SEDRO-WOOLLEY — The Mount Vernon boys’ tennis team dominated the singles matches Wednesday en route to a 6-1 Northwest Conference victory over Sedro-Woolley.
Ryan Schwehm (No. 1 singles), Brian Leer (No. 2), Clint Meckstroth (No. 3) and Jeremy Boyd (No. 4) each won in straight sets, dropping a total of five games in four matches.
The doubles were more competitive, with Sedro-Woolley claiming a 6-1, 7-5 victory at No. 1 behind the team of Eduardo Turner and Brendan McGoffin.
Mount Vernon’s Sean Wells and Kevin Sutherland (No. 2) won their match 6-3, 6-3, while Darrell Cray and Blake Berg (No. 3) won the only three-set match of the day 5-7, 6-1, 6-2.
Stanwood Spartans 4
Everett Trojans 3
EVERETT — The Spartans took at least one set in six of the seven matches, but needed every win to claim the Western Conference North Division match.
Kyle Koetje (No. 1 singles) and Teague Nelson (No. 2) each won in straight sets. Both doubles wins also came in straight sets, but the No. 1 team of Nick Karstetter and Zach Meyer need tie-breakers in both sets to win. Jeff Epperson and Chris Gilmore (No. 3) won 6-4, 6-1.
Lake Stevens Vikings 4
Oak Harbor Wildcats 3
LAKE STEVENS — Oak Harbor won three of the four singles matches, but Lake Stevens swept the doubles to win the Western Conference North Division match.
Ryan Evans (No. 2 singles), Jordan Kingma (No. 3) and Josh Evans (No. 4) each won in straight sets for the Vikings (4-6). None of the three allowed more than two games in a set.
Bellingham Red Raiders 6
Burlington-Edison Tigers 1
BELLINGHAM — Etienne Luiten and Carson Thompson got the sole win for the Tigers with a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles.
The Tigers dropped to 0-2 in the Northwest Conference, 3-7 overall.
Burlington-Edison coach Dave Moreland said the Tigers were competitive throughout the matches.
“We were close with a very good team,” he said.
Squalicum Storm 5
Anacortes Seahawks 2
BELLINGHAM — Mackenzie Larkin and Zach Purcer at No. 1 doubles cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 win and Dillon Bundy and Corey Geffe at No. 2 doubles won 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-2, but the Seahawks fell to 3-7 on the season.
Anacortes coach Jeff Thomas was impressed with Larkin and Purcer.
“That was their first match together this year,” he said of the team. “They looked really good.”
Boys’ Soccer
Mount Vernon Christian 3
Providence Christian 2
MOUNT VERNON — Derrick DeVries scored off a rebound in the second overtime period to give the Hurricanes the victory.
Stefan Berryman scored seven minutes in to give MVC (3-0 Northwest League, 6-2 overall) the lead, but the Highlanders forged a 2-1 lead heading into the final minutes. David Riley scored off an assist from Mark deVries in the 78th minute for the tie, setting up DeVries for the golden goal.
“We were really sluggish,” Hurricanes coach Robert Adeline said. “We were fortunate to get a lot of pressure on them late.”
Adeline said DeVries and Kyler VanBerkum played well in the midfield.
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