LAKE STEVENS — Krista Crosson is a control freak. Her teammates and coaches couldn’t be happier about it.
Lake Stevens pitcher Crosson walked none, struck out six and overcame a rare mid-game hiccup to lead the Vikings past Monroe 4-3 Wednesday in a Western Conference North Division fastpitch softball game.
Crosson helped first-place Lake Stevens improve to 9-1 in league, 13-1 overall by applying her usual pinpoint pitching control.
"That’s the key to Krista," Lake Stevens assistant coach Jason Bauer said. "She doesn’t walk anybody. She’s just an excellent pitcher. When she’s got her pitches working, she’s pretty tough. She doesn’t give any free passes."
Crosson, who improved her record to 13-1, has dominated most teams from the mound this season. But on Wednesday Monroe (6-6, 10-6) touched up Crosson for three runs on four hits in the third inning.
"She left some balls up a bit and the Monroe girls hit some good pitches," Bauer said. "But she battled through that and she made the pitches that she needed to."
In the bottom of the third inning, Whitney Cochran scored the winning run for Lake Stevens on a passed ball. Cochran walked to start the inning, advanced to second on an error and then stole third base.
In the first inning, Lake Stevens opened up a 3-0 lead. Catcher Sarah Froman provided the biggest hit, a one-out two-RBI single to right field.
"She’s our leader," Bauer said of Froman. "She drives the team. She’s solid behind the plate and she comes up with some big hits when we need them."
Leadoff hitter Allison Hall was 3-for-4 for Lake Stevens. All of Hall’s hits came on two-strike counts, Bauer said.
Brittany Rose was 2-for-3 with one RBI for the Bearcats.
Forsberg and Holmes. Crosson and Froman. WP—Crosson (13-1). LP—Forsberg. 2B—Holmes (M). Records—Monroe 6-6 league, 10-6 overall. Lake Stevens 9-1, 13-1. |
Marysville-Pilchuck 4, Oak Harbor 3: Holly Erickson hit a single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Marysville-Pilchuck to victory in the Wesco North game. Ashley Howard tripled for Oak Harbor.
Howard and Bear. Rosebrook, Berman (4) and Morelli. WP—Berman (1-2). LP—Howard. 3B—Howard (OH). Records—Oak Harbor 0-11 in league, 1-14 overall. Marysville-Pilchuck 8-3, 10-4. |
Mount Vernon 2, Cascade 0: Mount Vernon’s Meagan Gordon pitched a complete game one-hitter, striking out 10 Bruins for the Wesco North victory. Rachel Sofie had Cascade’s only hit.
Gordon and Johnson. Owens and Boyle. WP—Gordon. LP—Owens. Records—Mount Vernon 8-3 in league, 11-3 overall. Cascade 4-6, 5-8. |
Arlington 2, Stanwood 1: Natalie Bellon pitched a complete game, striking out five and allowing just one run for Arlington in the Wesco North contest. Tasha St. Clair hit an RBI double for Stanwood.
Shiflet and Knott. Bellon and Twitchell. WP—Bellon. LP—Shiflet. 2B—St. Clair (S), McAlister (A). Records—Stanwood 7-4 in league, 10-5 overall. Arlington 5-7, 8-7. |
Shorecrest 4, Meadowdale 2: Shorecrest’s Briana Davis was 2-for-3, and starting pitcher Ashley Morrison had 10 strikeouts in four innings.
Mataya and Olds. Morrison, Berg (5) and Berg, Gould (5). WP—Morrison (9-3). LP—Mataya. 2B—Gould (S), Shawks (M), Hopkins (M) 2. Records—Meadowdale 2-11 league, 3-12 overall. Shorecrest 9-3, 12-3. |
Everett 1, Mountlake Terrace 0 (12 innings): Playing under International Tiebreaker rules in which a runner begins the inning on second base, Everett’s Amy Hudson advanced on a sacrifice fly and eventually scored on a costly Mountlake Terrace error in the top of the twelfth. Mountlake Terrace pitcher Lindsey Woodhouse gave up just two hits in the Wesco South game.
Hudson and Baird. Woodhouse and Richardson. WP—Hudson. LP—Woodhouse (10-5). Records—Everett 9-3 league, 11-3 overall. Mountlake Terrace 9-3, 11-4. |
Kamiak 10, Lynnwood 0: Kate Defenbach went 2-for-3 at the plate, scored a run and was the winning pitcher for Kamiak in the Wesco South game. Lynnwood’s Morgan Liddell had two of her team’s three hits.
Defenbach, Carpenter (4) and Baug. Rhoden, Himes (3) and Hansen, Liddell (3). WP—Defenbach. LP—Rhoden. 2B—Pineros (K), Defenbach (K). HR—Colburn (K). Records—Kamiak 12-0 in league, 14-0 overall. Lynnwood 1-11, 1-13. |
Jackson 5, Shorewood 0: Jackson’s Rachel Koenig-Eng struck out 12 en route to a one-hitter and hit a solo home run in the third inning. Teammate Lindsylee Wheadon was 2-for-3. Jackie Osborne recorded Shorewood’s lone hit of the Wesco South contest.
Osborne and Morton. Koenig-Eng and Wheadon. WP—Koenig-Eng (4-4). LP—Osborne. HR—Koenig-Eng (J). Records—Shorewood 5-8 league, 6-9 overall. Jackson 7-5, 8-6. |
Edmonds-Woodway 6, Mariner 1: Annika Lindberg was 2-for-3 with a double and one RBI, and winning pitcher Emily Dean (4-3) struck out 13 batters for Edmonds-Woodway in the Wesco South game. Mariner’s Kaitlyn Aldrich doubled in the first inning.
E. Dean and Noack. Keith and McMullen. WP—E. Dean (4-3). LP—Keith. 2B—Aldrich (M), Lindberg (E-W). Records—Edmonds-Woodway 8-5 league, 9-6 overall. Mariner 0-12, 0-14. |
South Whidbey 2, Lynden Christian 0: Christie Robinson pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout with nine strikeouts for South Whidbey in the North Cascades game. South Whidbey has not allowed a run all season.
Robinson and Lubach. Lynden Christian battery not reported. WP—Robinson (12-0). LP—Not reported. 2B—Lubach (SW). 3B—Russell (SW). Records—South Whidbey 9-0 in league, 13-0 overall. Lynden Christian 3-6, 3-7. |
Concrete 5, Coupeville 0: Concrete’s Britt Howell pitched a complete-game shutout scattering three hits in the Northwest A game. Stacie Farmer and Laura Crandall each had a hit and a stolen base for Coupeville.
Davis and Black. Howell and Pritchard. WP—Howell. LP—Davis. Records—Coupeville 3-8 in league, 4-10 overall. Concrete 6-5, 9-5. |
Lakewood 6, Sultan 5: Heidi Bargabos hit a ground ball to the left side of the infield to score courtesy runner Shiloh Lynch in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving Lakewood its fourth North Cascades victory. Jolene Matkins was 4-for-5 and scored three runs for Sultan.
McNulty and Pedersen. Hellstrom and Bruns. WP—Hellstrom (5-6). LP—McNulty. 3B—McNulty. Records—Sultan 0-10 league, 1-11 overall. Lakewood 4-7, 5-8. |
Friday Harbor 4, Orcas Island 1: Friday Harbor’s Erica Percich was 2-for-3 with an RBI in the Northwest A league contest.
Peacock and Tran. Kelsey and Chevalier. WP—Kelsey (9-2). LP—Peacock. Records—Orcas Island not reported. Friday Harbor 7-2 in league, 11-3 overall. |
Mount Baker 5, Nooksack Valley 0: Lexi Postlewait pitched a complete game two-hitter to lead Mount Baker to the North Cascades victory.
Wilburn, Gelwicks (4), DeBruin (5) and Dillard. Postlewait and Welch. WP—Postlewait. LP—Wilburn. 2B—Monaghan. Records—Nooksack Valley 5-6 in league, 8-7 overall. Mount Baker 9-1, 12-2. |
Girls tennis
Cascade 5, Monroe 2: Jessica Hughes of Cascade rallied from a first-set loss at No. 3 singles to win 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 in the Wesco North meet.
Singles—Sun (C) def. Hollywood, 6-1, 6-2; Anderson (C) def. Sage, 6-1, 6-4; Hughes (C) def. Gilstrap, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Jirak (M) def. Tran, 6-4, 6-0. Doubles—Speer-Lovatt (M) def. Leon-Woods, 6-3, 6-4; Mallos-LeBar (C) def. Hohmann-Goodnight, 6-4, 6-4; Nguyen-Lamprecht (C) def. Roupe-Peterson, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. Records—Cascade 10-2 league and overall. Monroe 5-7. |
Stanwood 7, Marysville-Pilchuck 0: The Spartans retained an undefeated record atop the Wesco North standings with the help of Liz Currey’s 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles.
Singles—Currey (S) def. Lee, 6-0, 6-0; Schonberg (S) def. Evans, 6-0, 6-0; Beebe (S) def. Whitfield, 6-1, 6-0; Dorsey (S) def. Wahl, 7-6, 6-2. Doubles—Youngren-Kidd (S) def. Almachar-Famelas, 6-1, 6-1; Ayers-Shaughnessy (S) def. Fisher-Lentz, 6-1, 6-3; Amundson-Daly (S) def. Whang-Mead, 6-2, 6-0. Records—Marysville-Pilchuck 7-6 in league and overall. Stanwood 12-0, 12-0. |
Oak Harbor 6, Lake Stevens 1: Oak Harbor swept the doubles matches to win the Wesco North meet.
Singles—Merriman (OH) def. Johnson, 6-1, 6-1; Hallanger (LS) def. Ka. Goebel, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3; Sapida (OH) def. Vietti, 6-1, 6-4; Kr. Goebel (OH) def. Welch, 6-1, 6-3. Doubles—L. Santos-P. Santos (OH) def. Torick-Nelson, 6-3, 6-2; Pruss-Berg (OH) def. Posowicz-Krysminski, 6-4, 6-3; Gailo-McCumber (OH) def. Miller-Bergman, 6-1, 6-1. Records—Lake Stevens 1-11 in league, and overall. Oak Harbor 6-7, 6-7. |
Snohomish 7, Arlington 0: Bekah Reid and Stacy Tomich won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3 doubles to win their first varsity match and help Snohomish sweep the Wesco North victory.
Singles—Gale (S) def. Jen. Frable, 6-1, 6-0; Bell (S) def. Webb, 6-2, 6-2; Lee (S) def. Jes. Frable, 6-1, 6-0; Fodge (S) def. Reynolds, 0-6, 6-3, 6-2. Doubles—Holderman-Harper (S) def. Doughty-Starr, 6-0, 6-4; Leopold-Lambert (S) def. Schorn-Molnar, 6-0, 6-1; Reid-Tomich (S) def. Faxon-Elsing, 6-3, 6-4. Records—Arlington 1-12 league and overall. Snohomish 10-2, 10-2. |
Shorewood 6, Mariner 1: Mariner’s No. 2 singles player Kim Nguyen won 6-0, 6-3 for her first varsity singles win and provided Mariner’s only point in the Wesco South contest.
Singles—Reni (S) def. Owa, 6-1, 6-0; K. Nguyen (M) def. Behen, 6-0, 6-3; MacGregor (S) def. Lee, 6-0, 6-3; Beetham (S) def. V. Nguyen, 6-1, 6-1. Doubles—Umana-Fiske (S) def. Kim-Hall, 6-0, 6-0; Fimia-Moe-Shafer (S) def. Pham-Gibson, 7-5, 6-0; Lee-Karambelas (S) def. Mipima-Lewis, 6-2, 6-2. Records—Shorewood 8-6 in league and overall. Mariner 0-13, 0-13. |
Everett 5, Shorecrest 2: Everett swept singles play in the Wesco South meet.
Singles—Mills (E) def. Opdyke, 6-3, 6-3; Weller (E) def. Owen, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3; Dutton (E) def. Auriemma, 6-4, 6-3; Le (E) def. Sihite, 6-2, 6-4. Doubles—Stanton-Price (E) def. Bird-Daliva, 6-4, 6-4; Scott-Seely (S) def. Greene-Bayne, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4; Foster-Sharkey (S) def. Dutton-Wicklund, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). Records—Everett 7-6 in league, and overall. Shorecrest 6-6, 6-6. |
Girls golf
Wesco North Divisional Tournament: Cascade’s Renee Skidmore shot a 2-over-par 75, which equated to a meet-best 71 modified Stableford points. Monroe’s Casey Westerman was second with 62 points.
Team results—Marysville-Pilchuck 245, Monroe 221, Cascade 213, Snohomish 200, Arlington 194, Oak Harbor 194, Stanwood 188, Mount Vernon 175, Lake Stevens 160. Marysville-Pilchuck—Parker 57, C. Burns 48, R. Burns 48, Shelton 48, VanBeek 44. Monroe—Westerman 62, Elwood 46, McNally 40, Elsenbast 38, Burns 35. Cascade—Skidmore (medalist) 71, Gullikson 43, Lundberg 38, Hendry 36, Power 25. Snohomish—Lampman 46, Linney 40, Vergosen 40, Jelinek 39, Balin 35. Arlington—Smith 53, Flick 45, Blumenstein 38, Hagemen 34, Lunday 24. Oak Harbor—Acton 48, Merritt 38, Delacruz 38, Gavigan 36, Gronboch 34. Stanwood—Titus 47, Palmer 41, Epperson 36, Evans 32, Madsen 32. Mount Vernon—Poling 58, VanNortwick 46, Wiegend 38, Hoekstra 33. Lake Stevens—Andersen 48, Remme 41, Mull 31, Lobaugh 20, Vaughn 20. |
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