Time now to talk a little softball from last night.
Cedarcrest High School’s ladies got a spark from senior Peyton Hayes, and carried that to a big 11-2 Wesco 2A/3A win at home last night in Duvall over Lynnwood that kept their postseason chase very much alive. Hayes finished 4-4 with a double, homer, scoring three runs and driving in four more.
Hayes led the game off with a two-run first inning homer, then the Red Wolves scored six runs in the sixth to put this game away. Josie Fiala started it off with a double scoring Aspen Balzer, then with two out, Hayes singled to score both Fiala and Jo Krivanek after Lynnwood committed an error on the play. Following that, Hayes scored on a second Royals error, this on a ground ball hit by Lola Fryc. Fryc after reaching base was replaced by ace pitcher Lily Rafferty, who did not pitch in yesterday’s game. Lily then scored on a single by her sister Autumn. Sam Livingstone also scored on that hit for CHS.
Rafferty’s counterpart Emma Duke got the call in the circle for the Red Wolves and went the distance allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits walking two and striking out five. The win keeps CHS in fourth overall in the Northwest 2A District computer rankings, nipping at the heels of third-ranked Lynden following the Red Wolves’ win over the Lions last Friday. CHS is at Snohomish tomorrow.
Back-to-back blasts by Hetzel and Bieleneberg power Mount Si: A five-run sixth headlined by back-to-back homers from two of Mount Si’s key sluggers propelled the Wildcats to a nice road win last night over Woodinville.
Ally Hetzel and Avery Bielenberg hit the round-trippers for Mount Si in their 9-6 result over Woodinville at Woodinville High School. Bella Scappini aided Mount Si going 3-5 with two runs scored while Addie Craig added three hits herself, including a double, scoring three runs.
The Wildcats and Falcons opened with some first-inning fireworks with each team scoring twice in their half of that frame. Mount Si then scored a run each in the third and fourth, then went off in the sixth.
With one out, Anna Braukus singled to score both Scappini and Craig, both of whom had reached on singles themselves. Braukus made it to second with the help of a Falcon error, then was on base when Hetzel sent a ball over the left field fence for her homer, and she was followed by Bielenberg’s blast. Pitcher Jenna Nowak was more than happy to get the run support, and needed all of it too as she went the distance allowing the six Woodinville runs on 10 hits walking four and striking out eight.
Jane Ford led Woody going 3-4 with a triple and two runs scored. Mount Si hosts Bothell tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at Mount Si High School. The Cougars are still at the top of the food chain in Kingco, but have been a little more vulnerable as of late as ace pitcher Julianne Rose has not pitched for them in over a week now. We do not know what the situation is, but whatever it is, it is a big deal as she is an extremely critical piece of the puzzle for Bothell if it wants to make a deep run into the postseason this spring.
Woody JV’s roll: Pitcher Maddie Obert was dominant last night for Woodinville’s JV’s, allowing a run on only three hits in a complete-game effort as the Falcons downed Mount Si’s junior varsity 11-1. The lone Mount Si run was on a homer from Sam Santo. Mount Si JV’s host Bothell tomorrow.
Also last night, from GameChanger and their app, available on phones and tablets in their app store:
North Creek 4, Eastlake 1: North Creek ace Reagan Fleming did the job last night, dominating for the Jaguars in a key road win over the Wolves on the Plateau. Fleming allowed a run on only three hits, striking out eight in a complete-game effort. Emma Gochenour homered for North Creek, while Mia Atkins did the same for Eastlake accounting for their scoring in the game.
Redmond 6, Skyline 0: A dominating effort by Mustang ace Ainsley Barcalow had plenty of offensive support as Redmond blanked Skyline on the Plateau last night. Barcalow fired a one-hitter walking two and striking out four, and had help from two of Redmond’s best offensive weapons – Tia Milloy homered and doubled twice, scoring three runs and driving in another run, and Kati Cygan had two doubles herself as part of a four-hit effort, driving in two runs.
Snohomish 7, Archbishop Murphy 0: Pitcher Alex Flohr dominated Murphy going the distance for the Panthers last night in their shutout of the Wildcats at home in Snohomish. Flohr scattered just five hits walking one and striking out 11 for Snohomish, and she had help offensively from top hitter Hannah Siegler, who had two hits including a triple, scoring a run and driving in three more.
Monroe 7, Everett 6: Players who Valley fans should be familiar with from our club coverage powered the Bearcats to a win over the Seagulls at home in Monroe last night. Vivian Knuckey paced Monroe with two hits, including a double, scoring a run and driving in a second, and Hadley Oylear also had two hits for the Bearcats including a triple, driving in two runs. Those efforts helped pitcher Holly Pettit, and she went the distance allowing six runs, four earned, on 13 hits walking four and striking out five. Knuckey is a teammate of Cedarcrest’s Fiala with a 16U Absolute Blast team based in Carnation and coached by Red Wolve softball assistant coach Andy Rafferty, while Pettit is teammates with Mount Si’s Nowak on a 14U AbB squad. Oylear’s dad is also a longtime club coach who has worked with players from both Valley high schools in recent years.
Bothell 13, Inglemoor 3
Issaquah 13, Newport 10
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