STANWOOD – Snohomish teammates Chad Merkley and Brandon Kent will play for the Wesco North boys tennis singles championship. Meanwhile, the doubles semifinals will be an all-Stanwood vs. Snohomish affair.
Merkley and Kent survived quarterfinal and semifinal matches Friday at Stanwood High School.
Stanwood’s top-seeded doubles team of Daniel Redfern and Zach Tafoya will take on fifth-seeded Reed Pecha and Zack Stockwell of Snohomish in one semifinal. Second-seeded Drew Kidd and Kyle Koetje of Stanwood face fourth-seeded Andy Bell and Aaron Sher in the other.
At Stanwood H.S.
Singles
Quarterfinals-Merkley (Snohomish) def. Hovde (Stanwood) 6-2, 6-1; Nguyen (Cascade) def. Kesler (Lake Stevens) 6-2, 6-2; Kent (Snohomish) def. Lura (Oak Harbor) 6-1, 6-1; Combest-Friedman (Stanwood) def. C. Amsberry 0-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Semifinals-Merkley def. Nguyen 7-5, 6-3; Kent def. Combest-Friedman 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles
First round-Redfern-Tafoya (Stanwood) bye; MacIntyre-Adams (Monroe) def. Bergan-Newby (Lake Stevens) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; Pecha-Stockwell (Snohomish) def. Valdez-Schulle (Oak Harbor) 6-0, 6-0; Trinh-Montgomery (Cascade) def. Anderson-Gilbertson (Marysville-Pilchuck) 7-6, 7-5; Bell-Sher (Snohomish) def. Rico-Evans (Oak Harbor) 6-0, 6-0; Lamprecht-Chup (Cascade) def. Harris-Simon (Monroe) 6-3, 7-5; Stadum-Newman (Marysville-Pilchuck) def. Jerde-Giddens (Lake Stevens) 6-3, 6-0; Kidd-Koetje (Stanwood) bye.
Quarterfinals-Redfern-Tafoya def. MacIntyre-Adams 6-0, 6-0; Pecha-Stockwell def. Trinh-Montgomery 6-3, 6-4; Bell-Sher def. Lamprecht-Chup 6-3, 6-4; Kidd-Koetje def. Stadum-Newman 7-6, 4-6, 7-6.
Wesco South meet: At Mill Creek, top seeds Richard Oam and Alex Lin of Jackson remained on a collision course, each winning a quarterfinal match to reach the singles semifinals. Sixth-seeded Rhett Bouche of Mountlake Terrace upset third-seeded Matt Patterson of Kamiak to reach the semis. Fifth-seeded Abraham Ahn of Kamiak upset fourth seeded Jake Douglass of Shorewood in the quarterfinals.
In doubles, the top two seeded teams – Scott Sheldon and Willie Guo of Edmonds-Woodway and Jesse Knutson and Spencer Mestel of Shorewood – advanced to the semifinals. In the day’s most hotly contested match, fourth-seeded Nick Kang and Brian Bae of Jackson edged fifth-seeded John Khrapko and Danny Evans of Kamiak, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (8-10), 7-5.
At Jackson H.S.
Singles
First round-Oam (Jackson) bye; Robertson (Edmonds-Woodway) def. Chu (Mariner) 6-0, 6-1; Ahn (Kamiak) def. Truong (Mountlake Terrace) 6-4, 6-0; Douglass (Shorewood) bye; Patterson (Kamiak) bye; Bouche (Mountlake Terrace) def. Bustos (Mariner) 6-3, 6-1; Roma (Edmonds-Woodway ) def. Shin (Shorewood) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0; Lin (Jackson) bye.
Quarterfinals-Oam def. Robertson 6-1, 6-1; Ahn def. Douglass 6-0, 6-2; Bouche def. Patterson 1-6, 6-4, 6-3; Lin def. Roma 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles
First round-Sheldon-W. Guo (Edmonds-Woodway) bye; Reni-McConnell (Shorewood) def. McMahon-Meskavage (Mountlake Terrace) 6-2, 7-5; Khrapko-Evans (Kamiak) def. Lee-Chung (Mariner) 6-1, 6-0; Kang-Bae (Jackson) bye; Kagawa-Johnson (Kamiak) bye; Cho-S. Guo (Edmonds-Woodway) def. Thor-Sihombing (Mariner) 6-1, 6-0; Buser-Turner (Jackson) def. Floresca-Berry (Mountlake Terrace) 6-1, 6-1; Knutson-Mestel (Shorewood) bye.
Quarterfinals-Sheldon-W. Guo def. Reni-McConnell 6-1, 6-3; Kang-Bae def. Khrapko-Evans 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (8-10), 7-5; Cho-S. Guo def. Kagawa-Johnson 6-3, 6-1; Knutson-Mestel def. Buser-Turner 6-1, 6-1.
Wesco 3A meet: At Mill Creek, Marco Dehmel and Matt LaCourse of Shorecrest reached the singles semifinals. LaCourse plays Everett’s Andy Monro today. Dehmel plays Meadowdale’s Patrick Donnally. Meadowdale advanced two doubles teams. Brothers Blaine and Jace Sherrill play Brian Sharkey and David Ehrlichman of Shorecrest in one semifinal. The Mavericks’ Blaine Weller and Jake Haight face Alex Schultz and Tyler Allen of Everett in the other semi.
At Jackson H.S.
Singles
Play-ins-Ansdell (Lynnwood) def. Iguchi (Meadowdale) 6-2, 6-4. A. Nguyen (Lynnwood) def. McElroy 6-3, 6-1.
Quarterfinals-Monro (Everett) def. Ansdell 6-2, 6-2; LaCourse (Shorecrest) def. Boulton 6-0, 6-0; Donnally (Meadowdale) def. Potts (Everett) 6-1, 6-4; Dehmel (Shorecrest) def. A. Nguyen 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles
Play-ins-Dalton-Olson (Shorecrest) def. Koner-Wieber (Lynnwood) 6-2, 6-1; Heath-Johnson (Arlington) def. Magnenat-D. Nguyen (Lynnwood) 6-2, 6-2.
Quarterfinals-Schultz-Allen (Everett) def. Dalton-Olson 7-5, 6-3; Weller-Haight (Meadowdale) def. Burns-Sumner (Everett) 6-1, 6-4; B. Sherrill-J. Sherrill (Meadowdale) def. Aylesworth-Meyer (Arlington) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2; Sharkey-Ehrlichman (Shorecrest) def. Heath-Johnson 6-1, 6-1.
Boys soccer
North Sound Christian 2, Master’s Touch 1 (shootout): At Arlington, N. Sound Christian goalie Brandon Doucet had saves on the first and fifth penalty kick tries by Master’s Touch to give his team a 4-3 shootout win in the Northwest 1B League contest.
At Quake Field
Goals-N. Sound Christian: Otis. Mater’s Touch: Chilovi. Assists-N. Sound Christian: Mallory. Goalkeepers-N. Sound Christian: Doucet. Master’s Touch: Enge. Records-N. Sound Christian 6-1 league, 12-3 overall. Master’s Touch 4-3, 4-6.
Grace Academy 7, Arlington Christian 0: At Marysville, freshmen Nathaniel Lugg and Carson Friedrich each scored two goals to lead Grace Academy to the Northwest 1B League victory.
At Strawberry Fields
Goals-Grace Academy: N. Lugg 2, Friedrich 2, Johnson, Feiock, Wennersten. Assists-Grace Academy: Montgomery, Ubben. Goalkeepers-Grace Academy: Conklin. Arlington Christian: Sweeney. Records-Grace Academy 6-1 league, 9-4 overall. Arlington Christian 0-8, 0-8.
Volleyball
Lopez Island 3, Cedar Park Christian-Everett 0: At Everett, Lopez Island (11-0 league, 12-0 overall) remained unbeaten in the Northwest 1B League. With the loss, Cedar Park (2-8, 2-9) fell out of contention for the bi-district tournament, giving the league’s fourth and final playoff berth to Master’s Touch.
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