Jackson sweeps into Wesco South singles final

Herald staff

MILL CREEK — It will be an all-Jackson final in the Wesco South tennis tournament, as Richard Oam will face teammate Robin Choi for the singles championship today.

Oam, who had a bye in the first round, defeated Shorewood’s Stephen Chung 6-1, 6-1, then beat Mountlake Terrace’s Rhett Bouche 6-0, 6-0, to advance to today’s title match.

Choi, who also had a first-round bye, defeated Ryan Warren of Edmonds-Woodway 6-3, 6-2, then beat Kamiak’s Abe Ahn 6-2, 6-4 to earn the matchup with Oam, last year’s district champion.

Ahn faces fellow Knight Chris Klaczynski and Bouche faces Shorewood’s Spencer Shin in the consolation bracket. The winners will play to determine the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds to the district tournament.

At Jackson H.S.

First round—Chung (SW) def. Laue (EW), 0-6, 6-4, 6-3; Klaczynski (K) def. Bustos (M), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Shin (SW) def. McMahon (MLT), 6-3, 6-4; Warren (EW) def. Abarro (M), 6-0, 6-0.

Second round—Oam (J) def. Chunt, 6-1, 6-1; Bouche (MLT) def. Klaczynski, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2; Ahn (K) def. Shin, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Choi (J) def. Warren, 6-3, 6-2.

Semifinals—Oam def. Bouche, 6-0, 6-0; Choi def. Ahn, 6-2, 6-2;

Consolation round—Klaczynski def. Chung, 6-3, 6-2; Shin def. Warren, 6-1, 6-4.

Wesco South 4A Doubles Tournament: At Mill Creek, an all-Edmonds-Woodway final shaped up, as Willie Guo and Ryan Cho takes on fellow Warriors Max Ortiz and Mike Stepenski in the Wesco South 4A tournament doubles championship match today.

At Jackson H.S.

First round—Berry-Muskavage (MLT) def. Song-Strickland (K), 6-4, 6-3; Wilson-McAuliffe (S) def. Syharath-Seng (M), 7-5, 6-0; Patterson-Zajac (K) def. Kim-Rauhio (MLT), 7-5, 6-4; Pence-Kwong (J) Chung-Woo (M), 6-4, 6-2.

Second round—Guo-Cho (EW) def. Berry-Muskavage, 6-0, 6-1; Bae-Rojas (J) def. McAuliffe-Wilson, 6-1, 7-5; Patterson-Zajack def. Reni-McConnell (S), 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5); Ortiz-Stepenski (EW) def. Pence-Kwong, 6-2, 6-2.

Semifinals—Cho-Guo def. Bae-Rojas, 6-2, 6-1; Ortiz-Stepenski def. Patterson-Zajac, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1.

Consolation round—Wilson-McAuliffe def. Berry-Muskavage, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1; Reni-McConnell def. Pence-Kwong, 6-3, 6-4.

Wesco 3A Singles Tournament: At Mill Creek, Andy Monro of Everett faces Scott Bohmke of Meadowdale, and Ricardo Cellis of Shorecrest will face Alex Casper of Meadowdale in the semifinals.

At Jackson H.S.

First round—Hollenbeck (S) def. A. Nguyen (L), 6-3, 6-1; Ansdell (L) def. McElroy (A), 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Second round—Monro (E) def. Hollenbeck, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Bohmke (M) def. Boulton (A), 6-2, 6-2; Cellis (S) def. Truong (E), 6-0, 6-2; Casper (M) def. Ansdell, 6-2, 6-0.

Consolation round—Hollenbeck def. Boulton, 6-0, 6-1.

Wesco 3A Doubles Tournament: At Mill Creek, Pat Donnelly and Jake Haight of Meadowdale advanced to the championship match.

At Jackson H.S.

First round—Yuen-Wieben (L) def. Moss-Pierce (M), 7-6, 6-4; Ellison-Dunn (E) def. Nguyen-Maung (L), 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

Second round—Meyer-Aylesworth (A) def. Yuen-Wieben, 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-4); Sharkey-LaCourse (S) def. Towe-Yang (E), 6-0, 6-1; Lippinghouse-Bright (S) def. Morin-Heath (A), 4-6, 6-0, 6-0; Donnelly-Haight (M) def. Ellison-Dunn, 6-4, 6-2.

Semifinal—Donnelly-Haight def. Lippinghouse-Bright, 6-3, 6-3.

Girls soccer

Edmonds-Woodway 2, Shorewood 0: At Shoreline, the Warriors beat Shorewood to clinch the Wesco South No. 4 seed and secure their first postseason berth since 2003.

At Shoreline Stadium

Goals—E-W: Cook, Ummel. Assists—E-W: MacKay, Holmes. Goalkeepers—E-W: Holmes. Shorewood: Butterfield. Records—E-W 7-7-1 league and overall. Shorewood 9-4-1.

Monroe 1, Arlington 0: At Monroe, Hannah Hawkins scored in the 71st minute on an assist from Kaitlyn Chesemore and Dani Philippart recorded the shutout as the Bearcats beat the Eagles in the Wesco North contest.

At Monroe H.S.

Goals—Monroe: Hawkins. Assists—Monroe: Chesemore. Goalkeepers—Monroe: Philippart. Arlington: Boulton. Records—Monroe 6-6-2 league and overall. Arlington 2-10-2.

Snohomish 2, Stanwood 1 (2OT): At Stanwood, Brooke Gilbert scored the game-winner in the 88th minute off an assist from Melanie Bjornethun as the Panthers remained undefeated in Wesco North play.

At Stanwood H.S.

Goals—Snohomish: Gilbert, Bjornethun. Stanwood: Henderson. Assists—Snohomish: Bjornethun. Goalkeepers—Snohomish: Goverde. Stanwood: Jackson. Records—Snohomish 13-0-1 league and overall. Stanwood 5-6-4.

Friday Harbor 6, North Sound Christian 2: At Friday Harbor, Nicki Clemmer scored two goals for North Sound Christian, but it wasn’t enough as Friday Harbor won the Northwest 1A/2B/1B League contest.

At Friday Harbor H.S.

Goals—NSC: Clemmer 2. FH—not reported. Assists—NSC: Rowe. FH: not reported. Goalkeepers—NSC: Reymore. FH—not reported. Records—NSC 3-8 league, 3-9 overall. FH 7-3, 9-4.

Cedarcrest 3, King’s 1: At Shoreline, Rachael Kevin and Nicole Rhode each had a goal and an assist as Cedarcrest defeated King’s in the Cascade Conference match. Brooke Chapman had Cedarcrest’s first goal. Christina McCormick scored for King’s.

At King’s H.S.

Goals—Cedarcrest: Chapman, Kevin, Rhode. King’s: McCormick. Assists—Cedarcrest: Kevin, Rhode. King’s—Thoreson. Goalkeepers—Cedarcrest: Butterfield. King’s: Dapper. Records—Cedarcrest 12-2 league, 14-2 overall. King’s 9-5 league, 9-5-1 overall.

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