MARYSVILLE – Some teams would be shell-shocked, ready to pack it in, game over.
But not Mount Vernon.
After falling behind 4-0 in the first inning of a Western Conference North Division fastpitch softball game Thursday, Mount Vernon scored eight unanswered runs en route to an 8-4 comeback victory.
“After the first inning, we kind of got together and talked,” said Mount Vernon coach Alan Williams, whose team improved to 9-3 in league, 12-3 overall. “We said, ‘Hey, we’ve still got six innings left. Let’s go.’ “
And away they went. During Mount Vernon’s rally, Kylie Jensen drove in two runs with a third-inning double that tied the score at 4-4.
“That kind of gave us a boost and got everybody jacked up,” Williams said.
Overall for Mount Vernon, Kelsey Anderson was 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI. Alicia Johnson had two hits and one RBI for the Bulldogs, who gained sole possession of second place in the division.
Winning pitcher Meagan Gordon (12-3) walked two and gave up four runs on three hits in the first inning, but she recovered and struck out seven in a complete-game effort.
Gordon, who usually is replaced on offense with a designated hitter, also batted 2-for-3 with a single and a triple in just her second hitting opportunity this season.
“She’s been looking good in practice and we’ve been struggling hitting,” Williams said, “so I figured, hey, let’s give her a shot. I think it kind of pumped up the rest of the team, too.”
For Marysville-Pilchuck (8-4, 10-5), Chelsy Iapala had a three-run triple in the first inning. The Tomahawks fell to third place.
Gordon and Johnson. Rosebrook, Burman (3)and Morelli. WP-Gordon (12-3). LP-Burman. 2B-Anderson (MV) 2, Johnson (MV), Jensen (MV). 3B-Gordon (MV), Rosebrook (M-P), Iapala (M-P). Records-Mount Vernon 9-3 league, 12-3 overall. Marysville-Pilchuck 8-4, 10-5. |
Snohomish 7, Oak Harbor 1: Sophomore Mandy Britton struck out eight batters in her first career start and teammate Alysa Morgan batted 2-for-4 with an RBI to lead Snohomish in its third Wesco North victory.
Howard and Bear. Britton and Aicher, Smith (4). WP-Britton (1-0). LP-Howard. Records-Oak Harbor 0-12 league, 1-15 overall. Snohomish 3-8, 4-10. |
Lake Stevens 2, Cascade 0: Whitney Cohran’s one-out triple in the bottom of the first inning drove in Lake Stevens teammate Kaley McEachron with what turned out to be the winning run in the Wesco North game. Winning pitcher Krista Crosson (14-1) struck out eight batters and walked none.
Benvenuti and Boyle. Crosson and Froman. WP-Crosson (14-1). LP-Benvenuti. 3B-Cochran (LS). Records-Cascade 4-7 league, 5-9 overall. Lake Stevens 10-1, 14-1. |
Everett 11, Mariner 0: Amy Hudson doubled, tripled and drove in three runs and Jennifer Luatua tripled and drove in three runs to help Everett win the Wesco South game. Everett pitcher Jessica Carey had nine strikeouts.
Carey and Baird. Keith and McMullen. WP-Carey. LP-Keith. 2B-Hudson (E), Carey (E). 3B-Hudson (E), Smith (E), Luatua (E). Records-Everett 10-3 league, 12-3 overall. Mariner 0-13, 0-14. |
Kamiak 2, Jackson 1: Kamiak’s Jessica Smith drove in the winning run with an infield single in the 11th inning to extend Kamiak’s winning streak to 15 games and give the Knights the Wesco South victory. Kamiak’s Kate Defenbach and Jackson’s Meaghan Craig matched each other through 10 innings, allowing only one run apiece. Defenbach finished with nine strikeouts. Craig struck out eight.
Defenbach and Baugh. Craig and Wheadon. WP-Defenbach. LP-Craig (4-3). 2B-Pineros (K), Defenbach (K), Burgan (J). 3B-Koenig-Eng (J). Records-Kamiak 13-0 in league, 15-0 overall. Jackson 7-6, 8-7. |
Baseball
Cascade 13, Stanwood 9: Jeremy Stevens ignited Cascade’s seven-run sixth inning with a bases-clearing double in the Wesco North game. The Bruins also got a two-run home run from Nick Fischer in the sixth. Michael Bliss was 4-for-4 with a double and three RBI and Bobby Lowe hit a home run and drove in three runs for Stanwood.
McGava, Stevens (5) and Chiareli. Wickstrom, Smith (6), Davis (7), Emnott (7) and Northrup. WP-Stevens. LP-Smith. 2B-Bliss (S), Smith (S), Stevens (C). HR-Lowe (S), Fischer (C). Records-Cascade 8-5 in league, 9-8 overall. Stanwood 9-4, 13-4. |
Shoreline Christian 21, Chief Leschi 1: Dave Fertello was 3-for-4 with a double, home run and two RBI to lead Shoreline Christian to the non-league win.
Smead, DeYager (3), Smith (4), Fertello (5) and Deelstra, Wilson (3), Dodd (5). Burrill, LaPointe (4) and Walden. WP-Smead (2-3). LP-Burrill. 2B-Fertello (SC). 3B-DeYager (SC), Dodd (SC). HR-Fertello (SC). Records-Shoreline Christian 6-7 overall. Chief Leschi not reported. |
Boys golf
Wesco North Group A meet: Blake Froling and Eric Fredlund both shot 75s to lead Mount Vernon to the team title. They shared medalist honors with Matt Holmly and Drew Bashor of Oak Harbor.
Team scores-Mount Vernon 387, Oak Harbor 388, Arlington 394, Stanwood 449. Mount Vernon-Harrsch 76, Froling 75 (co-medalist), Valentine 81, Wolslegel 80, Fredlund 75 (co-medalist). Oak Harbor-Reedy 79, Holmly 75 (co-medalist), Bashor 75 (co-medalist), Loveng 80, Terry 79. Arlington-Hedlund 79, Cook 83, Godden 76, White 78, Husby 78. Stanwood-Lynn 88, Abrams 88, Westerman 92, Merrick 95, Tafoya 86. |
Wesco North Group B meet: Snohomish’s Carl Merisko shot a 6-under-par 66 to lead the Panthers to the team championship.
Team scores-Snohomish 370, Lake Stevens 384, Marysville-Pilchuck 394, Monroe 400, Cascade 414. Snohomish-Merisko 66 (medalist), Leopold 73, Nichols 75, Calamaro 76, Younggren 80. Lake Stevens-Nishikawa 73, Howes 75, Holman 76, Winslow 80, Summers 80. Marysville-Pilchuck-Johnson 72, Wilcox 72, Graves 80, Lominick 82, Saunders 88. Monroe-Erickson 77, Piland 79, Nelson 81, Epstein 81, Mahoney 82. Cascade-Clayton 73, Giesker 75, Snell 84, Lee 90, Winkles 92. |
Wesco South Group B meet: Pat Landin and Sean Fitzpatrick both shot 1-under-par 35s to lead Jackson to the team title.
Team results-Jackson 186, Shorewood 201, Mountlake Terrace 213, Shorecrest 226, Edmonds-Woodway incomplete. Edmonds-Woodway-Beach 41, Cunningham 41, McCray 41, Hyde 43. Jackson-Young 40, Koontz 37, Landin 35 (co-medalist), Micka 39, Fitzpatrick 35 (co-medalist). Mountlake Terrace-Rothenberger 39, Morrison 41, Harnois 45, Jeffrey 45, Wallace-Guerreo 43. Shorecrest-Akoi 47, Robertson 44, Huh 45, Hatch 48, Singh 42. Shorewood-Hansen 36, Crandall 42, Keul 38, Lang 42, Tran 43. |
Girls golf
Wesco South meet: Kim Shin of Shorewood shot a 5-under-par 67 and scored 77 modified Stableford points to earn medalist honors during the first round of the division championship tournament. Kamiak was the first-place team. The second round is scheduled for May 5 at Everett’s Legion Memorial Golf Course. The results of the two rounds will be combined with regular season results to produce the division champion.
Team results-Kamiak 269, Edmonds-Woodway 250, Shorewood 235, Meadowdale 225, Everett 192, Mountlake Terrace 189, Jackson 174, Shorecrest 172, Mariner 130. Kamiak-Goldie 68, Casselman 56, Carey 51, Brade 47, Babcock 45. Edmonds-Woodway-Vlasic 59, Baier 56, Anderson 47, Fraine 45, Brousseau 43. Shorewood-Shin 77 (medalist), Psaty 45, Sawyer 43, Ho 36, Walsh 34. Meadowdale-Hills 55, Keane 53, Hawkins 43, Hebron 40, Hong 34. Everett-Barhanovich 56, Dorsey 37, Larson 34, Goldfinch 34, Dearing 31. Mountlake Terrace-Ulvin 44, Obrochta 41, Shoemaker 38, Coons 34, Higgins 31. Jackson-Baer 63, Hong 54, Chase 32, Eco-Wilbur 13, Shanks 12. Shorecrest-Malabanan 58, White 44, Lim 32, Delph 26, Leebwendal-Bloch 12. Mariner-Hawks 40, Castro 34, Mitchell 31, Tremayne 14, Dykes 11. |
Mount Baker 489, South Whidbey 490, Blaine 526, Meridian 551, Lakewood 697: Jill Quinn of Nooksack Valley shot an 83 to win medalist honors in the North Cascades meet. Nooksack Valley didn’t field the necessary five players to qualify for the team title in the stroke-play event.
Mount Baker-Flannery 98, Fox 97, Hansen 103, Phillips 89, Varang 102. South Whidbey-Mansfield 94, Pan 100, Johnson 93, Eaton 106, Lindus 97. Blaine-Bland 119, Carrington 108, Robertson 104, Bailey 94, Burkowski 101. Meridian-Opsted 96, Seaman 113, Marino 109, Chance 108, Rutzika 125. Lakewood-Delker 114, Doahou 144, Dennis 133, Gardner 134, McMahon 172. |
Boys soccer
Marysville-Pilchuck 6, Arlington 0: John Whitfield scored a goal and had three assists and Mark Millar and Brent Ballard both scored two goals for Marysville-Pilchuck in the Wesco North game.
Goals-Marysville-Pilchuck: Millar 2, Ballard 2, Whitfield, Fierro. Goalkeepers-Arlington: not reported. Marysville-Pilchuck: Kuhn. Records-Arlington 0-14 in league, 0-14 overall. Marysville-Pilchuck 7-7, 7-7. |
Girls tennis
Lynnwood 4, Shorewood 3: Lynnwood upset Shorewood in the Wesco South meet by winning all three double matches.
Singles-Lim (S) def. Harding 6-4, 6-1; Hunsinger (L) def. Reni 6-2, 6-3; Fiske (S) def. Presby 6-1, 6-0; Shatilo (S) def. Miller 6-2, 6-0. Doubles-Tobin-Chomos (L) def. Chamberlin-Link 7-6 (7-4), 6-1; Dao-Nguyen (L) def. Cohon-Ma 7-6 (7-4), 6-0; Page-Ham (L) def. Umana-Beetham 6-4, 6-0. Records-Lynnwood 6-6 in league, 6-6 overall. Shorewood 8-6, 8-6. |
Kamiak 4, Shorecrest 3: Julia Deutsch won in three sets, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6, at No. 3 singles to give Kamiak the Wesco South win.
Singles-Anderson (K) def. Opdyke, 6-1, 6-1; Auriemma (S) def. Bennett, 6-3, 6-4; Deutsch (K) def. Owen, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6; Scott (S) def. Wilborn, 7-5, 6-1. Doubles-G. Chung-Fazel-Hashemi (K) def. Bird-Daliva, 6-0, 6-1; Sharkey-Foster (S) def. A. Chung-Ko, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Kokuwashima-Song (K) def. Seely-Palmquist, 6-3, 6-2. Records-Shorecrest 6-7 league and overall. Kamiak 7-6, 7-6. |
Jackson 7, Mariner 0: Carolyn Oh won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles to help undefeated, first-place Jackson (14-0) win the Wesco South meet.
Singles-G. Bhak (J) def. Lee, 6-0, 6-1; Ragsdale (J) def. Owa, 6-0, 6-2; Oh (J) def. K. Nguyen, 6-0, 6-0; S. Platis (J) def. J. Nguyen, 6-0, 6-1. Doubles-Pirnke-Cung (J) def. Cyr-Kim, 6-0, 6-0; Lee-Thom (J) def. Hall-Console, 6-1, 6-2; Lee-R. Bhak (J) def. Mipima-Lewis, 6-1, 6-2. Records-Mariner 0-14 league and overall. Jackson 14-0, 14-0. |
Edmonds-Woodway 7, Mountlake Terrace 0: Ashley Wagner defeated her opponent 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles to lead Edmonds-Woodway in the Wesco South meet.
Singles-Wagner (E-W) def. Heringer, 6-1, 6-1; Loue (E-W) def. Lum, 6-1, 6-1; Korpi (E-W) def. Ho, 6-0, 6-2; Fulcher (E-W) def. Cumberlund, 6-0, 6-3. Doubles-Ainslie-Miller (E-W) def. Mariyama-Yoon, 6-4, 6-2; Pfreim-Doster (E-W) def. Nguyen-Rodygima, 6-4, 6-2; Maeda-McCleary (E-W) def. Biladean -Dittmar, 6-1, 6-0. Records-Mountlake Terrace 1-11 in league, 1-11 overall. Edmonds-Woodway 11-2, 11-2. |
Lakewood 3, Coupeville 2: Sophomores Nicole Newcomb and Katie Spah won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3 doubles to lead Lakewood to its non-league victory.
Singles-Horr (C) def. Haugen, 7-6, (11-9), 7-5; Lamb (C) def. Vizcaya, 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-4). Doubles-Tangen-Gillis (L) def. Meyer-Tucker, 6-3, 6-4; Adams-Boe (L) def. Fakkema-Folkstad, 6-3, 7-5; Newcomb-Spah (L) def. Bernhart-Lee, 6-4, 6-3. Records-Lakewood 7-4 overall. Coupeville not reported. |
South Whidbey JV 6, Darrington 1: Tessa Harris won Darrington’s only match, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 1 singles, in the non-conference meet.
Singles-Harris (D) def. Stelling, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3; Mydynski (SW) def. Kuper, 6-1, 6-0; Schmitke (SW) def. Zubeidi, 6-3, 6-2; Lawlor-White (SW) def. Terry, 6-2, 6-0. Doubles-Atkinson-James (SW) def. Wicken-Nations, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Schoeler-Thompson (SW) def. Alexander-Frable, 6-2, 6-2; Westcott-Hellinger (SW) def. Brown-MonteCalvo, 6-1, 6-0. Records-Darrington 0-10. |
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