DUVALL – Granite Falls’ Josh Knudson hit a leadoff home run in the seventh inning to break a 2-2 tie and lift the Tigers to a 3-2 victory over Cedarcrest in a Cascade Conference baseball game Friday.
”We had two strikes on him,” Cedarcrest coach Scott Goldsberry said of Knudson. ”We hung a curve ball and he hit it out.
”He put a good swing on it and hit a clutch home run.”
The victory was Granite Falls’ ninth straight without a loss in conference play. The Tigers are 9-1 overall. Cedarcrest fell to 5-7 in conference play and overall.
Granite Falls’ Billy Villegas pitched 61/3 innings for the Tigers, allowing two runs (both earned) and eight hits while striking out nine. J.T. Matronic picked up the save for Granite Falls.
Cedarcrest’s Cameron Padron pitched six innings, allowing three runs (one earned) and five hits while striking out five.
At Cedarcrest High School
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Villegas, Matronic (7) and Kalma; Padron, Cook (7) and Chittenden. WP-Villegas. LP-Padron (1-2). S-Matronic. HR-Knudson (GF). Records-Granite Falls 9-0 in league, 9-1 overall. Cedarcrest 5-7, 5-7.
South Whidbey 5, Coupeville 1: At Langley, Aaron Mannie batted 2-for-3 with a two-run double to lead South Whidbey to the Cascade Conference win. Joey Smith was 3-for-3 and CJ Baker was 2-for-3 for the Falcons. James Smith batted 2-for-2 for Coupeville.
At S. Whidbey H.S.
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Hauser, Devand (5) and Larson. Smith and Parra. WP-Smith (2-0). LP-Hauser. 2B-Mannie (SW). Records-Coupeville 1-11 league and overall. South Whidbey 8-1, 9-2.
Sultan 15, Lakewood 11: At Lakewood, Cody Morgan batted 3-for-5 with a double and four runs batted in, three in on two RBI singles in Sultan’s eight-run seventh-inning, to lead the Turks to the Cascade Conference win.
At Lakewood H.S.
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McCrorey, Gorman (4), Morgan (7) and Webster, Romeijn (4). Dragich, Etchey (7), Gwyther (7) and Regan. WP-Gorman. LP-Etchey (1-1). S-Morgan. 2B-Morgan (S), Nuyen (S), Martin (L) 2. Records-Sultan 3-6 league, 3-7 overall. Lakewood 6-6, 6-6.
Snohomish 3, Oak Harbor 0: At Oak Harbor, Nick Hammons outdueled the Wildcats’ Marshall Lobbestael for the Wesco North victory. Hammons struck out five in a complete-game effort for the Panthers, while Lobbestael went six innings and struck out six.
At Oak Harbor H.S.
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Hammons and Allen. Lobbestael, Ellis (7) and Encinas. WP-Hammons. LP-Lobbestael. 2B-Cardinal (OH), Mullins (S), Cuikendall (S), Wolfe (S), Hargrave (S). Records-Snohomish: 6-1 in division, 8-2 overall. Oak Harbor: 2-3, 3-5.
Lake Stevens 8, Marysville-Pilchuck 7: At Marysville, Brett Dvorak was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI and Dane Gilbertson had a two-run home run in first inning to lead Lake Stevens to the Wesco North victory. Kyle Bottin was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI for the Tomahawks.
At Marysville-Pilchuck H.S.
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Iseri, J. Pulitano (5), D. Pulitano (7) and Gilbertson. Moser, Austin (5) and Bottin. WP-J. Pulitano. LP-Austin. S-D. Pulitano. 2B-Dvorak (LS), Breun (LS), Holm (M-P), Botton. HR-Gilbertson. Records-Lake Stevens 5-0 in league, 8-1 overall. Marysville-Pilchuck 3-4, 5-5.
Everett 6, Arlington 1: At Arlington, Jake Frauenholtz batted 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead Everett to the Wesco North win.
At Arlington H.S.
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Wells and Herrick. Dettrich, Ayers (6) and Disotell. WP-Wells. LP-Dettrich (0-3). 2B-Murray (E), Rhodes (A). Records-Everett 3-4 league, 4-5 overall. Arlington 1-4, 2-7.
Stanwood 12, Cascade 6: At Everett, Jordan Northrup batted 3-for-3 with three runs scored and Ian Husby was 3-for-5 with four runs scored and two runs batted in to lead Stanwood to the Wesco North win. Andrew Hanson was 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI for Cascade.
At Cascade H.S.
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Stahl and Northrup. Reading, Wilson (4) and Carney WP-Stahl. LP-Reading (1-2). 2B-Husby (S), Phillips (S), Struhs (C), Hanson (C) 2, McCorkle (C), Benson (C), Morrison (C). Records-Stanwood 3-4 league, 3-6 overall. Cascade 3-4, 3-7.
Shorewood 11, Mountlake Terrace 1: At Shoreline, Derek Schaefer batted 2-for-2 with two doubles and five runs batted in and Devon Whittle hit a two-run home in the first inning to get Shorewood started toward its Wesco South win. JK Dykstra was 2-for-4 and Cole Clerget was 2-4 with a double for the Thunderbirds. Wes Pair was 2-for-3 for Mountlake Terrace.
At Shorewood H.S.
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Monfiletto, Clark (1), Mann (3) and Clingan. LeCount and Schaefer. WP-LeCount (2-0). LP-Monfiletto. 2B-Giles (S), Clerget (S), Schaefer (S) 2. HR-Whittle (S). Records-M. Terrace 3-2 league, 5-4 overall. Shorewood 3-4, 5-6.
Edmonds-Woodway 2, Lynnwood 1: At Edmonds, Kyle Long was 2-for-3 and scored both runs for E-W in its Wesco South win. John Mann batted 2-4 for Lynnwood.
At Edmonds-Woodway H.S.
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Gordon, Lotzer (6), Horner (6) and Smith. K. Scott, McDonald (7) and Dehard. WP-K. Scott (2-0). LP-Gordon. S-McDonald (3). 2B-Lockhart (E-W), Gordon (L). Records-Lynnwood 1-6 league, 3-7 overall. E-W 6-1, 9-2.
Meadowdale 4, Mariner 3: At Meadowdale, Chase Anselment hit a two-out RBI double to drive in Bryan Hogue, who had walked, with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Anselment was 2-for-3 2 with a double and three RBI in the Wesco South game. Ricky Denham was 2-for-4 with a tying RBI single in the ourth inning for Meadowdale. Taylor Cohn hit a three-run home run for Mariner in the fourth.
At Meadowdale H.S.
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Moloff and Degamo. Haight, Johnson (6), Denham (7) WP-Denham (3-1). LP-Moloff. 2B-Anselment (Me) 2, Haight (Me). HR-Cohn (Mar). Records-Mariner 2-5 league, 3-6 overall. Meadowdale 2-3, 3-5.
Jackson 9, Shorecrest 2: At Mill Creek, Rickey Kellogg hit a double and a triple for the Timberwolves, and teammates Chris Lynch and Michael Robertson were each 3-for-4 in the Wesco South victory.
At Jackson H.S.
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White, Reynolds (4) and Shafer. Jefferys, Oh (7) and Morris. WP-Jefferys. LP-White. 2B-Kellogg (J). 3B-Kellogg (J). Records-Shorecrest: 2-5 in division, 4-5 overall. Jackson: 5-0, 7-0.
Boys soccer
Shorecrest 3, Shorewood 0: At Shoreline, Mike Ehrhart had a goal to lead Shorecrest to the Wesco South victory. Shorecrest will play at fellow unbeaten Kamiak on Monday. In the first meeting both teams played to a draw.
At Shoreline Stadium
Goals-Shorecrest: Richards, Ehrhart, own goal. Assists-Shorecrest: Cho, Terrel. Goalkeepers-Shorecrest: McDonald. Shorewood: A. Igl. Records-Shorecrest 8-0-1 in league and overall. Shorewood 3-5-1, 3-5-1.
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