U-Hi Caps Unbeaten Season In Gsl Softball With 12-0 Win
Katy Oglesbee drove in three runs with a double and a triple and Nicki Meyer added three singles to spark the University Titans to a 12-0, five-inning victory at Shadle Park in Greater Spokane League softball action Monday.
The Titans went unbeaten (16-0) en route to the league title. Shadle Park (7-9) finished fifth and will take on No. 4 seed Rogers at 6 p.m. in Thursday’s first round of the District 8-AAA tournament at Franklin Park. Third-seeded Central Valley (11-5) will square off against No. 6 Ferris (7-9) at 3:45 p.m. in the opener.
No. 2 seed Mead (12-4) will play the highest remaining seed Friday afternoon at 3:45. University will play the lowest remaining seed Friday night at 6.
University 12, Shadle Park 0
University 503 22 - 12 11 0
Shadle Park 000 00 - 0 4 5
Andrizzi and Christensen; Stockman and Gooch. W-Andrizzi. L-Stockman.
HITS: University-Madsen 2, Mertens, Muroya, Andrizzi, Oglesbee 2, Meyer 3, Christensen. Shadle Park-Durgan, Buckley, Gilliam, Stockman. 2B-Madsen, Oglesbee. 3B-Oglesbee.
Central Valley 3, Rogers 2
The Bears wrapped up a third-place finish behind the pitching of Tori Mills.
Mills gave up just five hits in running her record to 11-3.
CV 002 000 1 - 3 6 3
Rogers 000 010 1 - 2 5 3
Mills and Stangland; Merrill and Vulcano. W-Mills (11-3). L-Merrill (9-7).
HITS: Central Valley-Gardner 2, Sackmann, DelMese, Mills, Pierce. Rogers-Christensen, Vulcano, Fairbanks, Nill 2.
Mead 12, Ferris 2
Holly Turner homered twice and tripled, drove in five runs and scored four runs to lead the Panthers to a win over the Saxons.
Janessa Karstens, Andrea Carnahan and Rechelle Miller also had three hits for Mead.
Ferris’ Jenny Lytle had a pair of triples.
Mead 102 430 2 - 12 18 1
Ferris 100 001 0 - 2 3 4
Karstens and Bonanno; Curry, Wieber (6) and Ruddell. W-Karstens. L-Curry (7-9).
HITS: Mead-Kehl, Carnahan 3, Turner 3, Karstens 3, Bonanno, Stuckey, A.Miller 2, R.Miller 3, Hansen. Ferris-Lytle 2, Ruddell. 3B-Lytle 2, Turner. HR-Turner 2, Karstens.
Lewis and Clark 4, Gonzaga Prep 2
Sara Babin went 3-for-3 and drove in two runs to lead the Tigers (5-11) to a win over the Bullpups (3-13).
Brooke Egger doubled in a pair of runs for Gonzaga Prep.
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Leonetti and Egger; Fountain and Winkler. W-Fountain (4-8). L-Leonitti (1-6).
HITS: Gonzaga Prep-Weiskoph, Palmer, Egger, Tooth, Willis, Leonetti. Lewis and Clark-Winkler2, Fountain, Babin 3, Boardman. 2B-Fountain, Egger.
Bi-County softball
Liberty 15, Wilbur-Creston 5
The Lancers jumped out to an 8-1 lead after two innings and coasted to a win over the Wildcats to gain the sixth seed in the Bi-County League tournament.
Ashley Adams drove in two runs with a pair of doubles to pace Liberty. The Lancers will take on third-seeded Ritzville today at 10 a.m. at Odessa.
Wil-Cres 100 040 - 5 7 4
Liberty 440 034 -15 13 6
Clark and Ward. Cain and Neihart.
HITS: Wilbur-Creston-Getz, Lasz 2, Paul, Clark, Plasse, Durrwachler. Liberty-Piersol 2, Cain 2, Nadler, Anderson, Neihart, Adams 2, Clute, Pittmann, Tufler 2. 2B-Adams 2, Neihart, Anderson, Tufler, Cain.
Northeast A softball
Newport 6-2, Colfax 4-4
A doubleheader split between the Grizzlies and Bulldogs resulted in a three-way tie for fourth place.
Newport, Colfax and Chewelah all finished with 5-9 records. However, Colfax came out on top in a coin flip, held earlier in the day, and is the NEA’s No. 4 seed into the league tournament. Chewelah and Newport are seeded fourth and fifth, respectively.
Colfax will host Chewelah and Newport will travel to Lakeside today in loser-out contests. Both begin at 4 p.m.
Colfax 000 013 0 - 4 7 3
Newport 101 040 x - 6 7 0
Biagi and Cocking; Knapp and Lowe. W-Knapp. L-Biagi (3-7).
HITS: Colfax-Biagi 2, R.Hall, Blevins, Nelson, S.Hall 2. Newport-Valenta, Hunt 2, McDermid, Fernandez, Jacobsen, Reiner. 2B-McDermid. 3B-S.Hall.
Newport 000 000 2 - 2 8 1
Colfax 130 000 x - 4 8 1
Knapp and Lowe; McPherson and Frazier. W-McPherson (2-2). L-Knapp.
HITS: Newport-Jacobsen 2, Valenta, Almond, Hummel, Hunt, Reneer 2. Colfax-M.Austin 3, Biagi, R.Hall, Blevins, S.Hall, Cocking. 2B-Hunt, Austin 2, Blevins, S.Hall.
Panorama League baseball
Jeremy Affeldt struck out 16 to spark the Northwest Christian Crusaders to a 7-3 win over the Republic Tigers in the championship game of the Panorama League tournament at Seafirst Stadium.
The win earns the Crusaders (21-1) a No. 1 seed and a bye into the semifinal round of the District 7-B tournament. Republic (18-4) is the No. 2 seed.
Joe Brucklier went 3 for 4 and knocked in five runs to lead Curlew (19-3) to an 11-2 win over St. George’s (14-8) in a game to decide the third and fourth seeds.
Curlew will play Bi-County No. 4 seed Odessa at ACH on Thursday, while St. George’s travels to Republic for a game against Bi-County No. 3 seed Ritzville. Both games will start at 1 p.m.
NWC 13, St. George’s 2
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Helms, Wolff (6) and DePonty; Miller, Affeldt (6), Nisbet (7) and M.Heeter. W-Miller (8-1). L-Helms (8-4).
HITS: St. George’s-Wolff, Dhillon, Biggs 2, Helms 3. Northwest Christian-S.Warren, Heeter 2, Affeldt 3, Nisbet, Miller 2, Bell 2, Crouch 3, Greenup 2. 2B-Affeldt, Bell 2. 3B-Heeter. HR- Nisbet.
NWC 7, Republic 3
Republic 000 002 1 - 3 4 1
NWC 101 212 x - 7 12 1
Baldwin and Grimm; Affeldt and M.Heeter. W-Affeldt (8-0). L-Baldwin (8-2).
HITSRepublic-Hanks, Moores, Huber 2. Northwest Christian-S.Warren, M.Heeter 3, Affeldt 2, Nisbet 2, Miller, Bell 2, D.Warren. 2B-M.Heeter 2, Nisbet. HR-S.Warren.
Curlew 11, St. George’s 2.
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Curlew 225 110 x - 11 11 1
Dhillon, Wolff (3) and DePonty; Miller and Brucklier. W-Miller. L-Dhillon (6-4).
HITS: St. George’s-Kuney 2, Dhillon, DePonty, Biggs, Helms, Davis, Johnson. Curlew-Brucklier 3, E.Edwards 2, C.Edwards, Miller, Strandberg, Cribby, Groth, Stewart. 2B-Dhillon, Brucklier 2.
Northeast A baseball
Colfax is No. 3 and Freeman No. 5 after winning coin flips to determine pairings for the District 7-A tournament that begins today.
Freeman visits Medical Lake, which lost the coin flip to Colfax, and Kettle Falls, which lost to Freeman, will be at Colfax. Both games are at 4 p.m.
The losers are eliminated and the winners meet Wednesday at the site of the highest remaining seed.
Golf
Ritzville captured the boys District 7-9 A-B Sub-District tournament at Odessa by edging St. John 181-179. The tourney uses the state scoring system, which is figured on points instead of strokes.
Ritzville’s Ryan Benzel shot a par 72 to earn medalist honors. The top 30 advance to the District 7-9 tourney Monday at Hangman Valley along with the Northeast A League.
Chewelah won the boys Northeast A Sub-District tournament at Deer Park GC by besting runner-up Medical Lake 410-423. Chewelah’s Tyson Schalock shot a 2-over-par 74 to take medalist honors.
Chewelah’s girls topped Newport 158-163 to win the Northeast A Sub-District tournament at Deer Park. Chewelah’s Anya Anderson was the medalist with a 9-over par 45.
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