BASEBALL:
Medical Lake opens tossing no-hitter
Medical Lake’s first time on the field in 2023 will forever be memorable as Luke Dickey and Griffin Marshall combined to throw a 12-1 no hit win on the road against the Connell Eagles, March 14.
Medical Lake lost the second game of the doubleheader 6-5 in a contest called after five innings. The Cardinals finished the week with 9-8 loss at Greater Spokane League Ridgeline, March 17 and 12-2 the following day at Ferris.
“(Marshall) kind of came out of nowhere throwing pretty hard and controlling stuff,” Cardinals’ coach Austin Sharp said. Dickey started and registered nine strikeouts. Freshman AJ Michaud had a pair of hits in the opener.
Against Ridgeline, the Falcons won in walk-off fashion scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh.
“That was a tough one to lose but you know good to see kids step up and play the bigger school and play them quite well,” Sharp said.
Medical Lake was scheduled to face GSL Rogers in a pair of games March 21 and open Northeast A League play March 28 at Newport.
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TENNIS:
Cheney girls open season with wins
The Cheney girls’ tennis team opened its season with a pair of wins and then a loss in non-league matches.
The Blackhawks started with a 4-3 win over West Valley March 14, defeated Medical Lake 7-0 and finished in a 4-3 loss to Shadle Park.
In the West Valley win, the Blackhawks swept all four singles matches against the Eagles. Valerie Hanes, Anabelle Taylor, Sydney Lincoln and Lauren Ricketson were all victorious with both Lincoln and Ricketson winning in tiebreakers.
Cheney topped West Plains rival, Medical Lake on March 15 never dropping a set in five matches while earning a pair of forfeit wins.
Against Shadle, No. 2 singles Anabelle Taylor was a winner, while in doubles play Colleen McKinnon and Angelica Goold (No. 1) and Hailey Magalsky and Morgan Weathers (No. 3) each scored straight set victories.
“Shadle was a tough loss with three of our overall losses in third-set tiebreakers,” coach Linnea Love wrote in an email.
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TENNIS:
Blackhawk boys
Cheney boys’ tennis scored a pair of wins in non-league play to finish off its week following a loss in their opener.
The Blackhawks opened with a 5-2 loss to West Valley, March 14 but won over Medical Lake 6-0, March 16, and Shadle Park 6-1, March 17.
No. 2 singles player Connor Gall won in straight sets while Jacob Estock (No. 3) needed three sets for his win against West Valley.
Against Medical Lake Hunter Passey, Jacob Estock and Sam Frenk all won in straight sets in singles. Connor Gall needed a tiebreaker at No. 2 for his win. Aiden Flanary and Logan Konrad at No. 1 doubles scored a sweep and the No. 2 pairing of Brian Kibet and Dale Passions won by default.
Following a No. 1 singles loss, Cheney swept the remaining matches as Gall, Estock, Frenk each won in straight sets as did Flanary and Logan and Kibet and Passions. Zak Hammersmith and Brody Rouse won by default in doubles.
“Sam Frenk notched his first win as a varsity singles player,” coach Dan Estock noted. This is a new role for Frenk, with the exception of one match last year.
Newcomer Brian Kibet and Dale Passions, who’s moving up from playing JV last year, also won their first varsity match.
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