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Weekend update

May 10th, 2010 at Mon, 10th, 2010 at 2:46 pm by Joel Willits

As always, we like to catch you up with what you may have missed this weekend.

Softball
Bellevue celebrated senior night with a come-from-behind 6-5 victory over Liberty on Friday. Bellevue (14-5, 10-2) built an early 3-0 lead and Emily Fleischman had a one-hitter going into the seventh inning before Liberty’s Denise Blohowiak belted a grand slam to put the Patriots up 4-3. Liberty added another run to take a 5-3 lead into the bottom half of the inning.
Bellevue chipped away at the lead and eventually put the tying run at third base when senior Kelly Meggs hit an RBI infield single to tie the game. Only a great play by Liberty shortstop Alexis Court kept the ball in the infield and prevented the winning run to score.
The next batter, Anjani Briggs, belted a fastball on an 0-1 count to centerfield to score the winning run.

Interlake topped Mount Si 6-5 on Friday as the Saints scored in the bottom of the eighth inning for the win. Stefanie Rabitoy got the win for the Saints. Chandler Smidt went 2 for 3 with two runs scored for Interlake.

Boys Lacrosse
Brett Menella scored with 2:27 remaining in overtime to help Bellevue beat Issaquah Friday night. Menella’s goal, his second of the night, beat Issaquah’s O’Neil Hughes for the winner. Cole Nordstrom sent the game to overtime for the Wolverines with a goal with just 1:56 remaining in the game. At 16-2 and 12-0 in conference play, Bellevue remains tied with Mercer Island for the Northeast Conference lead.

Girls Lacrosse
Both Bellevue and Forest Ridge lost Friday night, to Snohomish and Seattle Prep respectively. At 2-11, Forest Ridge will not make the playoffs, while Bellevue takes the seventh seed for Division I with a record of 6-6-1.

Baseball
Mount Si pounded out eight runs on nine hits to beat Interlake 9-2 Friday. Rossco Castagno had three stolen bases, hit a home run and scored two runs himself in the win for the Wildcats.

Newport couldn’t hold on to a 7-2 lead, as Bothell scored six times in the bottom of the sixth inning to stun the Knights 9-7 in the first round of the KingCo 4A baseball tournament. Newport managed just two hits, but took the lead thanks to six errors by the cougars and numerous hit-by-pitches. The Knights play a loser-out game against Lake Washington tonight at 7 p.m. at Inglemoor High School.

Bellevue Christian beat Kingston 6-4 Saturday. No stats were available.

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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