Baseball

Edmonds-Woodway defeated Monroe 5-2

Lukas Wanke pitched six strong innings and Toshi Gilginas drove in three runs as the Edmonds-Woodway Warriors advanced to the 3A District 1 tournament semifinals with a 5-2 victory at home against the Monroe Bearcats.

The Warriors will now play Stanwood in the District semifinals on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Funko Field. The game will be the second of two games played at the same location that night, with Snohomish playing Mount Vernon at 4 p.m. in the other semifinal matchup.  The winners of the two games will automatically advance to the state tournament and will play each other in the District Championship on Saturday.  The losing teams will move to the consolation bracket and still have one more chance to advance to the state tournament on Saturday.

Edmonds-Woodway pitching highlights:
Lukas Wanke: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
Finn Crawford: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB

Edmonds-Woodway offense highlights:
Toshi Gilginas: 2 for 3, R, 3 RBI, 2 SB
Andreas Simonsen: 1 for 2, BB, 2 R, SB
Finn Crawford: 1 for 3, RBI
Erik Alsdorf: 1 for 3, R, RBI
Trevelyan Podawiltz: 1 for 3
Alex Archie: HBP, R

Monroe pitching highlights:
A.J. Welch: 5 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Maddox Bingham: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Monroe offensive highlights:
Braden Sheppard: 2 for 3, 2B, RBI
A.J. Welch: 1 for 2, BB, R
Caleb Campbell: 1 for 4, R

Records: Edmonds-Woodway 16-6; Monroe 8-13
Edmonds-Woodway next game: District semi-finals vs Stanwood; Tuesday, May 13, 7:00 p.m. at Funko Field

Stanwood defeated Mountlake Terrace 6-3

The Mountlake Terrace Hawks lost their District Quarterfinals game against Stanwood.  The Hawks will move over to the consolation bracket of the double elimination tournament and need to win two games in order to qualify for the state tournament, beginning with a game against the Monroe Bearcats on Tuesday at Monroe High School.

Stanwood pitching highlights:
T.J. McQuery: 6 IP, 12 K

Stanwood offense highlights:
Gavin Gehrman: 3 for 4, 2 R
Connor Clifton: 2 RBI
Brayden Wammack: 2 RBI

Records: Stanwood 17-4; Mountlake Terrace 11-11
Mountlake Terrace next game: District consolation bracket (loser out) at Monroe; Tuesday, May 13, time TBD

Mount Vernon defeated Meadowdale 6-3
See story here.

Records: Mount Vernon 19-4; Meadowdale 10-13
Meadowdale next game: District consolation bracket (loser out) vs Shorewood; Tuesday, May 13, 4 p.m. at Meridian Park in Shoreline.

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Edmonds-Woodway defeated Mount Vernon 3-1
See story here.

Records: Edmonds-Woodway 11-5-2; Mount Vernon 10-3-3
Edmonds-Woodway next game: District semifinals vs Shorewood; Tuesday, May 13, 7 p.m. at Shoreline Stadium.

Monroe defeated Lynnwood 3-1
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Records: Monroe 15-1; Lynnwood 6-11-1
Lynnwood next game: District consolation bracket (loser out) at Sedro-Woolley; Tuesday, May 13, 7 p.m.

Southmoreland’s Megan Mehall (right) battles Trinity Christian’s Eilidh Edgar in the final 50 meters of the 800 during the WPIAL Class 2A Individual Track & Field Championships at Slippery Rock University. Mehall won the silver medal with a time of 2:17.22. She is the top seed in the event this year.

Marrying the use of cutting-edge technology with expert ecology researchers and community scientist input is providing us with “precision conservation” – and a very clear and accurate picture of bird health across North America.

A groundbreaking study published in the reputable journal Science found that bird populations are drastically dropping most severely in areas where they should be thriving.

Researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology analyzed 36 million bird observations shared by birdwatchers to the Cornell Lab’s eBird program, alongside multiple environmental variables derived from high-resolution satellite imagery for 495 bird species across North America from 2007 to 2021.

One major finding? Birds are disappearing fastest in the places where there are usually the most of them — places where they should be doing well. In fact, 83% of the bird species studied are shrinking the most in the areas where they are most common. (Grassland and Arctic tundra birds show particularly troubling trends.)

“It’s pretty frightening — the sheer number of birds that have disappeared is kind of hard to fathom,” said Luke Redmond, PhD, associate professor of biology at Penn State Schuylkill. “I hope the Cornell data opens people’s eyes about what is going on in so many systems — not just in North America, but likely across the entire planet.”

Alison Johnston, a lead author of the study and ecological statistician, added, “Locations that once provided ideal habitat and climate for these species are no longer suitable. I think this is indicative of more major shifts happening for the nature that’s around us.

Redmond said the decline is likely not just confined to birds.

“Since birds are relatively easy to observe, their popularity means there are lots of eyes out there looking for them,” he said. “I would not be surprised if other [animal] species are exhibiting the same decline, and that makes this all the more worrying.”

Not all bad news

There is some hope. Nearly every species had some spot on the map where populations actually increased, even if those spots were few and far between. These tiny spots of success for some bird species could be due to conservation efforts, and because of the precision of the new detailed mapping, scientists will be able to dig deeper to better understand what’sworking best where. This can inform future conservation projects and smart governmental policy to reverse the The data included in the new map would not be possible without dedicated birders entering their sightings in the eBird program. With all of that data in hand, statisticians used modeling and novel methodologies to ensure reliability of the data. Using cutting-edge technology, they were able to run simulations that would have taken 85 years on a standard personal laptop!

What you can do

On the small scale, Redmond recommends making your yards more dependable to wildlife and volunteering your time to conservation efforts like monitoring and clean up. You can do this by reducing the size of your turf lawn and integrating more native plant species into your yard – birds rely on the berries (and bugs!) that live on these species. As you transitionyour yard to more natives, be sure to avoid using harmful pesticides, too.

Supporting and volunteering with groups like the Schuylkill Headwaters Association, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Riverkeeper, Schuylkill County Conservancy and other land preservation groups is another way to tap into important work.

On a larger scale, you can make dietary changes that reduce environmental impacts, such as shifting to a more plant-based diet to reduce your carbon footprint. You can also choose more organic foods to keep harmful chemicals out of the farming areas that birds often visit. As always, supporting politicians who fight for strong environmental laws and programs is absolutely essential for a livable future for the birds and us. You can find out more information about this at the League of Conservation Voters’ website.

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