BASEBALL
Cardinals toss no-hitter, then get no-hitM
MEDICAL LAKE — Medical Lake baseball opened its season much like it did in 2023 with a no hit victory over Connell March 12 in a doubleheader sweep, 28-1 and 15-2.
The Cardinals, however, found themselves on the opposite side of things losing their final three contests to Rogers 11-7 and Tri Cities Prep 17-7 and 19-0, that last game a no hitter.
AJ Michaud not only threw a five-inning complete game no hitter at Connell, but also had five hits and four RBI. Levi Brower had three hits and 5 RBI while Kyle Kipp’s two hist produced six RBI.
Taylor Oliver pitched a 3-hit complete game in the second contest and added three hits and as many RBI. Michaud also drove in three with his three hits. Clint Zimmerman had a triple and 2 RBI with his pair of hits.
Rogers broke a 2-all tie scoring four runs in the fourth and adding five more in the fifth. Medical Lake’s Ian Thompson had the only multiple-hit game for the Cardinals.
Medical Lake faced 80-mph pitching and the defending 2B state champion Jaguars in near 80-degree weather in Tri-Cities.
Oliver and Zimmerman each went 2-for-3 with Zimmerman batting in three and Oliver two.
The Cardinals face a rugged slate of games this week with defending league champ Colville visiting for a double-header starting at noon, March 23 followed by traveling to Deer Park (March 26) and hosting Freeman (March 30) for a pair.
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SOCCER
Cardinals have winless week
MEDICAL LAKE — Medical Lake’s boys’ soccer team finished its week 0-3 following losses to Riverside, 5-0, March 12, West Valley, 4-1, March 14 and on March 15 to Cheney 2-1.
The Cardinals opened Northeast A League play at Riverside where the Rams broke a scoreless tie with three goals six minutes apart.
Mavrick Rasmussen’s goal off a header from a corner kick in the 25th minute cut West Valley’s 2-1 first half lead. But the Eagles notched and insurance goal with a score in the 36th minute on the way to this non-league victory.
Late in a scoreless tie at Sheppard Field, Cheney got a goal from Branson Kennicut in the 69th minute but Rasmussen evened things with a penalty kick at 75 minutes.
Viliami Finau, however, scored on a corner kick for Cheney in stoppage time at 79 minutes for the win.
“The boys played great, and really pushed the action with Cheney,” assistant coach Dan Collins wrote in an email.
Medical Lake (0-1 NEA, 1-3 overall) hosted Northwest Christian, March 19 and was on the road at Newport, March 21 — both league contests — before playing at Quincy, Saturday, March 23.
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SOFTBALL
Blackhawks drop pair
of games
CHENEY — The girls fastpitch team opened its season with non-league losses on the road in Kennewick vs. Southridge 4-1, March 12 and 7-4 at Eastmont, March 14.
Eastmont scored once in the third, fourth and fifth innings to pull into the lead and secured the win with a four-run sixth.
Mia Ashcroft led the Blackhawks at the plate going 4-for-4 with a home run and drove in all of her team’s runs.
Against Southridge, Ashcroft had two of three Cheney hits with Sedona Ericson the other.
Cheney hosted Mt. Spokane, March 19 and was on the roach for games with Ferris (March 21) and Lewis and Clark on March 22).
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Other scores:
Baseball
March 12: Cheney 15, West Valley 3
March 13: Pullman 6, Cheney 5
Softball (fastpitch)
March 14: Riverside 20, Medical Lake 2
March 16: Medical Lake 17, 23 vs. Rogers 0,3
March 18: Medical Lake 7, 26 vs. Tri-Cities Prep 17, 12
Tennis (boys)
March 12: West Valley 7, Cheney 0
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