Good Wednesday morning. We will have last night’s news in a moment but we first want to lead things off with our weekly look at local girls’ club volleyball for you in the Snoqualmie Valley Sports Journal.
Salt Lake City was a happening place this past weekend as a couple of teams with ties to Mount Si High School competed against regional and national competition at the Salt Lake Showdown national qualifying tournament at the Salt Palace Convention Center. It was a mixed bag of results as well.
Tacoma’s DaKine Warriors 17U’s won the Bronze level title in the 17U “USA” division at the tournament after finishing 4-4 on the weekend but did not earn a trip to the national tournament later this summer. The team, featuring Wildcat Maggie Kamp and Tahoma High School’s Isabelle Foote, daughter of retired Mount Si coach Bonnie Foote, started out well on the opening day Friday including a win over an eastern Washington team in which Isabelle Foote slammed the door shut on proceedings with a kill, but had challenges on the second day on Saturday hurting their chances of making the national tournament. DaKine rebounded on Sunday though to take that Bronze title beating a different eastern Washington team for that crown.
In other action, Bellevue’s Sudden Impact 17U Storm, with Mount Si’s Sophie Lobet, finished way back in 34th in the 17U “Open” division after only going 2-7 on the weekend down there, and a Texas-based 12U team that also has a very loose past tie to Mount Si earned a berth to nationals out of this event.
The 1United Blue team, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, took second in the 12U “National/USA” division only falling once all weekend – in the title game to a California team. The squad features player Paige McCormick, whose mom, Renee, is a former longtime Mount Si girls’ sports coach and educator (primarily with gymnastics and volleyball). The McCormick’s relocated from the Valley to Texas several years ago and Renee McCormick remains active as an educator, working in a suburban Dallas school district. A congratulations from us to the McCormick’s and the team on this success. Texas squads tend to do well in national competition, so expectations should be high for a successful national tournament for this group and we wish them luck later this summer.
On tap for this weekend: High-school age teams from USA Volleyball’s Puget Sound Region will be in action this weekend competing in regional Power League competition. This will be the last chance for teams to get themselves into position for the upcoming regional championship tournament that will take place in a couple of weeks.
We will have more on this next week in our segment so look for that there. This has been your weekly volleyball report covering USA Volleyball’s Puget Sound Region in the SVSJ. Time now for our news items from last night.
Baseball: Mount Si “C” falls
Mount Si High School’s “C” team was limited to just one hit in their 8-1 home loss in Snoqualmie last night to O’Dea in a non-conference contest. Charles Robinson had the lone Wildcat hit while Jackson Barter scored the lone Mount Si run. The Wildcats have lost three straight and six out of their last seven, but will look to bounce back tomorrow when they host Issaquah for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch at Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie.
Also, Cedarcrest High School’s varsity makeup game against Meadowdale was again rained out yesterday; they were attempting to make up a rainout from Monday. The teams will attempt to make the game up again on Saturday.
Players with Mount Si ties square off in college game: Two players with past ties to Mount Si High School’s program faced one another in a college baseball game yesterday.
George Fox University’s junior varsity squad beat Lower Columbia College 4-1 in the non-conference game down in Longview. Mason Gronewald, a Mercer Island High School graduate who played his freshman season of high school baseball with Mount Si, went 1-4 with an RBI for the Bruins, who are an NCAA Division III school located in Oregon. Jake Smith, a 2022 Mount Si alum from Snoqualmie, was 0-4 at the plate but also saw his first action on the mound this spring for the Red Devils, part of the Northwest Athletic Conference, the regional league for Washington and Oregon two-year community colleges. He worked two innings and they were perfect with three strikeouts. He received no decision.
LCC is off until April 27.
Softball: Skidmore making up for lost time, and a Valleyite helps out
NCAA Division III Skidmore College’s ladies have been busy the past two days making up a pair of previously rained-out doubleheaders against in-state foes.
Monday, the Thoroughbreds fell 11-7 and 10-5 in the two games against SUNY Oneonta at home in Saratoga Springs, NY, then yesterday, they took their frustrations out on SUNY Delhi, sweeping that twinbill in Delhi, NY, by the scores of 16-3 and 12-0. Sophomore Madison Bonham saw action in both doubleheader nightcaps, going 0-3 in the one against Oneonta Monday and 0-1 last night in the game with Delhi. Bonham, from North Bend, is a 2022 Mount Si HS grad.
Skidmore has two with the University of Rochester on Friday.
High schools: Cedarcrest High School’s scheduled game with Arlington at home in Duvall yesterday was rained out. They will attempt to make the game up on Saturday, April 27. There was one Wesco game that did get in last night that we can report on though. Snohomish handled Marysville-Getchell 8-5 at home in Snohomish. Kendel Sage led the Panthers going 2-4 with a pair of runs scored and an RBI, and Abby Edwards also had two hits including a triple for SHS. As for Getchell, Lily Balgos homered to lead things there for the Chargers.
Lacrosse: Mount Si boys drop return game from spring break
In the first game back from their spring break trip to the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, Mount Si Lacrosse Club’s high school boys fell at home to Bellevue 10-6 last night in Snoqualmie.
Levi Henretig had two goals for the Wildcats while goals were also scored by Luca Toldo, A.J. Spence and Luke Jones. Mount Si hosts Eastlake Friday. Due to a Wildcat boys’ soccer home match that night, ironically against the Wolves, the lacrosse game will take place at Chief Kanim Middle School in Fall City. Also, Cedarcrest Lacrosse’s boys high school team resumes action after their spring break taking on Jackson at Kasch Park in Everett.
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