Columbia Basin roundup: Moses Lake softball rallies to complete sweep
YAKIMA — a 13-run inning will solve most of softball’s ills.
Down 6-1 after three innings, Moses Lake exploded for 13 runs in the fourth to beat Eisenhower 16-12 in the twin bill’s late game. Moses Lake trailed briefly in the opener, but went on to win 12-1.
The sweep, coupled with Eastmont’s split with Wenatchee, helped the Chiefs (14-1, 14-3) take sole possession of first place in the Columbia Basin Big Nine.
Eisenhower scratched a run across in the first inning of Game 1 before Moses Lake scored 12 unanswered. Gina Skinner, Brooke Richardson and Savannah Ashley drove in two runs each.
Brooklyn Bailey, Cheyenne Walker and Gabi Rios added one RBI apiece.
Skinner struck out five in seven innings pitched.
The Cadets opened up a 6-1 lead in Game 2 before the Chiefs’ league-leading offense awoke. Skinner and Richardson hit two-run singles and Tia Radach plated two more on a triple. More, Radach drove in another run on a fielder’s choice earlier in the inning.
Paige Valdez and Michelle Turner added RBI singles.
Moses Lake hosts Eastmont for senior day, 4 p.m., on Tuesday. The series will determine the CBBN league champion.
Baseball
Ellensburg 10, Quincy 0
ELLENSBURG — Xander Orejudos threw a no-hitter and Ellensburg defeated Quincy 10-0 in five innings, advancing to the district championship.
Ellensburg scored six runs in the first inning and never looked back.
Selah 12, Othello 2
SELAH — Othello enjoyed short-lived lead before reigning 2A champion Selah scored eight runs in the fourth inning and won 12-2 in the district semifinals.
The Huskies scored in the second inning before the Vikings evened the game in the third and exploded in the fourth.
Othello hosts Quincy in a loser-out game Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Warden 15, Goldendale 2
GOLDENDALE — Warden kept its season alive with a 15-2 win over Goldendale in a district play-in game.
The Cougars advanced to play South Central Athletic Conference East champion Kiona-Benton in the first round Tuesday.
The SCAC district tournament in double elimination.
Boys soccer
Sunnyside 4, Moses Lake 1
SUNNYSIDE — Moses Lake trailed 3-1 at halftime and lost its district play-in game at Sunnyside 4-1.
The Grizzlies led 2-0 after 15 minutes and led 3-0 before a goal by Daniel Sinchuk in the 32nd minute.
Gonzalo Frausto, Isidro Maldonado, Juan Acevedo and Christian Vasquez netted goals for the Grizzlies.
East Valley 3, Othello 0
YAKIMA — Juan Soto recorded a hat trick and East Valley beat Othello in the district semifinals 3-0.
The Red Devils converted on three of their six shots.
Othello will play Toppenish Tuesday at Grandview High School for crossover seeding.
Track and field
Royal girls second at home meet
ROYAL CITY — Royal track and field finished second to Cashmere in the girls’ competition at the Ron Vanderholm Invite.
The Knights used their dept to total 100 points to Cashmere’s 125.
The Knights finished sixth in the boys’ competition. Arturo Villa won the 110 hurdles in 15.8 seconds.
Boys team scores
1. Connell 101
6. Royal 43
8. Othello 37
Girls team scores
1. Cashmere 125
2. Royal 100
9. Othello 22
Tennis
Moses Lake’s Holt nabs district bid
EAST WENATCHEE — Moses Lake’s Travis Holt nabbed a district tournament bid after finishing second at the play-in tournament in East Wenatchee.
Holt avenged a regular season loss to Wenatchee’s Jared Hedding 6-4, 6-3 in the first round; rolled Eisenhower’s Javier Rodriguez 6-3, 6-0 in the quarters; and punched his ticket to districts after defeating Grant Pickett of West Valley 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 10-5.
Wenatchee’s Seth Vander Schalie dropped Holt to the No. 16 seed 6-2, 6-2.
District hopefuls Trent Vance and Mikena Loutherback were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Doubles team Josh Banda and Kade Greenburg also did not make it out of the play-in tournament.
Moses Lake finished its regular season with a non-league match at Kennewick before the District 6 Championships at West Valley on Saturday.
Boys: Othello 3, Grandview 2
Singles: Alfonso Granados (GV) d. Levi Garza 6-1,6-0; Devin Amaro (GV) d. Taver Lawson 6-1, 6-0
Doubles: Collin Freeman/Kyler Villarreal (O) d. Roy Escareno/Esgar Valencia 6-4, 4-6, 6-6 (7-4); Josh Valdez/Miguel Lopez (O) d. Joel Pina/Marc Martinez 6-4, 6-6 (7-7); Sterling Roylance/Asai Villarreal (O) d. Isaiah Villarreal/Justin Moreno 6-2, 6-4
Girls: Othello 5, Grandview 0
Singles: Zoee Roylance (O) d. Alexandra Gonzalez 6-4, 6-2; Tanaya Andersen (O) d. Yanet Cortez 6-1, 6-1
Doubles: Macy Hampton/Daishawn Roylance (O) d. Lorena Torres/Sonia Trevino 6-1, 6-1; Janae Freeman/Jenny Walker (O) d. Wendy Garcia/Maria Ramos 6-1, 6-2; Janiese Alvarez/Alyssa Freeman (O) d. Briseida Espindola/Alexia Rodriguez 6-3, 6-2
Boys: Ephrata 4, Ellensburg 1
Singles: Andrew Hull (EB) d. Derek Wright 6-4, 6-4; Griffin Allen (E) d. Jaiden Duby 6-4, 6-3
Doubles: Christian Pugh/Ian McDonnell (E) d. Tommy Hyatt/Austin Ness 5-7, 6-4, 6-1; Allen Pham/Clay Johns (E) d. Ben Shissler/Johnny Bartlett 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (9-7); Eli Whetstone/Hien Duong (E) d. Jacob Holdeman/Andy Garcia 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Girls: Ephrata 3, Ellensburg 2
Singles: Brianne Kliphardt (E) d. Molly Carter 6-1, 6-4; Angelina Chesnakov (E) d. Anna Winter 6-2, 6-4
Doubles: Tamzen Shissler/Ashley Higdon (EB) d. Kayla Mullings/Mackenzie O’Donnell 6-1, 0-6, 6-4; Aubrey Higdon/Rosalyn Goveia (EB) d. Hannah Goodspeed/Roslyn Martin 6-1, 4-6, 7-5; Taylor Perez/Hannah Robinson (E) d. Laura Johnson/Heather Hickman 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
College baseball
Treasure Valley 16-4, Big Bend 9-7
ONTARIO, ORE. — A ninth-inning grand slam by Ephrata native Justin DeHoog helped Big Bend salvage a split with Treasure Valley.
TVCC took the opener 16-9 and Big Bend won the late game 7-4 behind DeHoog’s blast.
The Vikings led 8-4 in Game 1 before the Chukars struck for 12 runs in the seventh inning.
Ephrata High School teammates DeHoog and Josh Kallstrom drove in all seven of Big Bend’s runs. DeHoog had five RBI and Kallstrom had two.
College softball
Big Bend 2-2 over the weekend
MOSES LAKE — Big Bend swept Columbia Basin 4-0 and 6-3 before losing twice to Walla Walla 5-4 and 12-11.
Ember Armstrong had two RBI in the opener against Walla Walla and Morgan Goslin drove in three runs in the late game.