Pullman soccer beats Franklin Piece, advances to state semis

PREP ROUNDUP

From staff reports

Roundup of Saturday’s high school state and district tournament action.

State boys soccer

Pullman 3, Franklin Pierce 0: Carlens Dollins had a goal and an assist and the visiting sixth-seeded Greyhounds (17-2) shut out the third-seeded Cardinals (14-2) in a State 2A quarterfinal. Pullman’s Aaron Oatley had two saves.

The Greyhounds advance to a semifinal for the first time since 1998 at Renton Memorial Stadium on Friday against second-seeded North Kitsap.

State baseball

Fife 8, Clarkston 6: Jack Erickson went 3 for 4 with four RBIs and the ninth-seeded Trojans (15-9) eliminated the eighth-seeded Bantams (18-6) in the first round of the State 2A tournament at Selah High School. Lance Heitstuman had two hits and two RBIs for Clarkston.

Montesano 5, Colville 4: Bode Poler homered, and the fourth-seeded Bulldogs (22-3) eliminated the 12th-seeded Crimson Hawks (16-8) in the State 1A quarterfinal at Olympic Stadium in Hoquiam. Colville beat Overlake/Bear Creek 4-1 in the opening round behind Ethan Redberg’s two-run double in the eighth.

Klahowya 12, Deer Park 3: Nathan Turk and Gabe Carpenter had two RBIs apiece and the third-seeded Eagles (24-3) beat the sixth-seeded Stags (185) in a State 1A quarterfinal at Foss High School. Braylon Dean hit a two-run homer for Deer Park.

Teagan Tobeck hit a three-run single in the fifth inning to send Deer Park over

11th-seeded Toppenish 4-2 in the first round.

Adna 6, Chewelah 4: Sawyer Terry hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning and the 11th-seeded Pirates (18-7) eliminated the third-seeded Cougars (184) in a State 2B quarterfinal at Mt. Spokane High.

Nolan Jeanneret and Dakota Acosta drove in runs for Chewelah.

Brewster 8, Northwest Chris- tian 2: Blake Burgett hit a two-run single in a five-run sixth inning and the top-seeded Bears (24-1) eliminated the visiting eighth-seeded Crusaders (16-6) in a State 2B quarterfinal. Jacob Bell and Hunter Lindsey knocked in runs for NWC.

Kaden Van Dyke led NWC over nith-seeded Ilwaco in the first round with five strikeouts in a complete game two-hitter at Brewster High School.

District softball

Kennewick 3, University 1: Addy

Schuldheisz had three hits and scored the go-ahead run on a groundout in the sixth and the Lions (15-8) eliminated the visiting Titans (17-5) in the District 8 3A thirdplace game. U-Hi’s Kaidyn Howard went 2 for 4 with an RBI. East Valley (Yakima) 10, Shadle Park 3: Tia Ramynke hit a threerun homer in the seventh inning, and the visiting Red Devils (16-8) eliminated the Highlanders (18-3) in a District 5/6/8 2A crossover. Rachel Jones and Annabelle Moreno knocked in runs for Shadle.

Othello 9, Clarkston 0: Amarie Guzman threw a no-hitter, striking out 12, and the Huskies (18-5) eliminated the visiting Bantams (13-11) in a District 5/6/8 2A crossover. Camryn McDonald homered for Othello.

Deer Park 2, Riverside 1: Paige Hamilton homered and struck out 11 and the third-seeded Stags (16-4) beat the on Friday, won the girls 1,600 in a personal-best 5:00.50. She also anchored the Panthers’ winning 4x400 relay team (3:57.97).

“Biggest takeaway was really being dialed in,” Cullen said. “Even in the extreme weather, just have to dial in, stay focused no matter what and just go for it.”

Lundquist cleared 11-0 to win the pole vault, beating Walla Walla’s Kirsten Anderson by 6 inches.

University’s Addy MacArthur threw within 5 inches of her personal best to win the girls discus, throwing 133-3 for her second title of the weekend.

Mt. Spokane’s Dakota Lundquist ran a personal-best 46.61 to win the girls 300 hurdles. The Wildcats’ Karissa Lindner won the girls 200 in 25.31.

Cheney’s Catlin Shaffer won her fourth wheelchair event of the meet in girls javelin at 17-7. Ferris’ Jacinda Distel threw 29-11 in discus to win her third ambulatory event.

4A

Central Valley’s boys scored 135 points to fend off Chiawana (129.5) for the 4A title. The Bears collected three of their four individual wins on Saturday behind strong field performances from Brandon Gutzwiler, Canyon Smith and Rodney Minette.

“A really good group of kids that came together,” CV coach Chuck Bowden said. “That was the most fun in terms of watching them. Even with some of the setbacks today, it was a testament to them. Field event kids led the way.” top-seeded Rams (14-3) in the District 7 1A championship game at Mt. Spokane High. Olivia Oergel struck out eight for Riverside.

Gutziler won the high jump at 6-2, followed by Smith in javelin at 170-0 and Minette in shot put at 5111¾. Lewis and Clark’s Evan Bruce won the boys 1,600 in 4:19.66 for his second win of the meet.

On the 4A girls side, CV led the GSL with a fifth-place finish with 90 points. Nicole Bissell led the Bears, winning the 1,600 in 5:00.88 and anchoring the 4x400 team to victory in 4:01.68. Gonzaga Prep’s Rhyan Madden won the girls 300 hurdles in 46.92, just short of her personal best by two-hundredths of a second.

Riverside 10, Freeman 9: Lexie Repp hit a walk-off single with two outs in the eighth inning and the top-seeded Rams (15-3) eliminated the second-seeded Scotties (16-7) in the District 7 1A second-place game at Mt. Spokane HS to qualify for state. Allison Lapano had four hits for Riverside, and Olivia Oergel struck out four over 51/3 shutout innings of relief for the win.

Freeman reached the second-place game with a 15-5 win over Colville. Kaylee Ripke struck out 12 and went 2 for 3 with a homer, four runs and three RBIs in the Scotties’ win over the fourth-seeded Crimson Hawks (11-12) .

Northwest Christian 2, Colfax

1: Kaitlyn Waters hit a two-run double in the sixth and the second-seeded Crusaders (19-2) beat the top-seeded Bulldogs (18-4) in the District 7 2B championship game at Merkel Sports Complex.

NWC’s Katie Coriell struck out eight.

Colfax 11, Liberty 0 (5): Harper Booth went 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs and the Bulldogs (19-4) bounced back to eliminate the fourth-seeded Lancers (15-9) in the district second-place game. Colfax’s Delaney Imler struck out eight.

Liberty reached the elimination game by knocking out Chewelah (15-10) 7-1. Kariyah Strobel went 2 for 4 with a triple and four RBIs.

District 5/6/8 tennis the winner of the Baton Rouge Regional.

Boys: Singles- Vijay Lin (Pullman) def. Kaden Giles (Selah) 6-1, 6-3. Doubles- Kolby Uhlenkott/Kieran Hampson (Pul) def. Addink/Van Heusden (Ephrata) 6-3, 6-2; Aditya Bose-Bandyopadhyay/ Mira Park (Pul) def. Roylance/Pruneda (Othello) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.

Girls: Singles- Rhoda Wang (Pul) def. Leah Lewis (Ellensburg) 6-0, 6-0; Gwyn Heim (Pul) def. Lexi Diem (Eph) 6-1, 6-2. Doubles- Lotti Wolf/Kei Bromley (Pul) def. Evenson/Addink (Eph) 7-6 (3), 6-1; Ladd/Ladd (Sel) def. Diana Gutierrez/ Lydia Nelson (Pul) 7-5, 6-4.

The Huskies lost in the Super Regional in 2021 and last reached the College World Series in 2019.

Bellevue 7, North Idaho 6: The top-seeded Bulldogs scored four runs in the seventh inning with a homer and two RBI singles to eliminate the Cardinals (3911) in the Northwest Athletic Conference Tournament in Portland. Hayden Rockwell went 3 for 4 with two home runs batting leadoff for NIC.