SNOHOMISH – It sounds too good to be true: throwing a no-hitter in your first varsity start and on your sister’s birthday, which also happens to be April Fool’s Day.
Junior pitcher Jake Hammons took the mound as the Snohomish starter for the first time in his varsity career Thursday. Seven innings, 10 strikeouts, zero walks and only one base runner later, he completed a no-hitter for the Panthers, 4-0 winners over Oak Harbor in a Western Conference North Division baseball game.
“And that’s no April Fool’s joke,” chuckled Snohomish coach Kim Hammons, who is Jake’s father.
The only Oak Harbor batter to reach base got there on catcher’s interference in the third inning.
As far as debuts go, this one is tough to top, Kim Hammons said.
“How can you beat that? We just hope he gets out there and gives us good, quality innings.”
With the no-hitter, Jake gave his sister, Cadi, an unusual 26th birthday present. He also drove in the first run, giving Snohomish the lead for good with an RBI single to right field in the first.
Jake was forced to start because of several recent injuries to Snohomish starters. “He responded,” Kim Hammons said. “He pitched a real good ball game and kept the ball down.”
Outstanding Snohomish defense preserved the no-hitter. Center fielder Pat Job made a diving catch in left center and left fielder Gavin Heinemann made a catch at the wall.
Heinemann also provided a bases-loaded, three-run double to the left field gap to give the Panthers breathing room in the fifth.
Fritch, Peattie (6) and Lange. Hammons and Guion. WP-Hammons (1-0). LP-Fritch. 2B-Hennessey (S), Heinemann (S). Records-Oak Harbor 0-4 league, 2-5 overall. Snohomish 3-1, 4-2. |
Marysville-Pilchuck 6, Mount Vernon 0: Marysville-Pilchuck’s Nick Haughian and Jared Neyens combined to one-hit Mount Vernon in the Wesco North game. Haughian struck out 10 and Josh Short was 3-for-4 at the plate with a double and RBI.
Malloy, Briceno (5) and Steiner. Haughian, Neyens (6) and Day. WP-Haughian (3-0). LP-Malloy. 2B-Williams (M-P), Short (M-P) Day (M-P). 3B-Newland (M-P) Petrey (M-P). Records-Mount Vernon 2-2 in league, 4-2 overall. Marysville-Pilchuck 3-1, 5-2. |
Monroe 8, Arlington 3: Brad Williams hit a two-run double as part of a five-run fifth inning for Monroe, which rallied from two runs behind to take the lead. Drew Putnam had an RBI single in the seventh inning for Arlington.
Recor and Ranko. Bishop, Adams (5), Schain (7) and Williams, Cerns (7). WP-Recor. LP-Bishop (0-2). 2B-Williams (M), Graham (A). 3B-Marley (M), Records-Monroe 3-1 league, 5-2 overall. Arlington 0-4, 0-6. |
Lake Stevens 5, Cascade 3: Matt Fields struck out 12 batters and gave up just three hits over the final six innings to lead Lake Stevens to its first Wesco North victory. Tyler Fisk batted 2-for-4 with three runs scored and teammate Greg Varnum hit a two-run single in the fourth inning to give the Vikings the lead for good.
Mugge, Graden (4) and Pennell. Fields and Crain. WP-Fields (2-0). LP-Mugge. JV score-Cascade 10, Lake Stevens 0.. Records-Cascade 2-2 league, 3-4 overall. Lake Stevens 1-1, 5-1. |
Kamiak 9, Jackson 4: Jesse Wight was 3-for-5 with an RBI to help lead Kamiak to the Wesco South victory. Travis Snider was 3-for-3 with two RBI for Jackson.
Ouelette, Rogers (7) and Matthews. Nobles, Raff (3), Petosa (4), Tir (6), Lillibridge (7) and Pai. WP-Ouelette. LP-Nobles. 2B-Reed (K), Snider (J). Records-Kamiak 3-1 league, 3-2 overall. Jackson 1-3, 3-3. |
Mountlake Terrace 13, Meadowdale 8: Mountlake Terrace’s Jeremy Klippenstien was 2-for-2 with three RBI and three stolen bases and teammate Scott Heath was 2-for-3 with four RBI to lead the Hawks in the Wesco South contest
Balke, Case (6) and Bowling. Nicholson, Flyberg (6) and Bruce. WP-Flyberg (1-0). LP-Balke. 2B-Barnes (MT), Klippenstien (MT), Morgan (MT), Dyson (M), McKearney (M). 3B-Heath (MT), Dyson (M). Records-Meadowdale 0-3 league, 0-5 overall. Mountlake Terrace 2-2, 3-3. |
Lynnwood 4, Shorecrest 3: Center fielder David Goree was 2-for-3 with two runs batted in, including the game-winning RBI on a bases-loaded, two-out single to center field in the bottom of the seventh inning. Shortstop Luke Williams was 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Royals, who handed Shorecrest its first Wesco South loss. Shorecrest’s Tim Workman was 1-for-2 with a double and two runs scored.
Workman, Quiray (7) and Sweazey. St. Marie, Villalobos (5) and Gruel. WP-Villalobos (1-0). LP-Workman. 2B-Workman (S), Grubb (L), Gruel (L). Records-Shorecrest 3-1 league, 5-1 overall. Lynnwood 2-2, 2-4. |
Edmonds-Woodway 12, Shorewood 5: David Dwyer, Matt Crosbie and Kyle Torgensen each doubled for Edmonds-Woodway in the Wesco South game. Jeremy Sage was 2-for-3 with two doubles for Shorewood.
Hardy, Hutt (6) and Torgerson. Hamilton, Rockey (5), Hibbert (7) and Tonkin. WP-Hardy. LP-Rockey (1-1). 2B-Dwyer (E-W), Crosbie (E-W), Torgensen (E-W), Sage (S) 2, Farden (S). Records-Edmonds-Woodway 3-1 in league, 5-1 overall. Shorewood 2-2, 3-2. |
Everett 10, Mariner 4: Owen Dykstra was 3-for-3 with a double and four RBI, leading Everett in the Wesco South game. No linescore was available.
Smith, B. Lavine (5) and Gaffney. Kruse, Matveev (5) and Degamo. WP-Smith (1-0). LP-Kruse (0-1). 2B-Guinn (M), Smith (E), Dykstra (E). Records-Everett3-1 in league, 3-3 overall. Mariner 0-4, 0-4. |
Boys golf
Wesco South B Group meet: Troy Koontz medaled and led Jackson to the Wesco South victory with a 2-under-par 39, five strokes below the next closest competitor, teammate Mike Hansen.
Team results-Jackson 218, Shorewood 242, Edmonds-Woodway 247, Shorecrest 258, Mountlake Terrace 260. Jackson-Koontz 39 (medalist), M. Hansen 42, Micks 44, Long 45, Landin 48. Shorewood-Han 45, Itaoka 47, Keul 47, T. Hansen 48, Reddick 55, Crandall 55. Edmonds-Woodway-Shandil 47, Beach 49, Hyde 49, Santiago 50, Cunningham 52, McCray 52. Shorecrest-Robertson 45, Kreins 49, Akoi 53, Yang 54, Hatch 57. Mountlake Terrace-Morrison 44, Jeffrey 46, Harnois 47, Wallace-Guerrero 56, Baehm 67. |
Kamiak 194, Everett 206, Meadowdale 214, Lynnwood 221, Mariner 226: Everett’s Jacob Koppenberg, Kamiak’s Andrew Ghim, and Meadowdale’s Jonathan Keane and all shot 1-under par to co-medal in the Wesco South meet.
Mariner-Murray 44, Alspaugh 44, Lane 45, Dreesen 46, Vong-Prachanh 47. Lynnwood-Aquayo 36, Olson 40, Dahlen 47, Matzen 47, Jackson 51. Everett-Koppenberg 35 (co-medalist), Johnson 42, Thurston 42, Noel 43, Norris 44. Kamiak-Ghim 35 (co-medalist), Bullock 38, Peters 39, Powers 41, Pierides 41. Meadowdale-Keane 35 (co-medalist), LaCount 42, Horgan 44, Hoffman 45, Larson 48. |
North Cascades meet: Lakewood’s Bret Schuh and South Whidbey’s Drew Arnie each shot 4-over-par 39s to take co-medalist honors. Adam Brisben and Andy Keamingk shot 41 and 43, respectively, for first-place Lakewood.
Team results-Lakewood214, South Whidbey 224, Mount Baker 246, Nooksack Valley 257. Individual results-Schuh (Lakewood) 39 (co-medalist) Arnie (South Whdibey) 39 (co-medalist), Strong (South Whidbey) 41, Brisben (Lakewood) 41, Keamingk (Lakewood) 43, Dettrich (South Whidbey) 44, Mathews (NV) 44, K. Noteboom (Lakewood) 45, Gunderson (Mount Baker) 46, S. Noteboom (Lakewood) 46. |
Archbishop Murphy 222, Grace Academy 291: Ben Waiss shot a 1-under-par 35 to take medalist honors for Archbishop Murphy in the non-conference meet.
Archbishop Murphy-Waiss 35 (medalist), Petterson 38, Duffy 43. Grace Academy-Mumm 55, Pfifer 57, Mermek 59. |
Boys soccer
Cascade 2, Stanwood 0: Phillip Thomas shutout Stanwood in goal for Cascade in the Wesco North game.
Goals-Cascade: Flores, McDonald. Goalkeepers-Cascade: Thomas. Stanwood: Knutson. Records-Stanwood 1-4-1 in league, 1-4-1 overall. Cascade 5-1, 5-1. |
Snohomish 3, Lake Stevens 1: Justin Abel had a goal and an assist to lead Snohomish to the Wesco North victory.
Goals-Snohomish: Kelley, Abel, Cochran. Lake Stevens: Dickinson. Goalkeepers-Snohomish: Riley. Lake Stevens: Hawkins. Records-Lake Stevens 3-2-1 in league and overall. Snohomish 6-0, 6-0. |
Marysville-Pilchuck 3, Arlington 0: Freshman forward John Whitfield scored two goals to lead Marysville-Pilchuck to the Wesco North win. The Tomahawks outshot the Eagles 24-3.
Goals-Marysville-Pilchuck: Whitfield 2, Ballard. Goalkeepers-Marysville-Pilchuck: Quehn. Arlington: not reported. Records-Marysville-Pilchuck 3-4 in league and overall. Arlington 0-6, 0-6. |
Mount Vernon 1, Oak Harbor 0: Goalkeeper Miguel Jaimes shut out his second opponent of the season in the Wesco North game. Corey Holloran scored the lone goal.
Goals-Mount Vernon: Holloran. Goalkeepers-Mount Vernon: Jaimes. Oak Harbor: not reported. Records-Mount Vernon 3-1-2 in league and overall. Oak Harbor 1-5-1, 1-5-1. |
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