Columbia Basin prep sports

ML baseball rocked by Richland

The Chiefs traveled to Richland to take on the Bombers Thursday night and were unable to bring home a win. Richland took the first game 12-0 and the second 15-1.

Jacks lose 12-1 to Seattle Prep

Quincy played 5 innings against Seattle Prep before the score eclipsed the 10 run rule. The Jacks had 3 hits and 2 errors on a night when every ball seemed to find the glove of a Seattle Prep fielder. The pitching was closely regulated by umpires ensuring that strikes sailed only down the middle of the plate. Coach Pat McGuire said that today's game was the kind of game you hope to learn from. Quincy plays their first league game against Cascade on Saturday.

Tennis

Moses Lake tennis has a tough night in Richland

Chiefs' tennis combined to win five matches at Richland on Wednesday night. The Moses Lake wins came from Gabe Madson, who defeated Jessica Martin (6-4, 7-5), Nikki Chambers, who won over Melissa Queen (3-6, 6-4,6-1), Charleen Johnson, who defeated Sara Marer (6-2, 6-1), Anderson/Warner, who won over Hardman/Ullah (6-1, 6-2) and Leary/Sawyer, who defeated Crawford/Hewitt (2-6, 7-5, 7-5). Richland took the other nine matches of the night: Lexie Graham was defeated by Christina Husa (3-6, 3-6), Gessel/Kar were defeated by Cannon/Martin (1-6, 0-6), Baker/Kofoed were defeated by Thomas/Pearson (3-6, 1-6), Stoker/Ricks who lost to Jordan/Henderson (0-6, 1-6), Robert Glaeser lost to Erik Shallman (6-2, 0-6, 3-6), Tony Holiday was defeated by Matt Peterson (1-6, 1-6), Sam Johnson was defeated by Stefan Dernbach (1-6, 3-6), Nolan Hansen lost to Brad Klos (2-6, 3-6) and Juarez/Nye were defeated by Dunford/Martin (0-6, 2-6).

Moses Lake boys bounce back from Richland loss

Boys tennis had a good night on Thursday, beating Ephrata six matches to one. The lone win for the Tigers came from A.J. Cummings who triumphed over Tony Holiday (6-3, 2-6, 4-6). Robert Glaeser was matched against Leon Rubalcava and easily took the match (6-0, 6-1). Sam Johnson defeated Rick Willauer after a struggle in the second set (6-4, 7-5). Nolan Hansen defeated T.J. Sween with little trouble (6-3, 6-0). Patrick Anderson and Jeff Warner teamed up to take on Brad DeStio and Aaron Yenney and took both sets with love (6-0, 6-0). Adrian Juarez and Ben Nye were pitted against Clark Grigg and Brian Jensen and won the match easily (6-1, 6-2) and Rob Leary and Davie Sawyer matched up against Todd Harr and Ryan Lutz, winning the match with ease (6-1, 6-1).

The Warriors nearly swept

The team of Javier Barajas and Emanuel Ortiz brought Wahluke their only victory against Cle Elum/Roslyn on Thursday night. They defeated Josh Strom and Danny Walters in two tough sets (7-6, 6-4). Three of Wahluke's losses were due to forfeits and the others lined up like this: Stout/Andrade lost to Wilkerson/Thomas, Justine Gallacci was defeated by Kayla Dantzler (1-6, 0-6), Alejandra Valencia lost to Ashley Wiley (0-6, 2-6), Lopez/Jimenez lost to Cernick/Greene (3-6, 1-6), Diaz/Sandoval were defeated by Landes/Rogers (1-6, 0-6) and Cochran/Ornelas lost to Kartes/Keyser (1-6, 3-6).

Quincy tennis has a great night

The Quincy boys squad triumphed over Toppenish 3-2 and the girls swept the match 5-0. Toppenish took the boys singles matches with Daniel Serna defeating Carl Seaburg (6-0, 6-0) and Ethan Reynolds winning over Michael Martin (6-1, 6-2). The Jacks came back in the boys doubles matches and swept Toppenish with Lopez/Rasmussen defeating Peters/Schutz (6-1, 6-4), Fries/ Knodell over Aralos/Gonzalez (6-1, 6-2) and Velasquez/Mendez beating Ramirez/Rodriguez (6-1, 6-2). Quincy girls took all five matches decisively with Mindy Kim defeating Angela Sanchez (6-1, 6-1), Taylor Sunwold beating Lucy Lopez (7-6, 6-2), Santos/Romero defeating Villasenor/Aguilar (6-0, 6-3), Bird/VanDyke winning over Mendoza/Graciano (6-0, 6-1) and Felder/Swaff taking Guirao/Dones (6-1, 6-1).

Softball

Lady Knights slug Granger

Royal City earned 11 runs off 9 hits on Thursday night against an overpowered Granger squad. Lady Knights pitcher, Ashley Baker, faced 17 batters and struck out seven of them. Her catcher, Angie Verhi hit 3 for 3 on the night and Arleen Delgado went 2 for 3. Royal had a lone error in the game. Saturday the Lady Knights host eight varsity and eight junior varsity teams for an all-day tournament.

Warden goes to Goldendale swinging

The Lady Cougars were able to hit 5 runs in the sixth inning, helping them to a 10-0 victory over Goldendale on Thursday night. Warden started the game a little cold at the plate but warmed up with 2 runs in the fifth inning, 5 in the sixth and 2 more in the seventh. Jennifer Kotong pitched a complete shut out giving up only 3 hits and striking out 9. Sierra Kisler had an impressive 4 stolen bases, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and one triple. TJ Mora went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and 4 RBIs and Kathrine Martin hit 2 for 4.

Golf

Ephrata girls tie for medal

The Lady Tigers played a round of golf against Quincy and a short listed Wahluke squad on Thursday night taking first with an overall score of 210. Quincy shot 228 on the afternoon and Wahluke did not qualify for a team score with only three girls on the green. Megan Steele and Ashley Robinson of Ephrata tied for first; both girls shot a 46. Elizabeth Lemon of Quincy shot a 49 and her teammate, Molly Strike was able to take 10 strokes off her game. Ephrata coach Heidi Burns said it turned out to be a beautiful day for golf. Ephrata is on spring break next week but will be hitting the green again on April 11, when they will host all of CWAC for the first league match.

Moses Lake boys fare well against Ephrata

The Chiefs took on Ephrata and came out on top Thursday afternoon. The team totals after nine holes stood at: Moses Lake 258 and Ephrata 296. Brad Earl of Moses Lake had the best total of the day with a score of 38. He was followed closely by Zach McDougall, also of Moses Lake, who had a score of 39. Ephrata's best score came from Boone Valenta, who shot a 44.

Soccer

Ephrata falls in a shootout

The Tigers' game against Connell was close on Thursday night with regulation ending in a 0-0 tie. Ephrata had a break away opportunity in the 12th minute but was shut down on a foot save by Connell's keeper and had another opportunity eight minutes later, on a header that was also saved by Connell. The Tigers also outshot Connell 10 to 8 but could not find the back of the net. During the shoot out, Farias and Jimenez of Ephrata were able to find a way into the net but were disappointed when Rizo, Lopez and Gariby were able to get past the Ephrata keeper, making the final score 3-2 in favor of Connell.

Warriors show no mercy against Kiona-Benton

Wahluke won easily over Ki-Be on Thursday night with a final score of 7-0. The Warriors had 36 shots on goal to Ki-Be's 3 and was able to capitalize three times in the first half. The first goal came a mere 2 minutes, 45 seconds in to the match when Sigi Pulido found Jose Mendez. Pulido hooked up with another teammate, Aldo Zamora, at 19:44. Aldo Zamora then found the next on his own at 37 minutes to end the half. Jose Mendez was assisted by Rueben Medina 1 minute, 26 seconds in to the second half. Sigi Pulido gained a goal of his own with the help of Fernando Munoz at 68:01. Munoz then took a penalty kick at 69:30. Danny Barajas capped the match with a goal in the 74th minute. Pedro Delira, Wahluke's back-up keeper, had one save on the night. KiBe's keeper Ed Cornish worked double time and saved 10 shots. It was a good night to give the starters some rest in preparation for their game on Saturday against Ridgefield, who took second to Wahluke at state last year.