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MTHS HAWKS
Chuck Mann
21801 44th Avenue W
Mountlake Terrace, Washington
98043
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2008 WESCO SOUTH & DISTRICT 1 CHAMPIONS
MTHS 2008 BASEBALL BANQUET WILL BE HELD IN THE HUB ON MAY 28TH AT 6:30
The MTHS Baseball Website is operated and supported by team parents and is not part of the official MTHS website.
MTHS HAWKS BASEBALL HOTLINE: 425-431-5073
The Hotline is used to check for general baseball news, rainouts, leaving messages for the coaches and letting coaches know when players will miss practices or games.
Thursday, May 22
2008 ALL WESCO SOUTH SELECTIONS
South First Team
Pitcher: Jake Theis, Mountlake Terrace, Sr; James Robbins, Shorecrest, Jr
Catcher: Paul Clingan, Mountlake Terrace, Jr First base: James Robbins, Shorecrest, Jr
Infield: Garrett Totten, Mountlake Terrace, Sr; Matt Shafer, Mountlake Terrace, Jr;
Kyle Long, Edmonds-Woodway, Sr; Bobby LeCount, Shorewood, Jr
Outfield: Danny Oh, Jackson, Sr; Kramer Scott, Edmonds-Woodway, Sr; Cole Clerget, Shorewood, Jr;
Jaykob Sells, Mountlake Terrace, Jr DH: Greg Cranson, Jackson, Sr
Utility: Chase Anselment, Meadowdale, Jr
South Second Team
Pitchers: Matt Gorman, Meadowdale, Sr; Kyle Barisic, Mountlake Terrace, Jr
Catcher: Tyler Cox, Edmonds-Woodway, Sr
First base: Kramer Scott, Edmonds-Woodway, Sr
Infield: Brandon Wang, Jackson, Sr; JK Dykes, Shorewood, Jr; Daniel Hammer, Shorewood, Jr;
Mike Wishko, Jackson, Sr
Outfield: Chase Anselment, Meadowdale, Jr; Jake Sortor, Kamiak, So.; Stefan Orallo, Shorecrest, Sr;
Karl Rodriguez, Lynnwood, Jr;
Utility: Ryan Sells, Mountlake Terrace, Jr
DH: Danny Schmidt, Kamiak, Jr
South Honorable Mention
Quinn Naughtin, Edmonds-Woodway, Jr; Chris Guinn, Kamiak, So; Dustin Miloff, Mariner, Sr;
Travis Rush, Mariner, Sr; CJ Degamo, Mariner, Sr; Andy Lyon, Meadowdale, Sr; Kevin Rechkoff, Shorecrest, Sr;
Alex Kuniyoshi, Shorewood, Jr; Colin Walker, Shorewood, Sr; Alex Clement, Shorewood, Sr;
Derek Schaefer, Shorewood, Sr
Wednesday, May 14
Herald Sports Blog - Great Photos from the District 1 Championship Game.
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History
Posted at 1:18 pm by Jennifer Buchanan/Staff Photographer
Jennifer Buchanan/The Herald (click to enlarge)
(Canon EOS-1D Mark III, EF 400mm f2.8, ISO 1000, 1/1250 sec., f2.8) Teammates congratulate Ryan Sells (far left in helmet) after Sells' two-run homer in the fifth inning put Mountlake Terrace up 13-3 over Marysville-Pilchuck and ended the game.
The 4A District Championship game Saturday had all the makings of a baseball game without a photo. Marysville-Pilchuck pitchers, all three of them in a five inning game, were having trouble locating the strike zone. Starting pitcher Frank Nelson gave up six walks and three wild pitches in just an inning and 2/3rds, resulting in a five-run first for Mountlake Terrace.
Jennifer Buchanan/The Herald (click to enlarge)
(Canon EOS-1D Mark III, EF 400mm f2.8, ISO 1000, 1/2000 sec., f3.5) Marysville-Pilchuck starting pitcher Frank Nelson examines the ball after loading the bases in the first inning. Mountlake Terrace would score five runs in the first.
The scoreboard said 5-0 after the first, but none of the runs scored made anything that resembled a good “winning” photo. Sure, there were some high-fives and a couple of fist bumps, but nothing that could lead a Sunday sports cover.
Jennifer Buchanan/The Herald (click to enlarge)
(Canon EOS-1D Mark III, EF 400mm f2.8, ISO 1000, 1/2000 sec., f3.5) Mountlake Terrace players Tyler McDowell (left) and Jacob Mann (14) bump fists after McDowell came around to score in the first.
At this point, I was hoping for a comeback by Marysville-Pilchuck, if only to create a little suspense over who might win the game. In my experience, close games result in much better photos. The game isn’t over until it’s over and the winners are truly excited and celebrate all at once. In a blowout, the kids know who’s going to win and who’s going to loose before the end and don’t react with so much passion. But my hope of a comeback by M-P wasn’t going to happen, as their pitchers continued to struggle and Terrace’s pitcher, Jake Theis, glided through his five-innings of work.
Jennifer Buchanan/The Herald (click to enlarge)
(Canon EOS-1D Mark III, EF 400mm f2.8, ISO 1000, 1/2000 sec., f2.8) Marysville-Pilchuck's second pitcher John Trimble (right) and catcher Ryan Botham walk back to the mound after Trimble walked in a run in the second inning.
I started to get uncomfortable. I had photo hole on the sports cover to fill. Photos weren’t happening, as they often DON’T in baseball. There were a couple of plays at second, but in baseball, those are a dime a dozen and often end up being boring. I switched sides, from the third-base side to first. I had good view of Mountlake Terrace’s dugout from there and hoped to make some sort of reaction photo of the bench. I went from photographing a baseball game to photographing a baseball bench. Terrace was up 10-3 going into the fifth and I was dreading that they would score three more runs and end the game. (In prep baseball, there is a 10-run mercy rule; if any team goes up by 10 runs, the ump calls the game.) Sure enough, one run scored. Now we were only two runs way from the end and still no photo. Cold sweat. Up to the plate comes junior outfielder Ryan Sells. Small guy, didn’t strike me as a perennial homer hitter, just a solid prep baseball player. And while I’m busy trying to make a lame bench photo, Sells jacks his first homer of the season, a two-run home run to put Terrace up by ten, ending the game. Needless to say the bench exploded. The best possible photo scenario happened and I was ready for it. Yes, Mountlake Terrace blew out another team to win the District 1 title, but it wouldn’t have made a photo unless they won it in dramatic fashion. Two-run, walk-off home run anyone? I got lucky. Sells made my game. As he rounded the bases, his teammates streamed out of the dugout, ready to congratulate him as he touched home plate. Normally, the photo of the “home run helmet slapping” is from the third base side because the bench players orient themselves so they can see the base runner as he trots down the third base line. Again, I got lucky as Terrace’s standout shortstop Garrett Totten, held his teammates on the outside of the base path which meant that all their faces were pointed towards me. Sells came home and the helmet slapping ensued. Good day for Mountlake Terrace, good day for photos.
Jennifer Buchanan/The Herald (click to enlarge)
(Canon EOS-1D Mark III, EF 400mm f2.8, ISO 1000, 1/1250 sec., f2.8) Teammates congratulate Ryan Sells (far left in helmet) after Sells' two-run homerun in the fifth inning put Mountlake Terrace up 13-3, ending the game.
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Saturday, May 10
Terrace Wins Class 4A District 1 Championship
PREP BASEBALL: Hawks make history
Mountlake Terrace earns its first district baseball title when Ryan Sells' first home run of the season puts Marysville-Pilchuck out of its misery
By Mike Cane
Herald Writer
EVERETT -- Patience pays off.
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| Teammates congratulate Ryan Sells (far left in helmet) after his two-run homer in the fifth inning gave Mountlake Terrace a 13-3 lead and ended the game. |
Look at the triumphant Mountlake Terrace High School baseball team: Instead of flailing at pitches outside the strike zone, the Hawks repeatedly took a patient approach in the batter's box Saturday. It helped them make program history by rolling to a 13-3 victory over the Marysville-Pilchuck Tomahawks in the Class 4A District 1 championship at Everett Memorial Stadium.
Three Marysville-Pilchuck pitchers combined to walk 11 hitters and Terrace used that wildness to triumph in a game shortened to five innings by the 10-run mercy rule.
Ryan Sells ended the contest when he blasted a two-run home run over the left-field wall. Sells' first homer of the season gave Terrace the first district title in team history, according to Hawks coach Andrew Watters.
"I was really proud of my guys for having the patience early in that game to put (M-P) in trouble. The kids had a very good approach at the plate and they accepted the base on balls and accepted getting on base," said Watters, whose players walked four times in the Hawks' five-run first inning.
Starting pitcher Jake Theis threw all five innings for Terrace (17-6), which earned the district's No. 1 berth in the 4A state tourney. The Hawks host the District 3 No. 4 seed at 1 p.m. May 17 at Everett Memorial.
"This is big for our team, giving us confidence going into state. We're excited -- just pumped up," said Sells, who helped Terrace win its eighth consecutive game. During the streak the Hawks have outscored foes 55-20.
Sells generated a game-winning hit for the second time this week. On Tuesday, his run-scoring double propelled Terrace to a 5-4, extra-innings victory over Shorewood.
Ryan Dimascio had two hits and drove in a run for M-P (15-7), which received the District 1 No. 2 seed. The Tomahawks travel to play the District 3 No. 2 seed at 1 p.m. May 17 at Heidelberg Park in Tacoma.
Beginning with starting pitcher Frank Nelson (six walks and three wild pitches in 1 2/3 innings), M-P was frequently unable to throw strikes. For whatever reason, all three M-P pitchers -- Nelson, John Trimble (three walks) and Tyler Holm (two walks) -- had "trouble locating," M-P coach Kurt Koshelnik said. "I don't know if they were too geared up. It's just one of those things. Guy after guy we put out there just continued walking (batters)."
Terrace took advantage of M-P's pitching struggles. Six of the walks turned into runs, including four of the Hawks' five first-inning runs.
"That first inning's just huge," said Watters. "When we have Jake Theis (7-1) on the mound and you give him five runs to deal with … I just don't think there's too many teams anywhere that will beat us."
Besides Sells, Terrace's offensive leaders were Matt Shafer (a double, three RBI), Garrett Totten (2-for-3, a double, three runs), Andrew Woeck (2-for-3, a double, two RBI) and Jacob Mann (two hits).
Meanwhile, M-P hopes its pitchers regain their accuracy in time for the team's first state-tourney appearance since 2005.
Said Koshelnik, "I'm asking the players to put (the 10-run loss) behind them."
At Everett Memorial Stadium
Marysville-Pilchuck 001 20 -- 3 5 2
Mountlake Terrace 511 33 -- 13 11 1
Nelson, Trimble (2), Holm (4) and Botham. Theis and Clingan. WP-Theis (7-1). LP-Nelson. 2B-Shafer (MT) 1, Strieby (MT) 1, Woeck (MT) 1, Totten (MT) 1. HR-R. Sells (MT) 1. Records-Marysville-Pilchuck 15-7. Mountlake Terrace 17-6.
Writer Mike Cane: mcane@heraldnet.com. Check out the prep sports blog Double Team at www.heraldnet.com/doubleteam.
Monday, April 14
Jaykob Sells makes the local news and the High School Sports Report
Click the link below to check out Jaykob's home run stealing catch against Edmonds-Woodway.
http://www.hsgametime.com/seattle/videopage.html?nvid=235420
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