Good Monday morning. We lead off our weekend wrap with diamond cuts, and we start there with some softball. Yesterday was a solid day for the Valley’s local select fastpitch program, as two of its teams took home tournament hardware at a weekend tournament.
The Wildcat Fastpitch Club’s 14U Johnson and 12U Duxbury teams both fared well, with 12U winning a “Silver” division title and 14U taking second in that division yesterday at the weekend USSSA Angels for Autism tournament, taking place down in south King County. The squads beat teams from around the Puget Sound area to take those titles, which continue their strong success during the course of the 2023-24 club season. The program, based in Snoqualmie, is continuing to grow and success such as this, especially considering many of the players on both teams are students in the Snoqualmie Valley School District, will ensure that growth will continue moving forward. For more information on the program and getting your daughter involved in it, Google Wildcat Fastpitch Club.
Also yesterday:
Fall City team comes up short in Tri-Cities: Fall City’s KB Fastpitch Riley 14U’s exchanged a pair of one-run games yesterday at their weekend event in the Tri-Cities and did not earn any trophies. They beat an Oregon team but fell to one from southeast King County at the event. Their season will continue through this spring. The squad is coached by Valley resident Chris Riley and has several players who attend schools in the SVSD.
Colleges:
Oklahoma State 10, Iowa State 2: The highly-ranked Cowboys took a couple of days of frustration out on the Cyclones, exploding for seven runs over the final two innings to take the finale of a weekend set in Ames, IA. Freshman catcher Maddie Knowles saw action behind the plate for Iowa State in this contest with no official at-bats. She is from Duvall and a 2023 Cedarcrest HS grad.
Simmons 4, New England College 3 (game two, doubleheader): The Sharks swept two from the rival NEC squad, taking this nightcap game after a dominant opening game win. Sophomore Emery Kreidel-Reimer, from North Bend and a 2022 Mount Si HS grad, was 0-2 in this one for Simmons. She did not play in the opener, won easily 7-0 by the Sharks on the strength of a one-hitter by pitcher Piper Kinney. Kinney, who like Kreidel-Reimer is a sophomore, struck out 10. She is from the Boston area.
Dayton 5, Fordham 0: The Flyers blanked the Rams in the weekend finale of their series in New York. Senior Michaela Carter, she of Duvall and a 2019 Cedarcrest HS grad, was 1-3 in this one for Fordham.
Baseball: Davenport gets a second helping
One of the more interesting aspects of minor league baseball is the elongated five or six-game series teams play as part of the schedule. This sometimes results in starting pitchers getting second chances to see a lineup in the same series. That happened yesterday with Duvall’s Aaron Davenport, as the 2018 Cedarcrest High School grad, coming off a strong showing in his outing last Tuesday against the Richmond Flying Squirrels, faced the bats from the San Francisco Giants-affiliated double-A class squad pitching for the Cleveland Guardians’ double-A Akron Rubber Ducks team yesterday for a second time. And one thing that might be expected would be that the offense would make adjustments and as such make Davenport’s day challenging. That didn’t really happen.
Davenport worked 4 2/3 innings allowing a run on just six hits, with the run being unearned. He walked three and struck out two but got no decision as the Flying Squirrels unloaded for four runs in the sixth off the Akron bullpen and took the contest 5-1 at home in Richmond, VA. This dropped Akron to 5-4 on the season. The Rubber Ducks host Erie on Friday and that is when Davenport is expected to get another starting call. MILB.tv will have the game streaming and it begins at 4:00 our time.
Colleges:
Bellevue 10, Shoreline 0 (game one, doubleheader): Freshman pitcher Tristan Aasland, from Snoqualmie, dominated on the hill for Bellevue, with the 2023 Mount Si High School alum scattering just four hits in six strong innings of work walking one and striking out three as the Bulldogs handled the Dolphins in the first of two in north Seattle. Sophomore Gabe Villaflor, from Duvall, was 0-3 in this one for BCC with a run scored and RBI.
Lower Columbia 4, Clark 1 (game one, doubleheader): The Red Devils and Penguins met again for two yesterday, this time down in Vancouver, with LCC taking the opener. Sophomore Jake Smith, he of Snoqualmie and a 2022 MSHS alum, was 0-4 in this one for the Red Devils. He did not play in the nightcap of the twinbill, won by Lower Columbia 10-2 giving them the sweep of the pair.
Whitworth 6, Whitman 5 (game one, doubleheader): The Pirates bested the Blues in the first of two in Spokane. Junior Kevin Corder, he of Snoqualmie and a 2022 Mount Si HS alum, was 1-2 in this one with two walks and a run scored for Whitworth. He did not play the nightcap of the rivalry twinbill, won handily by the Pirates 16-5 with the help of a 13-run second inning. That earned Whitworth a sweep of the pair.
Lindenwood 5, Tennessee Tech 3: The host Lions avoided a sweep of the weekend set with the visiting Golden Eagles taking the finale of the set at home in St. Louis. Senior Troy Baunsgard, he of North Bend and a 2020 Mount Si HS grad, was 1-3 with a double and RBI for Tech in the contest.
Bellevue 7, Shoreline 5 (game two, doubleheader): Villaflor had two hits including a double, scoring a run, as the Bulldogs took the nightcap and swept two from the Dolphins in north Seattle last night. He is an Eastside Catholic School alum.
Lacrosse
Fox ladies unload on Whitworth: Fresh off their historic accomplishment of notching their first-ever winning season, Whitworth University’s ladies came back down to earth yesterday, getting humbled by George Fox University in a 22-2 home loss to the first-place Bruins. Freshman Campbell Vincent had an assist for Whitworth. She is from Snoqualmie and a 2023 Mount Si HS/Mount Si Lacrosse Club alum.
Lebanon Valley men win: Lebanon Valley College’s men blasted visiting Delaware Valley College 21-6 at home yesterday in Pennsylvania. Goalie Kellen Markley, he of Snoqualmie and a 2022 MSHS/MSLC’er, didn’t have to do much work in goal for LVC, making three saves on seven shots faced in 41 minutes of work before being lifted for backup William Ward. Markley got the winning decision in goal. He is a sophomore this spring.
A banner weekend for Rezoski: Colorado Mesa University’s ladies pocketed a 16-3 home win yesterday in Grand Junction, CO, over Colorado State University-Pueblo. Sophomore Emme Rezoski, she of Duvall and a 2021 Cedarcrest HS alum, had no goals yesterday but recorded six draw controls, effectively faceoff wins, in the contest for CMU. We mention this because we neglected to mention yesterday she set a school record in this stat category in their win last Friday over Fort Lewis College of Colorado. Rezoski, who played her high school lacrosse with Mount Si Lacrosse Club, recorded 17 draw controls, breaking a record set in 2019 by program alum Olivia Hayden. WTG Emme!
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