Knights, Vikings baseball off to hot start; Wolverines rolling on softball diamond

Newport takes crucial early-season match-up over Issaquah; Bellevue softball team rolling along.

By Josh Suman • March 24, 2011 5:00 pm
Bellevue Christian players listen as head coach Brian Potoshnik speaks during practice.
Bellevue Christian players listen as head coach Brian Potoshnik speaks during practice.

Baseball

Newport 1, Issaquah 0: The fourth ranked Newport Knights opened the 4A KingCo season on Tuesday with a 1-0 win over fellow league-heavyweight Issaquah. Cole Wiper got the start for the Knights and tossed five innings of shutout, two-hit baseball and struck out eight of the 18 batters he faced before giving way to Jared Fisher in the sixth with the score still 0-0. The game was still scoreless in the bottom of the seventh when senior catcher Daniel Altchech knocked in the winning run to give his team a 1-0 victory and make a winner out of Fisher for the second time this season. Outfielder Nate Anderson was 2-4 on the day at the plate. The Eagles managed to scratch out only three hits against Wiper and Fisher on the day.

Interlake 14, Renton 2: Austin Strothers picked up the win for the Saints by going six innings and giving up only two runs on six hits while striking out seven. Carl Snaring went 2-4 at the plate, including a triple and had 4 RBI for Interlake.

Sammamish 20, Lindbergh 15: The Totems moved their record to a perfect 4-0 in a rather imperfect game against Lindbergh by putting together an eight-run seventh inning after trailing 15-12 entering the final frame. Freshman pitching sensation Joe Giachhetti picked up his second win of the season, striking out three and giving up only one unearned run to keep his ERA at 0.00 on the year.

Bellevue Christian 22, University Prep 1: The Vikings continued their offensive onslaught, taking apart U-Prep for their third Emerald City League win of the season. Senior Ryan Fitzpatrick went 4-4 with a double and a homerun, picking up six RBI on the day.  Jojo Howie and Matthew Haller both went 3-3 while Rajan Hanstad picked up the win for BCS.

Bellevue Christian 15, U-Prep 5: Blake Judd-Johnson picked up his second win of the season while Jojo Howie and Ryan Fitzpatrick took care of business at the plate for the Vikings. Howie went deep in his only AB of the game and Fitzpatrick continued his torrid pace at the dish, notching a double and a triple en route to a 2-3, 4 RBI game.

Softball

Newport 9, Interlake 3: The Knights overwhelmed their cross-town counterparts behind a stellar performance from Kayla Reynolds, who struck out eight in three innings while giving up no runs. Indiana Coxey went deep for the Knights in the win.

Bellevue 12, Inglemoor 0 (5 innings): Emily Fleischman recorded the win for the Wolverines, who moved their record to 3-1 on the season in non-league play. Senior Lisa Bennett paced the Bellevue offense by going 2-3 with a grand slam and 5 RBI. Junior infielder Taylor Cooke went 2-3 for the Wolverines in the win.

Bellevue 1, Sammamish 0: The Totems were forced to forfeit their game against Bellevue for a lack of players.

Ballard 13, Sammamish 1.

Newport 8, Roosevelt 1: Kayla Reynolds tossed a complete game one-hitter for the Knights to get the victory. Reynolds struck out 15 Roughrider batters while surrendering only a single run. Reynolds also went 2-3 at the plate with a Sac-Fly and an RBI while India Gantz finished the day 3-5 and Bridget Raftery was 2-5 with 2 RBI.

Bellevue Christian 10, Life Christian 0: The Vikings pushed their record to 2-1 with their victory over Life Christian.