The Redmond High fastpitch team made it two in a row at home with a 5-3 victory over the Beavers on a drizzly Thursday evening.

Despite being outhit 8-7, the Mustangs were able to strand 10 Ballard base runners with fine pitching and defensive plays to secure the win.

On offense, the Mustangs took the lead for good when Stephanie Gero led off with a triple, Ashley Mitchell walked and advanced to second, and Christine Ho scored both of them with a two-RBI single.

Senior Lindsay Cristobal (hitting .714 last two games) continued her hot streak, going 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Melissa White shined again on the mound, going all seven innings while striking out five.

With the win, the Mustangs (7-4, 10-5) increased their second-place lead in the division over Issaquah (5-4, 5-4) and Newport (4-5, 8-6).

Mustangs shine on Senior Night

Playing at their home course, Bear Creek Country Club, for the last time, the Mustangs’ eight seniors shot well in a 228-274 victory over Eastlake.

Medaling for the Mustangs was Keira O’Hearn with a 42, followed by Kelly Kennewick (44), Carley Kalina (46) and Casie Helgeson and Makayla Walker with 48s.

The Mustangs will finish out their regular season with their highly-anticipated rematch against Newport at The Golf Club at Newcastle on Monday, May 9 at 4:30 p.m.

Redmond track gearing up for Kingco meet

The Mustangs performed well at Thursday’s 3A/4A dual meet at Eastlake High School, particularly in the middle-distance events for the boys and the relays for the girls.

On the boys’ side, Cotter Boyle took the 400 meters in 51.9 seconds, and Miles Hille and Max Dunn finished 1-2 in the 800 meters in 2:01.40 and 2:01.70, respectively.

In the 1600, Hille again finished 1-2 with teammate Jonathan Stevens, both clocking times of 4:41.

On the girls’ side, Eastlake’s strong running team edged out Holly Young twice, as the junior placed second in the 800 meters (2:30.70) and 1600 (5:30).

Allie Nichols placed second in the 3200 with a season-best 11:59.90, and Alison Hix (16.5 seconds) was just one-tenth of a second behind Eastlake’s Lauren Files in the 100 meter hurdles.

The Mustangs swept the relays, as Bailey Whittaker, Amy Pumputis, Darcy Hardwick and Katherine Smiley combined for 50.2 time in the 400 relay; Maria Eckmann, Whittaker, Hardwick and Mandy Rusch winning the 800 in 1:49.70, and Rusch, Pumputis, Hardwick and Smiley winning the 1600 relay but a 16-second margin in 4:05.20.

Redmond’s only win in the field events came in the long jump (Hardwick, 16 feet, 3.25 inches).

Bear Creek boys run away with league title

Playing at the hilly Jackson Park Golf Course in Seattle, the Bear Creek Grizzlies dominated the Sea-Tac 2B League Tournament, winning with 117.5 team points, followed by Crosspoint Academy’s 45.

Medaling for the Grizzlies was Will Stansell, who shot an 8-over 80 and defeated teammate Gannon McCahill, who also shot 80, on the first playoff hole.

Ricky Olson finished one shot back at 81, and the 2009 state tennis singles champion, Jake Imam, fired an 84 to finish in fifth place.

Stansell, McCahill, Olson, Imam, Jamie Clough, and Conner Morgan qualified for the District Tournament, held at Gallery Golf Course on May 12, based on their regular season qualifying scores and their placement in the league tournament.

At the District Tournament there will be 40 boys vying for 20 spots to the state tournament, held May 24th & 25th at Meadow Park Golf Course in Lakewood (Tacoma).