Area roundup: Dahmen wins amateur

University of Washington sophomore Joel Dahmen of Clarkston won the Washington State Men’s Amateur Golf Championship Friday by six strokes at 9-under-par 279.

He was the only player in the field to shoot under par all four days at Golf Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash.

Other local finishers included Nick Cuchessi (Post Falls) at 320, Jonathan Dietzen (Moses Lake) at 322 and Todd Sturgis (Liberty Lake) at 323.

Baseball

The Spokane RiverHawks completed a three-game sweep of the West Division leaders, the Corvallis Knights, with a West Coast Collegiate Baseball League doubleheader sweep, 7-3 and 5-1, at Gonzaga University’s Patterson Baseball Complex.

A three-run triple by Bryan Horst led to a four-run third inning and a 7-3 victory in the seven-inning opener.

Spokane added three more runs on four hits and an error in the fourth.

Max Navalinksi joined Horst in leading the RiverHawks (7-8) with two hits apiece.

Craig Sitton picked up the victory with a five-inning start giving up two earned runs on three hits while striking out six.

The second game was shortened to six innings by rain. Brian Yardley was 3 for 3 with two RBIs and Michael Hur added two hits and an RBI.

Kevin Dickey pitched all six innings, giving up four hits and a run, to get the win over the Knights (9-6). He struck out four.

The RiverHawks take the next three days off before resuming play Tuesday at Bend.