Penalty Shot Propels Ev

When East Valley’s Todd Hughes kicked in a penalty shot at the 70-minute mark of the Knights’ 2-2 tie against Riverside/Deer Park on Tuesday, he gave his team the No. 2 seed for the Frontier League playoffs that begin on Saturday.

The Knights will take on No. 3 seed West Valley. The Eagles dumped Pullman 4-0 at Pullman with the help of assists from fullbacks Jake Clark and Jason Roberts.

Clark had one assist and Roberts had two assists.

East Valley will play West Valley at Cheney at noon on Saturday while Riverside/Deer Park will travel to Cheney at 2:30 p.m.

The winners of those games will play at the site of the highest seeded team May 9 at 5 p.m.

Softball

West Valley (10-0) erupted for seven runs in the fourth and fifth innings to squash Clarkston (2-7) on the road by a score of 14-1.

WV pitcher Darcy Sohns had six strikeouts, no walks and no earned runs.

Kate Waldron had three hits and two RBIs at the plate.

Pullman at East Valley were rained out Tuesday and will play today at 4 p.m.

On Monday, the Knights (7-2) swept Clarkston 11-0 and 10-2 Monday. That game was a makeup of Saturday’s game that was rained out.

In the first game, EV’s Kim Stern struck out six Bantams (2-6) and walked none in a two-hitter.

In Greater Spokane League action, Tuesday’s games were postponed and will be played today. Rogers and Shadle Park got underway before the rain stopped them.

The Pirates led 2-0 in the middle of the second.

All GSL baseball games were rained out.