Prep baseball roundup: Lakewood ‘takes care of business’

MARYSVILLE — Lakewood inched closer to Cascade Conference baseball leader Cedarcrest as the Cougars defeated Coupeville 7-2 Wednesday at Lakewood High School.

Cedarcrest — which is on its bye week — is in first place with a 12-3 record. Lakewood sits a half-game back with a record of 11-3. Archbishop Murphy lurks two games back of Lakewood at 9-5.

Cedarcrest and Lakewood conclude conference play next week. The Cougars play a three-game series against Granite Falls, which is tied for last place with South Whidbey, which plays Cedarcrest in a three-game series.

Next week’s games could go a long way in determining who receives the Cascade Conference’s two automatic berths to the district tournament.

“As long as we keep winning, we’re taking care of business,” Lakewood coach Larry Delaney said.

The Cougars used timely hitting and two Coupeville passed balls to score all seven of their runs in the fourth inning on Wednesday.

Jon Brown had two hits, including an RBI single in the fourth, and Marcus Harkins had two hits and two RBI to lead Lakewood.

Derek Grafenauer pitched a complete game for Lakewood, striking out five and allowing four hits.

“It was a solid performance,” Delaney said. “We took care of the ball defensively and it was a good solid performance.”

Alex Evans had two hits, incluing a home run for Coupeville.

At Lakewood H.S.

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Bagby, Evans (4) and K. Wilcox. Grafenauer and Leach, Etchey (5). WP—Grafenauer. LP—Bagby. HR—Evans (C). Records—Coupeville 8-9 league, 8-9 overall. Lakewood 11-3, 12-4.

South Whidbey 9, Archbishop Murphy 1: At Langley, the Falcons dealt a blow to Murphy’s hopes at earning one of the Cascade Conference’s two automatic district tournament berths by defeating the Wildcats.

John Adams had a double and two RBI, Lucas Yale was 3-for-4 with three runs, and Aaron Mannie was 2-for-4 to lead South Whidbey.

At S. Whidbey H.S.

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Howard, Healow (2), Hanley (4), Clancy (5), Davis (6) and J. Robinett. Adams and Mannie. WP—Adams. LP—Howard. 2B—Yale (SW), Adams (SW). 3B—Yale (SW). Records—Murphy 9-5 league, 9-5 overall. S. Whidbey 3-11, 4-12.

Shorecrest 4, Mariner 1: At Everett, James Robbins pitched a two-hitter and gave up only one run to lead Shorecrest to a Wesco South defeat of Mariner.

At Mariner H.S.

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Robbins and Leopold. Miloff, Rush (6) and Faga. WP—Robbins. LP—Miloff. 2B—Bayern (S) 1, Morrison (S) 1. Records—Shorecrest 4-8 league, 4-10 overall. Mariner 1-9, 3-10.

Lake Stevens 4, Arlington 2: At Lake Stevens, Joe Pulitano struck out five batters in a complete-game Wesco North win. Lake Stevens took control in the bottom of the fourth with three runs, including a solo home run from Matt Blacken.

At Lake Stevens H.S.

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Hanson and Street. Pulitano and Nelson. WP—Pulitano (1-2). LP—Hanson. 2B—Scarth (A) 1, Riggen (A) 1, Hollsworth (A) 1, Pulitano (LS) 1. HR—Blacken (LS) 1. Records—Lake Stevens 4-6 league, 6-7 overall. Arlington 2-7, 3-8.

Oak Harbor 5, Stanwood 3: At Oak Harbor, Chris Reilly went 2-for-4 with three RBI as the Wildcats captured the Wesco North contest. Michael Vaughan and Tom Enquist were each 2-for-3 with a run scored for Stanwood.

At Oak Harbor H.S.

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Phillips, Vaughan (6) and Joyce. Richter, Encinas and Encinas, Farnum (7). WP—Richter (2-1). LP—Phillips. S—Encinas. 2B—Weaver (OH), Phillips (S). Records—Stanwood 6-6 league, 8-7 overall. Oak Harbor 4-6, 6-8.

Meadowdale 9, Lynnwood 6: At Lynnwood, Jake Haight of Meadowdale pitched a complete game, allowing no earned runs, and was 2-for-4 at the plate with a RBI and a double.

At Meadowdale H.S.

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Gordon, Presby (5) , Kiser (6) and Smith. Haight and O’Neill. WP—Haight (2-2). LP—Gordon. 2B—Suh (M) 1, Haight (M) 1, Gorman (M) 1, Dooley (M) 1, Gordon (L) 1. Records—Lynnwood 2-10 league, 3-13 overall. Meadowdale 8-2, 9-5.

Monroe 7, Cascade 1: At Everett, Monroe’s Ian Parmley pitched a two-hitter, striking out four and walking three in the Wesco North game. Parmley also hit a double.

At Cascade H.S.

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Parmley and Andring. McPartland, Freeman (4), Duff (6), Davis (6), Wilson (7) and Carney. WP—Parmley. LP—McPartland. 2B—Parmley (M) 1, Baugh (M) 1, Hastings (M) 1. 3B—Frey (C) 1. Records—Monroe 8-1 league, 11-2 overall. Cascade 3-8, 4-10.

Kamiak 7, Edmonds-Woodway 3: At Mukilteo, Chris Guinn of Kamiak was 1-for-3 with an RBI, two runs and three stolen bases, including a steal of home in the second inning.

At Kamiak H.S.

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Stepenski, Betts (5) and Swartz. Ever, Groves (4), Bennett (5) and Smullin. WP—Bennett (1-0). LP—Stepenski. 2B—Sorter (K) 1, Guinn (K) 1. Records—E-W 7-5 league, 7-7 overall. Kamiak 4-6, 6-8.

Snohomish 10, Everett 0 (5 innings): At Snohomish, Devon Ford’s two-run fifth-inning RBI single ended the contest because of the 10-run rule as Snohomish remained perfect with a 10-0 record in Wesco North play.

Cameron Woolsley, Nate Mullins, and Lance Foster each had a pair of hits for Snohomish.

At Snohomish H.S.

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Gardner, Juarez (3) and Herrick. Wolfe and Chandler, Ford (5). WP—Wolfe. LP—Gardner. 2B—Woolsley (S), Mullins (S), Ford (S). Records—Everett 4-8 league, 4-10 overall. Snohomish 10-0, 13-1.

Sultan 3, Granite Falls 2 (8 innings): At Sultan, Jeff Van Wyngarden singled home Robin Nuyan in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Turks edged the Tigers in the Cascade Conference contest.

Sultan’s Corey Gorman pitched a complete game, striking out 13 in eight innings of work.

At Granite Falls H.S.

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Reed and Jones. Gorman and Romeijn. WP—Gorman. LP—Reed. Records—Sultan 6-8 league, 6-10 overall. Granite Falls 2-12, 2-14.