Quincy baseball evens CWAC mark, blows out Toppenish

Tuesday's prep sports recaps

TOPPENISH - Behind the strong pitching of Kelly Wells, Colby Melburn and Jackson Hodges, the Quincy Jackrabbits got back to .500 in Central Washington Athletic Conference baseball play on Tuesday.

Wells, Melburn and Hodges held the Toppenish Wildcats to one hit, striking out 12 in a 15-0 win. Melburn also had a huge contribution at the plate, finishing 4 for 4 with three runs scored, two batted in and four stolen bases.

The Jacks put the Wildcats on their heels early, scoring seven times in the first. Quincy added three in the third and five in the fourth, enacting the mercy rule after five innings. Quincy totaled 12 hits.

The Jacks go to Selah on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Selah 4, Othello 3

OTHELLO - The Huskies gave the perennial powerhouse Vikings all they could handle, but Selah used small ball to its advantage in its CWAC win.

Selah's Tyler Porter broke a 4-4 tie in the fifth inning with a well-placed suicide squeeze bunt. That was enough for starting pitcher Jake Fife, who limited Othello to three hits and struck out seven.

Isaiah Suarez took the loss for the Huskies despite going all seven innings and allowing six hits.

Quincy 1, Ephrata 0

QUINCY - The Jacks outdueled the rival Tigers on Tuesday, getting the only goal they'd need in the 18th minute.

Quincy's Luis Sorto scored off a pass from Sem Ghebrezgiabiher, keeping the Jacks' CWAC record perfect at 4-0 and dropping Ephrata's mark to 1-3.

Quincy had 16 shots on goal to Ephrata's three, and Francisco Tafoya earned the shutout in goal for the Jacks.

Quincy travels to Wapato today for a 4 p.m. kickoff, while Ephrata hosts Prosser at 6 p.m.

Othello 2, Ellensburg 0

OTHELLO - Otoniel Gonzales and Adrian Montes tallied before halftime as the Huskies improved to 3-1 in CWAC play.

Gonzalez got his goal two minutes off an assist from Ezra Riojas. In the final minute of the first half, B.G. Guzman set up Montes to make it 2-0.

Othello goalkeeper Erik Suarez made two saves for the shutout, and Ellensburg keeper Kessler Abbott stopped five shots.

Chelan 170, Ephrata 173

CHELAN - The host Goats defeated the visiting Tigers in a nine-hole, non-league matchup.

Chelan's Dane deQuillettes was the individual medalist, finishing at 1-over-par 37. Austin Key paced Ephrata with a 4-over 40.

Ephrata's other participants included Cameron Allen (43), Steven Lund (45), Chase Millard (45), Matt Pixlee (47) and Taylor Jaderlund (49).

ELLENSBURG - The host Bulldogs swept the boys' and girls' CWAC duals with Quincy and Othello, while the Jackrabbits and Huskies split their decisions.

Quincy was strong in the hurdling events as Luke Grigg won the 110-meter high hurdles at 16.91 seconds and Cody Miller took the 300-meter low hurdles at 44.49. The Jacks defeated Othello 96-46.

Quincy's 4x400 relay squad came out on top, winning in 3 minutes, 51.46 seconds. Othello's Adam Garza won a pair of events, taking the shot put at 39 feet, 2 3/4 inches and the discus at 122-06.

Ellensburg's boys defeated Othello 108-34 and Quincy 96-48.

On the girls' side, Allison Walker, Courtney Kirkwood and Tiffany Martinez powered the Lady Huskies to a 76-60 win over the Jacks.

Walker placed first in the high jump (5-02), triple jump (30-06) and 100-meter dash (13.50), while Kirkwood was her usual dominant self in taking the 200 meters (27.58), the javelin (141-05), the long jump (16-03) and the 100 hurdles (15.76).

Martinez was victorious in the shot put (34-03) and discus (99-08).

Othello also won the 4x200 relay, with Christine Kirkwood, Walker, Margarita Medina and Martinez finishing in 1:58.84.

Quincy's 4x400 team of Samantha Reynolds, Taylor Kunkel, Allie Kiehn and Jazmine topped their event in 4:38.36.

Ellensburg's girls were 84-65 winners over Othello and 115-48 victors against Quincy.