LAKE STEVENS – Matt Fields of Lake Stevens managed to hold Marysville-Pilchuck, the baseball team leading the Western Conference North Division, to just two hits in a complete-game shutout Monday.
Now 7-0, Fields struck out nine and allowed just two walks en route to the 10-0 victory for Lake Stevens (11-4 in league, 15-4 overall).
“I thought he was in control the whole time,” Lake Stevens coach Rodger Anderson said of Fields. “He’s gone three games without a walk before this and he wasn’t missing by much. His balls were just an inch or two low so he was barely missing, and that’s where we want his pitches to be.”
Junior teammate Ryan Verdugo provided the offense to back up Fields’ pitching with two home runs and five RBI.
Anderson can’t say whether or not some of Verdugo’s success can be attributed to a new bat or not, but since beginning to play with a sales representative’s new demo bat, Verdugo has hit three home runs and gone 6-for-15.
“(Verdugo’s) really stepped it up lately. He’s seeing the ball real well,” Anderson said.
Marysville-Pilchuck slipped to 12-3, 15-4, but still retains a one-game lead over Lake Stevens. The two teams play again at 4 p.m. today.
At Lake Stevens
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Waters, Cox (4) and Day. Fields and Crain. WP-Fields (7-0). LP-Waters. HR-Verdugo (LS) 2. Records-Marysville-Pilchuck 12-3 league, 15-4 overall. Lake Stevens 11-4, 15-4.
Monroe 10, Stanwood 9: Monroe’s Andy Ranko (4-for-5 with two RBI and a double) drove in Scott Bailey with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh. Teammate Neil Manthe was 4-for-5 with four RBI and a double.
At Monroe
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Davis, Emnott (4) and Northrup. Sins, Brady (6), Recor (6) and Ranko. WP-Recor (6-4). LP-Emnott. 2B-Northrup (S), Hawley (S), Bailey (M), Manthe (M), Ranko (M), Record (M) 2. HR-Wickstrom (S). Records-Stanwood 10-5 league, 14-5 overall. Monroe 8-7, 10-8.
Arlington 6, Cascade 5: Arlington scored two runs in the eighth inning to shock fourth-place Cascade. Mike Chiarelli batted 3-for-4 and drove in a run for the Bruins, who need two victories to earn a district playoff berth.
At Everett
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Brown and not reported. Kelliher and Chiarelli WP-Brown. LP-Kelliher (3-2). 2B-Bishop (A) 2. Records-Arlington 2-13 league, 2-15 overall. Cascade 8-7, 9-10.
Snohomish 10, Mount Vernon 6: Snohomish’s Pat Job was 3-for-4 with one RBI and Kevin Rodland was 3-for-4 with three RBI to lead the Panthers to the Wesco North victory.
At Mount Vernon
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Zelmer, Perron (5), J. Hammons (5), Perron (7) and Hennessey. Gates, Malloy (5), Briceno (5), Garcia (6), Herring (7) and Steiner. WP-J. Hammons (4-2). LP-Gates. 2B-Heinemann (S). HR-K. Rodland (S), Perron (S). Records-Snohomish 7-8 league, 9-10 overall. Mount Vernon 6-9, 8-11.
Mariner 8, Mountlake Terrace 4: Freshman Kevin Guinn went 4-for-4 with a double and an RBI to lead Mariner to the Wesco South victory.
At Mountlake Terrace
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Craddock, Houge (4) and Degamo. Klippenstien, Muller (6), and Bruce. WP-Houge. LP-Klippenstien. 2B-Guinn (M), Heist (M), Degamo (M) Houge (M) Barnes (MT), Klippenstien (MT), Bruce (MT). 3B-Records-Mariner 3-14 league, 3-14 overall. M.Terrace 7-10, 8-11.
Jackson 11, Shorecrest 6: Travis Snider and Richie Tri each hit a two-run home run and Cris Bowen hit a solo homer to lead Jackson to its 12th Wesco South victory.
At Shoreline
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Raff, Wall (4) Bowen (6) and Pai. Workman, Kastel (6) and C. Rankin, Workman (6). WP-Wall. LP-Workman (1-3). 2B-Lillibridge (J) 2, Pai (J), Nelson (J), Collins (S), Mahler (S). HR-Snider (J), Bowen (J) Tri (J). Records-Jackson 12-5 league, 14-5 overall. Shorecrest 7-10, 9-10.
Shorewood 9, Everett 3: Tom Guttu and Tony Hamilton each had two doubles, including back-to-back two-baggers during Shorewood’s six-run fifth inning, and two RBI overall in the Wesco South game. Everett’s Kirk Nielson was 2-for-3 with one RBI.
At Everett
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Farden and Tonkin. Edwards and Gaffney. WP-Farden. LP-Edwards (1-3). 2B-Guttu (S) 2, Hamilton (S) 2, Nielson (E). Records-Shorewood 9-8 league, 11-8 overall. Everett 8-9, 8-11.
Meadowdale 10, Lynnwood 7: Jared Dyson hit a two-run double in the eighth inning to lead Meadowdale to its sixth Wesco South victory.
At Lynnwood
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Denham, Case (3) Gardner (6) and Bach. Grubb, St. Marie (7), Tarver and Gruel .WP-Gardner. LP-St. Marie (1-7). 2B-Dyson (M) 2. 3B-Evans (M). Records-Meadowdale 6-11 league, 6-13 overall. Lynnwood 5-12, 5-14.
Nooksack Valley 4, South Whidbey 3: Nooksack Valley’s Ben Lohrer was 3-for-4 with two doubles and one RBI in the North Cascades contest. Dane Guetlin was 1-for-3 with two RBI for second-place South Whidbey, which has already clinched a district playoff berth.
At Langley
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O’Day, Handy (6) and B. Lohrer. Kolbo and Parra. WP-O’Day. LP-Kolbo (4-2). 2B-B. Lohrer (NV) 2, J. Lohrer (NV). 3B-Hosmer (SW), Guetlin (SW). Records-Nooksack Valley 7-8 league, 9-10 overall. South Whidbey 10-5, 11-7.
Sultan 14, Lakewood 3: Sultan bolted ahead of North Cascades-leading Lakewood early with a two-run home run by catcher Aaron Damianidis.
At Lakewood
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French and Damianidis. Cantwell, Kon (3), Bry (6) and Wammack (5-2). WP-French. LP-Cantwell (3-3). 2B-Damianidis (S), Cofer (S), Bruns (L). HR-Damianidis (S), Rife (L). Records-Sultan 8-7 league, 8-11 overall. Lakewood 12-3, 14-4.
Snohomish County Christian 15, Chief Leschi 0: Snohomish County Christian’s Jordan Doucet was 2-for-4 with three RBI in the Northwest B contest, which was called early due to the 10-run rule.
At Mountlake Terrace
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Stafford, not reported and Burrill. Adams and Johnson. WP-Adams. LP-Stafford. 2B-LaPointe (CL), Schettler (SCC), Doucet (SCC). 3B-Schettler (SCC), Doucet (SCC). Records-Chief Leschi not reported. Snohomish County Christian 4-9 overall.
Girls tennis
Oak Harbor 5, Mount Vernon 2: Oak Harbor’s Hazel Sapida won the No. 2 singles spot 6-0, 6-0 to lead the Wildcats to the Wesco North victory.
At Oak Harbor
Singles-Anderson (MV) def. Ka. Goebel, 6-4, 6-4; Sapida (OH) def. Walker, 6-0, 6-0; Phelp (MV) def. Kr. Goebel, 6-4, 7-5; McCumber (OH) def. Campbell, 6-3, 6-4. Doubles-L. Santos-P. Santos (OH) def. Scott-Leer, 6-1, 6-0; Gailo-Merriman (OH) def. Lund-Simpson, 6-3, 6-3; Pruss-Berg (OH) def. Miller-Ranson-Cunningham, 7-6 (0), 7-6 (6). Records-Mount Vernon 2-11 in league and overall. Oak Harbor 7-8, 7-8.
Marysville-Pilchuck 5, Arlington 2: Lindsey Webb needed three sets to defeat her No. 1 singles opponent 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to lead Marysville-Pilchuck to the Wesco North victory.
At Arlington
Singles-Lee (M-P) def. Webb, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Reynolds (A) def. Whitfield,6-1, 6-2; Wahl (M-P) def. E. Dougherty, 7-6 (8-6) 2-6, 6-2; Starr (A) def. Weishaar, 6-2, 6-2. Doubles-Almachar-Famelos (M-P) def. Jen.Frable-Jes.Frable, 7-6 (7-4) 6-3; Fisher-Lentz (M-P) def. Molnar-Schorn, 6-4, 6-4; K. Dougherty-Whang (M-P) def. Deltmer-not reported, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Faxon-Elsing (A) def. Thomas-Santos, 6-2, 6-2. Records-Marysville-Pilchuck 8-7 in league, 8-7 overall. 1 -13, 1-13.
Stanwood 4, Cascade 3: Liz Currey won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1 singles to help first-place, undefeated Stanwood win the Wesco North meet.
At Stanwood
Singles-Currey (S) def. Sun, 6-2, 6-0; Schonberg (S) def. Anderson, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3; Hughes (C) def. Beebe, 6-0, 6-3; Dorsey (S) def. Tran, 6-3, 6-2. Doubles-Leon-Woods (C) def. Youngren-Kidd, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4; Mallos-LeBar (C) def. Ayers-Shaughnesy, 7-5, 6-2; Amundson-Daly (S) def. Nguyen-Lamprecht, 7-5, 6-2. Records-Cascade 11-3 league and overall. Stanwood 14-0.
Snohomish 7, Lake Stevens 0: Snohomish’s Courtney Gale topped No. 1 singles with a 6-0, 6-1 score to lead the Panthers in the Wesco North meet.
At Snohomish
Singles-Gale (S) def. Vietto, 6-0, 6-1; Bell (S) def. Nelson, 6-2, 6-2; Lee (S) def. Shultz, 6-1, 6-0; Fodge (S) def. Richmond, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles-Holderman-Harper (S) def. Bradshaw-Torick, 6-2, 6-2; Leopold-Lambert (S) def. Posowicz-Kryzminski, 6-2, 6-2; Tomich-Reid (S) def. Bergman-Miller, 6-3, 6-0. Records-Lake Stevens 1-13 in league and overall. Snohomish 12-2, 12-2.
Lakewood 5, Darrington 2: Lakewood senior Charlee Haugen improved her season record to 9-3 with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Darrington’s Tessa Harris in non-conference meet’s No. 1 singles match.
At Lakewood
Singles-Haugen (L) def. Harris 6-1, 6-3; Kuper (D) def. Boe 7-5, 6-2; Zubeidi (D) def. Rist 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Osti (L) def. Monte Calvo 6-0, 6-2. Doubles-Adam-Harris (L) def. Nicken-Nations 6-0, 6-2 Tangen-Gillis (L) def. Alexander-Terry 6-1, 6-0; Newcomb-Spah (L) def. Frable-Brown 6-0, 6-2. Records-Lakewood: 8-4 overall.
Fastpitch softball
Arlington 10, Snohomish 4: Krista Hansen went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI and teammate Vanessa Taylor had three hits to lead Arlington in the Wesco North game. Emma Schmidt went 3-for-3 and drove in two runs for the Panthers.
At Snohomish
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Bellon and Twitchell. Riedeman, Britton (1) and Smith. 2B-Hansen (A) 2, Peper (A). Records-Arlington 6-7 league, 9-7 overall. Snohomish 3-9, 4-11.
Granite Falls 4, Sultan 1: Granite Falls pitcher Ashley Millican struck out 10 en route to the North Cascades victory. Lauren Bailey was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and five stolen bases to lead the offense.
At Sultan
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Millican and Jensen. McNulty and Matkins. WP-Millican (3-5). LP-McNulty (2-13). Records-Granite Falls 3-8 league, 3-10 overall. Sultan 0-12, 2-14.
Lakewood 2, Lynden Christian 1: Tayra Dunn reached third base on a two-base error and then stole home to score the winning run in the eighth inning for Lakewood in the North Cascades game. Pitcher Laura Hellstrom struck out 13 batters and retired the last 17 batters she faced for Lakewood.
At Lynden
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Hellstrom and Bruns. Blankers and Hendricks. WP-Hellstrom (6-8). LP-Blankers.. 3B-Gemmer (Lakewood). Records-Lakewoodr 5-7 league, 6-10 overall. LC 3-8, 4-9.
South Whidbey 3, Meridian 0: South Whidbey’s Christie Robinson continued her dominating streak through the North Cascades Conference with a perfect game over Meridian. Robinson struck out 18 to match her season high for strikeouts in a game.
At Meridian
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Robinson and Lubach. Kuiken and Holt. WP-Robinson (14-0). LP-Kuiken. 2B-Robertson (SW). 3B-Dunsmore (SW). Records-South Whidbey 11-0 league, 15-0 overall. Meridian 8-5, 10-7.
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