Stanwood beats Snohomish to clinch district playoff berth

STANWOOD — In a gaffe-filled affair, the Stanwood softball team got the big hit when it counted.

The Spartans, trailing by a run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, rallied to defeat Snohomish 4-3 Monday to clinch a berth in the 4A District 1 playoffs.

Stanwood improved to 10-5 in the Wesco North Division and 12-5 overall. Snohomish is now 4-8 and 8-8.

The game was marred with 10 errors between the two teams, seven of which were committed by the Spartans.

“It wasn’t pretty, but we’ll take the win,” said Stanwood coach Cherlyn Schander.

With two outs and runners at second and third in the seventh, Stanwood’s Tori Kriegel hit a line drive that went off the Snohomish third baseman’s glove and into foul territory allowing both runners to score and ending the game.

Kriegel finished 2-for-4, while teammate Jordan Nemo was also 2-for-4 with a double.

The Spartans finish the regular season against Everett at 6 p.m. today at Lincoln Field.

At Stanwood H.S.

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Kasch (5), Chrisman and Gilhang. Jeans and Bingham. WP—Jeans. LP—Chrisman. 2B—Nemo (St), Kriegel (St). Records—Snohomish 4-8 league, 8-8 overall. Stanwood 10-5, 12-5.

Archbishop Murphy 6, South Whidbey 0: At Everett, Brittany Allen of Archbishop Murphy pitched a complete-game one-hitter, striking out 14 batters and walking one. Catcher Marya Oestreich was 2-for-3 with three RBI and two doubles and teammate Nicole Melseth was 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs.

At Archbishop Murphy H.S.

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Brown, Piehler (5) and Spalding. Allen and Oestreich. WP—Allen. LP—Brown. 2B—Oestreich (AM) 2. Records—S. Whidbey 5-11 league, 6-12 overall. Murphy 13-4, 13-6.

Granite Falls 10-12, Sultan 0-1: At Sultan, Alyssa Arndt and Sarah Hensley of Granite Falls set the tone by pitching a no-hitter in the first game of the Cascade Conference doubleheader. In game two, Hensley was 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBI and two runs. Cassidy Pedersen of Granite Falls was 4-for-5 on the day with an RBI and two runs and teammate Cacia Stevens ended the day 3-for-5 with two runs.

At Sultan H.S.

Game 1

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Arndt, Hensley (4) and Todd. Talley, Hopkins (3) and Hopkins, MacDicken (3). WP—Arndt. LP—Talley. 2B—Spencer (GF) 2, Arndt (GF) 1. 3B—Todd (GF) 1.

Game 2

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Arndt, Hensley (3) and Todd. Hopkins, Street (3), Talley (4) and MacDicken, Hopkins (4). WP—Arndt. LP—Hopkins. 2B—Arndt (GF) 1, Crews (GF) 1. Records—Granite Falls 11-5 league, 12-6 overall. Sultan 1-15, 1-16.

Boys golf

Cascade Conference Championships: At Snohomish, the five best golfers for South Whidbey all placed in the top 10, leading the Falcons to first place.

At Snohomish Golf Course

Team Scores: South Whidbey 383, King’s 390, Cedarcrest 416, Archbishop Murphy 434, Sultan 441.

South Whidbey: Lindsey 75, Connor 76, Blakey 76, Camps 77, Guetlin 79. King’s: Hardy (medalist) 72, Coshow 77, McCutchen 78, Watts 81, Coston 82. Cedarcrest: MacMillan 79, Hardling 82, Kramer 83, McKinlay 86, Paulson 86. Archbishop Murphy: Zwaller 74, Larsen 82, Green 90, Redington 83, Hogenson 96, Cooper 96. Lakewood: Melohusky 83, McAllister 86, Ryals 90, Strand 85, Parrish 93. Sultan: Green 73, Bardwell 82, Noel 83, Johnson 102, LaMunyon 101.

Wesco North meet: At Snohomish, Phil Reedy of Oak Harbor shot a 71, which was good enough for medalist honors but Snohomish had all but one of its golfers finish in the 70s, earning the Panthers the lead after day one of the two-day event.

At Snohomish Golf Course

18 holes, par 72

Team scores: Snohomish 378, Oak Harbor 393, Lake Stevens 400, Cascade 405, Monroe 407, Everett 415, Arlington 430, Marysville-Pilchuck 430, Stanwood 439.

Snohomish: Carlson 73, Pecha 75, Fjelstad 76, Stensland 77, Stocker 77. Oak Harbor: Reedy (medalist) 71, McCardle 73, Ford 80, Kenworthy 80, Hunt 89. Lake Stevens: Borges 76, Girard 79, Gellner 80, Montgomery 82, Paylor 83, Lian 83. Cascade: Shewfelt 77, Chiarelli 77, Bachman 78, Lewis 85, Beaver 88. Monroe: Claybrook 75, Gorman 80, Monahan 84, Love 84, Merriman 84. Everett: Singh 78, White 82, Dowdle 82, Holland 85, Ellison 88. Arlington: Heise 83, Hunton 83, Dewitte 83, Kent 89, Allen 95. Marysville-Pilchuck: Caldwell 81, Pratt 85, Freeman 86, Hanks 88, Kramer 90. Stanwood: Smith 80, Solvberg 87, Epperson 88, Simmons 92, Bell 92.