Herald staff
MONROE – Luckily for the Monroe boys soccer team the game of soccer awards teams more for hard work than for style.
And at no time was this more evident than at Monroe Stadium Wednesday night when the Bearcats (10-1-2 in league and overall) defeated Marysville-Pilchuck 3-1 to move into a tie with Snohomish for first place in the Western Conference North standings.
Behind two Brett Walsh goals, Monroe used a scrappy offense, an aggressive defense and good goalkeeping by Ben Dragavon to defeat the Tomahawks.
“In games like (Wednesday’s) we won’t win a lot of style points,” said Monroe coach Paul Hurme, “But rather we mostly have guys who work really hard and are first to the ball.”
The first evidence of Monroe’s hard-nosed attack came in the game’s 11th minute on Walsh’s first goal. Walsh banged in a ball that was bouncing all over the place, while surrounded by Tomahawk defenders swiping at his legs.
After Marysville-Pilchuck tied the game at 1, Monroe’s Coby Knox scrambled for a loose ball and scored a minute later.
Up 2-1 after halftime, Monroe’s attacking defense took over and didn’t allow Marysville-Pilchuck another goal the rest of the night.
Just to prove that Monroe does have a little style, Walsh knocked in his second goal of the night on a cross from Brian Gullikson.
Sultan 3, Nooksack Valley 2: Sultan’s Brayton Knapp scored two goals and assisted on Matt Morrill’s game-winning goal to lead the Turks to a playoff-clinching victory.
Goals-Sultan: Knapp 2, Morrill. Nooksack Valley: Govea, Vos. Goalkeepers-Sultan: Johnson. Nooksack Valley: Felix. Records-Sultan 9-4 in league and overall. Nooksack Valley 5-8. |
South Whidbey 4, Granite Falls 1: Finn Kough, Scott Perkins, Adam Jaffe and Connor Adams each scored a goal to lead South Whidbey to the North Cascades victory.
Goals-South Whidbey: Kough, Perkins, Jaffe, Adams. Granite Falls: not reported. Goalkeepers-South Whidbey: Perkins, Kough. Granite Falls: not reported. Records-South Widbey 7-6 in league and overall. Granite Falls 0-12, 0-12. |
Lakewood 3, Blaine 0: Scott Roberts and Jeff Hoffman both scored first-half goals and goalkeeper Matt Mattsen recorded his first shutout of the season for Lakewood.
Goals- Lakewood: Roberts, Hoffman, Barker. Goalkeepers- Lakewood: Mattsen. Blaine: Dugger. Records- Lakewood 8-5 in league, 8-5 overall. Blaine 7-6, 7-6. |
Softball
Kamiak 6, Jackson 2: Krista Colburn hit an RBI double to lead Kamiak to the Wesco South victory in the 10th inning. Colburn pitched s complete game and struck out 20 batters
Colburn and Mangano. Paulson and Howell WP- Colburn. LP- Paulson (3-4). 2B- Colburn (K). Records- Kamiak 6-5 in league and overall. Jackson 6-6, 7-7. |
Lynnwood 4, Meadowdale 1: Karen Hansen’s first-inning triple scored Brittany Rhoden and Brooke Young to give Lynnwood an early lead in its Wesco South victory.
Masterson, Rhoden (5) and Rhodes. Monsey and Mallory. WP- Masterson. LP- Monsey (1-8). 2B-Shanks (Mead). 3B- Hansen (L). Records- Lynnwood 2-10 in league, 2-10 overall. Meadowdale 1-10, 1-11. |
Lake Stevens 6, Arlington 0: Whitney Cochran was 2-for-3 to lead Lake Stevens to the Wesco North victory.
Scott and Froman. Norberg and McAlister. WP-Scott. LP- Norberg. 2B- Nelson (LS). Records- Lake Stevens 8-2 in league, 8-3 overall. Arlington 3-8, 4-8. |
Sultan 13, Granite Falls 2: Kendra Pedersen was 4-for 4 with two RBI and two stolen bases to lead Sultan to the North Cascades victory. Laura Newman was 2-for-3 with an RBI and two stolen bases for Sultan.
Anthony and Hill. Lynn and Harrison. WP- Anthony (1-2). LP- Lynn. 2B- Pedersen (S). Records-Granite Falls 0-9 in league, 1-9 overall. Sultan 1-7, 1-8. |
Mount Baker 1, Blaine 0: Lexi Postelwait scored on a passed ball, while her sister Karly Postelwait pitched a complete-game two-hitter to lead Mount Baker to a North Cascades Conference victory.
K. Postelwait and Welch. Walter and Francis. WP- K. Postelwait (10-1). LP- Walter (7-5). 3B-Yost (M). Records- Mount Baker 8-1 in league, 10-1 overall. Blaine 6-4, 7-5. |
Sedro-Woolley 5, Mountlake Terrace 0: Sedro-Woolley used two extra base hits to take the non-league victory.
Crosby and Crisp. Ness and Richardson, Logan (4). WP- Crosby. LP- Ness. 2B- Hyatt (SW), 3B- Crisp (SW) Records- Mountlake Terrace 10-3 overall. |
Girls tennis
Snohomish 5, Oak Harbor 2: Snohomish swept the doubles matches to take the Wesco North meet and stay undefeated.
Singles– Black (OH) def. Steele 6-1, 6-1; Manucal (OH) def. B. Gale 6-3, 6-3; Henningsgaard (S) def. Linder 6-3, 6-2; Mass (S) def. Cichowski 6-4, 7-6 (7-6). Doubles– Bartelheimer-Lumpe (S) def. Lockhard-Burgin 6-1, 6-3; Pratt-Wong (S) def. Santos-Jewell 6-0, 7-6 (7-1); C. Gale-Lane (D) def. Holland-Plumly 5-7. 6-2, 6-3. Records– Oak Harbor 10-2 in league, 10-2 overall. Snohomish 11-0, 11-0.
Stanwood 6-7, Lake Stevens 1-0: Kahihi White defeated Katie Kaminski, 6-0, 6-2 in No. 1 singles to lead Stanwood in the first meet of a doubleheader. The No. 1 doubles team of Liz Curray and Tamara Godfrey won their match in meet two for Stanwood.
Singles– White (Stan) def. Kaminski, 6-0, 6-2; Mickels (Stan) def. Wilson, 6-3, 3-6 (7-3), ; Curray (Stan) def. Woolworth, 6-0, 6-3; Godfrey (Stan) def. Olsen, 6-1, 6-4. Doubles– McCown-Heath (LS) def. Karstetter-Definbough, won by forfeit; Stokes-Amundson (Stan) def. Bly-Vietti, 6-4, 7-5; Redfern-White (Stan) def. Grohn-Mace, 6-0, 6-1. Records-Stanwood 7-3 in league, 7-3 overall. Lake Stevens 3-6, 3-6.
Singles-White (Stan) def. Kaminski, 6-2, 6-2; Mickels (Stan) def. Woolworth, 6-0, 6-2; Redfern (Stan) def. Wilson, 6-3, 6-0; Queirolo (Stan) def. Olsen, 6-4, 6-1. Doubles– Curray-Godfrey (Stan) def. Heath-McCown, 6-4, 6-1; Amundson-Stokes (Stan) def. Bly-Grohn, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Palmer-Hodal (Stan) def. Mace-Vietti, 6-3, 6-1. Records-Stanwood 8-3 in league, 8-3 overall. Lake STevens 3-7, 3-7.
Cascade 4, Monroe 3: Cascade’s Julia Turner and LuAnn Anderson swept the deciding set 6-0 in their No. 3 doubles match to lead the Bruins to a Wesco North victory.
Singles– Li (C) def. Blanchard, 6-2, 6-1; Kolrud (M) def. Estes, 7-6 (6-3), 7-6 (6-3); Neat-Tape (M) def. Pugmire, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); Kollmeyer (C) def. Nelson, 6-3, 6-4. Doubles– Philips-Hughes (C) def. Thompson-Gragert, 6-1, 6-1; Fish-Herman (M) def. Fuguiao-Dawson, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5; Turner-Anderson (C) def. Manning-Meehan, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0. Records– Cascade 8-3 in league and overall. Monroe 5-7.
Jackson 7-6, Mariner 0-1: Jamie Crockett defeated Doan Tran in three sets, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 to capture No. 1 singles for Jackson in the first of two meets. Alexandra Platis defeated Anastasia Magdelana 6-0, 6-1 in No. 2 singles in the second meet.
Singles– Crockett (J) def. D. Tran, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Bhak (J) def. Magdelana, 6-4, 6-4; Platis (J) def. Barnett, 6-1, 6-0; Oh (J) def. Jayarjan, 6-0, 6-1. Doubles-Cluff-McDonough (J) def. Ly-T.Tran, 6-2, 6-2; Fernadez-Park (J) def. Klang-Tau, 6-0, 6-1; Rauen-Seth (J) def. Wiedey-Kinney, 6-0, 6-0. Records-Mariner 0-9 in league, 0-9 overall. Jackson 6-5, 6-5.
Singles– Olsen (E) def. Shen 6-2, 6-3; Mills (E) def. Roubound 6-1, 6-1; Christopher (E) def. Walsh 6-4, 6-3; DuLow (E) def. Auriemma 6-1, 6-3. Doubles-Walsh-Opdyke (SC) def. Bagge-Ervine 6-3, 6-0; Yoon-Mitev (SC) def. Smith-Le 4-6, 7-5, 6-4; Nielsen-Dulton (E) def. Owen-Abrego 6-4, 7-5. Records– Everett 6-5 in league and overall. Shorecrest 5-7, 5-7.
Meadowdale 4, Kamiak 3: The No. 3 doubles team of Sandra Lee and Angie Ma defeated Grace Chung and Anna-Marie Ness 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 to give Meadowdale its ninth Wesco South victory.
Singles– Hong (K) def. Subcleff, 6-1, 6-0; Ramfar (K) def. Frank, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4; Kharpko (M) def. Ro, 6-2, 6-0; Irwin (K) def. Sul, 6-1, 6-3 scores. Doubles– Finzer-Dizard (M def. Shuis-Ellstrom, 6-4, 6-4; Lee- Ma (M) def. Chung-Ness, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4; Kim-Haldeman (M) def. Deutsch-Fazel-Hashemi, 6-0, 6-1. Records-Kamiak 8-3 in league, 8-3-overall. Meadowdale 9-3, 9-3.
Girls golf
Wesco South Division A meet: Kamiak’s Shoko Natsume scored 33 Stableford points to lead the Knights to a team victory in the Wesco South meet.
Team results-Kamiak 143, Everett 119, Meadowdale 119, Lynnwood 19, Mariner 13. Kamiak-Shoko Natsume 33 (medalist), Casselman 32, Kim 27, Krebsbach 26, Rogers 25. Everett-Otness 30, Cooper 25, Elder 25, Barhanovich 21, Taylor 18. Meadowdale- Horgan 32, Hills 30, Whitman 25, Moalnni 22, Shelby 10. Lynnwood- Nicolas 7, Gilchrist 7, Sohi 5. Mariner-Shute 13. |
Wesco South B: Kim Shin captured medalist honors for Shorewood as Edmonds-Woodway captured the team title.
Team results- Edmonds-Woodway 98, Shorewood 91, Jackson 82, Shorecrest 69, Mountlake Terrace 58 Edmonds-Woodway- Barnhart 26, Long 21, Beier 20, Anderson 16, Fraine 15. Shorewood-Shin (medalist) 29, Jones 18, Jacobson 17, Ryu 14, Strosahl 13. Jackson- Lee 22, Garrity 19, Tambellini 17, Baer 16, Kreiger 8. Shorecrest- Malabanan 21, Thibaut 19, Wimmer 11, White 9, Schierberl 9. Mountlake Terrace- Beytebiere 15, Higgins 13, Thomson 13, Alexander 9, Baumler 8. |
Wesco North A: Tiffany Gordon won medalist honors for Oak Harbor. Stanwood, led by Claire Karlberg, captured the team title.
Team results-Stanwood 105, Mount Vernon 95, Oak Harbor 88, Arlington 49 Stanwood- Karlberg 24, Engstrom 22, Titus 22, Ludwig 21, Walrath 16. Mount Vernon-Schellhamer 25, Deterding 21, Poling 19, Van Nortwick 17, Blanc 13. OH- Gordon 29, Waller 24, Merritt 19, Ellis 12, Ortolani 4. Arlington- Pattermann 15, Whitman 13, Bowen 8, Hageman 7, Johnston 6. |
Wesco North B: Cascade’s Renee Skidmore shot at 2-over-par to capture medalist honors as Monroe took the team title.
Team results- Monroe 110, Lake Stevens 99, Snohomish 96, Marysville-Pilchuck 79, Cascade 70. Monroe-Trombley 24, Simmons 23, Westerman 23, Elsenbast 21, Peltonen 19. Lake Stevens-Nishikawa 23, Anderson 23, McKay 19. Lambert 19, Martinez 16. Snohomish-Sullivan 24, Olsen 22, Soraparu 20, Dorn 18, Covy 12. Marysville-Pilchuck-Shelton 19, Parker 17, C. Burns 15, R. Burns 15. Malone 13. Cascade-Skidmore (Medalist) 34, Hendry 12, Gullikson 12, Durkin 10, Wilson 2. |
Boys golf
Lynden Christian 218, Meridian 222, Lakewood 227, Nooksack Valley 254: Mike Simpson shot a 4-over 40 to lead Lakewood to a third-place finish at the North Cascades Conference meet.
Lynden Christian-VanderWal 39 (medalist), Evans 43, Gross 45, Groen 45, VanderHoge 46. Meridian- Wright 46, Rogers 40, Nyguen 46, Hoizenger 42, St. Piere 48. Lakewood-Simpson 40, Wells 45, Steinborn 49, Wedekind 44, Kaemingk 49. Nooksack Valley- DeJung 42, Sanford 57, Mathews 50, Lee 54, Pelleboer 51. |
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