East Valley Ties Cheney, Claims Frontier Soccer Crown

Chad Misterek’s goal at 25 minutes Tuesday allowed East Valley to tie visiting Cheney 1-1 and win the Frontier League boys soccer title.

Misterek reached the ball amid congestion in the penalty area. His score offset a goal at 7 minutes by Cheney’s Travis Skeman.

EV (12-0-2, 38 points) entered the season-ending match with a one-point lead over Cheney (12-1-1, 37).

EV played without three starters who committed infractions Saturday against Riverside/Deer Park.

EV earns home field for the District 7-AA playoffs, which begin Saturday. Loser-out matches are Cheney against No. 3 R/DP at 1 p.m. and EV vs. No. 4 West Valley at 3.

East Valley 1, Cheney 1

SCORING: First half - 1, C, Skeman (Malisani) 7:00. 2, EV, Misterek (unassisted) 25:00. Second half - none.

Shots on goal-Cheney 5, East Valley 14. Saves-Cheney, Stitt 8. East Valley, Escobar 3.

West Valley 3, Pullman 1

Justin Demke’s score from the corner with 8 minutes left sparked the visiting Eagles (8-5-1, 25) over the Greyhounds (1-11-2, 5).

WV’s Quinn Sharp scored to finish the league season with 12 goals.

SCORING: First half- 1, WV, Sharpe 12:00. Second half-2, P, Rose 70:00. 3, WV, Demke 72:00. 4, WV, Roberts 75:00.

Shots on goal-West Valley 20, Pullman 14. Saves-West Valley, Kuntz 4. Pullman, Lopez 8.

Riverside/Deer Park 5, Colville 2

Ryan Baker scored twice, giving him 22 goals for the season, as R/DP (9-3-2, 29) beat the visiting Indians (1-13-0, 3).

R/DP’s Phil Daubel also scored twice.

SCORING: First half - 1, C, Smith, 12:00. 2, R/DP, Baker ( Daubel), 17:00. 3, R/DP, Daubel, 30:00. Second half - 4, R/DP, Remington (Daubel), 53:00. 5, R/DP, Baker (penalty kick), 63:00. 6, R/DP, Daubel (Baker), 64:00. 7, C, Vaughn (penalty kick), 76:00.

Shots on goal- Colville 8, R/DP 25. Saves - Colville, Salter 13. R/DP Nelson 4, Guffin 1.

Medical Lake 2, Clarkston 0

Andy John’s insurance goal, his team-high fourth of the season, helped the Cardinals (4-8-2, 13) leap over the visiting Bantams (4-10-0, 12) into fifth place.

SCORING: First half - 1, Wilson (Bowman), 7:44:00. Second half - 2, John (Johnson), 52:00.

Shots on goal-Clarkston 7, Medical Lake 16. Saves-Clarkston, Legg 9. ML, Denman 6.

Baseball

Cheney 4, Pullman 0

Tucker Urdahl threw a one-hitter, striking out 10, as the Blackhawks (12-4) defeated the visiting Greyhounds (7-9) to clinch the league title.

Cheney’s Bryan Miller had an RBI single in the first and an RBI double in the fifth.

Cheney started the year 10-0, dropped four straight, then righted itself to capture the crown before its season-ending doubleheader with Riverside. The league title assures the Blackhawks of a regional berth. Nos. 2-4 will play off to determine the other regional spot.

Pullman 000 000 0 - 0 1 2

Cheney 100 030 x - 4 9 3

McDonald and Hobbs; Urdahl and Barthelmes. W-Urdahl (6-2). L-McDonald (2-6).

HITS: Pullman-Hobbs. Cheney-Stiffler, Urdahl, Miller 2, Fiddes, Collins 2, Caston, Conrath. 2B-Miller.

West Valley 14, East Valley 4

Tyler Hall won his fifth straight and Jason Brown had a three-run homer in the fourth as the visiting Eagles (11-7) defeated the Knights (8-8) for their sixth consecutive win.

Chris Hilsabeck added a two-run single in the fourth and Jason Phillipe had two RBIs for playoff-bound WV, which finished its league season by winning nine of 11.

West Valley 000 700 7 - 14 12 2

East Valley 200 020 0 - 4 8 3

Hall, Phillipe (7) and Lawler; Lamarche, Riese (7), Ruiz (7) and Morgan. W-Hall (6-1). L-Lamarche (5-5).

HITS: West Valley-Hilsabeck 2, Risley 2, Isherwood, Brown 3, Phillipe 3, Howe. East Valley-Shaffer, Tincup 3, Lamarche, Furgason 2, Lanphere. 2B-Risley, Brown, Furgason. 3B-Tincup, Phillipe. HR-Brown (1).

Clarkston 9, Colville 4

J.D. Burns allowed three hits and struck out four in 5-1/3 innings as the Bantams (9-7) jumped over the host Indians (8-7) into third place.

Clarkston scored eight unearned runs on seven errors. Colville’s Ryan Bradeen had two RBIs.

Clarkston 032 000 4 - 9 4 0

Colville 000 220 0 - 4 4 7

Burns, Bradeen (6) and Lammerding; Spears, Meinhold (6), Clowser (6) and Noble. W-Burns (4-0). L-Spears (6-4).

HITS: Clarkston-Lammerding, Lyden, Kruse, Cridlebaugh. Colville-Bateman, Fox, Salina, Bradeen. 2B-Lammerding.

Softball

East Valley 2, Clarkston 1

Reliever Tricia Stookey pitched one-hit ball for two innings and the Knights (11-2) scored on errors to hurt the playoff chances of the visiting Bantams (2-8).

EV starter Rebecca Triplett (4-2) fell ill after five innings. Becky Musgrave singled and scored the winner on a bobbled infield grounder. Clarkston trails Cheney by 1-1/2 games for the final playoff spot.

Clarkston 010 000 0 1 3 2

East Valley 010 001 x 2 3 2

Gates and King; Triplett, Stookey (6) and Casey. W-Stookey (3-0). L-Gates (1-5).

HITS: Clarkston-Jones 2, Adams. East Valley-Musgrave, LeGrant, McIntyre. 2B-Jones.

West Valley 6, Cheney 2

Darcy Sohns pitched a four-hitter and the playoff-bound Eagles (13-2) defeated the host Blackhawks (4-7) to retain a one-game lead over EV and Colville.

West Valley 200 030 1 - 6 5 6

Cheney 010 000 1 - 2 4 5

Sohns and Robinson; Bliss and Rotchford. W-Sohns (11-2). L-Bliss (3-5).

HITS: West Valley-Watson, Sohns, McClintock 2, Decker. Cheney-Ewing, Bliss 2, Birchell.

Colville 10, Riverside 1

Tarrah Brown and Melissa Wollan combined to strike out 11 as the Indians (11-2) defeated the visiting Rams (1-10).

Riverside 000 001 0 - 1 1 2

Colville 214 021 x - 10 13 2

McMurphy, Carter (4) and Barnes, Darvy (4); T.Brown, Wollan (5) and Lawson. W-T.Brown (7-2). L-McMurphy (1-6).

HITS: Riverside-Carter. Colville- Lawson, True 2, Y.Brown, Shaw 2, Cox 2, Wollan 2, Simpson, Entwistle, Puett. 2B-Cox. 3B-Shaw.

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