Area roundup: CC Spokane baseball takes pair from Blue Mountain

Ryan Byrd struck out 12 over seven shutout innings and Rylee Peterson homered in the second game to lead CC Spokane to a Northwest Athletic Conference doubleheader sweep of Blue Mountain at SFCC on Wednesday.

Byrd gave up six hits and walked one for the Sasquatch (11-8) in the 10-0 pasting of the Timberwolves (12-12-1). CCS pounded out 13 hits and gathered two walks.

Peterson went 1 for 3 with a two-run shot and finished with three RBIs. Zach Day went 2 for 4 with a pair driven in while Jordan Ross and Mitchell Cox added a pair of hits apiece.

The Sasquatch got things going in the third. Isaac Werland led off with a single and moved up after Bennett Tabaracci was hit. Day followed with a single that plated Werland. Nolan Wasson then singled and Tabaracci came around on an error by the Blue Mountain pitcher. A Peterson sacrifice fly brought home Day to make it 3-0.

CCS exploded for five runs in the fourth. Peterson’s homer came on a 1-0 pitch with Wasson aboard via base on balls. Cox had and RBI single and another run came across on a passed ball with the bases loaded.

In the first game, the Sasquatch used a four-run rally in the fourth inning to take a 4-2 decision. Peterson had an RBI single, Ross walked to force in a run and Brian Hill delivered the big blow, a two-run single to cap the inning. Ross finished 3 for 4 and Peterson added a pair of hits.

Kade Woods went seven innings and allowed two runs on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts. Stephen Streltzoff struck out six in two one-hit innings of relief.

Women’s golf

Idaho sophomore Michelle Kim earned Big Sky Conference Golfer of the Week honors after a stellar performance at the Hawkeye El Tigre Invitational. She had three successive rounds of 73 for a three-over 219 and a tie for ninth. Kim is the fifth Vandal to be chosen Golfer of the Week this season.

Men’s basketball

Eastern Washington’s Jacob Wiley has added Lou Henson Mid-Major All-America honors to his long list of accolades from the 2016-17 season. The senior graduate transfer was one of 30 players honored by collegeinsder.com.

Wiley finished the season ranked sixth in NCAA Division I in field goal percentage (.643), eighth in blocked shots (2.76 per game), 29th in scoring (20.4), 48th in rebounds (9.1) and 112th in free throw percentage (.828).