Hall Keeps Wv In Hunt

Tyler Hall’s seventh consecutive win Tuesday advanced West Valley within one game of the Region IV-AA baseball tournament.

Hall pitched a complete-game three-hitter, striking out five, as the Eagles (12-7) topped East Valley 7-0 during the opening day of the District 7-AA tournament at WV.

Jason Brown hit a two-run homer in the first inning and a solo shot in the sixth for WV. Brown has three homers in his last two games.

WV won its seventh straight and is 4-0 against EV (10-10). The Eagles have won 10 of their last 12 games.

EV, which opened the day with a 15-8 win over Colville (10-9), meets the Indians again Saturday in a loser-out game at WV. The winner must beat WV later Saturday, then again Tuesday at Cheney, to qualify for region. Frontier League champ Cheney (14-4) plays for seeding to region Tuesday.

In EV’s win, Joe Furgason started two rallies with singles and Bill Tincup had a three-run homer in the third.

Colville and EV have played three times in the last four days.

West Valley 7, East Valley 0

E.Valley 000 000 0 - 0 3 1

W.Valley 400 111 x - 7 8 3

Allen, Bauch (6) and Stengle; Hall and Lawler. W-Hall (7-1). L-Allen (1-4).

HITS: East Valley-Lamphere, Horgan, Stengle. West Valley- Hilsabeck, Isherwood, Lawler, Brown 3, Phillipe, Harty. 2B-Lawler. 3B-Harty. HR-Isherwood (3), Brown 2 (3).

East Valley 15, Colville 8

East Valley 406 012 2 - 15 17 2

Colville 320 012 0 - 8 11 2

Lamarche, Burnett (7) and Morgan; Spears, Watkins (4) Clauser (7) and Noble. W-Lamarche (7-5). L-Spears (8-5).

HITS: East Valley-Lanphere, Tincup 4, Lamarche 2, Furgason 3, Shaffer 2, Shogren 2, Horgan 2, Allen. Colville-Bateman 2, Salina, Fox, McGlothern 3, Meinhold, Moe. 2B- Tincup, Shaffer. 3B- Allen. HR- Tincup (2).

Softball

West Valley 2, East Valley 1

Jennifer Robinson’s two-out single in the third allowed the Eagles (16-2) to edge the visiting Knights (13-3) and clinch at least a tie for their fourth consecutive league title.

WV’s Darcy Sohns struck out eight. The other runs scored on wild pitches.

EV plays Colville (14-2) in a season-ending doubleheader Saturday. If Colville sweeps, it would tie WV for the title and earn the No. 1 berth to the District 7-AA/A tournament because of a 2-1 record over WV.

The Frontier No. 1 opens district play May 21 at Kettle Falls against Northeast A No. 4. Frontier No. 2 meets NEA No.3.

E.Valley 100 000 0 - 1 3 2

W.Valley 011 000 x - 2 3 0

Triplett and Casey; Sohns and Robinson. W-Sohns (14-2). L-Triplett (5-3).

HITS: East Valley-LeGrant, Stookey, Triplett. West Valley- Sohns 2, Robinson. 2B-LeGrant.

Cheney 10, Pullman 3

Kira Bliss struck out nine and Katie Rotchford went 3 for 4 with two RBIs as the Blackhawks (5-11) beat the host Greyhounds (3-13).

Cheney 020 431 0 - 10 16 2

Pullman 101 001 0 - 3 6 3

Bliss and Rotchford; Parish and Hobbs. W-Bliss (4-9). L-Parish (3-11).

HITS: Cheney-Ewing, Smith 2, Rotchford 3, Olson 2, Birchler 2, Bogle, Bliss 2, Birchell 3. Pullman-Thompson, Clark, Brossman 2, Coke, Tyler. 2B-Rotchford 2, Smith. 3B-Brossman. HR-Brossman (2).

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