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Your early top performers

May 6th, 2010 at Thu, 6th, 2010 at 1:27 pm by Joel Willits

I have to post the Week’s Top Performers a day early, as I’ll be out of the office tomorrow as I journey to Spokane to watch my brother graduate from pharmacy school. He’s buying all the dinners from now on.

Emily Fleischman, Bellevue                    Chad Coleman/Bellevue Reporter

Softball
Kelly Meggs drove in two runs and blasted a triple to help Bellevue beat Interlake 13-8 in hail and ran on Monday night. Katie Savard, Marika McCarthy and Corri McAllister all had RBIs for the Wolverines. Cady Buscher went 3 for 4 for the Saints in the loss. Meghan Ness scored two runs. Emily Fleischman had the win for the Wolverines.

Amanda Klug went 4 for 5 with four RBI and scored two runs herself but Bellevue Christian beat Forest Ridge 13-12 Monday. Amanda Friemel went 3 for 4 with three RBI and a double for the Vikings. She also struck out 13 on the mound to get the win.

Bellevue creamed Bellevue Christian 17-0 on Wednesday night. Marika McCarthy and Katie Savard each had three hits in the game. McCarthy scored three runs. Emily Fleischman allowed just one hit in the win.

Girls Lacrosse
Conley Nemyre scored three goals but Bellevue lost 19-7 to Lakeside in Division I lacrosse Monday.

Allie Wilson scored six goals and Kayla Miller had four but Bellevue East lost to Eastside Catholic 22-18 in a high-scoring Division II affair on Wednesday.

Tennis
Angela Chen and Rixing Xu picked up wins in singles but Newport‘s girls tennis team lost to Mercer Island 5-2 Monday.

Baseball
Alex Bielaski went 2 for 3 with an RBI but Mercer Island beat Bellevue 6-1 in KingCo 3A/2A baseball action.

Ryan Fitzpatrick and Rajan Hanstad each knocked in two runs as the Bellevue Christian Vikings beat Cascade Christian 11-10 at Bannerwood Park on Monday. The Vikings scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning for the win. Nat Townsend picked up the win on the mound, going just 1/3 of an inning.

Trace Tam Sing hit two triples and knocked in five runs in Newport’s 15-1 win over Eastlake on Tuesday. Jared Fisher homered for Newport. Jeffrey Gonzales picked up the win.

Girls Golf
Jessica Parker shot a 45 to medal during Interlake’s girls golf match against Issaquah Monday at Tam O’Shanter Golf Course. Issaquah beat the Saints by just three strokes.

Newport swept the top five spots in a big win against Issaquah Tuesday at Snoqualmie Golf Course. Winners were: 1, Nicole Lomax, 38 strokes; 2, Jamie Kirsala, 42; 3, Jessica Kent, 43; 4, Katie O‘Neil, 45; 5, Kelly Lee, 46.

Alayna Herring shot a 44 to tie for third in Sammamish‘s loss to Eastlake on Tuesday.

Jessica Parker medaled again, this time shooting a 40, as Interlake nearly swept the top five against Garfield Tuesday. Katie Walker took second with a 46, Ellen Howie shot a 48 to finish third and Hailey Dolmseth took fourth with a 53.

Boys Golf
Chase Foster shot a 41 to finish third for Bellevue Christian in a Emerald City League match against Cedar Park Christian Tuesday. Matt Trueblood finished fourth with a 43 and Ryan Johnson took fifth with a 46.

Boy Soccer
Nick Rooney scored a goal in the 80th minute as Sammamish escaped with a 3-2 win against Liberty on Tuesday. Duncan Dickerson scored two goals for the Totems in the win.

Joel Willits I'm the sports writer at the Bellevue Reporter newspaper. On this blog you'll find extra bits and pieces to stories I've written, observations on events in our area, and a behind the scenes look at what it takes to bring a story together. I'll field questions here, and maybe even ask a few too. I'm a 2007 graduate of the journalism program at Eastern Washington University. Prior to joining the Reporter, I worked at USA Hockey Magazine and did radio work with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox AAA baseball team. When I'm not busy covering the happenings in Bellevue, I enjoy playing hockey, watching sports and spending time with my family. You can also follow me on Twitter or you can send me an email.

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