Everett's volleyball team ended Monroe's hopes of a Wesco 3A/2A North title on Thursday, Oct. 29, rallying on the road after a rough opening set to win the match 3-1.
The Seagulls, now 12-4 overall and 9-2 in league play, dropped the first set 25-12 before taking the next three by scores of 25-22, 25-21 and 25-21. Monroe fell to 11-4 overall and 8-3 in the league.
Ava Gonzalez powered Everett with 29 kills and 14 digs, while Ava Urbanozo distributed 50 assists. Josie Orth added 12 kills. The win keeps Everett one game behind league-leading Stanwood with one match left to play.
For Monroe, Shannara Peebles recorded 26 kills and eight digs. Naia Atalig had 22 assists and 15 digs, Maddie Walker contributed 18 digs, and Avery Ray handed out 21 assists.
In the Wesco 3A/2A South, Lynnwood marked Senior Night with a 25-15, 25-22, 15-25, 25-21 victory over Shorewood at Bothell. The Royals improved to 10-6 overall and 5-6 in league play, while the Stormrays moved to 9-7 and 6-5. Sophomore Jordana Leme Pezzano had 25 assists, senior Audrey Williams finished with 13 kills and 8.5 blocks, and junior Petra Guirges added 16 digs and eight kills. Shorewood's individual stats were not reported. Elsewhere, Marysville Pilchuck beat Marysville Getchell 3-2, and Shorecrest swept Meadowdale 3-0.
At the District 1 3A boys tennis tournament in Mount Vernon, area schools took seven of the eight available state tournament berths. Shorecrest's Mihai Stransky won the singles title, beating Shorewood's Jacob Mignogna 6-0, 6-1 and Cascade's Jiang Yang 6-3, 6-0 before topping Snohomish's Jackson Fawcett 6-1, 6-1 in the final. Shorewood's Seb Sanchez took third and Mountlake Terrace's Tyson Castaneda placed fourth, and both earned state spots.
In doubles, Shorewood's Drew Johnson and Ethan Dong won the title. They defeated Mountlake Terrace's Stephen Valmayor and Kevin Vesvarut 6-4, 6-2, then Mount Vernon's Connor Swanson and Jace Swanson 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, and finally Snohomish's Tully VanAssche and Maverick Stocker 6-1, 6-2 in the championship match. Edmonds-Woodway's Eli Agol and Will Spear finished fourth to secure the last doubles berth.
In Northwest 2A football, Archbishop Murphy returned from a three-week break to beat Lynden 35-14 in Everett. The Wildcats improved to 7-1 overall and 6-1 in league play, and handed a defeat to the Lions, who had led the league and fell to 7-3 overall and 7-2 in league play. In a non-league game, Snohomish defeated Shorecrest 55-9.
