LAKEWOOD – The Lakewood Cougars couldn’t have picked a better time to have a breakout offensive performance.
Five Lakewood players had multiple hits Friday, led by Ronnie Morton and Jake Rife, who were both 3-for-4. The Cougars’ season-high 16-hit attack resulted in an 11-1 North Cascades victory against Nooksack Valley that was reduced to six innings by the 10-run rule.
With the victory, Lakewood (3-0 league, 5-1-1 overall) maintained possession of first place over Nooksack and Meridian.
“We hit the ball today,” Lakewood coach Larry Delaney said. “We’ve been waiting for our bats to come alive.”
Morton had two RBI and Rife drove in Lakewood’s first run with a first-inning double. Rife also scored the go-ahead and game-winning run later in the first.
Delaney said the Cougars are feeling more comfortable in the batter’s box with six games under their belts.
“The players are starting to see the ball better. Some guys broke out today.”
Winning pitcher Ryan Martin, a freshman, struck out seven batters, allowed one walk and surrendered just three hits in five innings. Nooksack scored its only run during a double play.
“We’ll take that every time,” Delaney said.
Lohrer, O’Day (5), Vandyken (6) and Vandyken, Lohrer (5). Martin, Thomas (6) and Wammack. WP-Martin (2-0). LP-Lohrer. 2B-Rife (L), Savage (L), Rumple (L). Records-Nooksack Valley 3-2 in league, 5-2 overall. Lakewood 3-0, 5-1-1. |
Lynden Christian 9, Sultan 2: David Parsons picked up the pitching victory and hit a grand slam home run in the first inning to lead Lynden Christian in the North Cascades game. Brett Cofer hit a two-run triple for Sultan in the first.
Parsons and Visser. David, Cofer (6) and Damianidis. WP-Parsons. LP-David (0-1). 2B-Deboer (LC). 3B-Cofer (S). HR-Parsons (LC). Records-Lynden Christian 2-3 league and overall. Sultan 1-4, 1-6. |
Meridian 7, Granite Falls 2: Mac VanDiest was 3-for-3 with two doubles and three RBI to boost Meridian to the North Cascades victory. For Granite Falls, Scott Kalma was 3-for-4 with a double and a home run and Mike Haug had two doubles.
Fowler, Villegas (5) and Kalma. J. Slesk and Scott, Garcia (7). WP-J. Slesk (2-0). LP-Fowler. 2B-Kalma (GF), Haug (GF) 2, Herman (M), VanDiest (M) 2. HR-Kalma (GF), D. Black (M). Records-Granite Falls 2-3 in league, 2-6 overall. Meridian 3-2, 4-3. |
Concrete 6, Archbishop Murphy 4: Kyle Wilson pitched a complete game, had nine strikeouts and hit a triple and a double with three RBI to help Concrete win the Northwest 1A game. Chris Mitchell was 2-for-3 with two RBI for Archbishop Murphy.
Wilson and Eyler. Mitchell, Karthas (7) and Burch. WP-Wilson. LP-Mitchell. 2B-Ackerman (AM), Karthas (AM), Graff (AM), Wilson (AM). 3B-Hoover (C), Wilson (C). Records-Concrete 3-0 league, 5-0 overall. Archbishop Murphy 0-1, 2-3. |
Friday Harbor 3, Coupeville 1: Friday Harbor scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning to win the Northwest 1A League opener and earn its sixth consecutive victory overall. J.J. Marti hit a solo home run in the fifth inning for Coupeville.
Thompsen and Shanks. LaPointe, Jensen (1) and Larson. WP-Thompsen. LP-LaPointe (1-1). 2B-Thompsen (FH). HR-Marti (C). Records-FrIday Harbor1-0 League, 6-0 overall. Coupeville 0-1, 2-4. |
Snohomish County Christian 8, Shoreline Christian 3: Jordan Doucet tripled, scored twce and drove in a run to lead Snohomish County Christian to the Northwest B League win. Chris Wilson was 2-for-3 with a double for Shoreline Christian.
Schettler and Johnson. Smead and Wilson. WP-Schettler. LP-Smead. 2B-Wilson (SC). 3B-Doucet (SCC). Records-Snohomish County Christian 1-1 league, 1-4 overall. Shoreline Christian 0-1, 1-5. |
Quilcene 4, Darrington 3: After there were two outs and nobody on base, Darrington scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning, but Quilcene scored the winning run on a two-out single in the top of the eighth and went on to win the tri-district B game. James Dolph of Darrington had an RBI infield single that drove in Kris Reece to tie the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh.
Oney, French (6) and French, Starnes (6). Reece and Dolph. WP-French. LP-Reece (0-1). 2B-Knox 2 (Q). 3B-Oney (Q). Records-Quilcene 2-0 in league. Darrington 1-1, 1-5. |
Kamiak 10 Cascade 4: Kyle Rogers struck out four batters in six innings of work and teammate Tim Reed had two hits and two RBI for Kamiak in its non-conference victory.
Rogers, Mangano (7) and Matthews. McGava Van Horn (4), Stevens (6) and Chiarelli. WP-Rogers LP-McGava (0-1). 2B-Matthews (K). Records-Kamiak 4-2 overall. Cascade 3-4. |
Stanwood 10, Lynden 8: Ryan Smith hit a home run, a double and earned the save to help lead Stanwood to victory in the non-conference game Thursday.
Davis, Emnott (5), Smith (7) and Northrup, Hawley (5), Northrup (7). Meyer, Magrath (4) and Faupel. WP-Emnott (2-0). LP-Magrath. 2B-Northrup (S), Smith (S), Evans (S). HR-Hardinger (L), Smith (S), Davis (S). Records-Lynden not reported. Stanwood 6-0 overall. |
Boys golf
Archbishop Murphy 192, La Conner 269: Archbishop Murphy’s Marcus Duffy and Mitch Kane both shot even-par 36s to share medalist honors in the Northwest 1A League meet. Kane had two birdies.
La Conner-Llewellyn 47, Watkinson 47, Olsen 52, McCartney 61, Church 66. Archbishop Murphy-Duffy 36 (co-medalist), Kane 36 (co-medalist), Reeves 39, Petterson 40, Wattam 41, Peters 41, Leferink 48. |
Boys soccer
Jackson 3, Mariner 1: Matt Hatcher had a goal and an assist to lead Jackson to the non-conference game. Mike DeSimone scored Mariner’s goal in the 51st minute.
Goals-Jackson: Brunz, Piatt, Hatcher. Mariner: DeSimone. Goalkeepers-Jackson: McWhorter, Nijem. Mariner: Larsen, Bravo. Records-Jackson 3-3 overall. Mariner 4-2. |
Meadowdale 7, Everett 0: Senior forward Lamar Anderson scored three goals for his first hat trick of the season to lead Meadowdale to the Wesco South victory. The Mavericks, who limited Everett to two shots, have outscored opponents 24-3 this season.
Goals-Meadowdale: Marty, Gold, Anderson 3, Roberts, Radtke. Goalkeepers-Meadowdale: Tasche, Marty. Everett: Bagley. Records-Meadowdale 5-0-1 overall. Everett 1-5. |
Shorecrest 1, Kamiak 0: Michael Dwyer scored the winning goal in the 30th minute and goalkeeper Rylan Hawkins collected his third shutout for Shorecrest in the non-league game.
Goals-Shorecrest: Dwyer. Goalkeepers-Shorecrest: Hawkins. Kamiak: not reported. Records-Kamiak 3-3 overall, Shorecrest 4-1-1. |
Shorewood 4, Lynnwood 2: Junior midfielder George John scored three goals for Shorewood, including one in the 70th minute to lock up the non-conference victory for the Thunderbirds. Sophomore forward Chris Morris had two assists for Shorewood.
Goals-Shorewood: Sather, John 3. Lynnwood: Oliveira, Rea-Garcia. Goalkeepers-Shorewood: Manchester. Lynnwood: Tirak. Records-Shorewood 3-2-1 overall. Lynnwood 2-4-0. |
Lakewood 3, South Whidbey 0: Goalkeeper Ryan Clifton recorded the shutout to lead Lakewood to the North Cascades victory.
Goals-Lakewood: Wehmeyer, Hackman, Serna. Goalkeepers-Lakewood: Clifton. South Whidbey: not reported. Records-Lakewood 6-0 in league and overall. South Whidbey 1-3, 1-3. |
Sultan 5, Lynden Christian 0: Sultan’s Brayton Knapp scored two goals and goalkeepers Vern Nelson and Andy Morrell combined to shutout Lynden Christian in the North Cascades game.
Goals-Sultan: Knapp 2, Barnhill, T. Nichols, Gonzales. Goalkeepers-Sultan: Nelson and Morrell. Lynden Christian: Huartson. Records-Sultan 6-0 in league and overall. Lynden Christian 2-4, 2-4. |
Boys track
Everett 117, Mountlake Terrace 28: Mountlake Terrace’s Steven Coale won the high jump and long jump to prevent an Everett sweep of the Wesco South meet Thursday. Niko Sievers won both hurdles races for Everett.
110 hurdles-Sievers (E) 16.75; 100-Watson (E) 11.87; 1,600-Magee (E) 4:46.54; 400 relay-Everett 46.25; 400-Gossett (E) 53.59; 300 hurdles-Sievers (E) 42.0; 800-Kaftanski (E) 2:06.6; 200-Gossett (E) 24.33; 3,200-Kaftanski (E) 10:06.34; 1,600 relay-Everett 3:36.40; Javelin-Gervasi (E) 183-4.75; Discus-Stevens (E) 152-2; Triple jump-Kincaid (E) 40-11.75; Shot put-Stevens (E) 51-0.5; High jump-Coale (MT) 5-6; Long jump-Coale (MT) 19-0.5; Pole vault-Taylor (E) 15-0. |
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