Arlington runners dominate, as do M-P netters

Cross country

At River Meadows Park Wednesday, host Arlington won the boys race with 23 points with MG last with 158, while MG was second in the girls race with 53 and Arlington third with 56.

For the boys, Eagle sophomore Brandon Moore was second in 10 minutes, 11 seconds. Senior Chance Pearston was third; junior Vincent Loftis fifth; senior Ryan Barene sixth, junior Isaiah Lowery seventh; and freshman Ryan Rushton 10th.

MG’s top finisher was junior Oliver Schwab 17th; junior Xander Johnson 27th; junior Christian Balgos, 37th; junior Tyler Rounds 42nd; freshman Winuka Kulatunge 52nd; and sophomore Spencer McAuliffe 56th.

In the girls race, MG junior Jasmine Nguyen was second in 11 minutes, 52 seconds. Senior Julia Rea was fourth; junior Janae Parsons was 11th; junior Lilli Toone 15th; freshman McKenzie Lewis 22nd; and freshman Piper Jones-Moses 42nd.

For Arlington, placing fifth was senior Anne Louise Fernandez; senior Taylor Cochran was ninth; senior Maggie Delaney 12th; senior Paige Nelson 13th; senior Vivian Potong 17th; and senior Hannah Johnson 18th.M-P lost to Shorewood and Oak Harbor at home Wednesday.

In the boys race, Shorewood tallied 31, Oak Harbor 34 and M-P 84. For the girls, Shorewood had 27, Oak Harbor 41 and M-P 67.

For the girls, senior Alexia Sandoval was sixth in 14 minutes, 19 seconds. Sophomore Ivanna Borrero-Altuve was 15th; freshman Rachel Turral 17th; junior Julia Davis 20th; junior Corianne Cross 26th; and junior Elizabeth Turral 30th.

Sophomore Cohen Cross was M-P’s top finisher for the boys, placing 19th in 13 minutes. Freshman Tyler Forney was 26th; sophomore Luke Pusateri 32nd; senior Cayden White 35th; junior Candon Talluto 36th; and sophomore William Nowoy 37th.

Boys tennis

Marysville-Pilchuck dominated at Lynnwood Wednesday, winning 6-1.

Parker Devereux got the Tomahawks off to an impressive start with an easy 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles. Treven Southard followed with a 6-3, 6-1 win, and Aaron Kalab also won easily 6-1, 6-0. Carson Asper finished off the singles portion of the event with a 6-2, 6-0 victory.

In doubles, Trae Tinglestad-Davis McGee won 6-2, 6-2 and Jake Sulya-Dawson Coe won the closest matchup of the day 6-1, 4-6, 11-9. No. 3 doubles Alex Nyblod-Ethan Alberts fell in straight sets 6-4, 6-4.

At Arlington, the home team struggled, falling 6-1 to Lake Stevens. Taras McCurdie lost 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 and Ben Nichols, 6-4, 6-4; but Keaton McBride at No. 3 singles picked up the only Eagle win of the day, winning 6-4, 7-5. Zack Martian fell 6-3, 6-3. In doubles, Aiden Green-Colby King lost 6-1, 6-0; Jacob Bolopue-Cameron Janousek fell 6-0, 6-3; and Shiloh Metcalfe-Eli Weber were defeated 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.

On Tuesday, MG won at Mariner 6-1.

The Chargers won three of four singles matches but they were all very close and went to three sets.

Mason Devereux won 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Mikah Marshall’s match was even closer 7-5, 7-6, 7-4; Liam Perkins had another super-close match 7-5, 7-6, 7-5; but Daniel Muongchanh of Mariner defeated Rylee Worth, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. MG won all the doubles matches with only No. 1 going to three sets.

Keagan Johnson-Kole Johnson won 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; while winning in straight sets were Ryder Hurley-Keegan Brennan 6-1, 6-3; and Kevin James-Marshall Campbell 7-5, 7-5.

Girls soccer

After battling to a 0-0 tie at the half, Arlington demolished Mount Vernon in the second stanza, winning its home match 8-0 Tuesday. Jersey Heiss exploded for four goals to lead the way. Audrey Jay added two. Jordan Bartlow and Carly Bartlow added a goal each. Getting assists were Jordan Bartlow, Jay and Hailey Hiatt.

Meanwhile, Lakewood scored three goals in the second half to come-from-behind and beat Mariner 3-1 Tuesday in a home match.

Mariner led 1-0 at the break, but Jaylene Priebe-Garcia scored two goals and had an assist and Kahlan Buckley added another goal for the Cougars.

Kaley Chang and Jasmine Graham also had assists for Lakewood.

The Cougars started the season last Saturday at Sequim.

Graham passed to Iliana Ramirez for the only goal for the visitors in the 1-1 tie.

Also, Marysville Getchell and Bellingham battled to a 0-0 tie Tuesday.