Prep Roundup: Kamiak boys win Purple Cup golf tournament

MUKILTEO — When the weather doesn’t cooperate in golf, give the advantage to the home team.

In the “Purple Cup” between Kamiak, Oak Harbor, Lake Stevens and Snohomish, the boys golfers battled Harbour Pointe as well as the wind, rain and darkness Monday.

The home team — Kamiak — ran away with this one shooting 294 as a team, which was 46 strokes better than second-place Lake Stevens.

Snohomish was third with a 347 and Oak Harbor finished shooting 414.

Darkness forced the teams to play just 14 holes, which made Kamiak’s Mark Strickland’s score even more eye-popping. The Western Washington-bound senior braved the elements and shot par (56) to take medalist honors.

“Mark is going to be one of those guys all season long leading our team,” Kamiak coach Jeff Tobin said.

Strickland lead off the tournament with an eagle on the 10th hole—the tournament’s starting hole. With a strong wind at his back, Strickland stroked his driver, cutting the corner of the dogleg and hit the green with a nine-iron.

All five Kamiak golfers shot scores below the rest of the field.

The nonleague match got its name from the colors of three of the four teams. Snohomish coach Joe Mutcheson gets to bring his boys because he Tobin and Oak Harbor coach John Matzen are three of the longest tenured coaches in the league and have been friends for years.

This was Kamiak’s final tune up prior to the Dolan Invite where the Knight’s are defending champions. The tournament, held next Monday at Everett Golf and Country Club is one of two prestigous tourneys before the playoffs begin.

Purple Cup At Harbour Pointe G.C.

14 holes

Number of holes played, par for that number of holes

Kamiak: Mark Strickland 56 (Medalist), Brandon Hill 57, Abe Kim 59, Mason Tomlinson 60, Chris Hatch 62

Oak Harbor: Judd Ford 67, Matt Fikse 70, Greg Martin 87, Jim Nguyen 88, David Bunch 102

Snohomish: Shaw Brill 65, Tyler Hella 66, Zach Martinson 71, Jacob Smullin 72, Jacob Baird

Lake Stevens: Kyle Gellner 65, Mitch Girard 68, Patrick Barrett 68, Austin Sigl 68, Nick Paylor 69

Baseball

Oak Harbor 11 , Everett 2: At Oak Harbor, Oak Harbor picked up its first Wesco North win of the year thanks to a nice effort by Gabe Clark. The Oak Harbor pitcher made it tough on the Seagulls for six innings giving up just one earned run and allowing one walk against three strikeouts. Clark picked up his third win of the year. Nate Young was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and batted in for Oak Harbor.

At Oak Harbor H.S.

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Wetmore, Marthaller (4), Landon (6) and Elder. Gabe Clark, Yale Rosen (7), and Brad Farnum, David Tillotson (6). WP—Clark (3-1). LP—Marthaller. 2B—Henry (E) 1, Barhanovich (E) 1, Kian Mebane (O) 1 3B—Brad Farnum (O) Records—Everett 0-3 league, 1-6 overall. Oak Harbor 1-4,4-5.

Lakewood 11, South Whidbey 4: At Langley, Michael Leach batted 2-for-3 with a three-run home run and a double, and Kevin Harnden was 2-for-3 with three runs scored in the Cascade Conference game.

At South Whidbey H.S.

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Melhart, Scott Harnden (6), Blount (7) and Leach. Hawkinson, Lewis (3), Brown (6) and Woodbury. WP—last name (record). LP—Hawkinson (1-2). 2B—Leach (L), Bennett (SW). HR—Leach (L). Records—Lakewood 5-4 league, 5-4 overall. South Whidbey 3-4, 5-4.

Boys soccer

Snohomish 2, Monroe 1: At Monroe, With 12 minutes left in the game a Monroe defensive error allowed Panthers John Jaeger and Nathan Hein to maneuver unguarded in the box. Hein fed Jaeger for the game-winning goal and Snohomish extended it’s lead atop the Wesco North. Monroe rallied late but the Bearcats best chance deflected off the crossbar. Snohomish’s (6-1-1 league and overall) Carson Pingrey had an unassisted goal past goalie Jose Perez Jr to open the scoring. Monroe’s (2-2-3) Andrew Barrett scored on Panther keeper Cody Melander thanks to an assist from Quinn Coan.

Girls tennis

Edmonds-Woodway 7, Meadowdale 0

At Edmonds-Woodway H.S.

Singles—Amanda Waldron (E-W) def. Josie Dow 6-0, 7-5; Jane Hong (E-W) def. Olivia Bates 7-5, 6-2; Michelle Nelson (E-W) def. Isabel Reeb 6-0, 6-1; Michelle Tran (E-W) def. McKenzie Mitchell 6-4, 6-2. Doubles—Sarah Fine-Sophie Roben (E-W) def. Vanessa Woo-Natalie Buslach 7-5, 6-4; Annie Wilson-Liz Wilson (E-W) def. Kayleigh Barrett-Brianna Bishop 6-4, 6-2; Mackenzie O’Brien-Mikala Valdez (E-W) def. Sarah Hamburg-Jennifer Bishop 6-4, 6-1. Records—Meadowdale 4-2 overall. Edmonds-Woodway 4-1.

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