STANWOOD — A week ago, the Stanwood baseball team had its back to the wall. Sitting at 3-9 in the Wesco North with four games to play, there wasn’t much it could do but win its remaining games and hope for some help.
Well, the Spartans did just that and earned the fourth seed in the 4A District 1 playoffs.
After sweeping last week’s series against Cascade, the Spartans capped off a sweep of Snohomish with a 13-3 win in five innings on Monday at Stanwood High School.
Facing a must-win situation, it didn’t look promising at the beginning. Snohomish scored two runs in the second inning and one in the third to take an early 3-0 lead.
But in the bottom of the third inning, Stanwood got a little help from the Panthers and a little from Mother Nature to score 10 runs and take control of the game.
With the bases loaded, David Gerdes hit a grand slam that just cleared the fence with a little help from the wind which was blowing strong all game. The hit was the catalyst for the entire inning which gave starter Tyler Greene all the support he would need.
Greene settled in after the second inning, scattering eight hits while allowing three runs over his five innings of work. He also struck out four.
“After the second (Greene) settled down,” Stanwood head coach Colby Knudson said. “He gave up one in the third but threw a lot of strikes the rest of the way.”
Gerdes finished 2-for-4 with three runs scored and four RBI and Mike McCune added a 2-for-3 night with two runs scored for the Spartans who were able to win their fourth game in a row to stay in the hunt for a playoff berth.
“I think it’s just we have a lot of young players and they seem to be finding their stride right now,” said Knudson in describing the key to his team’s critical run. “It takes every team a little bit of time to find itself and we seem to be doing that right now.”
At Stanwood H.S.
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Larivee, Frisk (3), Becker (5) and Taubenheim, Nelson (5). Greene and Ness. WP—Greene (3-2). LP—Larivee. 2B—Tastad (Snohomish), Taubenheim (Snohomish). HR—Gerdes (Stanwood) 1. Records—Snohomish 4-12 league, 6-14 overall. Stanwood 7-9, 8-9.
Monroe 9, Cascade 6: At Everett, Aaron Hatch batted 2-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI and Cody Reed (2-for-4) also scored two runs to lead Monroe to the Wesco North victory.
At Cascade H.S.
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Hopkins, Whiton (4), Ihrig (6) and Reed. Zuanich and Duffy. WP—Hopkins. LP—Zuanich. S—Ihrig. 2B—Ihrig (M), Davis (M), Curnutt (M). 3B—Hatch (M). HR—. Records—Monroe 11-5 league, 11-9 overall. Cascade 5-11, 5-15.
Marysville-Pilchuck 14, Everett 10: At Everett, Austin Denton and Kyle Pace hit home runs and Dane Widness batted 3-for-3 including two doubles to lead Marysville-Pilchuck to the Wesco North win. Mike Marthaller batted 3-for-3 with three RBI, Dan Snyder was 2-for-4 and Kenny Wilson batted 2-for-4 with two RBI for Everett.
At Everett Memorial Stadium
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Keister, Steinbaugh (5), Albertson (7) and Flanders. Juarez, Nagel (3), Wetmore (5), Szmulewitz (7) and Marthaller. WP—Keister. LP—Juarez. 2B—Snyder (E), Marthaller (E), Wilson (E), Widness 2 (M-P). 3B—Marthaller (E). HR—Denton (M-P), Pace (M-P). Records—Marysville-Pilchuck 15-1 league, 17-1 overall. Everett 3-12, 4-15.
Edmonds-Woodway 7, Shorewood 5: At Edmonds, Austin Jones batted 3-for-3 with four RBI to lead Edmonds-Woodway to a Wesco South win. Jones hit a three-run home run in the first inning and Joe Lopresti batted 3-for-3 for the Warriors. For Shorewood, Nate McClellan batted 2-for-3 and Trevor Mitsui had two RBI.
At Edmonds-Woodway H.S.
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Ranson, Torrence (2), McAree (4), Snell (6) and Hendrickson. Liukko, Lowe (4), Daniels (7) and Jones, Liukko (4). WP—Lowe. LP—Ranson. S—Daniels. 2B—Lopresti 2 (E-W), McClellan (S), Hendrickson (S). 3B—Mitsui (S). HR—Jones (E-W), Liukko (E-W). Records—Shorewood 10-8 league, 12-8 overall. Edmonds-Woodway 9-9, 11-9.
Lake Stevens 16, Oak Harbor 5 (6 innings): At Oak Harbor, led by Zac Israel who batted 3-for-4 with two RBI, Lake Stevens notched their 14th Wesco North league win by defeating Oak Harbor. J.T. Cox pitched five innings for the Vikings and allowed four earned runs. Senior Sam Parris also had a good game from the plate, batting 2-for-4 with three RBI. With the loss Oak Harbor falls into a tie for fifth place in Wesco North and the play-in berth. Oak Harbor was led by Sam Wolfe’s 3-for-4 night from the plate and Nate Young’s two RBI.
At Oak Harbor H.S.
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Cox, Fiske (6) and Tyler. Clark, Byrne (2), Stout (4), Richter (5) and Farnum, Tillotson (3). WP—Cox. LP—Byrne (0-3). 2B—Fiske (LS), Sweeney (LS), Cox (LS). 3B—Rosen (OH), Higbee (OH). Records—Lake Stevens 14-1 league, 18-1 overall. Oak Harbor 6-10, 9-10.
Jackson 8, Shorecrest 0 (6): At Shoreline, Cody Schmale had 11 strikeouts to lead Jackson to a rain-shortened Wesco South win. Joakim Soderqvist batted 3-for-4 with three RBI and Anthony Flatt was 2-for-3 for the Timberwolves. Matty Rohrback (1-for-1) and Matt Kiga (1-for-3) led Shorecrest.
At Shorecrest H.S.
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Schmale, Wishko (6) and Olson. Rohrback, Donner (4), Benbrooks (6) and Desrosier. WP—Schmale. LP—Rohrback. 2B—Soderqvist (J). Records—Jackson 13-5 league, 15-5 overall. Shorecrest 6-12, 8-12.
Mountlake Terrace 1, Lynnwood 0: At Mountlake Terrace, Andrew Woeck tossed a complete-game, no-hit shutout for Mountlake Terrace to help the Hawks clinch the Wesco South No. 2 seed to the 4A District 1 tournament. Woeck had 11 strikeouts and three walks and Austin Johnson hit the game-winning sacrifice fly in the fourth inning for the Hawks. Justin Ansdell had six strikeouts and gave up just four hits and one run in six innings pitched for Lynnwood.
At Mountlake Terrace H.S.
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Ansdell and Stanley. Woeck and Volpone. WP—Woeck (5-3). LP—Ansdell. 2B—Hatch (MT). Records—Lynnwood 1-17 league, 1-19 overall. Mountlake Terrace 13-5, 14-6.
Boys golf
Jackson 193, E-W 234, Mountlake Terrace 264
At Mill Creek Country Club
Nine holes, par 36
Edmonds-Woodway: Davis Halle 39, Wis Joemjumroon 41, Keaton Yalowicki 47, Matt Thornton 50, JT Perrine 57, Nick Nguyen 57.
Mountlake Terrace: Jesse Anderson 44, Erick Henning 44, Alex Miyares 56, Kelby Brown 59, Sam Brogi 61.
Jackson: David Won (medalist) 37, Connor Miele (medalist) 37, Taylor Pirnke 39, Trent Livingstone 40, Kyle Cornett 40.
Kamiak 374, Meadowdale 514, Lynnwood 563
At Harbour Pointe G.C.
18, par 72
Meadowdale: Jai Sun 85, Cody Frankenberg 96, Dradin Kreft 103, Kenny Hummel 114, Nick Glazewski 116.
Lynnwood: Jeremiah Luedtke 98, David Decock 112, Dustin Bowman 115, Chase Brandt 119, Chris Kossik 119.
Kamiak: Mark Strickland 67 (medalist), Eric McCabe 75, Chris Yun 75, Abe Kim 78, Chris Hatch 79.
Arlington 219, Monroe 227, Everett 256
At Echo Falls G.C.
10 holes, par 40
Monroe: Andrew Russell (medalist) 41, Bret Stonebridge 44, John Crosbie 45, Preston Love 47, Jon Stafford 50.
Arlington: Anthony Allen 43, Brandon Heise 43, Levi Larson 43, Casey Corcoran 45, Jack Lindley 45.
Everett: Jared Heman 44, Kyle Maahs 48, Will Sybertz 53, Gavin Hooker 54, Mike Simpson and Adam White 57.
Stanwood 442, Snohomish 446, Cascade 461
At Kayak Point G.C.
18 holes, par 72
Snohomish: Conner Rodewald 88, Jacob Smullin 88, Tyler Hella 89, Sean Brill 89, Jacob Baird 92.
Cascade: Anthony Chiarelli (medalist) 76, Joey Elrand-Wert 92, Bryce Kay 93, Austin Olsen 100, Nolan Flannery 100.
Stanwood: Paige Kavanagh 81, Drew Pollock 85, Reece Esary 90, Justin Simmons 93, John Thayer 93.
Boys soccer
Cascade 3, Snohomish 2: At Everett, Matt Miranda (Skylar Sutherland assist) scored Cascade’s second goal in the last 10 minutes of the Wesco North contest in the 78th minute to lead the Bruins to victory. Sutherland (Alex Voin) scored in the 70th minute to tie the game, and Traesen Brandenberg (Tyler Codiga) accounted for Cascade’s other goal in the 30th minute. Snohomish had Carson Pingrey score and assist on a Carlos Vadela goal in the 35th minute. Cory Evans and Brian Janner split time in goal for the Bruins (4-11 in league and overall). The goalkeeper for Snohomish (10-5-1, 10-5-1) was not reported.
Arlington 5, Everett 2: At Arlington, David Lopez scored twice for Arlington and Jake Smith added three points as the Eagles defeated Everett on Monday. Lopez opened the scoring in the fifth minute with a goal off of a Smith assist and was then followed by teammate Isaac Ladines (Smith assist) in the eighth minute. Smith then made it 3-0 in the 15th minute, scoring on a Matthew Chesnutt assist. Everett finally got on the board in the 22nd minute when Garret Robinson scored. However back-to-back goals from Josh Scarth and Lopez in the 35th and 36th minute made it 5-1 as the first half came to an end. Lopez’s goal was especially nice, coming from about 30 yards out off of a rebound. Everett received their final goal in the 62nd minute when Robinson scored on a penalty kick after an Arlington foul in the box.
Edmonds-Woodway 4, Meadowdale 1: At Edmonds, Ben Wilmot scored two goals to lead Edmonds-Woodway to a Wesco South win. Wilmot scored two unassisted goals in the 23rd and 39th minute while Cameron Berlin-Day (Zach Sakoi assist) made the score 3-0 in the 60th minute. Meadowdale (2-6-0 league, 3-12-0 overall) pulled a goal back on a Daniel Kwon (Spencer Walior) strike in the 65th minute, but Fareed Zerafar scored for E-W (6-2-0, 10-4-1) in the 70th minute. Connor Scalet earned the win in goal for E-W while Kenneth Hill and Eric Henthorn split time in goal for Meadowdale.
Glacier Peak 9, Lynnwood 0: At Snohomish, Jackson Miller had four goals in the first 21 minutes to lead Glacier Peak past Lynnwood on Monday. Miller’s goals came in the 12th, 14th, 16th and 21st minutes. Meanwhile Jesus Calles (three total points), Michael Mikulsky and Sam Dean all scored their first goals of the season for the Grizzlies. Ryan Wilson and Shane Miller rounded out the scoring for Glacier Peak. Andrew Weakly and Oliver Goudreau combined for the shutout, facing just one shot on goal the entire game as the Grizzlies defense smothered Lynnwood.
Mariner 3, Shorewood 2: At Everett, Yahir Sandoval had two goals and an assist for the Marauders as they came from behind to beat Shorewood in their Wesco South matchup. Eddie Tamayo opened up the scoring in the 11th minute (Sandoval assist) for Mariner, but it was Shorewood which scored in the 30th minute on a header from Colin Wilkins on a Sahil Khan corner kick and with a Hayk Avanesyan goal in the 38th minute that took a 2-1 lead into halftime. Sandoval’s two goals came in the second half to help Mariner improve its league record to 4-4. His first goal came on a Jacub Rynkiewicz assist and his second on a penalty kick in the 60th minute. Martin Banuelos was in goal for Mariner while Maxwell Wright and Simon Aspinall split time in net for Shorewood.
Monroe 4, Oak Harbor 2: At Oak Harbor, Jose Garibay had three points including a goal to lead Monroe past Oak Harbor. Monroe got on the board first when Chris Sowler opened up the scoring (Garibay assist) but Greg Wolfe would tie the score at 1-1 for Oak Harbor moments later in the 14th minute. Garibay then answered for the Bearcats in the 23rd minute on an Andrew Barrett assist to give Monroe a 2-1 lead. Sowler then followed with his second goal in the 30th minute and Jorge Avila (Garibay assist) closed the half out with a goal to give the Bearcats a 4-1 lead. Oak Harbor’s Michael Shevchuk scored on a penalty kick in the second half to cut Monroe’s lead to 4-2 but that would be the last of the scoring for either side.
Shorecrest 2, Kamiak 0: At Shoreline, Glenn Paden scored both of the games’ goals, off assists from Ian Adams (27th minute) and Eli Blauser (72nd) to lead Shorecrest to the Wesco South win. With the win the perfect Thunderbirds (8-0 league, 15-0 overall) clinched the conference title. Eric Baker recorded his 12th shutout of the season for Shorecrest. Kamiak’s (4-4, 7-6-2) goalkeeper was not reported.
Jackson 5, Mountlake Terrace 4 (2 OT): At Mountlake Terrace, Tye Hastings scored the game-winner in the 87th minute for Jackson in a Wesco South match. Hastings, who opened up the scoring for the Timberwolves in the 13th minute found the net in the second overtime for the win. Mesfen Gebremeskel (Manix Alvarez assist), Dylan O’Day (M. Alvarez assist) and Manix Alvarez (Gebremeskel assist) gave Mountlake Terrace (2-6-0 league, 3-12-0 overall) a 3-1 lead in the 28th minute, but Brian Lefavour scored on a penalty kick to make it 3-2 six minutes later. Alvarez scored once in the second half, but Mason Legault scored and Riley Martin put in the equalizer for Jackson (6-2-0, 9-6-0) in the 57th minute. Ben Winters took the loss in goal for Mountlake Terrace. Hayden Addington earned the win for Jackson.
Softball
Granite Falls 13, Coupeville 0 (5): At Coupeville, Alyssa Arndt tossed a no-hitter for Granite Falls and was one walk away from a perfect game in a Cascade Conference win. Arndt had seven strikeouts and added a 3-for-4 performance at the plate with a double, RBI and two runs scored.
At Coupeville H.S.
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Arndt and Spencer. Rockwell and Walstad. WP—Arndt. LP—Rockwell. 2B—Spencer (GF), Arndt (GF). 3B—Spencer (GF). Records—Granite Falls 14-0 league, 15-0 overall. Coupeville 0-12, 1-12.
Glacier Peak 11, Mountlake Terrace 8: At Snohomish, Brie Rosales batted 2-for-4 with a double and Valerie Howell batted 2-for-4 with a home run to lead Glacier Peak to a Wesco South win.
At Glacier Peak H.S.
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Bos, Seidlitz (3) and Ward, Crews (3). Lawson and Dillon. WP—Lawson. LP—Bos. 2B—Crews (MT), M. James (MT), Dillon 2 (GP), Rosales (GP), Granger (GP). HR—Crews (MT), Seidlitz (MT), Howell (GP). Records—Mountlake Terrace 8-5 league, 10-5 overall. Glacier Peak 11-2, 11-4.
Lakewood 14, Sultan 4 (5): At Marysville, Kahlee Barrio belted a go-ahead grand slam in the fourth inning to propel Lakewood past the Turks. Barrio finished 3-for-3 with five RBI and three runs scored to lead the Cougars.
At Lakewood H.S.
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Haffler and MacDicken. Fritz and Wilson. WP—Fritz (1-0). LP—Haffler. 2B—Maddie Holmes (L). HR—Barrio (L) 1. Records—Sultan 3-9 league, 3-10 overall. Lakewood 6-8, 8-8.
Girls Tennis
Arlington 4, Lake Stevens 3
At Lake Stevens H.S.
Singles—Katie Slaker (LS) def. Bailey Abdo 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5); Malia McAvoy (LS) def. Kelsey Ghirardo 6-2, 6-2; Toria Morcom (A) def. Erica Huffman 6-0, 6-0; Alexa Garduno (A) def. Kristin Call 6-1, 6-0. Doubles—Brooke Larsen &Kylee Hilde (LS) def. Chelsea Bulton &Reggie Smithson 6-2, 6-3; Claire Gastineau &Chelcie Nielsen (A) def. Kourtney Van Santen &McKenzie Grafe 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Laurel Graves &Britang Craig (A) def. Miranda Shultz &Brooke Bush 6-3, 6-3. Records—Arlington 9-3 league, 9-3 overall. Lake Stevens 4-9, 4-9.
Mount Vernon 5, Lakewood 2
At Lakewood H.S.
Singles—Jill Walker (MV) def. Jordan Wessell 8-5; Hannah Allison (MV) def. Jamie Stauffer 8-6; Sydney Love (MV) def. Talli Caldwell 6-6 (7-2); Laayna Biladeau (MV) def. Brianna Camp 8-4. Doubles—Allie Hernandez and Chantelle Van Pelt (L) def. Ashley Serna and Kiera McConnel 8-5; Emily Schneider and Destinee Desmond (L) def. India Brown and Tiffany Cruse 8-6; Emily Mattson and Kailyn Morse (MV) def. Kate Polishchuk and Julia Rauh 8-5. Records—Mt. Vernon record not reported. Lakewood 3-13 overall.
S. Whidbey 6, Burlington-Edison 1
At South Whidbey H.S.
Singles—Anna Lefebre (B-E) def. Lyna Nichols 7-6 (8-6), 6-3; Reilly O’Sullivan (SW) def. Kelli Smith 6-2, 6-1; Kalie Stayskal (SW) def. Jessie Robinson 7-6 (7-3), 6-3; Jessica Cary (SW) def. Taylor Brock 6-3, 6-1. Doubles—Shannon Craig-Julia Iversen (SW) def. Anna Swanson-Cheryl Eubanks 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 6-1; Katie Holt-Hayley Newman (SW) def. Mette Rousseau-Alley Calkins 6-2, 6-1; Teagen Nielsen-Bayley Heggenes (SW) def. Lauren Kamps-Haylie Ingman 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Records—Burlington-Edison not reported. South Whidbey 11-3 overall.
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