No. 9 Oak Harbor 7, No. 12 Shorecrest<\/strong><\/p>\nEVERETT — Shorecrest’s season came to an end with an 11-10 record. Natalie Fernandez (3-for-4, double, 2 runs), Lilia Titiali’i-McKinnon (3-for-4, 2 doubles, 2 stolen bases, RBI, run) and Lyla Ann Taing (2-for-4, run) combined for eight of the Scots’ 10 hits.<\/p>\n
No. 11 Meadowdale 11, No. 10 Edmonds-Woodway 0 (5)<\/strong><\/p>\nEVERETT — A six-run outburst in the third inning highlighted an opening-round win for the Mavericks (9-11).<\/p>\n
Skyler Marino allowed three hits and no walks in the five-inning, run-rule game, striking out three in front of an errorless defense. Samantha Martens (3-for-3, 2 doubles, 3 RBI, 3 runs), Arianna Lyons (3-for-4, 2 doubles, 2 RBI, run), Hailey Bernards (2-for-3, RBI, 2 runs) and Madison Mitchell (2-for-4, RBI, 2 runs) powered the Meadowdale offense.<\/p>\n
Noa Gillespie registered two of E-W’s three hits in the Warriors’ (8-13) season-ending loss.<\/p>\n
No. 11 Meadowdale 6, No. 7 Monroe 5<\/strong><\/p>\nEVERETT —- The Mavericks (10-11 overall) scored all six of their runs across innings two, three and four to upset a second-straight opponent on the day to move on to the double-elimination portion of the tournament.<\/p>\n
Cleanup hitter Peyton Warnock homered as part of a 3-for-4, three RBI game. Madison Mitchell went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI and Lillian McCormick went 2-for-4 with a double. Zoey de Mello tripled, drove in one run and scored another, and Meadowdale took advantage of four Monroe errors.<\/p>\n
Meadowdale faces No. 2 Sedro-Woolley 4 p.m. Tuesday at Phil Johnson Fields.<\/p>\n
Tenny Oyler homered for the Bearcats (12-9) in the season finale.<\/p>\n
No. 8 Everett 14, No. 9 Oak Harbor 0 (5)<\/strong><\/p>\nEVERETT — Anna Luscher dominated in the pitching circle and in the batter’s box as the Seagulls (11-9) moved on to the double-elimination portion of the tournament. Everett faces No. 1 Snohomish 4 p.m. Tuesday at Phil Johson Fields.<\/p>\n
All 15 Oak Harbor outs came via strikeouts. Luscher pitched the first four innings of the run-rule shortened game, allowing two hits and no walks while striking out 12. Mia Hoekendorf closed it out with a perfect fifth inning, striking out all three batters faced.<\/p>\n
Both pitchers dominated on offense as well. Luscher went 4-for-4 with three RBI and a run from her leadoff spot, while Hoekendorf, the No. 2 hitter, doubled, tripled, drove in three runs and scored once. Braylon Yarwood went 2-for-3 with a walk, two RBI and three runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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