Warden Cougars split with Cle Elum Warriors
CLE ELUM, Wash. — Despite falling in the first game of Tuesday’s doubleheader with Cle Elum, the Warden Cougars girls softball team rallied for a 5-1 win in game two to split with the Warriors.
The Cougars dropped the first game on the road 6-2. Warden struggled offensively in the first game Tuesday, said Warden head coach Wes Richins.
“The first game we lost because we didn’t hit the ball very well,” he said. “We saw a pitcher that kept us off balance a lot.”
After dropping game one, the Cougars took game two thanks to the solid pitching of junior Randi Wright. Wright led the Cougars with 16 combined strikeouts for Warden in the doubleheader and Cassandra Kisler went 2-for-3 at the plate with 3RBIs to help power the Warden offense.
Boys Golf
Hanford, 300; Walla Walla, 304; Southridge, 319; Eastmont, 320; Kamiakin, 323; Moses Lake, 329; Pasco, 329; Richland, 329; West Valley, 331; Wenatchee, 344; Eisenhower, 374; Kennewick, 404; Sunnyside, 417; Davis, Incomplete.
RICHLAND, Wash. — The Moses Lake Chiefs boys golf team finished in a three-way tie for sixth place Wednesday in their Columbia Basin Big Nine golf match at Horn Rapids in Richland, Wash.
Moses Lake’s Gabe Porter and Colby Ragan each shot a 79 to power the Chiefs. Porter and Ragan finished in a six-way tie for 13th place.
Boys Tennis
Royal 3, Kiona-Benton 2
ROYAL CITY — The Royal Knights boys tennis team overcame a pair of forfeits in doubles competition to knock off South Central Athletic Conference rival Kiona-Benton 3-2 Tuesday.
Royal No. 1 Ben Singer cruised past Kiona-Benton’s Jesse Kurth with a pair of 6-0 sets to help power the Knights.
Senior and Royal No. 2 Angel Ledezma knocked off Eddie Schuman 6-3 in the first set and cruised past Schuman in the second 6-0 to help the Knights tie the match 2-2.
Royal doubles partners Candelario Peraza and Noah Grant held off Kiona-Benton’s Matt Zyph and Donald Baze 6-0, 6-3 to give the Knights a 3-2 victory at home.
Girls Tennis
Kiona-Benton 3, Royal 2
ROYAL CITY — The Royal Knights girls tennis team jumped on top of the Kiona-Benton Bears early in their match Tuesday afternoon, but the Bears rallied to take the South Central Athletic Conference contest.
The Knights got a dominating victory from Emily Hoelscher when she rolled over Kiona-Benton’s Nikki Kearns 6-0, 6-0 in straight sets.
Royal’s Bre Weisser couldn’t overcome Kiona-Benton’s Emily Wilson who went on to win a pair of 6-4 sets.
The Knights dropped their first match when Hollie Clouse and Susann Eide lost to Michaela Schroeder and Chelsie Elliot 1-6, 6-1, 2-6. Kiona-Benton won the second when Stephanie Souriyavongsa and Lindy Covington won a pair of 6-2, 6-2 sets over Chanet Stevenson and Judith Mendez.
Royal’s Kally Carter and Moriah Christensen defeated Taylor Vanhollenbeke and Venus Camargo 6-1, 6-3, but it wouldn’t be enough to push the Knights to the victory.