LC claims final 4A softball berth

Tue., May 12, 2009

Idaho golf

Williams wins

Chris Williams of Moscow shot a 69 at Jefferson Hills Golf Course in Rigby to repeat as Idaho 4A boys champion and lead the Bears into first place in the team race heading into today’s final round.

Williams had a four-shot margin. Moscow has a 303 team score for an 11 shot lead. In the 4A girls, Moscow’s Kati Greear was in a three-way tie for first at 77. Middleton has the team lead with a 349. Sandpoint is third at 396.

5A at Pocatello: Coeur d’Alene’s Andrew Roller and Brennan Stillinger share seventh in the boys event at 73, four shots out of the lead, going into today’s final round when both individual and team titles will be decided. The Vikings are fourth at 301.

Coeur d’Alene senior Genna Dodge is second in the girls event with a 76, five shots behind the leader. Her freshman sister, Maddie Dodge, is seventh at 83. Post Falls and Lewiston are in the team finals at 359 and 369, respectively, behind Twin Falls’ leading 335.

3A at Idaho Falls: Bonners Ferry will go into the final round of the boys event in third place with a 345. Shelley, which had the individual champion in Tommy Higham, who shot a 74, leads with a 306. Bonners Ferry’s Carey Reynolds finished fifth with an 80 and teammate Cillon Deitz tied for sixth at 81.

Kellogg, led by Kelsey Harden, who tied for eighth with a 99, stands third going into today’s final round in the girls event with a 430. Shelley leads with 400. Salmon’s Emily Edwards won with an 82.

The pairings are set for the Greater Spokane League District 8 softball playoffs, but it took a helping hand from Mead on Monday in the final round of regular-season games for Lewis and Clark to secure the final spot in the 4A field.

Mead posted a 10-7 win at Ferris (4-16) to eliminate the Saxons from the playoff race and allow LC to gain the No. 5 seed. The Tigers could have helped themselves but dropped a 2-1 decision at Mt. Spokane as the Wildcats rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Rachel Yuen had a three-run triple in the sixth inning that secured Mead’s win. Breanna Lookabill was 3 for 4 with two doubles and two RBIs for the Panthers. Nicole Nelson had four RBIs, three coming on a sixth-inning double, for Ferris.

Delanie Zalud’s two-out single drove in the winning run for Mt. Spokane as the Wildcats parlayed three of their nine hits with a Tigers error and wildpitch to overcome a 1-0 deficit.

In other final regular-season games, University spotted visiting North Central three runs in the top of the first, overcame that deficit with four runs in the bottom and posted a 13-3 win in five innings as Alene Bethel went 4 for 4 and drove in six runs, four on a grand slam in the second inning. … Central Valley remained tied with U-Hi for first in the 4A ranks with a 6-4 win over visiting 3A No. 1 Shadle Park as the Bears overcame a 4-1 deficit, capping the comeback with a four-run sixth inning. Alexa Morales drove in two runs for CV. … Gonzaga Prep secured the 4A No. 4 seed by outscoring visiting Rogers (1-19) 23-12 as the teams combined for 31 hits, including a grand slam by Rogers’ Kellsy Sledge and a three-run homer by G-Prep’s Lauren Ramsey to end the game after she had walked four times.

The 4A and 3A district games will all be played at Whitworth University starting Thursday.

In first-round 3A games, North Central (9-11) and East Valley (9-11) play at 3 p.m. with the loser gaining the No. 4 seed to regionals. Shadle Park (15-5) and Mt. Spokane (12-8) play at 3 Friday with the winner gaining the district title and No. 1 seed to regionals. The loser and NC-EV winner play for third and fourth seeding a week from today.

LC (5-15) and G-Prep (6-14) play Thursday at 5 in a loser-out game. The winner plays Mead (13-7) in another loser-out game next Tuesday. U-Hi (18-2) and CV (18-2) play for the district championship and No. 1 seeding to regionals on Friday.

Baseball

District 7 2B: Ross Collins survived a shaky first inning and he and Dylan Salisbury handcuffed Selkirk the rest of the way as Liberty (7-12) posted a 14-3 win over the Rangers (4-15) at Northwest Christian in a “pigtail” game that earned the Lancers a spot in the sub-district tournament. Neil Koons belted a two-run home run for Selkirk to highlight a three-run first.

Liberty faces Davenport (10-8) today in Republic with the winner meeting the Tigers (15-3) for a berth in the district tournament next week in Spokane.

•Panorama League 1B tournament: Jacob Bryant’s home run highlighted a seven-hit Curlew attack as the Cougars (13-6) beat Cusick 7-3 at Kettle Falls to earn the No. 1 seed to district. The Panthers (8-9) are No. 2 … Northport (8-10) defeated St. Michael’s for the No. 3 seed. The score was unavailable. St. Michael’s (4-16) beat Columbia (8-11) 7-5 in a loser-out game.

Washington golf

Great Northern League: Led by Tyler Carlson’s par 72, Clarkston had the four low scorers and claimed the team title over Colville, 396-411, in the boys league championship tournament at Indian Canyon that determined qualifiers to the district tournament a week from today at MeadowWood. … Kelsey Dutton of Deer Park led the girls with an 88. Pullman won the team title.

•District 7 2B/1B: Jared Desoteaux of Northwest Christian shot 80 for a seven-stroke win over Caleb Bravard of Colfax at The Fairways to lead 29 district qualifiers. Colfax was the team leader, edging Northwest Christian.

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