Three former Edmonds Community College standouts have signed with the Colorado State University-Pueblo baseball team.
Tyler Rice (Gig Harbor HS, Gig Harbor, Wash.), Reid Dehnert (Kent HS, Kentlake, Wash.) and Daniel Ninomiya (Woodinville HS, Woodinville, Wash.) are among nine players signed by the school.
The ThunderWolves scored three recruits from Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Wash., who helped the team to the championship in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges. Pitcher Rice, Edmonds’ top arm, joins the Pack after posting an 8-1 record at Edmonds.
“He has a real chance of being a Friday night guy for us,” Sanchez said. “He’s got a live arm and we’re expecting big things out of him.”
Joining Rice at CSU-Pueblo are Denhert and Ninomiya. Ninomiya was the Tritons’ top player in the NWWAAC tournament, earning MVP honors, while Dehnert, a graduate of Kentlake High School in Kent, Wash., will join high school teammate, Rutger Bovard (Kent HS, Kentlake, Wash.), on the Pack roster. Last season, Bovard was a second-team all-conference selection at CSU-Pueblo
“All three of these guys have proven that they know how to win,” Sanchez said, “and they help to make our team immediately better.”
The latest group of nine signees ups the Pack’s 2009 class to 19 new signees, one of the biggest and best classes Sanchez has had in his 15 years at CSU-Pueblo.
E-W grad earns baseball honor
Owen Jones, a 2007 graduate of Edmonds-Woodway High School, has been named to the 2008 West Coast Collegiate Baseball League’s East All-Star Team.
Jones is a right-handed pitcher for the Wenatchee AppleSox. He is 2-1 this summer with a 2.25 earned-run average and 26 strikeouts in 32 innings.
Jones recently completed his freshman season as a member of the University of Portland baseball team.
Former EdCC coach hired by Huskies
Former Edmonds Community College baseball coach Tighe Dickinson has been promoted to a full-time assistant coach Washington head baseball coach Ken Knutson announced.
Dickinson, who has spent the last three seasons as the Huskies’ volunteer assistant, moved into a spot vacated when former assistant Donny Harrel left the UW earlier this summer to become the new head coach at Seattle University.
“I’m really excited about promoting Tighe to the full-time position,” said Knutson, who enters his 18th season as the Husky head man. “He has been instrumental in the development of several very successful pitchers, like Tim Lincecum, Nick Hagadone, Nick Haughian and Jorden Merry.”
Dickinson, who will continue to work with the Husky pitching staff, was the head coach at Edmonds Community College in 2004 and 2005, before leaving to join the staff at the UW. In his first season at Washington, he helped coach Lincecum, the winner of the 2006 Golden Spikes Award as the nation’s top amateur baseball player.
Dickinson led Edmonds to a 75-16 overall record during the 2004 and 2005 seasons and was co-head coach in 2002 when the Tritons won the NWAACC championship. In 2003, he was head coach at Skyline High School.
A native of Aberdeen, Wash., Dickinson graduated from Montesano (Wash.) High in 1994. After one season pitching at Green River CC in Auburn, he played three years at Alabama-Birmingham, earning his degree in 1999.
Brier tennis player wins doubles title
Jacqueline Cako of Brier and her partner Courtney Dolehide of Hinsdale, Ill. won the USTA Clay Court National doubles championship July 20 in Memphis, Tenn. Cako and Dolehide beat Floridians Alexandra Cercone and Jackie Kasler 7-6 (5), 7-5. Cako and Dolehide, the No. 3 seeds, won three three-set matches en route to the title.
Cako also advanced to the semifinals in the singles tournament before losing to No. 1 seed Beatrice Capra of Ellicott, Md., 6-3, 7-5. Cako was seeded No. 4 in singles.
The Brier resident was honored with the sportsmanship award that is given to only one of the 198 participants for outstanding sportsmanship displayed throughout the duration of the seven-day tournament.
E-W captures volleyball title
The Edmonds-Woodway volleyball team took first place at the 14-team Western Washington varsity tournament July 18-19 in Bellingham. The Warriors went 7-0 and lost only one game. Edmonds-Woodway defeated King’s 21-25, 25-19, 15-9 in the semifinals and then beat Marysville-Pilchuck 25-15, 25-17 in the finals on July 19.
Stallions down Cavaliers 32-8
Jeff Poke rushed for 105 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead Seattle to a 32-8 victory over Washington in a NWFL football game July 19 at Ingraham High School in Seattle. Poke scored on runs of 6 and 4 yards. Teammate Dave Chappell ran for 83 yards and scored two touchdowns. Quarterback Brad Collins completed 7 of 19 passes for 71 yards.
Scots capture girls soccer tournament
The Shorecrest girls soccer team won five consecutive games and took the title at an eight-team summer high school tournament at Blaine High School July 11-13.
The Scots defeated Ferndale 4-0 in the final and outscored their opponents 18-3 in the five games.
Goalkeeper Caroline Towles notched the shutout in the final.
Sophomore-to-be Rachel Schrote and senior-to-be Ashley Rojan were instrumental in moving the ball from their center midfield spots, coach Mindy Dalziel said.
The forwards, junior-to-be Ashley Desharnais, junior-to-be Alexis Ramos and junior-to-be Agen Heffernan scored most of the goals.
The team held fundraisers including car washes and candy sales to pay for the trip, which 21 girls went on, Dalziel said.
“The whole point of it was to get lots of playing time and put kids in situations and see if they could perform in the summer for me,” Dalziel said.
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