Strategy pays off for Cascade boys tennis team

OAK HARBOR—Cascade boys tennis coach Malcolm Mano took a chance and it paid off.

Citing a desire for more team chemistry, he split up his doubles team of Brenden Beaver and Bradley Le. Beaver played with Chris Chung and Le paired with Ysmael Abad, and both teams delivered victories as Cascade swept the doubles matches in a come-from-behind 4-3 Wesco North victory over Oak Harbor.

“It was pretty tight all the way across,” Mano said. “It was neck-and-neck all the way through.”

Oak Harbor took three of the four singles matches, including a surprise victory by Ryan Evans over Cascade’s Jonathan Pham, who entered the match with a record of 6-1.

“(Evans) was very consistent,” Mano added.

Beaver and Chung won a tough three-set match over Paul Jewell and Chris Bragg, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, to set up Le and Abad’s 6-2, 6-0 victory to take the meet.

Mano was very impressed with the Wildcats’ caliber of play.

“Oak Harbor is here to play this year,” he said. “They have improved a lot.”

At Oak Harbor H.S.

Singles—Lura (OH) def. Nguyen, 6-3, 6-0; Seng (C) def. Abrahamse, 6-3, 6-1; Thomas (OH) def. Thongdy, 6-1, 7-5; Evans (OH) def. Pham, 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles—Phetsadakane-Le (C) def. Kingma-Valles, 6-4, 6-3; Beaver-Chung (C) def. Jewell-Bragg, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Abad-Le (C) def. Merritt-Whitley, 6-2, 6-0. Records—Cascade 7-2. Oak Harbor 4-4.

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

At Lynnwood H.S.

Singles—Bouche (M) def. Ansdell, 6-3, 6-0; McMahon (M) def. A. Nguyen, 7-5, 6-4; Berry (M) def. Yuen, 6-1, 6-0; Muskavage (M) def. Robertson, 6-4, 6-3. Doubles—Raunio-Kim (M) def. Wieben-B. Nguyen, 6-4, 6-1; Forde-Dalton (M) def. Magnenat-Tjok, 6-1, 6-2; Maung-P. Nguyen (L) def. Liv-Clinch, 6-4, 6-2. Records—Mountlake Terrace 3-6 in league and overall. Lynnwood 1-8.

Snohomish 7, Marysville-Pilchuck 0: At Snohomish, Nichol Ratzke and Trevor Shields defeated Joseph Dyer and Alan Butner at No. 1 doubles as Snohomish swept the Wesco North meet.

“That was a nice win for Ratzke and Shields,” Panthers head coach Dick Jansen said.

At Snohomish H.S.

Singles—Merkley (S) def. Hanks, 6-0, 6-0; Kent (S) def. Gilbertson, 7-5, 6-2; Stockwell (S) def. Jacobsen, 6-0, 6-0; Pecha (S) def. Silva, 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles—Ratzke-Shields (S) def. Dyer-Butner, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; Thomsen-Prete (S) def. Wall-Jensen, 6-2, 6-3; Chittenden-Scott (S) def. Stevens-Willis, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Records—Snohomish 9-0. Marysville-Pilchuck 4-4.

Shorewood 7, Mariner 0: At Everett, Eric Kim defeated Inwoo Lee at No. 4 singles as the Thunderbirds swept the Wesco South match.

“(The No. 4 singles match) was point for point and went to deuce several times,” Mariner head coach Meg Troutman said. “They had each other running around real good.”

At Mariner H.S.

Singles—Dudley (S) def. Bustos, 6-3, 6-2; Iwaski (S) def. Henderson Nguyen, 6-2, 6-1; McCall (S) def. O. Nguyen, 6-1, 6-2; Kim (S) def. Lee, 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles—Gnanapragasam-Kalman (S) def. Abarro-Chung, 6-1, 6-2; Gabrielson-Blakeway (S) def. Chu-Henry Nguyen, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Ka-Da Lai (S) def.Iancenco-Arthur, 6-1, 6-1.

Records—Shorewood 5-3. Mariner 0-9.

Edmonds-Woodway 6, Meadowdale 1: At Edmonds, Pat Donnelly and Jake Haight defeated Max Ortiz and Stephen Maldazys 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 at No. 1 singles for Meadowdale’s only win in the Wesco South match.

At Meadowdale H.S.

Singles—Guo (EW) def. Casper, 6-2, 6-0; Cho (EW) def. Bohmke, 7-5, 6-1; Stepenski (EW) def. Sherrill, 6-2, 6-0; Warren (EW) def. Pham, 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles—Donnelly-Haight (M) def. Ortiz-Maldazys, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Lave-Knell (EW) Moss-Pierce def. Lave-Knell, 6-4, 6-2; Frederickson-Laqucik (EW) def. Lee-Peteson, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Records—Edmonds-Woodway 9-0. Meadowdale 3-5.

Stanwood 4, Lake Stevens 3: At Stanwood, the Spartans narrowly retained second place in the Wesco North standings as Drew Kidd won a close match at No. 2 singles 7-5, 6-4 over the Vikings’ Derek Hahn.

At Stanwood H.S.

Singles—Koetje (S) def. Kesler, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1; Kidd (S) def. Hahn, 7-5, 6-4; Franzmann (LS) def. Schonberg, 7-6 (2), 1-6, 7-6 (5); Fromm (LS) def. Beauchamp, 6-7, 7-6, 7-5.

Doubles—Klempel-Herigstad (S) def. Smith-Johnson, 6-2, 6-3; Giddens-Orwiler (LS) def. Gilmore-Nelson, 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-4; Luck-Meyer (S) def. K. Colman-Z. Coleman, 6-4, 6-2.

Records—Stanwood 8-1. Lake Stevens 0-7.

Kamiak 4, Shorecrest 3: At Shoreline, Abe Ahn defeted Ricardo Cellis at No. 1 singles as Kamiak took three of the four singles matches to take the Wesco South match.

At Shorecrest H.S.

Singles—Ahn (K) def. Cellis, 6-3, 6-3; Hollenback-Landraitos (S) def. Oh, 6-1, 6-1; Klaczynski (K) def. Olson, 6-4, 6-4; Song (K) def. Dalton, 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles—LaCourse-Sharkey (S) def. Patterson-Kato, 6-2, 6-1; Bright-Uppinghouse (S) def. Zajac-Yang, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Jeon-Strickland (K) def. Reikosky-Myers, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2).

Records—Kamiak 7-2. Shorecrest 4-5.

Everett 4, Monroe 3: At Everett, Casey Church and Eric Lichneckert defeated Cody Hastings and Joey Carel 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 at No. 3 singles to seal the Wesco North meet win for the Seagulls.

“It was a good match,” Everett head coach Tim Boyd said. “It was real close, back and forth all the way to the end.”

At Clark Park

Singles—C. Amsberry (M) def. Monroe, 6-0, 6-2; T. Amsberry (M) def. Truong, 7-5, 6-2; Dunn (E) def. Meens, 6-1, 6-0; Ellison (E) def. Edwards, 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles—MacIntyre-Adams (M) def. Yang-Tower, 6-4, 6-1; Samuel-Iringan (E) def. Simons-Harris, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5); Church-Lichneckert (E) def. Hastings-Carel, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4.

Records—Everett 2-6. Monroe 1-7.

South Whidbey 6, Burlington-Edison 1: At Langley, Matt Idso and Sean Hough won a three-set battle over B-E’s Tom Ekle and Chris Stilwill at No. 1 doubles as the Falcons won the non-league match.

At South Whidbey H.S.

Singles—Newman (SW) def. Bart, 6-0, 6-1; Snow (SW) def. VanderStoep, 6-0, 6-2; Morgan (SW) def. Luiten, 6-0, 6-3; Adams, (SW) def. Thompson, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Doubles—Idso-Hough (SW) def. Ekle-Stilwill, 2-6, 6-0, 6-1; Neubauer-Potter (SW) def. Flaton-Zacoardi, 6-2, 6-3. Hotzheimer-Babington (BE) def. Arvisu-Ewing, 6-4, 6-0.

Boys soccer

Mount Vernon Christian 1, Northsound Christian 0: At Mount Vernon, David Riley scored on a penalty kick in the 45th minute as the Hurricanes took the non-league contest.

At Mount Vernon Christian H.S.

Goals—MVC: Riley. Goalkeepers—NSC: Doucet. MVC: Livingston. Records—NSC 4-2. MVC 2-2-1.

Grace Academy 4, Shoreline Christian 4: At Marysville, Chris McAuliffe scored the tying goal on a free kick from 25 yards out to cap Grace Academy’s rally from trailling 3-1 in the non-league contest. McAuliffe also recorded an assist.

At Strawberry Fields

Goals—Shoreline Christian: T. Huson, Sohn, Wahlman, R. Hudson. Grace Academy: Kramer 2, Lugg, McAulifffe. Assists—Shoreline Christian: T. Hudson 2, Sohn. Grace Academy: Bronder, McAuliffe. Goalkeepers—Shoreline Christian: not reported. Grace Academy: Young. Records—Shoreline Christian 3-4-1 overall. Grace Academy 2-2-2.