Lake Washington blanks Juanita in rivalry baseball game

Published 11:30 am Monday, April 23, 2018

With an overflow crowd on hand at Lee Johnson Field last Friday night, Lake Washington’s Michael Buchanan blasted a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning to lead the Kangs to a 2-0 baseball victory over rival Juanita.

Buchanan earned the victory from the mound by firing a complete-game two-hitter with five strikeouts. Jayson Schroeder fanned 12 for Juanita.

LW had three hits in the tight game with two from Jesus Vizcarra, including a double. Juanita’s two hits came from Adam Petter (double) and Taylor Peterson.

SOFTBALL

Mackenzie Burke amassed three hits, two RBIs and earned the win in Juanita’s 14-3 softball victory over Interlake last Friday.

Burke had two doubles and was joined on the hit list by Abbie Reynolds (two hits, including a homer, and four RBIs), Megan Murray (triple), Kaci Gordon (double) and Jordan Schroeder (two hits, including a double, and one RBI).

For Lake Washington, Antonia Norman got the win with eight strikeouts and had two hits in the Kangs’ 12-10 triumph over Bellevue last Friday.

Also for the Kangs, Haley Brown had four hits, including two doubles, and two RBIs; Hailey Menssen had three hits and two RBIs; and LW got two hits each from Abigail Mills, Anastasia Kotsakis and Maliena Carelli.