Taking advantage of some sloppy pitching and fielding by the Mountlake Terrace Hawks, the Edmonds-Woodway Warriors defeated the Hawks 7-3 in a Wesco League contest played Tuesday at Mountlake Terrace High School.

Just four of the seven E-W runs were earned as Terrace fielders committed four errors in the game. Hawk pitchers Dillon Gordon and Kasey Boe didn’t help their cause as the two hurlers hit five Warrior batters.

Two Terrace errors and one Warrior batter hit-by-a-pitch came in the top of the first inning when E-W scored three times — the big blow coming off a two-run double by junior Thomas Blahous.

“Give them credit — they hit the ball hard and they also executed early in the game,” Terrace Coach Andrew Watters said of E-W. “They got bunts down that we didn’t do a good job on fielding and getting the out on those. They just played better than us today.”

The Warriors scored another run in the second inning off a Remy Heckman sacrifice fly. The four runs would be all the team would need behind the pitching of starter Ian Michael. The senior struck out seven and issued no walks in the complete-game victory.

“Ian was outstanding today,” said E-W Coach Dan Somoza. “He attacked the (strike) zone; Mountlake Terrace is a great hitting team and he pitched really good.”

“We got a lead for him early and when Ian’s got a lead early he’s pretty tough because he doesn’t walk a lot of guys and he really competes on the mound,” Somoza continued.

The Warriors pounded out 12 hits in the contest – Heckman and Gunnar Whitelaw both went 3-for-4 to lead the E-W hit parade.

“Everyone chipped (in),” Somoza noted. “It’s all about team and I was proud of the guys. It was a real team win; that was fun to see.”

Despite the loss, Watters wasn’t too disappointed with how his Hawks played. The team collected 10 hits against Michael, including doubles by Jonathan Kumai and Ryan Cacatian and a triple by Cacatian.

“I was happy overall,” Watters stated. “We had plenty of hits and we had plenty of opportunities to score. I was happy that we got the bases loaded there in the sixth and actually brought the (potential) tying-run to the plate. We competed even though we were down the whole time.”

The two teams will meet again on Thursday, April 25, at Edmonds-Woodway High School; before then, each team has a game on Wednesday, April 24 — the Warriors will host the Shorecrest Scots while the Hawks travel to Duvall to challenge the Cedarcrest Red Wolves.

In other E-W sports on Tuesday, the Lynnwood Royals’ boys soccer team defended their home turf with a 2-0 win over the Warriors at Lynnwood High School.

The Warriors’ girls tennis team was defeated 5-2 by the Meadowdale Mavericks at a match held at Meadowdale High School.

Prep Baseball: Edmonds-Woodway at Mountlake Terrace, April 23

Edmonds-Woodway   3 1   0 2  1 0 0     — 7 12  0

Mountlake Terrace   1 0   1 0  0 1 0     — 3 10  4

Winning pitcher: Ian Michael (Edmonds-Woodway)

Losing pitcher: Dillon Gordon (Mountlake Terrace)

Records: Edmonds-Woodway 6-3 in 2A/3A Wesco League South Conference, 8-7 overall; Mountlake Terrace 5-6 in 2A/3A Wesco League South Conference, 7-10 overall

Edmonds-Woodway next game: versus Shorecrest; Wednesday, April 24; 4 p.m. at Edmonds-Woodway High School

Prep Boys Soccer: Edmonds-Woodway at Lynnwood, April 23

Edmonds-Woodway   0   0   —   0

Lynnwood   1   1   —   2

Goal scorers:

— Miguel Ahumada (Lynnwood)

— Jose Frausto (Lynnwood)

Records: Edmonds-Woodway 7-3-2 in 2A/3A Wesco League, 7-4-2 overall; Lynnwood 7-4-1 in 2A/3A Wesco League, 8-5-1 overall

Edmonds-Woodway next match: versus Shorewood; Wednesday, April 24; 7 p.m. at Shoreline Stadium

Prep Girls Tennis: Edmonds-Woodway at Meadowdale, April 23

Meadowdale 5 – Edmonds-Woodway 2

Singles: Natalie Paulson (Edmonds-Woodway) defeated Sidney Wright (Meadowdale) 7-5, 6-0; Nomin Ulziisaikhan (Meadowdale) defeated Emma Wetzel (Edmonds-Woodway) 6-3, 6-1; Jamie Christiansen (Meadowdale) defeated Isa Madath (Edmonds-Woodway) 6-4, 6-4; Kaitlyn Robinson (Meadowdale) defeated Gabby McCray (Edmonds-Woodway) 7-5, 6-3

Doubles: Isabel Reonal / Kelsey Cummins (Meadowdale) defeated Marla Thai / Dara Stotland (Edmonds-Woodway) 6-0, 6-3; Hana Berisha / Jeanelle Delos Reyes (Meadowdale) defeated Rosemary Chang / Alice Sahn (Edmonds-Woodway) 6-2, 7-5; Sami Berni / Allison Nguyen (Edmonds-Woodway) defeated Sofia Tang / Amy Ly (Meadowdale) 6-3, 6-4

Records: Edmonds-Woodway 2-2 in 2A/3A Wesco League South Conference, 4-3 overall; Meadowdale 3-1 in 2A/3A Wesco League South Conference, 8-2 overall

Edmonds-Woodway next match: versus Mountlake Terrace; Friday, April 26; 3:30 p.m. at Edmonds-Woodway High School

— By Doug Petrowski