S) def. Lum-Pham, 6-3, 6-1; Bourne-Reni (S) def. Choi-Lee, 6-0, 6-1; Moyle-Schneider (S) def. Hine-Raine, 6-1, 6-0. Records-Mountlake Terrace 9-0 in league and overall. Shorewood 2-7.
Edmonds-Woodway 6, Shorecrest 1: Josh Yuse won No. singles to help lead Edmonds-Woodway to the Wesco South victory.
Singles-Yuse (EW) def. Pedersen, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2; Minacker (EW) def. Wadum, 6-1, 6-0; Auriemna (S) def. Shields, 6-3, 6-2; Hirst (EW) def. Geddes. Doubles-Nelson-Heidman (EW) def. Morrisey-Frisk, 6-1, 6-7 (10-8), 6-1; Kent-McCleary (EW) def. Hildebrand-Liu, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Sinanan-Fenning (EW) def. Jacobson-Gorney, 6-1, 6-3. Records-Shorecrest 4-5 in league, 4-5 overall. Edmonds-Woodway 7-2, 7-2.
Marysville-Pilchuck,5 Mount Vernon 2: Led by Jared Neyens and Jeremy Arteago’s three set win, the Tomahawks swept the doubles competition to lead M-P to the Wesco North victory over Mount Vernon. At No. 3 singles, JR Weston also won in three sets. Singles-May (MV) def. Parshall, 6-2, 6-0; Christopher (M-P) def. Brown, 6-3, 6-2; Weston (M-P) def. Fredlund, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Johnson (MV) def. Adamson, 6-0, 6-1. Doubles-Wall-Belknap (M-P) def. Holden-Caldwell, 6-4, 7-6(5); Neyens-Arteago (M-P) def. Rindal-Gibbons, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2; Salcedo-Ballew (M-P) def. Campbell-Hockett, 6-3, 6-3. Records-Mount Vernon 1-6 in league and overall. Marysville-Pilchuck 2-6.
Meadowdale 114, Bellingham 71: Meredith Storey and Shelby Hill won first place in two individual events as well as in two relays for the Mavericks in the non-conference swim meet.
200 medley relay-Meadowdale (Storey, L. Johnson, Hill, Earling) 2:02.12; 200 freestyle-Storey (Meadowdale) 2:13.30; 200 individual medley-Earling (Meadowdale) 2:21.60; 50 freestyle-Duquette (Meadowdale) 27.86; Diving-Oien (Bellingham) 113.65; 100 butterfly-Hill (Meadowdale) 1:02.58; 100 freestyle-L. Johnson (Meadowdale) 59.69; 500 freestyle-Storey (Meadowdale) 5:44.10; 200 freestyle relay-Bellingham (Liz, Sonja, Sara, Martina) 1:59.51; 100 backstroke-Hill (Meadowdale) 1:04.07; 100 breaststroke-Collins (Bellingham) *110.94; 400 freestyle relay-Meadowdale (Storey, Earling, L. Johnson, Hill) 4:02.90. Records-Meadowdale 3-0 overall. Bellingham 1-1.
Lynden Christian 3, Mount Baker 0: At Mount Baker H.S., The Lyncs (3-2) defeated the Mountaineers (0-5) by the scores of 15-2, 15-5, 15-11 in the North Cascades Conference match. Ashley Kaemingk led Lynden Christian with nine kills while Jenn Flannery, Alicia Dickinson and Megan Wright combined to serve 16-for-16 with two aces for Mount Baker.
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