2011 Woodinville Lady Falcons Fastpitch

!! KINGCO 4A CHAMPIONS !!

!! KINGCO 4A TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS !!

4A State - 3rd Place Finish

Season Record: 25-1

Runs Scored: 217 Runs Against: 28 Shut-outs: 14

Washington State 4A: Ranked #1

ESPN Rise Fab 50: Ranked #35

Headed off to State on Thursday morning to continue the quest towards the Washington State 4A State Title. 

Our ladies get going first round on Friday May 27th at 10am vs Emerald Ridge of Puyallup.  Wish them luck or better yet...make the trek over to the sunny side of the state to cheer them on in person!  Games are held at Merkel Park (5701 N. Assembly, Spokane)

Our Lady Falcons finished off Eastlake last night in the KingCo 4A Tournament Final by a score of 9-3 behind solid pitching by Keelin Davis.  

After back-to-back solo home runs by Kayla O'Farrell and Katie Engelbrect in the 2nd inning, the Falcons jumped out to a commanding lead never to look back.  Adding to the hit parade were Makenna Weir with 2 hits and 3 RBI's and Lauren Burchak with 2 hits and 2 RBI's.

This finished a perfect regular season for the Lady Falcons now 21-0 heading into the State Championship in Spokane next weekend.

Our Lady Falcons continue their march into the State Championship by beating Eastlake last night 5-2 in the KingCo Championship game which secures a berth for Woodinville back to the State Championship tournament.

Sara Anderson led off the top of the first with a hit and was moved around and scored by a rocket base hit by our co-captain Katie Engelbrecht to make it 1-0. 

Great pitching by Madi Schreyer had the Eastlake bats off for most of the night until the 5th where Eastlake was able to get a couple runs off a couple hits which tied the score 2-2 going into the 6th inning.

Woodinville bounced back in the top of the 6th with a clutch base hit by Nicole Versace and Sara Anderson and with two outs Kayla O'Farrell delivered a hit to score Shelby Yasuda (pinch running for Nicole) to make it a 3-2 ballgame.   Standing at second and third were Kayla and Sara when our co-captain Makenna Weir stepped in and drilled one to the fence for a double to score two more runs and make it a 5-2 game.

Madi Schreyer then came out and delivered the goods by striking out the last batter with the bases loaded to seal the KingCo Championship for our Lady Falcons!

After going 19-0 with 13 shutouts, the Lady Falcons Fastpitch team ranked #1 in 4A Washington State and #40 in the ESPN Fab 50 nationally are just now dropping into the fast lane with sights on their ultimate goal. 

The Lady Falcons next step towards their ultimate goal of a State Championship is Monday in the KingCo Championship Game at 7pm at Hartman Park in Redmond.  This game puts KingCo Crest Division Winner WHS vs KingCo Crown Division Winner Eastlake HS.  The winner of this game is guaranteed a berth to State as either the #1 seed or #2 seed coming out of KingCo.

In a game of consistent pounding of the ball, Woodinville pumped out 14 runs on 21 hits with Madi Schreyer going yard twice.  Lauren Burchak and Kayla O'Farrell pounded out doubles and nearly every Lady Falcon got into the offense either delivering an RBI or solid hit.  Madi was on a roll with the rock as well handing out 10K's on 5 hits and no runs. 

This was Woodinvilles 13th shutout of the year.  Now on to the KingCo Championship game on Monday!

There was a scary moment in the 5th when a hard hit line drive by Nicole got up on Taylor Peacocke at third base deflecting off her mit into her stomach.  Medics arrived to take her to the hospital but she is going to be ok with quite a bruise.  The Lady Falcons are thankful for that and wish her well.

Our girls scored 11 runs belting 10 hits against Garfield last night.  The game was capped off with a walk-off 2 run homer by Katie Englebrecht in the 6th to run-rule Garfield.  Keelin Davis struck out 11 giving up just 2 hits in the game.

Woodinville made quick work of Newport, Ballard and Eastlake this week by a combined score of 27-3. 

Winning 16-1 the Lady Falcon bats were hot at Newport with a multi-home run game by Alex Boyd driving in 5 RBI's and a big grand slam home run by Katie Englebrecht.  Madi Schreyer threw a 2 hitter with 6 strikeouts to keep Newport from having any chance of making this one close.

Against Ballard our girls won 6-0 rattling off 13 hits with Kayla O'Farrell going 2 for 4 with a triple and Katie Englebrecht going 2 for 4 with a double and a triple.  Keelin Davis pitched the shutout giving up 4 hits and striking out 3.

Eastlake coming off a big win against 3A #2 ranked Juanita wasn't able to keep it rolling againast our Lady Falcons who put them away 5-2 behind great pitching by Madi Schreyer and nice hitting by Makena Weir going 3-4 at the plate.

Great pitching again by both teams had the score 0-0 in the 7th when Issaquah was able to score a run on a rare error by the WHS defense.

Behind for the fist time of the year, the Lady Falcons rallied in the bottom of the 7th with a lead-off hit by Emily Jackson who was pushed into home by Sara Anderson on a bunt-error by Issaquah.  Sara then steals second and with two outs Kayla O'Farrell doubles to the wall to score Sara and the Lady Falcons pull out a 2-1 victory in the bottom of the 7th.  Whew!

It was a special night for the Lady Falcons as they honored Kathi Goertzen with a donation while each of our girls wore a red-white hairband in respect for her and her family. 

Kathi's daughter pitched a good game against Woodinville but their bats were too much for the pitching and defense that Woodinville weilds.

The Falcons jumped out early with a home-run in the first inning by Kayla O'Farrell and then more great pitching by Madi Schreyer on their way to a 5-0 win.

Making their way through KingCo, Falcon ladies score 32 and give up 1 run over three games against Garfield, Bothell and Inglemoor. Fighting through the rain the bats stayed hot and the pitching behind Madi and Keelin was just too good. 

A fantastic outing for Keelin Davis who gave up 1 hit and struck out 15 Kangs to help push the #1 4A ranked Woodinville Falcons to 3-0 for the season (1-0 in KingCo League Play).  Madi Schreyer helped off the bench with her bat driving a grand-slam homerun in the 4th inning.

Also this week the Seattle Times published a well deserved article about one of our co-captains Katie Englebrecht.  Be sure to check it out here.