Stoltman throws two no-hitters as Chiefs cruise
Miles Douglass/Columbia Basin Herald<br> Warden junior pitcher Randi Wright throws a pitch ball during a game against the Columbia-Burbank Coyotes Saturday at Warden High School.
YAKIMA, Wash. — Moses Lake junior pitcher Karly Stoltman left no doubt in the Chiefs’ doubleheader sweep over Columbia Basin Big Nine rival Davis Friday afternoon.
Stoltman threw a pair of no-hitters for Moses Lake who cruised to the sweep. The Chiefs rolled past Davis 23-0 in game one and 26-0 in game two.
Moses Lake jumped on the Pirates early in game one, scoring in each of the first four innings.
The Chiefs took a 5-0 lead after the first inning and Moses Lake scored six runs in the second, third, and fourth innings to sink the Pirates 23-0 in game one’s mercy-rule shortened contest.
Moses Lake left no doubt in game two, jumping out to a 10-0 lead before Davis had an opportunity to bat. The Pirates kept the Chiefs scoreless in the second but Moses Lake scored nine runs in the third to take a commanding 19-0 lead after three innings.
Moses Lake continued to pour it on, scoring a run in the fourth and six in the fifth to take the doubleheader sweep home to Moses Lake.
East Valley 10-10, Ephrata 3-0
YAKIMA, Wash. — The East Valley Red Devils capitalized on 10 Ephrata errors in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader to earn the Central Washington Athletic Conference (CWAC) victory.
East Valley jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning before the Tigers tied it up in the top of the second. The Red Devils reclaimed the lead in the bottom half of the second and East Valley never looked back on their way to a 10-3 CWAC win.
The Red Devils swept the Tigers with a 10-0 win in game two. Chelsey Hubbard and Jessica Wald led the Tigers in game one. Both went 1-for-3 at the plate with doubles.
Boys Tennis
West Valley 4, Moses Lake 3
YAKIMA, Wash. — The West Valley Rams got an important Columbia Basin Big Nine win Saturday when they managed to knock off the Moses Lake Chiefs boys tennis team 4-3.
The Chiefs lost three singles matches and the first doubles match as the Rams took the victory at home.
Moses Lake’s lone singles victory came when Virgile Jannsen took a three-set marathon from West Valley’s Steven Woods. Woods took the first set 6-1 before Jannsen rallied for two straight 6-4 wins to give the Chiefs the victory.
Moses Lake’s Dominic Cacchiotti and Sebastian Wirtz won a pair of 6-2 sets in the second doubles match and Derek Crozier and Michael Mekonen won a three-set match to help Moses Lake pull within 4-3 of West Valley.
Girls Tennis
West Valley 4, Moses Lake 3
YAKIMA, Wash. — The Moses Lake Chiefs girls tennis team came within a match of winning their first Columbia Basin Big Nine contest of the season Saturday when they took on West Valley in Yakima, Wash.
Moses Lake took three straight singles matches when Rachel Hofstetter, Melissa Calder and Audrey Ramsden all held off their West Valley opponents. However, the Rams managed to sweep all three doubles matches and Alexis Filliol’s victory over Moses Lake’s Rachel Korth in the first singles were too much for the Chiefs to overcome.