Thorson strikes out 23 to remain perfect

Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, April 3, 2002

Herald staff

SHORELINE – Kristina Thorson struck out 23 batters and knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning to help undefeated, defending state champion Shorecrest beat Shorewood 1-0.

With the bases loaded, Thorson, who gave up three hits to improve to 7-0 from the mound, hit a Heidi Heric pitch up the middle to score Erica Benson.

Heric struck out 12 Shorewood batters and surrendered five hits to drop to 4-2.

Edmonds-Woodway 6, Mariner 0: Edmonds-Woodway’s Tracie Adix pitched a complete-game no-hitter to lead the Warriors to a Wesco South victory. Adix also contributed from the plate going 3-for-3 with two runs scored.

Kamiak 7, Lynnwood 0: Krista Colburn had a double, a triple, two RBI and two runs in Kamiak’s Wesco South shutout.

Mountlake Terrace 5, Everett 1: Katy Barstad struck out five for Terrace in the Wesco South game.

Jackson 3, Meadowdale 1: Michelle Ayala was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored for the Timberwolves in the Wesco South game.

Marysville-Pilchuck 3, Monroe 0: Emily Weitzel struck out nine batters and gave up just one hit in Marysville-Pilchuck’s Wesco North shutout victory. From the plate, Weitzel went 1-for-3 with two RBI.

Snohomish 2, Cascade 1: Cari Kennedy singled in Krysta Sampson for the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning to lead Snohomish to a Wesco North victory. Panthers’ starting pitcher Emma Schmidt pitched six scoreless innings and gave up only four hits after surrendering Cascade’s only run in the top of the first.

Mount Vernon 1, Stanwood 0: Courtney Williams was 2-for-4 with the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead Mount Vernon to the Wesco North victory.

South Whidbey 18, Blaine 0: Bronwyn Russell was 4-for-4 wth a double and two RBI and three runs scored and Keasha Campbell was 3-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored to lead South Whidbey to a North Cascades Conference victory.

Lakewood 10, Sultan 0: Heather Loucks hit a pair of doubles to lead Lakewood to its first win.

Nooksack Valley 10, Granite Falls 0: Becky Kirschgessner and Jennifer Burnett each had a base hit for Granite Falls in the North Cascades Conference game.

Mount Baker 2, Meridian 0: Karly Postlewait struck out nine batters to to lead Mount Baker to the North Cascades victory.

Tennis

Snohomish 7, Marysville-Pilchuck 0: Snohomish won all seven matches en route to the Wesco North victory.

Singles-B. Gale (S) def. Harris, 6-4, 6-1; Steele (S) def. Baqui, 6-2, 6-1; Henningsgaard (S) def. McNett, 6-2, 6-2; Mass (S) def. Anderson, 6-3, 6-2. Doubles-Bartelheimer-Lumpe (S) def. Schober-Watson, 6-1, 6-1; C. Gale-Lane (S) def. Boespflug-Zigler, 6-1, 6-2; Pratt-Wong (S) def. Pyne-Somoff, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2.. Records-Snohomish: 5-0, 5-0. Marysville Pilchuck: 2-4, 2-4.

Meadowdale 7, Mariner 0: Meadowdale did not give up a set en route to sweeping Mariner in the Wesco South meet.

Singles– Subcleff (Meadowdale) def. D. Tran, 6-1, 6-3; Frank (Me) def. Magdelena, 6-1, 6-3; Sul (Me) def. Barnett, 6-3, 6-1; Khrapko (Me) def. T. Tran, 6-0, 6-1. Doubles– Dizard-Matteson (Me) def. Ly-Lea, 6-0, 6-0; Finzer-Kincaid def. Phillips-Klang, 6-2, 6-1; Streckenbach-Ma (Me) def. Widey-Kenney, 6-0, 6-0. Records– Meadowdale 4-2, 4-2. Mariner 0-5, 0-5.

Edmonds-Woodway 6, Lynnwood 1: Edmonds-Woodway swept the doubles matches in the Wesco South meet.

Singles– Allen (EW) def. McCartney, 6-4, 6-0; Hughes (EW) def. Hunsinger6-1, 6-0; Harding (L) def. Zaytseva, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Ortiz (EW) def. Dao, 7-6, 6-2. Doubles– M. Kim-Song (EW) def. Mendoza-Andeberhan, 6-4, 6-4; D. Kim-Havens (EW) def. Israel-Tran, 5-7, 7-6, 6-1; G. Kim-Shellhorn (EW) def. Looney-Tobin, 6-7, 6-2, 6-2. Records– Edmonds-Woodway 6-1, 6-1. Lynnwood 1-6, 1-6.

Kamiak 7, Mountlake Terrace 0: Katie Arnestad led the way for Kamiak, winning in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0 in No. 3 singles.

Singles– Hong (K) def. Stanton, 6-1, 6-1; Ramfar (K) def. Abel, 6-1, 6-0; Arnestad (K) def. Guiffrida, 6-0, 6-0; Irwin (K) def. Peirson, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles– Busch-Ro (K) def. Miller-Nguyen, 6-1, 6-1; Wilborn-Sluis (K) def. Bouddhabandith-Moriyami, 7-6, 2-6 (5-7), 6-7 (9-7); Ellstrom-Chung (K) def. Smith-Rodugina, 6-1, 6-1. Records– Kamiak 6-1 in league and overall. Terrace 0-5, 0-5.

Shorewood 6, Everett 1: Shorewood extended its undefeated record to 7-0.

Singles– Bruce (S) def. Olson 6-1, 6-4; Bell (S) def. Mills 6-1, 6-3; Turner (S) def. Christopher 6-1, 6-3; Bourne (S) def. Hall 6-1, 6-0. Doubles– Moyle-Jones (S) def. Ervine-Dutton 6-0, 4-6, 6-2; Warness-Haggery (S) def. Haines-Smith 6-2, 7-6 (7-5); Dutton-Le (E) def. Cohom-Guess 6-3, 6-2. Records-Everett 3-4 in league, 3-4 overall. Shorewood 7-0, 7-0.

Jackson 5, Shorecrest 2: Jamie Crockett helped Jackson to a Wesco South victory with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph.

Singles– Crockett (J) def. Shen 6-3, 6-4; Bhak (J) def. Alberty 7-5, 6-4; Platio (J) def. Yoon 6-2, 6-1; Ash (J) def. Mitev 6-1, 6-2. Doubles– K. Walsh-J. Walsh (S) def. Cluff-McDonough 6-4, 6-4; Opdyke-Auriemma (S) def. 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-2; Rauen-Millar (J) def. Owen-Zargar 6-2, 7-6 (7-2). Records– Shorecrest: 2-5 in division, 2-5 overall.

Blaine 4, Lakewood 3: Keira Vizcaya defeated her No. 4 singles opponent 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1) in the North Cascades meet.

Singles– Lawrenson (B) def. McFarland, 6-0, 6-4; B. Jones (B) def. Danner, 7-5, 6-4; S. Freeman (B) def. Gillis, 6-3,6-0; Keira Vizcaya (L) def. Sticklin, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1). Doubles-Taylor-J. Freeman (B) def. Tangen-Haugen, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0; Jones-O”Dell (L) def. K. Jones-Klemmet, 6-3, 6-0; Markley-Halvorson (L) def. Jackson-Kramer, 6-4, 6-3. Records– Lakewood 0-2 in league, 1-4 overall.

Girls golf

Wesco North Division ‘A’ meet: Kate Waller scored 28 Stableford points to take home medalist honors and lead Oak Harbor to the victory.

Wesco South ‘A’ meet: Meadowdale’s Meredith Horgan shot a 4-over par 37 on nine holes to score a meet-high 32 Stableford points. Kamiak took the team title.

Girls track

Oak Harbor 93, Monroe 51: Oak Harbor won all relays and hurdle events to beat Monroe in Wesco North action.