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LAKE STEVENS – Maize Todd drove in Taryn Scott in the second inning and Stephanie Buxton singled in Ashley Jensen as Lake Stevens broke out early in a 5-0 shutout over Monroe during Monday’s Western Conference North showdown.
The victory improved Lake Stevens to 2-0 in league and 4-1 overall. Monroe evened its record to 1-1 and 1-1.
“We’ve been playing some good softball lately,” Lake Stevens coach Margo Leiter said. “We played in a tournament last weekend and had some team bonding. It’s been a fun way to start the season.”
Scott, who gave up five hits in seven shutout innings, picked up her first victory of the season.
After jumping out to an ealry 2-0 lead, Lake Stevens, which collected nine hits, added a run in the third inning and two in the sixth inning. A Scott line-drive in the third inning scored Lindsay Freitag, who reached base on a triple.
Whitney Cochran and Gina Carbonatto knocked in a pair of runs in the sixth inning to roundout the scoring.
“We haven’t had many games,” Leiter said. “But I think we have a pretty strong batting order.”
Peterson and Coon. Scott, Crosson (5) and Buxton, Froman (5). WP-Scott (1-1). LP-Peterson (not reported). 2B-Scott (LS). 3B-Freitag (LS). Records-Monroe 1-1 league, 1-1 overall. Lake Stevens 2-0, 4-1.
Cascade 8, Oak Harbor 0: Emily Hauenstein hit a double in the sixth inning to complete Cascade’s eight-run Wesco North victory.
Wilds and Haunstein. DeGraaf, and Denton, Barone (3). WP-Wilds (1-0). LP-DeGraaf (0-2). 2B-Smoke (Cas), Hauenstein (Cas). Records-Cascade x-x overall. Home team 0-2, 1-3. |
Marysville-Pilchuck 2, Stanwood 1: Lisa Jones singled in Alyese Morelli for the game-winning run in the top of the ninth inning to lead Marysville-Pilchuck to a Wesco North victory.
Wetzel and Swobody. Signer and Mai. WP-Wetzel. LP-Signer (1-1). Records-Stanwood 0-1 in league, 1-1 overall. Marysville-Pilchuck 2-0, 3-1. |
Mountlake Terrace 4, Jackson 2: Katy Barstad struckout 10 batters and knocked in two RBI to help Mountlake Terrace to a season-opening victory. Chelsea Logan and Jamie Foote both had an RBI during Mountlake Terrace’s four-run, third-inning rally.
Craig and Chase. Barstad and Miller. WP-Barstad (1-0). LP-Craig (not reported). 2B-Howell (Jackson), Bergan (Jackson), Ripperger(MT). Records-Jackson 1-1 in league, 2-2 overall. Mountlake Terrace 1-0, 1-0. |
South Whidbey 11, Meridian 1: Julie Robinson went 3-for-4 with three singles with two RBI and scored twice to lead South Whidbey to a North Cascades Conference victory.
Johnson, Jorgensen (5) and N. Rainer. Robinson, Lopez (3) and Lubach, Murphy (3). WP-Robinson (1-0). LP-Johnson (0-1). 2B-Lubach (SW). 3B-Murphy (SW). Records-South Whidbey 1-0 overall. Meridian 0-1. |
Blanchet 1, Meadowdale 0: Bishop Blanchet reeled off two doubles in the bottom half of the seventh inning to win the non-league meeting.
Monsey, Anderson (5), and Mallory. Malijan, and Carlos. WP-Malijan (not reported). LP-Anderson (0-1). 2B-Venable (Blanchet), Cordova (Blanchet). Records-Meadowdale 0-1 in league, 0-2,overall. Blanchet not reported. |
Nooksack Valley 29, Sultan 1: Kristina Wilburn 4-for-5 with two RBI and five runs scored and Devin Dykstra 3-for-5 with six RBI and five runs scored to lead Nooksack Valley to a North Cascades Conference victory.
K. Wilburn and A. Wilburn. Hill, Schlewitz (3), Anthony (5) and Thomas. WP-K. Wilburn (1-0). LP-Hill. 2B-Steiner (NV), Regnier (NV). 3B-Verkist (NV). HR-Dykstra (NV). Records-Nooksack Valley 1-0 overall. Sultan 0-2. |
Mount Baker 10, Lakewood 0: Gifford Welch, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, hit a three-run home run in the third inning to break open the North Cascades game. Karly Postlewait struckout six batters to earn the victory for Mount Baker.
K. Postlewait, and Welch. Wren, Hellstrom (4), and Cooke, Kaska (4). WP-Postlewait (3-0). LP-Wren (0-1). 2B-L. Postlewait (MB). HR-Welch (MB). Records-Mount Baker 2-0 in league, 3-0 overall. Lakewood 0-1, 0-1. |
Girls tennis
Shorewood 5, Jackson 2: Brittany Turner came from a set down to defeat Alexandra Platis 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 and help lead Shorewood to a sweep of all four singles matches and a Wesco South victory.
Singles-Bruce (S) def. Bhak, 6-0, 6-1; Bell (S) def. Crockett, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4; Turner (S) def. Platis, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5; Bourneiz (S) def. Oh, 6-2, 6-3. Doubles-Moyle-Jones (S) def. Cluff-McDonough, 6-4, 7-5; Quemado-Park (J) def Warness-Haggerty, 6-2, 6-2; Rauen-Millar (J) def. Cohon-Link, 6-0, 6-2. Records-Shorewood 3-0 overall. Jackson 0-1.
Oak Harbor 6, Arlington 1: Neither Theresa Black or Krista Holland dropped a game en route to winning their No. 1 and No. 4 sinlges matches respectively to lead Oak Harbor to a Wesco North victory.
Singles-Black (OH) def. Acker, 6-0, 6-0; Manucal (OH) def. Hanske, 6-3, 6-1; Cichowski (OH) def. Aronson, 6-1, 6-0; Holland (OH) def. McKinley, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles-Linder-Burgin (OH) def. Wetzel-Nyland, 6-2, 6-0; Lockhard-Jewell (OH) def. Pater-Brisbin, 6-0, 6-0; Walker-Ferrier (A) def. Goebel-Plumly, 6-4, 2-6, 9-7. Records-Oak Harbor 3-0 overall. Arlington 1-2.
Shorecrest 5, Lynnwood 2: Tammy Shen defeated Astri McCarthney in a back-and-forth No. 1 singles game 6-1, 0-6, 6-0 to lead Shorecrest to its first victory of the season.
Singles-Shen (S) def. McCarthney, 6-1, 0-6, 6-0; Roubound (S) def. Hunsinger, 6-3, 6-1; J. Walsh (S) def. Harding, 6-2, 6-4; Dao (L) def. K. Walsh, 6-3, 6-4. Doubles-Alberty-Yoon (S) def. Mendoza-Wong, 6-3, 6-4; Israil-Tran (L) def. Miti-Owen, 6-4, 6-0; Abrego-Zargar (S) def. Loeney-Tobin, 6-3, 6-2. Records-Lynnwood 0-3 in league, 0-3 overall. Shorecrest 1-3, 1-3.
Edmonds-Woodway 4, Kamiak 3: Elyse Fulcher defeated Teri Busch in No. 4 singles to lead Edmonds-Woodway, which went on to sweep the three doubles events. Kamiak won three straight singles events.
Singles-Hong (Kam) def. Allen, 6-1, 6-2.; Ramfar (Kam) def. Hughes, set 7-6 (9-7); Arnestad (Kam) def. Wagner, 6-1, 6-1; Fulcher(E-W) def. Busch, 6-1, 6-2. Doubles-Song-Mari Lim (EW) def. Ro-Wilborn, 7-5, 6-0; Smick- Havens (EW) def. Sluis-Boland, 2-0. Retired; Bodal- Kim (EW) def. Bennett-Chung, 6-2, 6-3. Records-Kamiak 3-1 in league, 3-1 overall. E-W 3-1, 3-1.
Baseball
Sehome 5, Cascade 1: Sehome’s Kellen Murphy had a bases-clearing double in the sixth inning to give Sehome a lead it would never relinquish in a non-conference victory. Starting pitcher Sophomore Daniel Kelliher pitched four scoreless innings for Cascade.
Williams, Fridrich (4), Christie (7) and McBride. Kelliher, Green (5), Snow (6) and Rutter. WP-Fridrich. LP-Snow (0-1). 2B-Fridrich (S), Murphy (S). Records-Cascade 3-1 overall. |
Burlington-Edison 15, Arlington 7: Jared Jessup was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and Colby Welch 2-for-4 with two RBI to lead Arlington in a non-conference game.
Fine, Narner (4), Clem (6) and Sakuma. Boursaw, Bailey (3), Dumovich (6) and Welch. WP-Fine. LP-Boursaw (0-1). 2B-Clem (BE), Kaage (BE), Sakuma (BE), Jessup (A), Welch (A). Records-Arlington 0-3 overall. Burlington-Edison 2-0. |
Granite Falls 7, South Whidbey 3: Derek Mullins went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double to lead Granite Falls to the North Cascade victory.
Mullins, Haug (5), Strimple (6) Lau (7) and Peden. Switzer, Coleman (2), Wenker (7) and Hahn. WP-Mullins (not reported). LP-Switzer (0-1). 2B-Lau (GF), Peden (GF), Mullins (GF). Records-Granite Falls 1-1 in league, 2-1 overall. South Whidbey 1-1, 1-1. |
Cascade-Leavenworth 7, Sultan 5: Sultan recorded two of its nine errors in a key two-run fourth inning, which helped Cascade-Leavenworh break open the non-league game. Andrew Beisel went 2-for-4 for Sultan, which scored its runs off four of Cascade’s six errors.
Cofer, French (5), and K. Mayes, Damianidis (5). Guffin, Yelle (2), Rudolph (6) and Martin. WP-Yelle (not reported). LP-Cofer (0-1). 2B-Beisel (Sultan), Betz (Cas).. Records-Sultan 0-2 in league, 0-4- overall. Cascade not reported. |
Cedarcrest 8, Lakewood 5: Ryan Powell broke a 5-5 tie with a two-RBI double in the sixth inning for Cedarcrest. George Wheeler threw two-scoreless innings in relief and gave up two hits to pick up the victory.
A. Bry, M. Bry (4), Poiesz (6) and Dietlin. Turney, Powell (3), Stevenson (5), Wheeler (6) and Thompson. WP-Wheeler (not reporter). LP-M. Bry (0-1). 2B-Powell (Cedarcrest), Wheeler (Cedarcrest). HR-McDonald (Cedarcrest). Records-Lakewood 0-1 in league, 1-2 overall. Cedarcrest not reported. |
Sultan 8, Nooksack Valley 2: Matt Morrill and Braydon Knapp each scored three goals to lead Sultan to its fourth consecutive victory. Eliseo Govea scored both goals for Nooksack Valley.
Goals-Sultan: Morrill 3, Knapp 3, Gideon, Barnhill. Nooksack Valley: Govea 2. Goalkeepers-Sultan: Johnson, Barnhill. NV: Mendez, Felix. Records-Sultan 4-0 in league, 4-0 overall. NV 2-3, 2-3. |
Archbishop Murphy (JV) 6, Shoreline Christian 2: Andrew Rigby threw three perfect innings and struckout four strikeouts to lead Archbishop Murphy. Trevor Murphy had two RBI during a four-run, sixth innings to help Archbishop Murphy seal the victory.
Rigby, Murphy (4), Ackerman (5), Sayah (6) and Butler, Burgess (6). Wallman, Fertello (5), and Powell. WP-Rigby (1-0). LP-Fertello (not reported). 2B-Prins (SC). Records-Archbishop Murphy 2-0 overall. Shoreline Christian: 0-1. |
Cedar Park Christian 8, Darrington 1: Matt Juel was 2-for-3 with five RBI and a double and Seth Suplin went 2-for-4 with two runs scored to lead Cedar Park Christian to a Sea-Tac B League victory.
Godwin, Reece (5) and McCoy. Potts, Hoyle (4), Hendrickson (7) and Suplin. WP-Hoyle (1-0). LP-Godwin (0-1). 2B-Juel (CPC), Suplin (CPC), Behrinds (CPC), Rosselli (D). Records-Cedar Park Christian 2-0 overall. Darrington 0-1. |
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