Tuesday diamond cuts…..

Good Tuesday morning. We have diamond cuts for you this morning and are leading it off with some youth baseball.

Duvall’s Washington Dirtbags 18U traveled over to Woodinville High School last night for two with Woodinville-based Elevate Northwest Edwards. The night didn’t go as planned, as Elevate took a sweep, but players from Cedarcrest High School chipped in for the Dirtbags in both games.

The first game went to Elevate 5-4 on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the bottom of the final inning of the seven-inning contest. Red Wolve Quinn Larson led the way for the Dirtbags, going 3-4 with three stolen bases, two runs scored and two RBI’s. CHS’s Cooper Ayers and Jackson Rees also delivered, each with two hits; Ayers drove in a run and also walked once while Rees stole a base and scored a run. Fellow Red Wolve Jake Polacek also had a hit while a sixth Cedarcrest player, Tyler Questad, went hitless in his three tries at the plate.

The nightcap was nip and tuck with Elevate rallying to force extra innings, then scoring five runs in that eighth inning to take that game 8-3 for the sweep. Thompson started on the mound for the Dirtbags allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits in two innings walking one and striking out two. He had two hits in this one at the plate scoring a run and driving in a second. Rees then came in and pitched the next 5 1/3 frames, allowing three runs on five hits, walking two and striking out five taking the loss in relief, with fellow CHS’er Colt Norris finishing out the final two-thirds of the eighth inning, allowing three runs, two earned, on two hits walking one and striking out two.

Larson was 1-4 with an RBI while Ayers also had two hits and a run scored. Polacek was 0-2 and Questad was 0-1.

The team continues play tonight with a game against Baden Elite at home. First pitch is at 5:45 pm at Cedarcrest High School in Duvall, 29000 NE 150th Street.

Here is all of Sunday’s youth action, powered by GameChanger and their apps, available on phones and tablets in their app stores.

Diamond Sports 9, Toyota Bears 18U Underclass 8 (game one, doubleheader): At Skyline High School in Sammamish, the Puyallup-area team took two from Preston-based Toyota. Mount Si’s Kevin Ellis was 1-1 with a walk in this contest for the Bears; he did not play in the nightcap for Toyota, as Diamond won that game to get the sweep 11-7.

Washington A’s 18U Premier 6, Sweets Upperclass 0: The Sammamish rivals squared off in Cam Christian tourney action at Fife High School, with the A’s taking it behind Mount Si’s Clay Crooks, who went 1-3 with two RBI’s. Teammate and fellow ‘Cat Colin Fraser was 0-2 with a run.

Boys of Summer 15U 11, Seattle Wave 7: At Tahoma High School, Bellevue-based Boys delivered on the strength of a pair of Mount Si players. Blake Helman walked twice, had a hit and scored a run while Kainoa Keith also had a hit, scoring a run and driving in a second in the slugfest win over the Seattle team.

Dirtbags 9, Narrows 18U 3: Larson led the way in this one for the Dirtbags as they rolled to the win at the Southwest Athletic Complex in Seattle over the Tacoma-area team. He had a hit, walked twice and scored four runs, and also pitched two innings allowing a run on two hits walking one and striking out three. Questad was 1-3 with a run scored and RBI while Thompson also was 1-3 and Ayers was 0-2 but walked once and drove in two runs.

Elevate Northwest 16U Bugge 16, Bellevue Dragons 6: Woodinville-based Elevate cruised to the win over the Bellevue team at Edmonds Community College. Cedarcrest’s Reed Gilmore was busy, walking all four times he came to the plate in this one scoring three runs, and he also pitched for Elevate, allowing three runs in just two-thirds of an inning on only one hit. He walked five but received no decision.

Narrows Upperclass 9, Lakeside 16U Elite 0: Host Lakeside was limited to three hits in their home loss at Issaquah High School to the visitors from Tacoma. Mount Si’s Cole Taylor and Scott Corder both went 0-2 in this one for Lakeside.

Washington A’s Olson 3, VeloTech 16U 2: The Sammamish rivals clashed in Cam Christian action at Auburn Mountainview High School with the A’s taking the win. Mount Si’s Jimmy Pratapas was 0-2 in this one for the A’s.

Washington A’s 18U Showcase 5, Northwest Reign 1: The Mount Si delegation for the A’s stepped up in a big way helping the Sammamish team to a road win over the Thurston County-based Reign down in Lacey. Pitcher Avery Procter was dominant on the hill for the A’s, with the Wildcat allowing one unearned run on five hits walking two and striking out four in a complete-game effort in this one, and his Mount Si-based teammates aided the offensive efforts as well. Taylor Davis was 1-3 with a run scored while Kenny Russell walked twice and scored a run, Owen Krasowski was 1-2 with an RBI and Ryan Ruffin was 0-1. And for good measure, Procter himself helped the cause with two hits and an RBI. Good stuff.

West Sound Seawolves 3, Boys of Summer 15U 2: Boys finished out the weekend with a loss to the Bremerton team at THS. Helman and Keith both went 0-3 in this one for BoS.

Narrows Premier 7, Washington A’s 18U Premier 3: The A’s fell in their weekend finale to the Tacoma-area team. Fraser started on the mound for the A’s and allowed six runs on seven hits in three and two-thirds innings walking three, striking out four and taking the loss. Crooks was 0-3 with an RBI in this one for the A’s.

College summer baseball: Honkers split two
Sunday was a split on the diamond in Tacoma for the Snoqualmie-based Northwest Honkers, as the Pacific International League college summer team split two with the Tacoma-based Seattle Cheney Studs. The Studs won the opener 16-3 before the Honkers rebounded for a 10-3 win in the nightcap at the University of Puget Sound. Cedarcrest HS alum Cameron Padron played in both games for the Honkers, going 0-3 in the opener then 0-4 in the nightcap. The Honkers are at Everett’s Funko Field tonight meeting the Everett Merchants at 7:00.

In West Coast League action on Sunday:

Wenatchee handles Victoria: The AppleSox finished out their road trip to Victoria, BC, Canada, leaving with a 5-2 win over the HarbourCats. Mount Si High School alum Aidan Dougherty was 0-4 with a run for the Sox, who are home tonight meeting the Bellingham Bells at Wenatchee Valley College at 6:30. Dougherty will be attending the University of Connecticut this fall where he will be a junior. He is from Snoqualmie.

Corvallis cruises over Yakima Valley: The perennial league powerhouse Knights closed out their weekend series in Yakima with the Yakima Valley Pippins with an 11-0 blowout win. Tyler Disch pitched an inning for the Pippins, and the MSHS alum, also from Snoqualmie, allowed three runs on just two hits, walking two and striking out one. He received no decision. YVP is in Ridgefield tonight meeting the Raptors also at 6:30.

Softball: Zoom into June wraps up
Triple Crown’s southern California Zoom into June event wrapped up yesterday morning, with teams getting on airplanes following their games and returning to Seattle where players will be in class today at their local high schools. Scores and highlights again from GC and their apps:

USA Athletics 3, AI Bandits 16U Purple 0: The Puyallup-based Bandits finished out the weekend with the shutout loss to the California team. Mount Si’s Abby Rowland was 0-2 for AIB, who also fell yesterday to the San Jose Sting 4-1. Rowland did not play in that game for the Bandits.

Northwest Grapettes 18U McGee 7, Mojo Arizona 4: Wildcat Addie Craig cleaned house for the Kirkland-based Grapettes in their win over the Arizona team. She doubled twice, scored two runs and drove in two more for NWG.

Washington Ladyhawks 18U Fairbairn 6, Arizona Bombers 2: The Puyallup-based Hawks had a good flight back to Seattle after finishing the weekend with a win over the Phoenix-area team aided by Mount Si’s Avery Bielenberg, who had two hits, scored two runs and drove in a third.

California Storm 5, AI Bandits 16U Ruess 0: Redmond-based Ruess was held to four hits, three by Kingco 4A players, in their tournament finale loss to the California team. Eastlake High School’s Addi Baumgartner had two of those hits, while Issaquah High School’s Riley Baumann had the other hit from the Kingco delegation.

Orange County Batbusters 12, Washington Ladyhawks 18U Simpson 3: The Bellevue-based Hawks had a not-so-good flight back following their blowout loss to the Anaheim-area team to finish out proceedings yesterday. Mount Si’s Ally Hetzel was 0-1 with an RBI for WLH.

Northwest Bullets 18U Campos 3, AASA Merrida 0: The Portland-based Bullets, featuring Wildcat shortstop Anna Braukus, finished the weekend blanking the California team. Stats for this game were not available.

Northwest Grapettes 18U McGee 11, SoCal A’s Mercado 1: Craig, who will be attending the University of Washington this fall and playing college softball for the Huskies next spring, also delivered in this one for the Grapettes, going 2-3 scoring three runs and driving in a fourth pacing the victors, who had a one-hitter from their pitcher as well in this one with four walks and five strikeouts.