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State softball at a glance

4A

Site: Merkel Sports Complex

2013 champion: Arlington. Returning placers: 2, Camas; 3, Tahoma; 4, Woodinville

Local teams: None

3A

Site: Regional Athletic Complex, Lacey

2013 champion: Kamiakin (also won in 2012). Returning placers: 1, Kamiakin; 2, Prairie; 3, Meadowdale; 4, University

Local teams: Shadle Park (16-9) opens vs. Mountain View; U-Hi (18-6) vs. Meadowdale. … Shadle, the 2007 champion, makes its 11th appearance; U-Hi, the 2003 champ, makes its 15th appearance and fifth straight.

2A

Site: Carlon Park, Selah

2013 champion: Selah. Returning placers: 3, Othello

Local teams: Colville (20-2) opens vs. Anacortes; Deer Park (15-8) vs. Orting. … Colville makes its 18th appearance and 13th straight; DP, most recently at state in 2002, makes its third appearance.

1A

Site: Columbia Playfields, Richland

2013 champion: Connell (also won in 2011, 2012). Returning placers: 1, Connell; 2, Woodland; 3, Montesano; 4, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls)

Local teams: Lakeside (22-2) opens vs. Woodland; Medical Lake (18-7) vs. Seattle Christian. … Lakeside makes its 13th appearance and eighth straight; ML, most recently at state in 2006, makes its third appearance.

2B

Site: Gateway Sports Complex, Yakima

2013 champion: Toutle Lake. Returning placers: 1, Toutle Lake; 2, Northwest Christian; 3, Napavine; 4, Morton-White Pass

Local teams: NWC (22-3) opens vs. Napavine; Colfax (15-6) vs. Adna; Garfield-Palouse/Tekoa-Oakesdale (12-11) vs. Kittitas. … NWC, runner-up the past two years, makes its fourth straight appearance; Colfax makes its 10th appearance, including the past six; Gar-Pal last made it in 2011, T-O in 2010.

1B

Site: Gateway Sports Complex, Yakima

2013 champion: Colton (also won in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012). Returning placers: 1, Colton; 2, Almira/Coulee-Hartline; 3, Touchet; 4, Quilcene

Local teams: Colton (18-2) opens vs. Oakville; ACH (17-2) vs. Quilcene; Curlew (18-4) vs. Pateros. … Colton makes its 10th appearance, including sixth straight; ACH, runner-up the past three years, makes its eighth appearance and sixth straight; Curlew, the 2007 champ, makes its sixth appearance.