Snohomish girls stride past Tommies, Warriors and Scots

LYNNWOOD — When these old rivals get together they don’t allow themselves to become distracted by the presence of others.

Snohomish and Marysville-Pilchuck runners swept the top-15 places and the Panthers edged the Tomahawks for the team title in a four-team Western Conference meet held under sunny skies at Lynndale Park Wednesday.

The Panthers’ Ellie Bonner overtook M-P’s Haley Nemra to claim first place and lead a pack of five Snohomish runners in the top-nine. Snohomish scored 24 points for the team title. M-P placed second with 33, followed by host Edmonds-Woodway (90) and Shorecrest (99).

“They just ran away with it,” Edmonds-Woodway coach Regina Joyce said of the domination by Snohomish and Marysville-Pilchuck.

Joyce said despite what she described as perfect weather the 3.1 mile course was a little slow due to heavy rain the previous night. Bonner came from behind to pass Nemra and win by six seconds in a time of 18 minutes, 10 seconds.

“Ellie managed to catch her in the last half-mile,” Joyce said of Bonner’s victory. “Snohomish was very impressive, but I don’t think they were running that hard because they have a big invitational in California on Saturday.”

At Lynndale Park

3.1 miles

Team scores—Snohomish 24, M-P 33, E-W 90, Shorecrest 99.

Snohomish—1. Bonner 18:10, 3. Whybark 18:48, 5. Fairbanks 19:05, 6. Bastian 19:12, 9. Vjifusa 19:54. M-P—2. Nemra 18:16, 4. Answorth 19:01, 7. Kimmel 19:12, 8. Schafer 19:39, 12. Whitson 20:29. E-W—16. Lee 20:41, 20. Brewster 20:55, 21. Hopper 21:01, 28. Melnikas 21:55, 30. Paine 22:08. Shorecrest—17. Lyons 20:42, 23. Greider 21:16, 25. Lizarraga 21:23, 29. Mochrke 22:05, 34. Pence 22:43,

Boys cross country

Snohomish 24, Edmonds-Woodway 51, Marysville-Pilchuck 71, Shorecrest 87: Chris Goodman placed second to lead a pack of five Snohomish runners among the top-seven as the Panthers claimed the team title in the Western Conference meet. E-W’s Yon Yilma cruised over the soggy 3.1 mile Lynndale Park course in 15:31, well off the course record he set last season, to take first place and help the Warriors secure second place in the team standings.

“Snohomish just took it from the (starting) gun and killed us,” E-W coach Regina Joyce said. “They’re young and fast.”

At Lynndale Park

3.1 miles

Snohomish—2. Goodman 15:45, 4. Wolfe 15:55, 5. Byrd 16:01, 6. Bastian 16:02, 7. Weed 16:02. Edmonds-Woodway—1. Yilma 15:31, 8. Grover 16:05, 15. Hehn 16:38, 16. Schofield 16:40, 18. Bailey 16:42. Marysville-Pilchuck—3. Canphere 15:50, 12. Crenshaw 16:27, 19. Rasmussen 16:43, 20. Mangat 16:44, 29. Laquian 17:29. Shorecrest—9. McConaughy 16:12, 21. Freeborn 16:45, 22. Novack 16:49, 24. Hans 17:00, 26. Porter 17:09.

Tennis

Jackson 5, Shorewood 2: At Mill Creek, Kevin Law and Wesley Jacobsen outlasted their opponents 6-3, 7-5 at No. 3 doubles to highlight unbeaten Jackson’s victory in the Wesco South meet.

At Jackson H.S.

Singles—Oam (J) def. Shin, 6-0, 6-0; Choi (J) def. Iwasaki, 6-1, 6-2; Rojas (J) def. Dudley, 6-3, 6-2; Bae (J) def. McCall 6-0, 6-2. Doubles—Reni-McConnell (S) def. Kwong-Oh, 6-3, 6-1; McAuliffe-wilson (S) def. Pence-Taylor, 6-4, 6-4; Law-Jacobsen (J) def. Chung-Kalman 6-3, 7-5. Records—Jackson 7-0 in league and overall. Shorewood 4-3, 4-3.

Shorecrest 7, Lynnwood 0: At Lynnwood, Matt LaCourse of Shorecrest won a competitive showdown with Lynnwood’s Justin Ansdell in No. 1 singles, and the Scots went on to sweep the Wesco South meet.

At Lynnwood H.S.

Singles—LaCourse (S) def. Ansdell 6-3, 6-4; Hollerback (S) def. A. Nguyen 6-0, 6-3; Tanaka (S) def. Yuen 1-6, 6-3, 6-1; Bright (S) def. Tjok 5-7, 6-1, 6-1. Doubles—Sharkey-Cellis (S) def. Wieben-B. Nguyen 6-0, 6-0; Olson-Uppinghouse (S) def. Magnanent-Robertson 6-0, 6-0; Janbor-Dalton (S) def. Maung-T.Nguyen 6-2, 6-2. Records—Shorecrest 3-4 in league and overall, Lynnwood 1-7, 1-7.

Mountlake Terrace 6, Mariner 1: At Mountlake Terrace, Rhett Bouche won a straight-sets victory in the No. 1 singles match to help Mountlake Terrace earn the Wesco South victory.

At Mountlake Terrace H.S.

Singles—Bouche (MLT) def. Bustos, 6-0, 6-2; McMahon (MLT) def. Abarro, 6-1, 6-1; Berry (MLT) def. Ha. Nguyen, 6-1, 6-2; Muskavage (MLT) def. Lock, 6-2, 6-0. Doubles—Raunio-Kim (MLT) def. Lee-Chung, 6-0, 6-4; Seng-Syaharath (Ma) def. Liu-Balton, 6-2, 6-2; Forde-Siriyanonh (MLT) def. Schu-He. Nguyen, 7-5, 6-1. Records—Mariner 0-7 in league and overall. Mountlake Terrace 2-5, 2-5.

Kamiak 7, Meadowdale 0: At Mukilteo, Kamiak’s Blake Strickland and Brian Jeon battled back-and-forth with Meadowdale’s Jeff Lee and Andrew Peterson before emerging victorious (5-7, 6-4, 6-4) at No. 3 doubles to highlight the Wesco South division meet.

“It was a great effort and both sides were cheering their teams on,” Kamiak coach Vic Alinen said. “There was a lot of chest bumping going on and it was fun to watch.”

At Kamiak H.S.

Singles—Ahn (K) def. Casper 6-2, 6-2; Oh (K) def. Behmke 1-6, 7-5, 6-0; Klaczynski (K) def. Haight 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4; Song (K) def. Vu 6-4, 6-2. Doubles—Patterson-Kato (K) def. sherrill-Pham 6-3, 7-6 (7-5); Zajac-Yang def. Moss-Pierce 6-1, 7-5; Strickland-Jeon (K) def. Lee-Peterson 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Records—Meadowdale 3-4 in league and overall. Kamiak 7-0, 7-0.

Snohomish 7, Lake Stevens 0: At Lake Stevens, Chad Merkley won a straight-sets victory in the No. 1 singles match to get Snohomish started toward the Wesco North victory.

At Lake Stevens H.S.

Singles—Merkley (S) def. Kesler, 6-2, 6-2; Kent (S) def. Hahn, 6-2, 6-2; Stockwell (S) def. Franzmann, 6-0, 6-3; Pecha (S) def. Perez, 6-1, 6-3. Doubles—Ratzke-Shields (S) def. Giddens-Orwiler, 6-4, 6-2; Thomsen-Prete (S) def. Jerede-Coleman, 6-0, 6-1; Chittenden-Scott (S) def. Smith-Johnson, 6-0, 6-2. Records—Snohomish 7-0 in league and overall. Lake Stevens 0-6.

Oak Harbor 4, Monroe 3: At Monroe, Derek Thomas and Ryan Evans won straight-sets victories in the No. 3 and 4 singles matches to help Oak Harbor earn the Wesco North victory.

At Monroe H.S.

Singles—C. Amsberry (M) def. Lura, 7-5, 6-2; T. Amsberry (M) def. Abrahams, 6-1, 6-4; Thomas (O) def. Adams, 6-3, 6-0; R. Evans (O) def. MacIntyre, 7-5, 6-1. Doubles—Harris-Simon (M) def. Kingma-Valles, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3; Jewell-Bragg (O) def. Carel-Hastings, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(10-8); Whitley-J. Evans (O) def. Nelson-Edwards, 6-0, 6-1. Records—Oak Harbor 4-3 in league and overall. Monroe 1-5.

Stanwood 6, Everett 1: At Stanwood, Drew Kidd rallied from a set down to win the No. 2 singles match 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, helping Stanwood to victory in the Wesco North meet.

At Stanwood H.S.

Singles—Monro (E) def. Koetje, 6-0, 6-0; Kidd (S) def. Troving, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Klempel (S) def. Dunn, 6-1, 6-2; Herigstad (S) def. Ellison, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles—Schonberg-Beauchamp (S) def. Yang-Towers, 6-1, 6-4; McLaughlin-Nelson (S) def. Samuel-Iringan, 7-6 (6), 6-2; Luck-Meyer (S) def. Church-Lichneckert, 6-2, 6-4. Records—Everett 1-6 in league and overall. Stanwood 7-1.

Marysville-Pilchuck 4, Arlington 3: At Marysville, With the meet’s outcome down to the final doubles match, Marysville-Pilchuck’s Lucas Stevens and Kyle Willis rallied from a one-set deficit to beat Arlington’s Collin Johnson and Zach Tankersley, lifting the Tomahawks to the Wesco North victory.

At Marysville-Pilchuck H.S.

Singles—Aylesworth (A) def. Dyer 1-6, 7-5, 6-2; Meyer (A) def. Butner 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-2; Hanks (MP) def. Boulton 6-1, 6-2; Silva (MP) def. McElroy 0-6, 6-4, 6-1. Doubles—Gilbertson-Jacobsen (MP) def. Heath-Morin 7-5, 6-3; Davis-Cobb (A) def. Wall-Jensen 6-4, 6-0; Stevens-Willis (MP def. Johnson-Tankersley 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Records—Marysville-Pilchuck is 4-3 in league and overall. Arlington is 2-5, 2-5.

Ferndale 5, South Whidbey 2: At Ferndale, Van Morgan came back to edge his opponent 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the No. 3 singles match to highlight South Whidbey’s effort in a non-conference meet in which Ferndale swept the doubles.

At Ferndale H.S.

Singles—Newman (SW) def. Hanson 6-2, 6-1; Linn (F) def. Snow 6-1, 6-2; Morgan (SW) def. Obra 2-6, 7-5, 6-4; Young (F) def. Adams 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Doubles—Zanin-Pothier (F) def. Hough-Idson 6-1, 6-3; Carlson-Strange (F) Neubauer-Potter 6-2, 6-4; Ebert-Unger (F) def. Ewing-Arvizu 6-3, 6-3. Records—Not reported.

Volleyball

La Conner 3, Orcas Island 0: At Orcas Island, Shelby Zanoni had 27 assists and was 15-for-15 serving to lead La Conner (4-0 in league and overall) to the 25-7, 25-15, 25-17 victory over Orcas Island (1-2, 2-3) in the Northwest 2B League match.