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 Mark Morris swimmer Josie Clark starts the 200 freestyle during Wednesday’s double-dual meet at Dick Mealy Pool. Bill Wagner / The Daily News
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Area Roundup: Lady Devils beat Clark
Thursday, October 2, 2008 4:06 PM PDT
By The Daily News
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E-mail this articleThe volleyball squads in the NWAACC Western Division are “all very equal in talent,” according to Lower Columbia coach Marcy Gilchrist.
The elite teams, in her opinion, will separate themselves by playing excellent volleyball on a consistent basis.
“Whoever is on their ‘A’ game and plays at their peak throughout the match will win,” Gilchrist said. “We have to have it going every game.”
With division rival Clark at Myklebust Gymnasium on Wednesday for the Lady Devil’s home league opener, LCC “came in ready to go.”
Cassie Koering owned the net, Denali Preston anchored the defense, Tarin Bond served bullets, and 5-foot-6 Kari Sarysz even stuff-blocked her former R.A. Long teammate, 6-footer Shyra Hoffman, as the Devils posted a 25-20, 21-25, 25-10, 27-25 victory.
Lower Columbia’s first league win of the season upped its Western Division mark to 1-2.
“Oh my God,” said Gilchrist, when asked to describe the intensity of the match. “It was so awesome.”
After letting the second game slip away due to “overconfidence,” the Devils “went back to work,” Gilchrist said. “We did what we needed to do. When you face a good team that is in desperation like Clark, and they start clawing for every point, the fourth game becomes pivotal. They kept hammering, we kept responding.
“The fourth game was so fun to watch,” she added. “The girls were working together and celebrating everything that they did. It was also a great fan turnout. The LCC baseball team came and cheered us on.”
Koering had 16 kills and seven blocks, and Emily Damschen smacked 13 kills to lead the Lady Devils offense. Kacie DeRosier dished out 35 assists.
Sarysz added three blocks to help LCC overcome a Clark squad that boasts five players 6-foot-0 or taller on its roster, and Lacey Flatz “slowed down a lot of shots.”
Preston had 14 digs, and Bond served nine aces.
VOLLEYBALL
Bulldogs sweep Ilwaco
ILWACO — Stevenson proved to be too tough for Ilwaco as the Bulldogs swept the Fishermen 25-11, 25-9, 25-14 in SWW 1A Trico volleyball on Tuesday.
Charlotte Johnson dished four assists for the Fishermen, Carley Kitzman had two kills, and Marin McDonnell chipped in three digs, two kills and showed strong leadership.
TENNIS
Scots succumb to Storm
The doubles teams of Zach Dumke and Robbie Peterson, and Tyler Mitchell and Ty Coleman each won their matches, but it wasn’t quite enough as Kelso dropped a 3-2 decision to Skyview in Greater St. Helens 4A League boys tennis action Wednesday.
Dumke and Peterson prevailed 6-3, 6-2, and Mitchell and Coleman won 6-7, 6-3, 6-3.
Kelso (1-3 league) hosts Mountain View on Friday.
Jacks blank Panthers
WASHOUGAL — R.A. Long continued its dominance of Greater St. Helens 2A League tennis with a crushing 6-0 road defeat of Washougal on Wednesday.
Josh Kim (6-0, 6-2), Jonathan Haukaas (6-2, 6-3), and Tyler VonDracek (7-6, 2-6, 6-3) won the singles matches for RAL. The doubles winners were Johnny Nguyen and Taylor Woodruff (6-1, 6-4), Ryan Cathcart and Carl Johnson (7-6, 6-3), and Erikson Kolberg and Nick Schoen (6-3, 6-1).
The Lumberjacks (4-0, 9-1 league) host Ridgefield on Monday.
Monarchs devour Spudders
RIDGEFIELD — Mark Morris notched two great singles wins in its 6-0 tennis sweep of Ridgefield on Wednesday.
Jeff Koss won second singles 7-5, 4-6, 6-5 in a marathon match of three hours and 15 minutes. Colin Luh played his first singles match in three years and won it 6-2, 6-1. Willie Brenc won first singles 6-2, 6-0.
The Monarchs took the doubles matches with the teams of Jared Houten and Evan Jones (6-1, 6-2), Kelly Gilchrest and Ryan Dawkins (6-2, 6-0), and Tyler Stewart and Chris London (6-0, 6-1).
Mark Morris faces Washougal on Monday.
SWIMMING
Lassies overwhelm ‘Dogs
Kelso won all but one event in a 120-49 blowout of Stevenson at Gaither Pool on Wednesday in a nonleague swim meet.
Shelby Metzger, Hannah Procter and Abby Klein won two events apiece and each participated in a pair of relay victories to spark the Lassies.
Kelso won every event but the 100 butterfly.
Metzger won the 100 back (1:12.0) and 100 free (1:00.0), Klein won the 50 free (30.37) and 500 free (6:29.87), and Procter won the 100 breast (1:26.72) and 200 free (2:28.55).
Klein, Metzger, Procter and Ashlee Bonahoom teamed to win the 200 medley relay (time not available) and 400 freestyle relay (time not available)
Bonahoom won 200 IM in 2:56.83.
MM, RAL split double-dual
Mark Morris swimming beat Fort Vancouver 134-28 at Dick Mealy Memorial Pool on Wednesday, and R.A. long topped Fort 79-56. In the same meet, Hudson’s Bay beat RAL 105-54 and barely survived against Mark Morris, 85-84.
Kelsey Craft was R.A. Long’s top swimmer, beating both opposing schools in the 100-yard freestyle (59.74 seconds) and the 100 backstroke (1:09.42).
The Jills won the 200 medley relay against Fort Vancouver in 2:27.57 with Crissy Walters, Heidi Ness, Craft, and Julia Kyung and the 200 freestyle relay in 2:02.04 with Craft, Syndey VonSeggern, Walters, and Kyung. Walters won the 100 butterfly against Fort with a 1:44.05.
Ariel Johnson of MM was first overall in the 200 individual medley (2:42.14), and Brittany Jewett won the 100 breaststroke in 1:22.19. Mark Morris’ Kelly Hill was third overall in the 100 butterfly and took four seconds off her PR, and Morgan Harris was second in the 500 free and took 12 seconds off her PR.
On Saturday, Mark Morris swims in the Mukilteo Invitational at King County Aquatic Center, allowing them to preview most of the state-level competition. R.A. Long (2-3) visits Kelso on Tuesday.
CROSS COUNTRY
Schoenberg leads Kalama
TOLEDO — Kalama’s Jeremy Schoenberg claimed 16th place in 19:36 while leading the Chinooks to an eighth place finish in a cross country meet held at Lewis and Clark State Park on Tuesday.
Also for Kalama, Klancy Schreiber was 43rd in 21:08, followed by Jordan Wall (47th, 21:14), Brandon Osterlund (48th, 21:19) and John Chadwick (63rd, 22:19).
Kalama’s Valerie Eader finished 42nd in the girls run in 28:53.
JV report
Tennis
Kelso vs. Skyview — Bryce LaBiche won 8-6 for the Scots.
R.A. Long 5, Washougal 1 — Josh Johnson and Sean Sheppard were RAL’s singles winners. The Jacks swept doubles competition with Nick Bartolus and Jeffrey Ashford (8-6), Thomas Pitts and Anton Stalick (9-7), Chris Gowins and Tyler McIntosh (8-3).
Mark Morris 3, Ridgefield 1 — Gabe Olanno and Kramer Rapp (8-5), John Austin and Ethan Winters (8-4), and Mason Furer and Patrick Domreis (8-5) all won for MM.
C-squad report
Tennis
R.A. Long at Washougal — The team of Garrett Nelson and Alex Barrientos won 6-4 for RAL, and Cameron Docksteader and Myles Harmon won 6-0.
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