High school sports roundup for May 16, 2023

Terrace pitcher Ellie Gilbert celebrates the Hawks’ 7-6 win over Cascade in eight innings Tuesday. Gilbert pitched 13 innings over two games on the day, winning both. (Photo by Joe Christian)

Softball

The Mountlake Terrace Hawks softball team advanced to the district championship game and qualified for the state tournament with two victories Tuesday.

The third-seeded Hawks started out the tournament by defeating the sixth-seeded Marysville Getchell Chargers 10-0 in five innings. Ellie Gilbert threw a five-inning two hitter while the offense took care of the rest, including a seven-run fifth inning to close out the game with a 10-run mercy rule victory.

The Hawks then played the second-seeded Cascade Bruins in the semifinal game, with the winner clinching a state berth. The Hawks appeared to be on their way to an easy win after scoring two runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a 5-0 lead. Cameron Dunn and Mya Sheffield each homered to help build the lead. The Bruins, however, came back to tie the game at 5-5 with a five-run sixth inning that was aided by three Hawks errors.

Neither team scored in the seventh inning and the game went to extra innings. The Hawks scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning and then had to hold on for the win as the Bruins pulled within one in the bottom of the eight. Gilbert pitched her second complete game of the day and closed out the Bruins for another win.

The Hawks will face top-seeded Snohomish in the district championship game Thursday, May 18 at 6 p.m. at Phil Johnson Fields in Everett. Both teams will then move on to next week’s state championship tournament.

District tournament quarterfinals:

Mountlake Terrace defeated Marysville Getchell 10-0 (5 innings)

Mountlake Terrace High School’s junior pitcher Ellie Gilbert shut out Marysville-Getchel in a mercy rule-shortened District 1 3A quarterfinal softball game at Phil Johnson ballfields in Everett Tuesday. (Photos by Joe Christian)

Terrace’s Delia Glover focuses on signals from her coach Shannon Rasmussen.

Natalie Cardin rounds third base to go in for a score.

Kyleigh Smith (L) collects a throw at first base for an out.

Senior Cameron Dunn belts a three-run homer in the fifth inning to give the Hawks a 6-0 lead.

Freshmen Evie Snow (R) moves off first base.

The Hawks pose for a photo before they head to the semifinal game against No.-2 seed Cascade.

Mountlake Terrace pitching highlights:
Ellie Gilbert: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K

Mountlake Terrace hitting highlights:
Cameron Dunn: 1 for 2, BB, HR, R, 3 RBI
Kaylee Mitchell: 3 for 4, 2B, R
Amaya Johnson: 1 for 2, 2 BB, 2B, 2 R
Delia Glover: 1 for 3, 2B, 2 R, RBI
H Taron: 1 for 3, 2 RBI, SB
Kyleigh Smith: 1 for 2, HBP, R
Mya Sheffield: 1 for 3, RBI
Ellie Gilbert: 0 for 2, HBP, RBI
Bri Reyes: 0 for 1, 2 BB, R
Natalie Cardin: run
Evie Snow: run

District tournament semifinals:

Mountlake Terrace defeated Cascade 7-6 (8 innings)

Hawks’ senior Mya Sheffield celebrates her two-run homer to right centerfield to put Terrace up over the Bruins 2-0.

Freshmen Amaya Johnson (R) tries to turn a double play at second base.

Cameron Dunn reacts to her solo home run that gave the Hawks a 3-0 lead over the Bruins

Haley Taron (top), Alyssa Brown (bottom right) and Delia Glover (left) cheer as the Hawks come up to bat.

Hawks’ senior Kaylee Mitchel (L) puts the tag on on a Bruins runner stealing second base.

Freshmen Ruby Gilbert gets a hit. She would ultimately score in the eighth inning.

Mya Sheffield tags a stealing runner at third base. The runner was called safe.

Mountlake Terrace hitting highlights:
Cameron Dunn: 2 for 4, BB, 2B, HR, R, RBI
Mya Sheffield: 1 for 4, HR, R, 2 RBI
Delia Glover: 1 for 3, BB, 3B, 2 R,
Bri Reyes: 1 for 3, BB, 2B, 2 R, RBI
Amaya Johnson: 1 for 4, BB, 2B, R, RBI, SB
Kaylee Mitchell: 1 for 4, BB, 2 RBI
Ellie Gilbert: base hit
Kyeleigh Smith: base hit
Hailey Taron: base hit

Mountlake Terrace pitching highlights:
Ellie Gilbert: 8 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 9 K

Cascade hitting highlights:
A Surowiec: 3 for 4, 2B, R, SB
T Browne: 2 for 4, 2B, 2 R, RBI
J Wilson: BB, SB, 3 R

Baseball

State play-in game

Mountlake Terrace defeated Auburn Riverside 13-3

Junior shortstop Talan Zenk fires a throw to first base for an out in the Hawks’ 13-3 victory over Auburn Riverside Tuesday afternoon at Mountlake Terrace High School. (Photos by MTHS Hawkeye staff)

The Hawks starting pitcher, junior Dayton Nicholson, earned the win for Terrace, going four complete innings, giving up just two earned runs, walking none and striking out three batters.

In the bottom of the third, left fielder Ryan Sturgill scores as the throw gets away from the Ravens catcher Cade Huffman. Sturgill’s run put the Hawks up 9-1 at that point.

Senior right-handed pitcher Jack Glover closed the game for the Hawks In the fifth and sixth innings. Glover struck out four batters and walked no one.

Junior left fielder Ryan Sturgill drives a single to left field in the first inning against Auburn Riverside.

Right fielder Tyler Shankle lays down a perfect bunt, bringing in second baseman Rominic Quiban as the Hawks scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning.

The Hawks’ second baseman senior Rominic Quiban slides home safely on Shankle’s bunt.

The Hawks qualified for the single-elimination round of 16-team state baseball tournament by defeating the Ravens at Mountlake Terrace High School. The 13th-seeded Hawks will now advance to play fourth-seeded Lake Washington on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue. The winner of that game will move on to play the winner of the game between 12th-seeded Shorewood and fifth-seeded Timberlake, which will be played at Bannerwood Park at 4 p.m. The quarterfinal game will begin at around 7 p.m. that night, also at Bannerwood Park.

Mountlake Terrace hitting highlights:
Talan Zenk: 2 for 4, R, 4 RBI, SB
Ethan Swenson: 2 for 3, 2B, 2 R, RBI
Ryan Sturgill: 2 for 3, 2 BB, 4 R

Mountlake Terrace pitching highlights:
Dayton Nickolson: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 K
Jack Glover: 2 IP, 2 H, 4 K

Boys golf

3A District 1 Tournament, final round

Top 5 individual finishers:
1. Baylor Larrabee (Ferndale) 71-67= 138
2. Taylor Kildall (Marysville Getchell) 75-68= 143
T3. Palmer Mutcheson (Snohomish) 76-72= 148
T3. Tyson Olds (Snohomish) 77-71= 148
5. Conrad Chisman (Stanwood) 73-76= 149

Edmonds School District golfers that qualified for state:
T8. Jaxon Dubiel (Mountlake Terrace) 75-80= 155
T8. Floyd Villanueva (Meadowdale) 77-78= 155

Team state qualifiers:
Snohomish 608
Stanwood 638
Shorewood 649
Ferndale 652

Girls tennis

3A District 1 Tournament, Day 1
at Snohomish High School

Semifinals

Singles:
Paige Oliver (Edmonds-Woodway) defeated Audrey Medina (Stanwood) 6-4, 6-0
Rylie Gettman (Shorewood) defeated Emily Lin (Shorewood) 7-5, 6-3

Doubles:
No Edmonds School District players qualified for the semifinals

— Compiled by Steve Willits

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