Mount Baker 8, Nooksack Valley 7 (8 innings)
Squalicum 28, Bellingham 15
Lynden Christian 11, Sehome 0
Burlington-Edison 5, Blaine 4
Mount Vernon 2, Lynden 0
Anacortes 12, Ferndale 9
Sedro-Woolley 24, Meridian 0
Mount Baker 8, Nooksack Valley 7
It was figured to be a good game, and it ended up being a great game. The Pioneers struck first when Kenzie Likkel hit a three-run homerun, and it was answered by a solo shot in the bottom of the inning by Gracie Zender. The Mountaineers then took the lead in the bottom of the second inning when Annalee Cohn doubled to the right field wall, which scored Kennedy Rathjen and Alyssa DeRoco. Mount Baker ended the inning with a 6-3 lead. Alayna Dykstra led off the top of the third with an opposite field homerun on the first pitch of the inning to bring Nooksack Valley within two runs. Later in the inning, Likkel doubled and that was followed up by a game-tying homerun off the bat of Gracie Rutgers. The scored remained tied at 6-6 until the bottom of the fifth inning when Zender hit her second homerun of the day, and the Whatcom County-leading 11th of the season. Pioneer freshman Alayna VanIeperen answered with a solo homerun of her own to lead off the top of the sixth inning. The game remained tied at 7-7, and in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Mounties had the bases loaded with just one out, but VanIeperen was able to get out of the jam by getting the next two batters to pop up and ground out. The Pioneers had a chance to score in the top of the eighth, but their runner was gunned down at the plate by Annalee Cohn. Cohn then preceded to double in the bottom of the eighth inning, which brought the Jaydn Hoffman, the game-winning run to third base. That set up the game-winning single by Cadence Cloninger as the home team was able to pull out the hard-fought victory.
W: Welters (11-5)
L: VanIeperen (0-2)
MB: Zender 3-3, 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB; Cohn 2-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R; Haynes 2-3, R; Cloninger 1-5, 2 RBI; Welters 1-4; DeRoco 1-4, R; Jungquist 1-3, RBI, R, BB; Hoffman 1-3, R.
NV: Dykstra 3-4, HR, RBI, R, SB; Likkel 2-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R; VanIeperen 2-4, HR, RBI, R; Mason 1-3, R, BB; Rutgers 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, R; DeHoog 1-4; K. Burke 1-1; Bartl 1-4.
Squalicum 28, Bellingham 15
The first two innings were relatively even, with the Bayhawks holding a 13-9 lead after two, but the third inning was the big difference as Squalicum held Bellingham off the scoreboard, and then turned around to score 11 runs to take the lead. The Storm wouldn’t let up after that and ended up taking their first victory of the season. Keeley Meling had three doubles and drove in six runs for Squalicum, and Addy Hauber was right behind her with five runs batted in. Laela Staniford doubled, walked four times and scored five runs, and Gabi Gearhart homered and got the win in relief by striking out two batters and not allowing an earned run in nearly four innings of work. Olivia Favro drove in three runs to lead the Bayhawks, and Sammy Stormo scored three times.
W: Gearhart (1-8)
L: Em. Johnson (0-8)
SQU: Meling 3-3, 3 2B, 6 RBI, 4 R, BB, 3 SB; McCloud 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 4 R, 3 SB; Rodriguez 3-4, 3 R, BB, SB; Hauber 2-3, 5 RBI, 3 R, BB, 2 SB; Conn 2-4, 2 R, BB, SB; Gearhart 1-4, HR, RBI, 3 R, 2 BB; Staniford 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI, 5 R, 4 BB, 3 SB.
BEL: Stormo 1-1, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 SB; Favro 1-3, 3 RBI, R, BB; Herndon-Schepper 1-2, RBI, 2 R, BB; Erickson 1-3, 2 RBI, R.
Lynden Christian 11, Sehome 0
Sophomore pitcher Roxanne Lenning struck out 10 batters over five innings while throwing a no-hitter on the road in the shortened five-inning game. The Lyncs were led offensively by Taya Vander Kooi, Kassidy VanSoest and Alivia Brink who each drove in a pair of runs. VanSoest, Lenning and Vander Kooi all doubled, and Vander Kooi scored three runs. Mariner junior Sarah Kruzich struck out seven batters in her five innings of work in the circle.
W: Lenning (5-2)
L: Kruzich (4-11)
LC: Vander Kooi 2-3, 2B, 3 R; VanSoest 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI; Tolsma 1-2, 2 RBI, R; Lenning 1-3, 2B; B. VanLoo 1-3, R; Brink 1-1, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB, SB; Terpstra 1-1, RBI, BB, SB; Senti 1-1, RBI.
Burlington-Edison 5, Blaine 4
The Borderites loaded the bases to begin the game, and Aaliyah Bowman brought them all home with a bases-clearing double and Blaine led 3-0 after the top of the first. The Tigers then scored three runs over the first two innings to tie the game, but Shaylie Daniels broke the tie with a homerun in the top of the third. Burlington-Edison then hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the inning to take a 5-4 lead, and the score remained for the rest of the game. Daniels finished 2-for-3, and also struck out four batters in three innings of work.
L: Daniels (1-5)
BLA: Daniels 2-3, HR, RBI, 2 R; Puls 1-3, R; Smith 1-3, R; Bowman 1-3, 2B, 3 RBI; Koreski 1-1, BB.
Mount Vernon 2, Lynden 0
The game was scoreless through the first six innings, but the Bulldogs were able to push across two runs in the top of the seventh inning, which proved to be the difference in the game. The Lions had a chance in the bottom of the seventh with two outs and two runners on base, but a groundout ended the contest. Melanie Anderson, Emily McVie and Campbell DeJong each had a pair of hits to lead the Lynden offense. Callie Ramerman went the distance and struck out 13 batters, which now gives her a Whatcom County leading 122 on the season.
L: Ramerman (8-6)
LYN: Anderson 2-4; E. McVie 2-3, BB; C. DeJong 2-4, 3 SB; S. McVie 1-3, SB.
Anacortes 12, Ferndale 9
The Golden Eagles led 5-0 after two and a half innings, but the Seahawks took a 7-5 lead after a big bottom of the third. Ferndale countered with four runs in the top of the fourth to recapture the lead, but Anacortes kept pouring it on for the rest of the game and took the home win. Kalein Blakley singled, doubled, homered and drove in four runs to lead the Golden Eagle offense. Ferndale also got three hits from Hannah Swan and Celisse Castleberry, while Maddy Slevin and Ari Gilday each tripled.
L: Chervenock (3-2)
FER: Blakley 3-4, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, R; Swan 3-3, RBI, 3 R, BB; Castleberry 3-4, RBI, R; Johnston 2-4; Slevin 1-4, RBI, R; Gilday 1-3, RBI, BB.
Sedro-Woolley 24, Meridian 0
The Trojans got hits from Lorelai Margeson and Addy TenKley, but that would be the only offense against the mighty Cubs as Meridian fell at home.
L: TenKley (2-11)
MER: Margeson 1-2; A. TenKley 1-1, BB.
