Colville Hangs On To Second Place

Frontier League baseball looks like a Cheney cakewalk as the season nears the halfway point, but four teams continue to jockey for second place.

Colville (5-3) stayed slightly ahead of the pack Tuesday when Jimmy Day walked with the bases full in the bottom of the eighth to help edge visiting East Valley 3-2.

Bill Tincup’s two-run double in the fourth gave the Knights a lead, but Colville’s Brady Noble had a two-run single in the fifth.

EV (4-5) tied idle West Valley for fourth place.

Colville 3, East Valley 2

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Colville 000 020 01 - 3 8 2

Lamarche and C.Morgan; Spears and Noble. W-Spears (4-2). L-Lamarche (3-3).

HITS: East Valley-Tincup, Lamarche, Horgan 2. Colville- McCurdy 3, Bateman, Noble, Salina, Spears, McGlothern. 2B-Tincup.

Clarkston 10, Pullman 8

Kevin Lammerding hit a two-run homer in the sixth to help the Bantams (5-4) beat the visiting Greyhounds (2-6) and move into third place alone.

Pullman’s Kurt Druffel and Clarkston’s J.D. Burns hit two-run blasts in the first. Burns, the starting pitcher, also had an RBI double in the sixth.

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Clarkston 220 024 x - 10 11 4

Chamberlain, S.Burns (2), McDonald (6) and Hobbs; J.D. Burns, J.Romesburg (6) and Lammerding. W-J.Romesburg (3-1). L-S.Burns (0-1).

HITS: Pullman-Linehan, Druffel 2, Chamberlain, Hobbs, Cummings 2, S.Burns. Clarkston: J.D. Burns 2, McCall 2, Lammerding 2, Larsen, Blankinship 3, Kruse. 2B-Cummings, J.D. Burns. HR- Druffel, J.D. Burns, Lammerding.

Cheney 9, Riverside 0

Chris Collins had two RBIs and Tucker Urdahl struck out five of the six batters he faced to guide the visiting Blackhawks (9-0) over the Rams (1-7) at Chattaroy.

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Riverside 000 000 0 - 0 2 3

Miller, Urdahl (4), Caston (6), Knutson (7) and Barthelmes, Randall (2); Beckham, Patton (5), Morrow (7) and Vanatter. W-Miller (2-0). L-Beckham (0-3).

HITS: Cheney-Stiffler, Byington, Miller 2, Fiddes, Webber 3, Collins 2, Barthelmes, Randall. Riverside-Beckham, Schurtz. 2B-Fiddes, Webber, Barthelmes.

Softball

Colville 2, Cheney 1

Rachel Cox’s sacrifice fly to center field with no outs in the seventh lifted the Indians (4-1) over the visiting Blackhawks (0-6).

Carissa True scored the winner after singling and advancing to third on Heather Brown’s single.

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Colville 001 000 1 - 2 8 2

Bliss and Rotchford; T.Brown and Lawson. W-T.Brown (2-1). L-Bliss (1-5).

Hits: Cheney-Lasley, Rotchford, Bolle. Colville-H.Brown 2, Lawson, Shaw 2, Puett, True 2.

West Valley 10, Clarkston 1

Rachiah Boxley hit a grand slam in the sixth and Darcy Sohns struck out 12 in less than five innings as the visiting Eagles (7-0) beat the Bantams (2-3) to break a first-place tie with idle East Valley.

WV has outscored opponents 105-2.

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Clarkston 000 001 0 - 1 2 6

Sohns, McClintock (5) and Robinson, Alberts (6); Gates, Snell (5) and King. W-Sohns (8-1). L-Gates (1-3).

HITS: West Valley-Green, Watson, Sohns, Boxley 2, McClintock, Robinson, Decker, Aquino. Clarkston-Gribble, Jones. HR- Boxley (3).

Riverside 3, Pullman 1

Tiffany McMurphy threw a no-hitter, and Brandi Barnes and Jackie Hatterburg had two hits apiece to guide the visiting Rams (1-5) over the Greyhounds (0-5).

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Pullman 000 100 0 - 1 0 1

McMurphy and Barnes; Parrish and Hobbes. W-McMurphy. L-Parrish.

HITS: Riverside-Barnes 2, Lehon, Russell, Hatterburg 2.

Boys soccer

East Valley 1, Riverside/Deer Park 0

Sean Lanphere scored on a pass from Joe Whitney, and Gabe Escobar registered the shutout as the Knights (7-0-0, 21 points) beat visiting R/DP (5-2-0, 15) to maintain first place.

Lanphere hadn’t scored in league action.

SCORING: First half-1, EV, Lanphere (Whitney), 26:00. Second half-None.

Shots on goal-Riverside/Deer Park 7, East Valley 16. Saves- Riverside/Deer Park, Nelson 11. East Valley, Escobar 5.

Cheney 2, West Valley 1

Nick Reynolds scored his league-best 15th goal and Eric Hegney added his first score of the year as the Blackhawks (6-1-0, 18) beat the visiting Eagles (4-3-0, 12) to take over second place alone.

WV’s Stewart Cameron scored his first goal.

SCORING: First half-1, Che, Reynolds (Malisani), 6:00. Second half-2, Che, Hegney (Waller), 62:00. 3, WV, Cameron, 70:00.

Shots on goal-West Valley 8, Cheney 16. Saves-West Valley, Kuntz 13. Cheney, Stitt 5.

Medical Lake 3, Colville 1

Devon Givens scored three times within 12 minutes to rally the visiting Cardinals (2-4-1, 7) over the Indians (1-6-0, 3).

Givens scored first on a rebound, then 10 minutes later into an empty net after a pass from John Andy. Jacob Mannan of Colville headed in a goal after a deflection by ML’s goalkeeper.

SCORING: First half - 1, C, Mannan 29:00. Second half - 2, ML, Givens 66:00. 3, ML, Givens (Andy) 76:00. 4, ML, Givens 78:00.

Shots on goal - Medical Lake 12, Colville 9. Saves - Medical Lake, Den 6. Colville, Salter 9.

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