Granite Falls blanks Archbishop Murphy

GRANITE FALLS – The Granite Falls baseball team defeated Archbishop Murphy 10-0 at Bruce Miller Sr. Sports Complex in Granite Falls.

The Tigers showed why they are atop the Cascade Conference standings.

Scott Kalma started the action in the bottom of the first inning, hitting a two-run home run to ignite Granite Falls’ offense.

The game was called after six innings because of the 10-run mercy rule.

Granite Falls (4-0 in conference, 4-1 overall) excelled in all areas of the game, scoring 10 runs on 15 hits and committing no errors.

“We played solid defense and that was nice to see,” Granite Falls head coach Doug Engstrom said.

He also praised pitcher John Pennington, who pitched all six innings, struck out nine and allowed only one hit.

“Pennington threw a great game,” Engstrom said.

Pennington is 2-0 over his last two games, defeating Coupeville on March 14. In 12 innings he has 13 strikeouts and allowed only one earned run.

Josh Knudson was 3-for-3 with a double and two RBI and Jullian Gamache went 2-for-3 with three RBI to lead Granite Falls.

Dylan Healow was 1-for-2 for Archbishop Murphy (4-2, 6-2) with the Wildcats’ only hit, a single in the second.

“He pitched pretty well too,” Engstrom said.

At Bruce Miller Sr. Sports Complex

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Blair, Healow (2), Robinett (6) and MacNaughtan. Pennington and Kalma. WP-Pennington (2-0). LP-Blair. 2B-Knudson (GF), Gamache (GF). HR-Kalma (GF). Records-Archbishop Murphy 4-2 in league, 6-2 overall. Granite Falls 4-0, 4-1.

Everett 5, Monroe 4 (9 inn.): At Monroe, Everett junior Tyler Gardner knocked in sophomore Jake Frauenholtz with the winning run in the ninth inning as the Seagulls edged the Bearcats in a Wesco North clash. Michael Murray had three hits to lead the Seagull offense. Junior Ian Parmley rapped a pair of hits for Monroe.

At Monroe H. S.

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Cox, Wells (4) and Herrick. Krepela, Sines (5), Seybold (7) and Rintala. WP-Wells. LP-Seybold (1-1). S-Seybold. 2B-Swezey (E), Herrick (E), Chriscaden (M). Records-Everett 1-1 in league, 2-2 overall. Monroe 1-1, 3-3.

Shorecrest 8, Kamiak 7: At Mukilteo, sophomore James Robbins crushed a grand slam to highlight a seven-run fifth inning and senior Bobby White notched the save as the Scots edged the Knights in the Wesco South tilt. Robbins finished the game with five RBI and teammate Willie Davies added a homer of his own to highlight the Shorecrest offense.

Seniors Riley Henricks, Michael Malland and Riley Tompkins each had a pair of hits for Kamiak.

At Kamiak H. S.

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Reynolds, White (6) and Shafer. Malland, Tarver (5) and Ashbrenner. WP-Reynolds. LP-Malland. S-White. 2B-Schario (S). HR-Robbins (S), Davies (S). Records-Shorecrest 1-1 in league, 3-1 overall. Kamiak 1-1, 3-3.

Mariner 18, Shorewood 14: At Everett, C.J. DeGamo’s first-inning grand slam opened the flood gates as Mariner and Shorewood combined to score 32 runs. Braden DeGamo went 3-for-3 with an RBI and Taylor Cohn added a home run and two RBI for the Marauders. Devin Whittle went 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI for Shorewood.

At Mariner H.S.

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Kuniyeshi, Lindgren (1), Kellington (2), Johnson (2), Allumbagh (3), McCaree (4) and Giles. Rex, Malysheff (3), Miloff (7) and DeGamo. WP-Malysheff. LP-Kuniyeshi. S-Miloff. 2B-Saga (M), Whittle (S), Shaffer (S), LeCount (S). HR-Walker (S), C. DeGamo (M), Cohn (M). Records-Shorewood 0-2 in league, 2-4 overall. Mariner 2-0, 3-1.

Edmonds-Woodway 10, Meadowdale 5: At Edmonds, Owen Jones homered and drove in four runs and Edmonds-Woodway doubled up Meadowdale in the Wesco South game. Zach Houvener added three hits for the Warriors and Kyle Long went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Cameron Allen doubled for the Mavericks.

At E-W

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Gorman, Haight (4) and O’Neill. Walkhart, Long (5) and Cox. WP-Walkhart (1-0). LP-Gorman. S-Long (1). 2B-Allen (M), Long (EW), Scott (EW), Sheldon (EW). HR-Jones (EW). Records-Meadowdale 1-1 in league, 2-3 overall. Edmonds-Woodway 1-1, 4-1.

Marysville-Pilchuck 2, Snohomish 1: At Marysville, Kyle Bottin went 2-for-3 with a double and Shane McKinnley hit an RBI single with two outs in the fifth inning to put Marysville-Pilchuck up for good in the Wesco North game.

At Marysville-Pilchuck H.S.

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Jones, and Allen. Kaizer, Austin (7) and Bottin. WP-Kaizer (2-0). LP-Jones (1-1). S-Austin (1). 2B-Allen (S), Bottin (M-P). Records-Snohomish 1-1 in league, 3-2 overall. M-P 1-1, 3-2.

Lake Stevens 5, Stanwood 4: At Lake Stevens, sophomore center fielder Cody Porter hit a walk-off home run, his third of the season, in the bottom of the seventh inning and Lake Stevens got by Stanwood in the Wesco North game. Paxton Paynter went 2-for-3 with a double for the Vikings. Jordan Northup went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a double for the Spartans.

At Lake Stevens H.S.

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McVay, Vaughn (5) and Joyce. Hawkesworth, Pulitano, J. Pulitano (7) and Gilbertson. WP-J. Pulitano (1-0). LP-Vaughn (0-1). 2B-Pearson (S), Northup (S), Phillips (S), Paynter (S). HR-Porter (LS), White (LS). Records-Stanwood 0-2 in league, 0-4 overall. Lake Stevens 2-0, 4-1.

South Whidbey 11, Lakewood 1: At Langley, Lakota Holder went 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBI and catcher Danny Parra finished 2-for-4 with a three-run triple as South Whidbey defeated Lakewood in the Cascade Conference game.

At South Whidbey H.S.

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Stauffer, Harkins (4), Dragich (5) and Etchey. Shoudy and Parra. WP-Shoudy (2-0). LP-Stauffer. 2B-Baker (SW). 3B-Parra (SW). HR-Holder (SW), Smith (L). Records-Lakewood 4-2 in league and overall. South Whidbey 3-0, 4-1 overall.

Cedarcrest 10, Coupeville 0: At Coupeville, freshman Mark Bishop saw two pitches and hit two home runs to finish with three RBI and lead Cedarcrest to the Cascade Conference win. Pitcher Travis Cook pitched a no-hitter and hit a batter to spoil his perfect game.

At Coupeville H.S.

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Cook, and Chittenden. Wilcox, Evans (4), Hill (5) and Larson. WP-Cook. LP-Wilcox (0-2). 2B-Chittenden (Ce), Padron (Ce). HR-Bishop (Ce) 2. Records-Cedarcrest 3-3 in league and overall. Coupeville 0-6.

Cedar Park Christian 4, Sultan 0: At Sultan, Cedar Park Christian scored three runs in the fifth inning to break a scoreless tie en route to winning the non-league game.

At Sultan H.S.

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Awald, Winter (6) and Calhaan. Lafavor, Gorman (2), Nuyen (4), Ohlsen (5), Morgan (6) and Webster, Romeign (4). WP-Awald. LP-Ohlsen. 2B-Williams (CP), Calhaan (CP). Records-Cedar Park Christian not reported. Sultan 1-5 overall.

Softball

Edmonds-Woodway 7, Mariner 6: At Edmonds, Sydney Mahan whiffed 12 Mariner batters to lead the Warriors to the Wesco South win. Laura Schrenk and Jessie Herzer each chipped in with a pair of hits for E-W. Joleen Monfiletto hurled a complete-game seven-hitter and added a double and two RBI for the Marauders.

At Edmonds Woodway H. S.

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J. Monfiletto and A. Monfiletto. Mahan and Gnagey. WP-Mahan (1-1). LP-J. Monfiletto. 2B-McFarland (M), J. Monfiletto (M). Records-Mariner 0-2 in league, 0-4 overall. Edmonds-Woodway 2-0, 2-3.

Kamiak 6, Lynnwood 0: At Everett, Alyssa Malland pitched a no-hitter – striking out 11 – and Kamiak defeated Lynnwood in the Wesco South game. Malland fell one batter short of a perfect game after a Royal hitter reached on an error. Kelly Mallery went 3-for-3 for the Knights.

At Kamiak H.S.

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Casuccio and Kossick. Malland and Mallery. WP-Malland (1-3). LP-Casuccio. 2B-Mallery (K), Smith (K), Johnson (K). Records-Lynnwood 0-1 in league, 1-4 overall. Kamiak 1-0, 1-3.

Monroe 5, Stanwood 0: At Monroe, leadoff hitter Shannon Fretz went 4-for-4 with a triple and a run scored, Kayla Wangner went 1-for-3 with a triple and three RBI and Jordan Birch pitched a complete game, striking out 14 batters and earning her fifth shutout of the year for Monroe, which won the Wesco North game.

At Park Place Sports Complex

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Jeans and Bingham. Birch and Stanley. WP-Birch (5-0). LP-Jeans (2-1). 3B-Combest Friedmen (S), Fretz (M), Wangner (M). Records-Stanwood 1-1 in league, 3-1 overall. Monroe 2-0 , 5-0.

Snohomish 7, Cascade 2: At Everett, Whitney Hise doubled, tripled and drove in two runs leading Snohomish to the Wesco North win over Cascade. Liz Jusko had two doubles and four RBI for the Panthers. Katy Wallace had a double and an RBI for the Bruins.

At Cascade H.S.

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Riedeman and Wenzel. Klemm and Wallace. WP-Reideman. LP-Klemm. 2B-Wallace (C), Hise (S), Jusko 2 (S). 3B-Hise (S). Records-Snohomish 2-0 in league, 5-0 overall. Cascade 1-1, 4-1.

Concrete 9, Meridian 0: At Bellingham, Kassy Taylor, Lindsay Ehmke and Brandi Dellinger each cracked triples and Lions pitcher Britt Howell struck out 18 Meridian batters in a one-hit complete-game masterpiece as Concrete blanked the Trojans in non-conference action.

At Meridian H.S.

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Paradis and Sives. Howell and Taylor. WP-Howell (3-0). LP-Paradis. 3B-Taylor (C), Ehmke (C), Dellinger (C). Records-Concrete 0-0 in division, 2-0 overall. Meridian not reported.

Sultan 3, Coupeville 2: At Coupeville, Sultan scored all three runs with two outs in the sixth inning and the Turks defeated Coupeville in the Cascade Conference game.

At Coupeville H.S.

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Talley and Copple. Griffin and Murdy. WP-Talley. LP-Griffin. 2B-Talley (S), Weatherford (C). Records-Sultan 1-1 in league and 1-2 overall. Coupeville 0-2, 0-3.

Cedercrest 8, Granite Falls 0: At Duvall, Hillary Barker pitched a complete-game shutout, striking out 15, and also hit a two-run home run leading Cedarcrest to the Cascade Conference win. Sarah Hensley tripled for the Tigers.

At Cedarcrest H.S.

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Millicam, Arndt (7) and Todd. Barker and Botts. WP-Barker (3-0). LP-Millicam. 3B-Hensley (GF). HR-Barker (C). Records-Granite Falls 1-1 in league, 1-3 overall. Cedarcrest 2-0, 3-0.

Lakewood 8, South Whidbey 7: At South Whidbey, Kally Behen pitched all seven innings and went 2-for-4 with a double to help lead Lakewood to the Cascade Conference win. Sam Pope went 3-for-4 to keep South Whidbey close.

At South Whidbey H.S.

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Behen and Bean. Stratton, Robertson (5) and Spalding. WP-Behen. LP-Stratton (0-1). 2B-Behen (L), Barrio (L). Records-Lakewood 1-2 in league and overall. South Whidbey 2-1, 4-1.