Vaughn, Stime in contention at 4A regionals

Mead’s Ethan Vaughn and Katijene Stime remain as the only Greater Spokane League representatives left vying for regional tennis titles after the opening day of the 4A East Regional in Spokane.

Vaughn advanced to the championship round against Wenatchee’s Hudson Barnhart with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Kamiakin’s Josh Thornton at Central Valley.

In the girls singles bracket, Stime upended Walla Walla’s Katie Willis 6-3, 6-0 and will face Amy Scheumann of Wenatchee in the title match today at University.

In doubles, both GSL top seeds fell with Tom Geranios and Marshal McNally of Ferris losing 7-5, 6-1 to John Talbot and Travis Zuroske of Richland, while U-Hi’s Lauren Archibald and Cailynn Garcia exited in the first round with a 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 loss to Priscilla Cancado and Sarah Morgan of Southridge.

All of today’s 4A matches will be at U-Hi beginning at 9 a.m. The 3A regionals start at 10 a.m. at Rogers.

•Dustin McConell of Clarkston’s 6-0, 6-0 defeat of Nikhil Sablani of Pullman in the quarterfinals of the District 7 2A boys singles was just a window into the dominant day by the top seeds at the Washington State University courts in Pullman.

All four No. 1 seeds and all four No. 2 seeds advanced to today’s semifinal round.

Softball

Katlyn Maley’s RBI double gave Tekoa-Oakesdale/Rosalia (7-11) all the cushion it would need as the Nighthawks held off Waitsburg-Prescott 4-3 in the title game of the District 9 2B tournament at the TRAC Center in Pasco. TOR beat DeSales 6-4 earlier and advances as the No. 1 seed to state. W-P is the No. 2 seed. DeSales earned the third and final state berth with a 21-0 win over Garfield-Palouse (8-9), which lost 1-0 to W-P earlier.