STANWOOD — A little revenge against a big rival can be nice.
It can be even better when you do it on the rival’s home court.
The Snohomish boys tennis team did just that Monday, knocking off defending Wesco North champion Stanwood 5-2 on the road, and clinching the 2007 championship after finishing second in the division a year ago.
“The kids are feeling pretty good right now,” Snohomish coach Dick Jansen said. “The kids are on a high.”
Stanwood juggled its lineup for this meet by moving its Nos. 2-4 singles players to doubles. The Spartans did win two of the three doubles matches, but the contest was already decided before the doubles matches got started.
“Our kids rose to the occasion and won all the singles matches,” Jansen said. “We wrapped up the meet before doubles started.”
Chad Merkley won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 1 singles and Brandon Kent won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles to start the Panthers off. Both boast records of 13-1 this season.
Snohomish clinched the match when Zach Stockwell won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles and Reed Pecha won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4 singles.
Jansen added that the team will now turn its focus toward finishing strong in its final two matches and the postseason.
“It’s nice we have this wrapped up,” he said.
At Stanwood H.S.
Singles—Merkley (Sno.) def. Koetje, 6-1, 6-4; Kent (Sno.) def. Kline, 6-1, 6-1; Stockwell (Sno.) def. Heintz, 6-0, 6-0; Pecha (Sno.) def. Brodin, 6-0, 6-1. Doubles—Ratzke-Shields (Sno.) def. Schonberg-Beauchamp, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3; Kidd-Klempel (Stan.) def. Thomsen-Prete, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Herigstad-McLaughlin (Stan.) def. Scott-Stocker, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-2. Records—Snohomish 14-0 league and overall. Stanwood 11-3.
Lynnwood 5, Mariner 2: At Lynnwood, Daniel Yuen was victorious in a second-set tiebreaker to win the No. 1 singles match and help Lynnwood earn the Wesco South victory.
At Lynnwood H.S.
Singles—Yuen (L) def. Abano, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); Sim (L) def. Bustos, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5; Lee (M) def. Tjok, 6-0, 6-0; Syharath (M) def. B. Nguyen, 6-0, 6-2. Doubles—P. Nguyen-Maung (L) def. H. Nguyen-Locke, 6-4, 6-3; Wieben-A. Nguyen (L) def. Sang-Chung, 6-1, 6-4; Ansdell-Magnenat (L) def. D. Nguyen-H. Nguyen, 6-0, 6-2. Records—Mariner 0-14 in league and overall. Lynnwood 2-13.
Jackson 4, Kamiak 3: At Mukilteo, Kamiak’s Chris Klaczynski defeated Julio Rojas 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 at No. 3 singles, but it wasn’t enough as the Timberwolves edged the Knights in the Wesco South match.
Klaczynski, who also beat Rojas in the first set before dropping the next two in the pair’s previous meeting this year, came back to win the third set this time, thanks to some words from Kamiak coach Vic Alinen.
“I said, ‘Son you gotta remember how you played the first set,’” Alinen said. “He regrouped and refocused and played a great third set.”
At Kamiak H.S.
Singles—Oam (J) def. J. Oh, 6-0, 6-1; Choi (J) def. Ahn, 6-3, 7-5; Klaczynski (K) def. Rojas, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Bae (J) def. Yang, 6-2, 6-2. Doubles—Patterson-Zajac (K) def. Kwong-Pence, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5; D. Oh-Chu (J) def. Jeon-Kato, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Song-Strickland (K) def. Jacobsen-Law, 6-1, 6-2. Records—Jackson 12-1 league and overall. Kamiak 9-4.
Oak Harbor 6, Lake Stevens 1: At Lake Stevens, Derek Thomas won 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 at No. 2 singles as Oak Harbor swept the singles matches en route to the Wesco North win.
At Lake Stevens H.S.
Singles—Lura (OH) def. Kesler, 6-3, 6-1; Thomas (OH) def. Franzmann, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Abrahmase (OH) def. Hahn, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0; R. Evans (OH) def. Fromm, 7-5, 6-3. Doubles—Kingma-Jewell (OH) def. K. Coleman-Z. Coleman, 7-5, 8-6; Valles-Whitkey (OH) def. Smith-Johnson, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5; Giddens-Orwiler (LS) def. J. Evans-Merritt, 6-3, 6-3. Records—Oak Harbor 7-6 league and overall. Lake Stevens 1-13.
Cascade 6, Marysville-Pilchuck 1: At Marysville, Sopheak Seng of Cascade won three straight games after falling behind 5-4 to beat M-P’s Kyle Hanks 7-5 in the decisive third set at No. 2 singles as Cascade won the Wesco North match.
Seng took the first set 6-3, before dropping the second set 6-4.
At Maryville-Pilchuck H.S.
Singles—Nguyen (C) def. Jacobsen, 6-1, 6-2; Seng (C) def. Hanks, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; Pham (C) def. Silva, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Beaver (C) def. Jensen, 7-5, 6-4. Doubles—Dyer-Butner (MP) def. T. Le-Phetsadakone, 6-2, 6-3; Abad-B. Le (C) def. Wall-Gilbertson, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 6-2; Thongdy-Chung (C) def. Stevens-Willis, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3). Records—Cascade 11-3 league and overall. M-P 6-7.
Meadowdale 4, Mountlake Terrace 3: At Mountlake Terrace, Josh Wurtz of Meadowdale beat Brett Muskavage 6-4, 7-5 at No. 3 singles as Meadowdale won the the Wesco South match.
At Mountlake Terrace H.S.
Singles—Bouche (MLT) def. Casper, 6-3, 6-1; Bohmke (M) def. McMahon, 7-5, 6-2; Wurtz (M) def. Muskavage, 6-4, 7-5; Liu (MLT) def. Lee, 6-4, 6-2. Doubles—Haight-Donnelly (M) def. Siryanonh-Clinch, 6-2, 6-2; Ravnio-Kim (MLT) def. Moss-Pierce, 6-2, 6-3; Pham-Sherrill (M) def. Lorraine-Gill, 6-3, 6-3. Records—Meadowdale 6-6 league and overall. MLT 3-9.
Monroe 5, Arlington 2: At Monroe, Cooper and Trevor Amsberry both won 6-0, 6-2 and No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, as Monroe swept the singles matches to win the Wesco North match.
At Monroe H.S.
Singles—C. Amsberry (M) def. Aylesworth, 6-0, 6-2; T. Amsberry (M) def. Meyer, 6-0, 6-2; Simon (M) def. Boulton, 6-3, 6-4; Hastings (M) def. McElroy, 7-5, 6-1. Doubles—MacIntyre-Adams (M) def. Heath-Morin, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Carel-Meeus (A) def. Johnson-Fernando, 6-4, 6-1; Edwards-Nelson (A) def. Cobb-Davis, 6-1, 6-2. Records—Monroe 3-10 league and overall. Arlington 5-9.
Edmonds-Woodway 5, Shorewood 2: At Shoreline, Willie Guo won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles as Edmonds-Woodway remained in first place and undefeated in the Wesco South.
At Shoreview Park
Singles—Guo (EW) def. Shin, 6-0, 6-0; Cho (EW) def. Dudley, 6-3, 6-0; Stepenski (EW) def. Gnanapragasam, 6-2, 7-5; Warren (EW) def. Chung, 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-0. Doubles—Reni-McConnell (S) def. Ortiz-Maldazys, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Wilson-McAuliffe (S) def. Lave-Knell, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Lagucik-Fredrickson (EW0 def. McCall-Iwasaki, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. Records—E-W 14-0 league and overall. Shorewood 8-5.
South Whidbey 6, Sedro-Woolley 1: At Sedro-Woolley, Dan Morgan won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles to lead the Falcons over the Cubs in the non-conference match.
At Sedro-Woolley H.S.
Singles—Newman (S. Whid.) def. Schweigert, 6-0, 6-1; Snow (S. Whid.) def. Backstrom, 6-1, 6-0; Morgan (S. Whid.) def. Esary, 6-0, 6-0; Adams (S. Whid.) def. Anderson, 6-2, 6-1. Doubles—Twedt-Lee (S-W) def. Idso-Hough, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4; Neubauer-Potter (S. Whid.) def. McGoffin-Morgand, 6-2, 6-3; Ewing-Arvizu (S. Whid.) def. Richards-Mann, 6-2, 6-2.
Girls soccer
Lakewood 2, King’s 0: At Shoreline, the Cougars beat the Knights for the first time in school history behind two goals from Hayley Bustad as Lakewood won the Cascade Conference contest.
Bustad was assisted by Courtney Prosser and Erin Dierickx.
Emily Steinborn recorded her second shutout of the year in goal for Lakewood.
At Shoreline Stadium
Goals—Lakewood: Bustad 2. Assists—Lakewood: Prosser, Dierickx. Goalkeepers—Lakewood: Steinborn. King’s: McDevitt. Records—Lakewood 5-4 league, 6-5 overall. King’s 5-4, 5-4-1.
Volleyball
North Sound Christian 3, Shoreline Christan JV 1: At Shoreline, North Sound Christian won 25-14, 25-12, 24-26, 25-16 in the non-league match.
Elyse Bunger had 14 kills and five aces, Tori Speck had 13 digs and Maylisa Chung had 21 assists for North Sound Christian.
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