Columbia Basin roundup: Auggie Francis' big day paces Big Bend

MOSES LAKE — Auggie Francis drove in six runs and Big Bend rallied to beat Washington State Club 17-6 in eight innings.

WSU Club led 6-3 after two innings before Big Bend scored 14 unanswered runs.

Francis finished 3-for-6 with a home run, six RBI and four runs scored. Josh Kallstrom, Rich Hekker and Lawney Skaggs also had multi-hit games.

Colton Mohavlich earned the victory in three and one-third innings of relief. Mohavlich allowed two hits and struck out five.

Big Bend (12-2) evened the game 4-4 in the third inning when Hekker was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Francis and Kallstrom later scored on a fielder's choice to give the Vikings the lead for good.

Consecutive four-run outbursts in the fourth and fifth innings helped the lead balloon.

Francis and Kallstrom hit back-to-back RBI doubles in the fourth.

Big Bend beings league play March 29 at Walla Walla.

Boys soccer

Royal 3, Warden 0

WARDEN — Royal scored three second-half goals and beat Warden 3-0.

Michael Rojas scored twice and Alonso Hernandez added another.

Boys golf

Othello solid at Greyhound Boys Invitational

SUNNYSIDE — Othello freshman Patrick Azevedo forced a playoff for the third-place medal and Othello place third overall as a team at the Greyhound Boys Invitational.

Azevedo, Anders Lind of Hermiston and Andrew Gerchak of Goldendale all finished tied for third with a score of 80. Lind sunk a 25-foot putt on the first playoff hole to take third. Chase Marquette of Cle Elum shot a 75 for the first-place medal and Jackson Bray of Blaine shot 77 for second.

Hermiston finished first in the team standings. Ephrata finished eighth and Warden was 14th.