Columbia Basin roundup: Moses Lake baseball advances in postseason

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake methodically regained the lead from Sunnyside and pulled away to win the district play-in game 4-1.

The Grizzles pushed a run across in the top of the first inning and held the lead until the third inning.

Cody Goodwin and Ezekyel Ochoa hit RBI singles to put the Chiefs ahead for good.

The Chiefs tacked on an insurance run each in the fourth and fifth inning. In the fourth, Evan McLean scored on a fielder’s choice when Sunnyside’s first baseman was pulled off the bag on an attempted force out.

In the fifth, Dominic Signorelli smacked another RBI single.

The was more than enough for Jordan Rios who breezed to a complete game. A flair to shallow center field was tracked down by Cameron Duke who made a sliding grab to end the game.

Moses Lake will host Eastmont, 5 p.m., Friday for a chance to move on to the district semifinals Saturday against Wenatchee at West Valley High School.

Kiona-Benton 5, Warden 1

BENTON CITY — Warden spotted No. 1 seed Kiona-Benton four runs in the first inning and lost 5-1 in the first round of its district tournament.

Warden scratched its one run across when Kaden Skone reached on an error and came all the way around to score on a sacrifice fly by J.R. Delgado.

Ryan Arredondo had the Cougars’ lone hit.

Warden will play at College Place May 12 in a loser-out game.

Tri-Cities Prep 11, Soap Lake 1

PASCO — Errors cost Soap Lake in its 11-1 loss to Tri-Cities Prep.

The Jaguars led 3-1 through four innings before tacking on three more in the fifth and five in the sixth to end the game. The loss bounced the Eagles from the postseason.

Francisco Flores drove in Soap Lake’s lone run.

Soap Lake went from one win in 2015, to eight wins in 2016 and 12 wins in 2017.

Zillah 6, Royal 0

ZILLAH — Royal lost its opener-round district game to Zillah 6-0.

The Knights play Cle Elum/Roslyn in a loser-out game May 12.

Softball

Quincy 22-13, Toppenish 4-0

TOPPENISH — Quincy completed a sweep of Toppenish 22-4 and 13-0.

The two wins moved the Jacks within one win of the final district playoff spot.

Quincy must win both games against Ephrata on Thursday and hope East Valley sweeps Wapato for a postseason berth.

Boys soccer

Othello 3, Toppenish 2

GRANDVIEW — Luis Gomez scored the go-ahead with 16 minutes to play and Othello beat Toppenish 3-2.

The win moves Othello into a crossover game with Cheney on Saturday at home.

The Huskies opened up a 2-0 lead after goals by Frankie Ramos and Juan Tapia.

Wahluke 2, Royal 1 (SO)

ROYAL CITY — Royal lost to Wahluke in a shootout 2-1 in the district semifinals.

Oscar Castro put the Knights ahead in the eighth minute.

Alex Valdez evened the game in the 57th.

Wahluke made five shots in the shootout to Royal’s four.

Tennis

Boys: Moses Lake 5, Kennewick 2

Singles: Canon Gregoire (ML) d. Nathan Webster 6-3, 6-1; Robbie Fiocchi (K) d. David Hernandez 6-1, 6-0; Brian Nguyen (ML) d. Hunter Schwartz 6-1, 6-0; Travis Holt (ML) d. Rod Robles 0-6, 6-2, 10-5

Doubles: Kade Greenburg/James Zimmer (ML) d. Garrison Donovan/George Guerra 6-1, 6-3; Josh Banda/Vaughn Koreis (ML) d. Elias Zaragada/Matt Lin 7-5, 0-6, 10-6; Cayden Redman/Israel Rodriguez (K) d. Jed Young/Nic Pedraza 6-2, 6-2

Girls: Moses Lake 4, Kennewick 3

Singles: April Buckingham (K) d. Gabby Strode 6-0, 6-1; Alexa Schultheis (K) d. Cora Bruneel 6-0, 6-1; Brianna Ceja (ML) d. Emily Christiansen 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3); Meredith Martin (K) d. Mikena Loutherback 6-4, 6-0

Doubles: Shamra Roylance/Sidney Robison (ML) d. Denisse Jimenez/Brynn Price 6-3, 6-1; Sara Mengist/Erin Manly (ML) d. Irlanda Medrano/Paw Eh Wah 1-6, 6-3, 11-9; Caitlyn Loyd/Alayna Cole (ML) d. Kennewick 6-3 6-3

Boys golf

Ephrata second in Yakima

YAKIMA — Ephrata boys golf was second to East Valley at its CWAC match in Yakima.

The Red Devils shot 325 to the Tigers’ 358. Prosser scored 403 and Grandview had 517.

Ryker Torres of East Valley was the individual medalist with a score of 75. John Rawley’s 79 was the low score for Ephrata.

Ephrata: John Rawley 79, Sean Couture 85, Gus O’Donnell 96, Jayce Moore 98, Cody Follett 105, Buster Davidson 107

Scholastics

Quincy eight-grader recognized by WIAA

RENTON — Jaselyn Jones, an eight-grader at Quincy Junior High, was named a “Give Me 5” Star Student of the Month.

Jones is a three-sport athlete, competing in volleyball, wrestling and track and field. Jones has a 3.92 GPA.