BELLINGHAM – After the first day of state qualifying Wednesday at Civic Field, Shorecrest stood strong among the Northwest District 3A teams with individuals headed toward the championship.
The Shorecrest girls team scored 23 points, and currently occupies third place behind Ferndale (36.5 points) and Sehome (28). The top-three individual placers qualify for state.
Shorecrest’s Amy Farquhar placed third in the high jump with a 5-foot leap to send her to state behind Ferndale’s Meghan Dahl and Kimmie Halwachs.
Farquhar was joined by teammate Becky Scherer, whose 120-foot, 6-inch discus throw placed her second to qualify.
Lynnwood finished with eight points, and had no qualifiers as of Wednesday.
On the boys side, Lynnwood had 16 points, Shorecrest 14 and Meadowdale 12, good for fourth, fifth and seventh places, respectively.
Lynnwood’s Parys Fox won the long jump with a leap of 21-7.75, and was followed by Shorecrest’s Shane Hoffman in second with a jump of 21-0.25.
Meadowdale’s Duncan Hendrick qualified in the 1600-meter run with a time of 4 minutes, 23.39 seconds for third place.
The qualifying continues Friday at Civic Field in Bellingham.
Girls
Finals Only
At Civic Field, Bellingham
Team results-Ferndale 36.5, Sehome 28, Shorecrest 23, Squalicum 17, Bellingham 15, Lynden 15, Burlington-Edison 13.5, Lynnwood 18.
3,200-Schick (Squalicum) 11:40.9, Engle (Bellingham) 22:42.59, Duffy (Sehome) 11:42.92; Discus-McCarrell (Ferndale) 132-2, Scherer (Shorecrest) 120-6, Walker (Sehome) 112-7; High jump-Dahl (Ferndale) 5-4, Halwachs (Ferndale) 5-1, Farquhar (Shorecrest) 5-0; Long jump-Lindquist (Lynden) 17-5.75, Wayman (Burlington-Edison) 17-2, Ball (Ferndale) 16-8.75;
Boys
Finals Only
At Civic Field, Bellingham
Team results-Sehome 45, Bellingham 41, Burlington-Edison 32, Lynnwood 16, Ferndale 15, Shorecrest 14, Meadowdale 12, Anacortes 10, Sedro-Woolley 6, Squalicum 4.
1,600-Hermann (Bellingham) 4:20.42, Favinger (Sehome) 4:21.67, Hendrick (Meadowdale) 4:23.39; Javelin-Voorhees (Burlington-Edison) 169-9, Lincoln (Bellingham) 168-11, Brown (Sehome) 167-11; Shot put-Pitner (Anacortes) 55-7, Eichelberger (Sehome) 53-6.5, Carter (Bellingham) 52-6; Long jump-Fox (Lynnwood) 21-7.75, Hoffman (Shorecrest) 21.0.25, Eldridge (Lynnwood) 20-8.5; Pole vault-Stroud (Burlington-Edison) 14-3, Jensen (Sehome) 14-3, Hentz (Bellingham) 14-3.
Softball
Evergreen Lutheran 11, Darrington 4: Darrington freshman Kristi Turner was 1-for-2 with a two-run double in the third inning of the Class B playoff loss.
At Des Moines
Darrington003001-437
Evergreen Luth.201146-1470
King and Thompson. Strege, Green (5) and Betts. WP-Strege. LP-King. 2B-Turner (D). Records-Darrington 4-11 overall. Evergreen Lutheran not reported.
Boys golf
North Cascades Conference 2A District One: Meridian’s Evan Needham shot a 156 to claim the medal at the District One 2A championships. Blaine landed the championship with a low of 74. The top seven golfers are headed to state.
At Avalon Golf &Country Club
Team results-Blaine 74, South Whidbey 65, Meridian 49, Lakewood 49, Lynden Christian 7, Nooksack Valley 4, Mount Baker 1.
Individual results-Needham (medalist-Meridian), Dudley (B), Strong (SW), Aernie (SW), Hillard (B), Stauffer (B), Noteboom (L).
Girls golf
North Cascades Conference 2A District One: Of the nine girls headed to the state championship, Nooksack Valley’s Gena Weinheimer took the medal with 173 strokes. Nooksack Valley nabbed the District One 2A title.
At Avalon Golf &Country Club
Team results-Nooksack Valley 71.5, Mount Baker 61.5, South Whidbey 58.5, Meridian 21.5, Blaine 5.
Individual results-Weinheimer (medalist-NV) 173, Quinn (NV) 174, Fox (MB) 174, Pan (SW) 187, Opstad (M) 190, Phillips (MB) 190, Johnson (SW) 195, Emert (NV) 196.
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