Williams, Williams Stand Out

Moscow’s Lamar Williams won both boys hurdles and ran a leg on the winning 1,600-meter relay team at Friday’s Meet of Champions in Lewiston.

Williams finished the 110 hurdles in 14.92 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 38.22. The Bears’ time in the 1,600 relay was 3:27.37.

Maurice Williams, another member of Moscow’s 1,600 relay, won the 200 in 22.55 and placed second in the 100 (11.19).

Lewiston’s Jake Scott won the shot put (52 feet, 7 inches) and discus (166-11-1/2).

Lewiston’s team of Matt Reineke, Colin Jasper, Mike Anderson and Mike Rogers won the 400 and 800 relays.

Softball

Megan Owen pitched a two-hitter Friday and University clinched the Greater Spokane League championship outright with a 3-0 win over visiting Mead.

Owen (12-1) struck out eight to help the Titans (18-1, 16-1) to their fourth consecutive league championship and fifth in six years.

Kara Jordan had two RBIs for U-Hi, which has an opening-round bye to the District 8 4A tournament and an automatic berth to the Region IV tourney.

Mead (8-11, 7-10) will be the No. 6 seed to district. The Panthers will open district at 3:45 p.m. Thursday against the league’s No. 3 seed.

Also in the GSL, Rebecca Dollar’s two-run double highlighted a five-run sixth, and Gonzaga Prep (5-14, 5-12) defeated visiting North Central 9-0.

Erin Naccarato was 2 for 3 and Kristy Thorne struck out four for the Bullpups. The Indians (0-17) had four singles.

Annie Boyd’s two-run double in the seventh gave Ferris (5-14, 3-14) a 6-5 win over visiting Mt. Spokane (4-14, 4-13).

Justine Ruddell was 3 for 3 with two runs for the Saxons, who snapped a seven-game losing streak. Mt. Spokane’s Terah Summers was 2 for 4 with two runs.

Lewis and Clark’s game at Central Valley was postponed until today to avoid prom conflicts.

Brooke Brown pitched a one-hitter and struck out 10 to lead Great Northern League first-place Colville (10-7, 7-0) to a 6-0 win at Colfax (7-7, 3-4).

Christa Stanford had a two-run double and Jamie Entwistle added three hits for the Indians, who lead Freeman by one-half game. Heather Leinweber’s single in the sixth broke up Brown’s no-hit bid.

Freeman (13-3, 7-1) kept on Colville’s heels with a 12-1 win over visiting Lakeside (1-13, 0-8) that featured Leslie White’s grand slam and one-hitter.

White (11-2), who struck out seven, allowed just Katie Neuchterlein’s single. Freeman’s Deanne Friche doubled and had four RBIs.

Rachael Kinservik of Kettle Falls (11-5, 6-3) also pitched a one-hitter during a 10-0 win at Chewelah (3-10, 2-6).

Chas Utter and Kim Marcum had two RBIs apiece to support Kinservik, who struck out eight and walked one.

Susie Sheffler doubled and tripled, and visiting Garfield-Palouse defeated Colton 9-2 to cap its Whitman County League title.

Gar-Pal (16-3, 14-1), the defending State B champion, receives a bye to the opening round of the Whitman County tournament and an automatic berth to the District 9 B tournament.

The league tournament opens Friday with a pair of loser-out games at Rosalia. No. 6 St. John-Endicott (5-13) plays No. 3 Rosalia (8-10), and No. 5 LaCrosse-Washtucna (8-11) plays No. 4 Colton (7-11).

The tourney then shifts to Garfield a week from today for district seeding games. No. 2 Tekoa-Oakesdale (10-10) joins the field with Gar-Pal.

Baseball

Aaron Madison struck out six and didn’t allow a hit after the third inning, and Cheney (8-11, 3-6) defeated visiting Clarkston 7-6 in the first game of a Frontier League doubleheader.

Clarkston (11-9, 4-5) had seven hits during a seven-run ninth to win the second game 8-2.

Pat Laughlin had a two-run single and Tim Ridnour was 2 for 3 with two RBIs for Cheney in the opener.

Today’s season-ending doubleheader between league champion East Valley (6-1 FL) and West Valley (3-4) will determine seeding to the District 7 3A tournament.

Chris Schuessler pitched a one-hitter and Liberty (12-7) defeated Ritzville 5-3 in a Bi-County League playoff game to determine the league’s third and fourth seeds.

Chris Wojahn’s bases-clearing triple in the fourth provided Liberty’s go-ahead runs. Liberty is the No. 3 seed to the District 7 B tournament.

Dustin Lemaster had the lone hit for the Broncos (11-9). Ritzville plays Panorama No. 5 Republic on Monday for a district berth.

Ryan Rickard doubled twice, and he and Bill Hill had four RBIs apiece to lead Republic (14-7) over visiting St. Michael’s 12-8 in a Panorama League playoff game.

Cory Rickard tripled and earned the win. Chris Vogel homered for the Warriors (10-11), whose season ended.