Shorewood, Shorecrest to meet in district baseball opener Saturday at Shorewood after Shorecrest wins Wednesday playoff with Everett

The Shorewood and Shorecrest baseball teams will open Northwest District 3A tournament play at Shorewood at 1 p.m. Saturday as the Nos. 1 and 6 Wesco 3A teams.
 

Shorecrest won the sixth and final tournament berth from the division Wednesday with a 7-6 victory at Everett. Both Shorecrest and Everett had 4-8 Wesco 3A records before the two teams split their final series Monday and Tuesday to give both teams 5-9 records and set up a one-game playoff at Everett Wednesday, which Shorecrest won.
 

Shorecrest takes a 6-9 Wesco 3A record and 9-12 overall record into the game at Shorewood, which finished its regular season Tuesday with a 14-0 Wesco 3A record (18-2 overall).
 

The Saturday winner advances to a District semifinal game at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, against the winner of another Saturday game between Wesco No. 3 Mountlake Terrace and Northwest Conference 3A No. 2 Ferndale. The losers of the Saturday games meet in an elimination game Tuesday.
 

The district tournament concludes May 14 at Everett Memorial Stadium; with the top three teams in the eight-team District tournament advancing to State play. The State qualifiers will each play in one of four regionals May 21, with the regional winners advancing to the State 3A final four May 27-28.
Shorewood defeated Shorecrest 9-1 March 30 at Shorecrest and 10-0 April 2 at Shorewood.
 

Going into the Monday games, the Seattle Times ranked Shorewood second among State 3A teams behind undefeated Camas from Southwest Washington, and Washingtonbaseball.com ranked Shorewood third behind Camas and Southridge of Kennewick.

Shorecrest 7, Everett 6, at Everett, Wednesday, May 4

Shorecrest 402 010 0--7 6 1

Everett      000 105 0--6 5 1

Skylar Shibayama, Henry Dickmeyer (7) and Tim Sullivan. Henry, Elder (1), Arnstad (6), Clemenson (7) and Snyder. WP--Shibayama. LP--Henry

Shorecrest batting	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR	SB
Ted Hammond	2	3	1	1				2
Michael Rigby	2	2	2	2