South Sound baseball, softball no-hitter tracker: Every gem, all season in 2026
Some days on the mound are shaky. Other days, pitchers deal. Every now and then, a performance is unforgettable.
The News Tribune is launching a South Sound no-hitter tracker this year, providing details of every no-hitter and perfect game thrown by a local high school baseball or softball player in 2026.
Note: Have someone we need to add to the list? Email TNT sports reporter Jon Manley (jon.manley@thenewstribune.com) or Tyler Wicke (twicke@thenewstribune.com) with the athlete’s first and last name, year, school, a stat line and details from the game.
NO-HITTER: SAVVY PAULSON, CENTRAL KITSAP SOFTBALL, MAY 4
Central Kitsap senior Savvy Paulson carved her way through five shutout innings and belted her first home run of the season in a blowout win over the Silas Rams, 19-0, on Monday.
Paulson capped her no-hitter with a pair of strikeouts in the fifth inning, authoring a career performance on the road in Tacoma.
Her final line: Five innings, no hits, no runs, two walks and nine strikeouts. She threw just 62 pitches, 42 for strikes, and went 2-for-5 at the plate with three RBI.
Cougars center fielder Kaylie Stacy drove in six runs, going 3-for-3 with two triples and a walk.
With a team-leading 48 innings pitched this spring, Paulson is 3-1 with a 3.35 ERA, tallying 25 walks and 82 strikeouts. Central Kitsap went on to win the 3A Puget Sound League championship game over Timberline, 17-10, on Saturday.
NO-HITTER: ABBY HOYT, PENINSULA SOFTBALL, MAY 1
Hoyt delivered a statement performance on Friday, no-hitting Bellarmine Prep in a 14-0 road win.
The rising freshman in Purdy retired 13 straight Lions hitters and cruised through six scoreless innings (64 pitches), fanning five without a walk. Bellarmine Prep’s Abbie Bailey reached on an infield error in the fourth, ending Hoyt’s bid for perfection.
Hoyt’s final line: Six innings, no hits, no runs, no walks and five strikeouts. She went 2-for-4 at the plate, adding an RBI double in the sixth inning.
Hoyt is 9-1 with a 1.70 ERA in 53.1 innings pitched this spring.
NO-HITTER: ISAAC HALL, KENTWOOD BASEBALL, APRIL 29
Hall delivered a gem in Wednesday’s 10-0 win over Auburn, authoring his first high school no-hitter in dominant fashion.
The senior right-hander struck out eight without a walk across five innings, retiring Auburn’s first 11 hitters in order. Aside from a fourth-inning hit by pitch, Hall was perfect.
Kentwood piled five runs in the second inning, designated hitter Cael Miller homered in the third, and the Conquerors pulled away for a 10-run mercy win in five innings.
In nine appearances (36.2 IP) this spring, Hall is 3-3 with a 2.29 ERA, 18 walks and 51 strikeouts.
NO-HITTER: ALEX MARVEL, FIFE BASEBALL, APRIL 22
Marvel was slated for just three innings of work in his first start of the season, but plans change when something special is brewing.
After the junior right-hander retired Washington’s first nine batters in order, Fife assistants turned to Trojans head coach Waylon Tulip: “Hey, we can’t take him out.”
“We realized at that moment that we had something cool going,” Tulip told The News Tribune on Thursday. “And luckily, he was just really efficient and able to push through to the last moment.”
Marvel’s bid for perfection fell one strike short, plunking a Patriots batter with two outs in the fifth inning. But he recovered with a gem intact, pouring three-straight strikes over the plate for an emphatic punchout that sealed a 17-0 win over Washington on Wednesday, April 22.
It’s Marvel’s first no-hitter at the varsity level.
“Ultimately, whatever he was throwing was working for him,” Tulip said. “It didn’t matter if he was throwing his fastball or throwing his off-speed.”
Marvel is Fife’s everyday right fielder, reaching base in all four plate appearances Wednesday. He went 3-for-3 with a walk, three singles, and two RBI, helping spark Fife’s 11-run fourth inning with an RBI single to right field.
His final line on the mound: Five innings, no hits, no runs, no walks, nine strikeouts. Not bad for an outfielder, eh?
After an 0-2 start, the Trojans have rattled off 13 wins in a row. They’re undefeated in 2A SPSL play (10-0) and control their destiny for a league title in the coming weeks.
Fife meets Timberline in a non-league contest at Cheney Stadium on Friday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m.
“We’re just a bunch of hard-working kids that buy into the philosophies of the program and are there (to) play for each other,” Tulip said. “It could be anybody’s day on any given day. We have had tons of kids step up.
“One day could be Dylan Hoots, and then the next day it’s Austin Zellmer, and the next day it’s Owen Yee that steps up for us. Ultimately, we’ve just really gelled as a team, and it’s all about playing for your brother.”
NO-HITTER: SIERRA MURRAY, ROGERS SOFTBALL, APRIL 21
It’s hard to believe Rogers’ ace had never thrown a high-school no-hitter — until now.
The News Tribune’s reigning All-Area Player of the Year has her fair share of one-hitters and complete-game shutouts, even taking the Rams to the 4A state championship game last May. But Murray has finally completed what’s long felt inevitable, no-hitting the Olympia Bears across five stellar innings on Tuesday, April 21.
Murray struck out the side in the second and retired Olympia’s first nine batters in a 12-0 mercy rule win. Her final line: Five innings, no hits, no runs, one walk, and seven strikeouts.
In 14 appearances this season, Murray is 5-1 with a 1.66 ERA, piling 150 strikeouts to 24 walks. The sophomore is batting .442 at the plate with four doubles and a home run this spring, striking out just six times in 48 plate appearances.
PERFECT GAME: HARVEY LIEBERMAN, KENNEDY CATHOLIC BASEBALL, APRIL 21
For the first time in his high school career, Lieberman has authored perfection.
Eighteen up, eighteen down for the Washington State commit, who turned away Kentwood at every turn in a 10-0 win over the Conquerors on Tuesday, April 21.
The senior left-hander needed just 69 pitches (52 strikes) to breeze through a six-inning gem. Lieberman struck out six, including Kentwood’s final two batters before Kennedy Catholic walked off the sixth inning via mercy rule.
Lieberman’s perfect line: Six innings, no hits, no runs, no walks, and six punchouts. He collected a season-high three hits, raising his batting average to .321 (9-for-28) this spring.
In seven appearances on the mound, Lieberman is 2-1 with a 2.65 ERA, tallying 11 walks and 38 strikeouts.
NO-HITTER: MAXWELL SCHWEYEN, PUYALLUP BASEBALL, APRIL 21
After a shaky start and midseason coaching change this spring, the Vikings are returning to their winning ways. A gem from their UW commit certainly helps the cause.
Schweyen went the distance in Tuesday’s 11-1 win over Rogers, striking out a season-high 11 batters across five strong frames. The senior right-hander walked five, allowing one earned run.
In five appearances (19 IP) this season, Schweyen is 2-2 with a 4.79 ERA, 22 walks and 29 strikeouts.
NO-HITTER: EVAN BARNES, BETHEL BASEBALL, APRIL 21
Is there a better way to snap an eight-game skid?
Barnes was untouchable on Tuesday, delivering a seven-inning gem in Bethel’s 9-0 win over Spanaway Lake. The senior right-hander’s final line: Seven innings, no hits, no runs, two walks, and a season-high nine strikeouts.
Barnes struck out the side in order in the third inning, retiring as many as 13-straight Spanaway Lake batters.
In five appearances this season, Barnes is 2-2 with a 2.21 ERA, 15 walks and 31 strikeouts.
NO-HITTER: JAYCEE KEMP, PUYALLUP SOFTBALL, APRIL 20
It was only a matter of time. Puyallup freshman Jaycee Kemp, among the South Sound’s best arms in strikeouts (165) and earned run average (0.47), has thrown her first high-school no-hitter.
The 6-foot-1 right-hander silenced rival Sumner in a 6-0 win Monday afternoon, piling 14 strikeouts without issuing a walk across a complete-game shutout. Kemp plunked one batter, the lone blemish on an otherwise perfect afternoon.
Kemp struck out the side in order in the first inning, a sign of what was to come. She threw 95 pitches (68 strikes) in seven innings and fielded the final, ground-ball out that sealed a gem at Puyallup High School.
“She gets a strikeout, and she’s a rah-rah person,” Puyallup head coach Alec Elliott said last week. “She’s (like), ‘Let’s go!’
“She’s like, this is my zen area, I’m going to be who I’m going to be. And it’s been cool to watch.”
Kemp sparked a four-run fifth inning with a leadoff double, going 1-for-1 with a walk at the plate.
The Vikings (8-2, 12-2) are third in the 4A SPSL standings, allowing a league-low 1.3 runs per game.
NO-HITTER: COLMAN BALDA, STEILACOOM BASEBALL, APRIL 20
Balda needed just 68 pitches to complete his no-no, silencing the 4A Bethel Bison across five stellar innings in an 18-0 win at Steilacoom High School on Monday afternoon.
The senior right-hander retired the first nine batters he faced, inducing a ground-ball double play after issuing a leadoff walk in the fourth. His final line: Five innings, no hits, no runs, two walks and five strikeouts.
Balda drove in three runs at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a triple.
It’s the second no-hitter thrown by the Sentinels program this spring after Greyson Garza tossed a five-inning perfect game over Washington on March 26.
NO-HITTER: JOZI THOMPSON, KENTRIDGE SOFTBALL, APRIL 16
Can a no-hitter transcend perfection?
Jozi Thompson’s brilliant, April 16 gem suggests so.
The Kentridge ace struck out all 16 batters faced in a 15-0 win over Auburn, allowing one Trojans batter to reach via dropped third strike across five shutout innings.
That’s right: 16 up, 16 strikeouts.
If that wasn’t enough, the leadoff-hitting Thompson went 2-for-3 with a double and triple at the plate with a walk and two RBI.
The junior right-hander is 6-3 with a 1.81 ERA this spring, piling 132 strikeouts to just 21 walks. She’s batting .562 (18-for-32) with three home runs, six doubles, and 20 RBI.
NO-HITTER: DANIEL SLEETER, GIG HARBOR BASEBALL, APRIL 15
When Gig Harbor head coach Ben Sleeter took over the Tides program last spring, his son, Daniel, played for the crosstown-rival Peninsula Seahawks. What a difference 12 months can make.
Soon enough, Daniel transferred to Gig Harbor, forced to miss the regular season’s first eight games in compliance with WIAA transfer guidelines. The sophomore waited his turn but wasted no time finding his groove, silencing the Mount Tahoma T-Birds with a dozen strikeouts in a 15-0 win on April 15.
How about a no-hitter in his first start of the season?
“I don’t like playing against him,” Ben Sleeter chuckled. “Pretty good arm.”
Daniel touched 88 miles per hour with his fastball, mixing sinkers, cutters, and sliders en route to a career day. It’s his first varsity no-hitter at the high school level — and in his first start under his father’s direction, to boot.
The right-hander finished with five shutout frames, walking two with 12 strikeouts. He went 1-for-2 at the plate, adding a single, two walks, and two RBI.
He’s the latest addition to a top-tier pitching staff in the South Sound, which returned standouts Jake Cuda and Quentin Bockhorn and also boasts Logan Pedersen and Nathan Cheek.
“We’ve got as good or as deep of a pitching staff as any high school in the state,” Ben Sleeter said. “Our pitching is absolutely unbelievable.”
NO-HITTER: AUBREY GIDLEY, STEILACOOM SOFTBALL, APRIL 3
Aubrey Gidley wasn’t fazed. She’s been on similar stages before, tossing no-hitters in club softball before her freshman season with the Sentinels this spring.
A day after launching her first high-school home run on Thursday, Gidley entered the circle and shut down rival Washington in style. The right-hander struck out the side in Friday’s fifth inning, an emphatic finish to her first high-school no-hitter on April 3.
“Everyone was excited for her, jumping up and down,” Steilacoom head coach Emma Jay said. “She was gunning for it, for sure.”
Gidley’s final line: Five innings, no hits, no runs, one walk, and a career-high 13 strikeouts. She’s tallied 12+ strikeouts in three of her last four appearances, allowing one hit or fewer four times (eight games).
Gidley, also the clean-up hitter, went 1-for-4 with a two-run single at the plate in a 17-0 win.
“It’s just her confidence,” Jay said. “When she steps up there, she knows her pitches have movement, she has speed. So as long as she can go up there and throw strikes... she knows she can make it happen, and has a lot of trust in her defense, as well.”
NO-HITTER: LUCAS MILLER, BONNEY LAKE BASEBALL, APRIL 1
When the Panthers erupted for a 14-run fifth inning at Spanaway Lake on Wednesday, April 1, Miller was suddenly three outs away from his first-career no-no.
The senior right-hander triggered the 10-run mercy rule with a two-run double in Bonney Lake’s big inning, then faced the minimum in the home fifth — the finishing touches of an early-season gem. The Panthers’ 5-4-3 double play around the horn sealed a 16-0 win.
“He’s got good stuff,” Panthers coach Mike Olson said. “He doesn’t get hit a whole lot.
“It’s just whether he’s able to command the zone... but he was really on that day.”
Miller walked two and struck out seven, going 4-for-4 at the plate with a walk and four RBI.
“It was a weird day,” Olson said. “It was raining pretty good.... so Lucas’ performance was really important for us, that he kept them down.
“It was a close game most of the way until we finally broke it out there at the end.”
Even more impressive? Miller hasn’t allowed a hit in three appearances on the mound. The 6-foot-1 pitcher/infielder is 1-0 with a 0.88 ERA this spring, allowing no hits with seven walks and 11 strikeouts in eight total innings.
NO-HITTER: ZACH MORRIS, EMERALD RIDGE BASEBALL, MARCH 31
Emerald Ridge’s senior right-hander silenced the defending 18-time 4A SPSL champions in style, no-hitting Puyallup across seven brilliant frames in a 3-1 win on March 31.
Morris struck out the side in the second inning and retired 10-straight Vikings batters from the first inning on, allowing one unearned run with three walks and eight strikeouts.
Emerald Ridge’s Preston Bolam launched a three-run home run in the fifth inning, snapping a scoreless tie.
The Jaguars are 11-2 and looks like a state tournament team with its rotation continuing to deal.
NO-HITTER: WILLIAM ROSS, LINCOLN BASEBALL, MARCH 31
The state’s 3A 126 wrestling champion two years ago can pitch, too.
Ross dominated Tacoma-rival Mount Tahoma on Tuesday, March 31, marking the junior right-hander’s first-career no-hitter in a 14-0 win.
He struck out the side in the fifth inning on his way to a sensational final line: Five innings, no hits, no runs, one walk and 14 strikeouts. He threw 69 pitches, 51 for strikes.
The utility P/INF/C is a career .354 hitter at the plate in parts of three seasons for the Abes.
NO-HITTER: ADELYN PRICE, ENUMCLAW SOFTBALL, MARCH 31
Price accomplished what’s becoming a trend among the South Sound’s early-season no-hitters this spring: Enumclaw’s freshman struck out the side in the fifth to cap her no-no in style.
She fanned a career-high 14 strikeouts in a gem over Todd Beamer on Tuesday, March 31, powering Enumclaw’s 17-1 win over the rival Titans.
“Adelyn has been a gamer for us,” Hornets head coach Quinn Haney said. “She is competitive and brings a fire in the circle this team needs.”
A pair of fielding errors allowed an unearned Todd Beamer run to score in the final frame, but Price recovered with a pair of game-sealing strikeouts in front of the home crowd. Her line: Five innings, no hits, one unearned run, no walks, and 14 strikeouts.
Price added three walks and scored twice at the plate.
“She also has been a consistent bat for our lineup getting deep into counts and getting on base,” Haney said.
PERFECT GAME: NEVAEH HAAGEN, TIMBERLINE SOFTBALL, MARCH 30
Fifteen up, fifteen down.
Timberline’s star notched the first perfect game across South Sound softball this spring, dominating North Thurston in a 13-0 win on Monday, March 30.
Single-game performances don’t get much better: Haagen was perfect in the circle and homered at the plate, going 3-for-3 with six RBI. North Thurston never lifted a ball past the infield, striking out 10 times with five combined groundouts and popouts.
“She had great command of all of her pitches, and everything was working,” Blazers head coach Lynsi Polanco said.
Haagen’s line: Five innings, no hits, no runs, no walks, 10 strikeouts. The Central Arkansas commit is 3-1 with a 1.58 ERA this season, tallying 11 walks and 63 total strikeouts.
At the plate, Haagen is 19-for-30 (.633) with five home runs and 26 RBI.
“She’s looking for base hits, but she’s just so strong that those base hits turn into home runs,” Polanco said. “You’ll see power hitters that are swinging for the fences. And while she’s a power hitter, she’s not swinging for the fences.
“She’s just looking to get on base.”
NO-HITTER: CONNER KRAMER, RIVER RIDGE BASEBALL, MARCH 28
Kramer mowed through the Lancers’ lineup in a 13-0 win over Lakes on Saturday, March 28.
In a five-inning (mercy rule) game, Kramer’s line: five innings pitched, no hits, no runs, two walks and one strikeout.
He was efficient, too, throwing just 54 pitches in the effort and letting the Hawks defense make plays behind him.
NO-HITTER: BROOKLYN PETTIT, GRAHAM-KAPOWSIN SOFTBALL, MARCH 26
It wasn’t the first and feels like it may not be the last no-hitter for the star sophomore this spring. In a 16-0 win over Bethel on Thursday, March 26, Pettit threw a five-inning (mercy rule) no-hitter, just nine days after her first no-hitter of the season.
Her line: 5 innings, no hits, no runs, 14 strikeouts and one walk.
Pettit’s first no-hitter came on a crummy, cold weather day, but the sun was shining this time around.
“You could just tell immediately,” G-K coach Jamie Thomas told The News Tribune. “You could feel the groove a lot quicker. She’s very focused this year, she’s on it. She’s able to switch speeds, switch zones, find what’s working. She put in a lot of time over the offseason.”
Pettit, the No. 2 hitter in the lineup, also went 2-for-4 at the plate with a solo home run and a double, racking up three RBI.
The star sophomore is 6-0 this season and has given up just eight hits and two earned runs in 33 innings of work. She struck out 17 batters in a 3-1 win over Issaquah, which was a playoff team last year. Her deadliest pitch is her rise ball, complemented by a fastball, changeup and curve.
At the plate, she’s hitting .524 with three doubles, four home runs and 14 RBI.
“She’s got a complete game,” Thomas said. “She’s played for me since I was in sixth grade. I’m the middle school coach also. I’ve seen her dedication to the sport. She’s dedicated. She’s working 24/7 on her craft. If something isn’t working, she’s finding ways to get it figured out.”
PERFECT GAME: GREYSON GARZA, STEILACOOM BASEBALL, MARCH 26
In a 23-0 win over Washington in a 2A SPSL contest on Thursday, March 26, Garza was perfect. He tossed five innings of shutout baseball, allowing no hits, no walks, no runs and striking out 12 Patriots batters.
He finished the perfecto in style, striking out the side in the fifth inning.
“Greyson has had a great spring,” Steilacoom coach Corey Widman said. “He was commanding his fastball very well. He is going to be a special player at Steilacoom.”
He also had a productive day at the plate as the team’s No. 2 hitter, going 2-for-4 with two RBI, a walk and scoring three runs.
His single in the top of the fourth innings scored a pair of runs and was part of a 13-run inning for the Sentinels.
NO-HITTER: JACOB POWELL, FRANKLIN PIERCE BASEBALL, MARCH 21
Franklin Pierce coach Nick Aloisio said his staff could tell Powell was dialed in during his pregame warmup before the team’s road game against Heritage (Vancouver) on Saturday, March 21.
“The ball was having a lot of movement,” he said. “Jacob and (catcher) Trey Smith were on the same page all game with the pitches called from the dugout.”
In a 3-0 win for the Cardinals, Powell tossed seven innings of shutout ball, giving up no hits, striking out 10 and walking one.
“Jacob worked ahead of every hitter and his one walk was a really close pitch that just missed the outside of the plate,” Aloisio said. “About the fifth inning, it started feeling to me like he was going to do it.”
In line with baseball superstition tradition, no one said anything in the dugout.
“But the coaches kept looking at each other after every out starting in about the sixth,” Aloisio said.
The last out was a popup to right field. The dugout erupted with shouts of “no-hitter!”
NO-HITTER: BROOKLYN PETTIT, GRAHAM-KAPOWSIN SOFTBALL, MARCH 17
Pettit’s first no-hitter of the season came against the Yelm Tornados in a five-inning (mercy rule) 15-0 win on Tuesday, March 17. The sophomore tossed five innings, allowing no hits, no runs, striking out 15 and walking three.
“Everything was moving well,” G-K coach Jamie Thomas told The News Tribune over the phone. “Velocity was up. She just has this ‘in the groove’ thing, you can just feel it.”
At the plate, she went 2-for-4 and drove in a pair of runs.
This story will be updated if and when more no-hitters occur throughout the spring. Have someone we need to add to the list? Email TNT sports reporter Jon Manley (jon.manley@thenewstribune.com) with the athlete’s first and last name, year, school, a stat line and details from the game.
This story was originally published March 27, 2026 at 11:22 AM.
