Prep baseball roundup: Golden Eagles earn victory over Borderites
The Ferndale baseball team earned a 5-3 nonleague victory Tuesday, March 22, at Blaine.
Reid Benson was 3 for 3 with two RBI and a double and Matt James was 2 for 2 with three runs and two doubles for the Golden Eagles, Nolan Juno (1-0) earned the win and Kyle Sandstrom earned the save.
“We got up on them and credit to Blaine, they got back in it,” Ferndale coach Donny Hennigs said in a phone interview. “Both teams competed well.”
Chase Abshere was 1 for 3 with a triple for Blaine.
Other results
Anacortes 5, Sehome 4 (11): The Mariners tied the game in the top of the seventh, but couldn’t win in extra innings during a nonleague game at Anacortes. Evan Kingma threw seven innings while striking out seven batters, and Kealohi Grondin was 2 for 6 with home run and two RBI.
Squalicum 12, Lynden Christian 0 (5): Will Nickelson earned his second win while throwing a five-inning no-hitter to lead the Storm to a nonleague win over the Lyncs. Connor Sage had four RBI, and Jack Boysen, Devin Zook and Willie Webber had strong games for Squalicum
Lynden 5, Meridian 1: Jacob Hommes had a double, an RBI and two runs scored for the Lions and Trevin Hope (1-0) earned the win, pitching three innings with no hits, five strikeouts and giving up only one walk.
Nooksack Valley 12, Mount Baker 2: The Pioneers earned the home win over the Mountaineers but no other information was available at press time.
Scoreboard
NWC STANDINGS
All | NWC | |
School (Class) | W-L | W-L |
Anacortes (2A) | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Bellingham (2A) | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Blaine (2A) | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Burlington-Edison (2A) | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ferndale (3A) | 3-0 | 0-0 |
Lynden (2A) | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Lynden Christian (1A) | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Meridian (1A) | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Mount Baker (1A) | 0-5 | 0-0 |
Nooksack Valley (1A) | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Sedro-Woolley (2A) | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Sehome (2A) | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Squalicum (2A) | 5-1 | 0-0 |
Lynden 5, Meridian 1
Meridian | 000 | 100 | 0 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Lynden | 022 | 001 | 0 | — | 5 | 9 | 1 |
WP: Trevin Hope (1-0). LP: Derek Campfield. Highlights: Lynden: Anthony Garcia 2-3; Jacob Hommes 1-2, 2B, RBI, 2R; Austin Jones 1-3, RBI. Meridian: Dawson Phillips 1-3; Quinn Swanson 1-3
Anacortes 5, Sehome 4 (11)
Sehome | 101 | 001 | 100 00 | — | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Anacortes | 020 | 020 | 000 01 | — | 5 | 11 | 2 |
WP: Ryan Campbell. LP: Josh Manson (1-1). Highlights: Sehome: Cameron Tipton 1-3, 3 BB, 3 R; Kealohi Grondin 2-6, 2 RBI, HR.
Ferndale 5, Blaine 3
Ferndale | 201 | 100 | 1 | — | 5 | 12 | 2 |
Blaine | 000 | 400 | 0 | — | 3 | 5 | 2 |
WP: Nolan Juno (1-0). LP: Nicholas Gunderson. S: Kyle Sandstrom. Highlights: Blaine: Chase Abshere 1-3, 3B; Brenden Riddle 1-2. Ferndale: Reed Benson 3-3, 2RBI, 2B; Matt James 2-2, 3R, 2 2B; Kyle Sandstrom 2-3, R.
This story was originally published March 22, 2016 at 10:24 PM with the headline "Prep baseball roundup: Golden Eagles earn victory over Borderites."