Prep roundup: University softball knocked off in district third-place game; Clarkston baseball eliminated at state

From staff reports

Roundup of Saturday’s high school state and district tournament action.

State boys soccer

Pullman 3, Franklin Pierce 0: Carlens Dollins had a goal and an assist and the visiting sixth-seeded Greyhounds (17-2) shut out the third-seeded Cardinals (14-2) in a State 2A quarterfinal. Pullman’s Aaron Oatley had two saves .

The Greyhounds advance to a semifinal for the first time since 1998 at Renton Memorial Stadium on Friday against second-seeded North Kitsap.

State baseball

Fife 8, Clarkston 6: Jack Erickson went 3 for 4 with four RBIs and the ninth-seeded Trojans (15-9) eliminated the eighth-seeded Bantams (18-6) in the first round of the State 2A tournament at Selah High School. Lance Heitstuman had two hits and two RBIs for Clarkston.

Montesano 5, Colville 4: Bode Poler homered, and the fourth-seeded Bulldogs (22-3) eliminated the 12th-seeded Crimson Hawks (16-8) in the State 1A quarterfinal at Olympic Stadium in Hoquiam.

Colville beat Overlake/Bear Creek 4-1 in the opening round behind Ethan Redberg’s two-run double in the eighth.

Klahowya 12, Deer Park 3: Nathan Turk and Gabe Carpenter had two RBIs apiece and the third-seeded Eagles (24-3) beat the sixth-seeded Stags (18-5) in a State 1A quarterfinal at Foss High School. Braylon Dean hit a two-run homer for Deer Park.

Teagan Tobeck hit a three-run single in the fifth inning to send Deer Park over 11th-seeded Toppenish 4-2 in the first round.

Adna 6, Chewelah 4: Sawyer Terry hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning and the 11th-seeded Pirates (18-7) eliminated the third-seeded Cougars (18-4) in a State 2B quarterfinal at Mt. Spokane High.

Nolan Jeanneret and Dakota Acosta drove in runs for Chewelah.

Brewster 8, Northwest Christian 2: Blake Burgett hit a two-run single in a five-run sixth inning and the top-seeded Bears (24-1) eliminated the visiting eighth-seeded Crusaders (16-6) in a State 2B quarterfinal. Jacob Bell and Hunter Lindsey knocked in runs for NWC.

Kaden Van Dyke led NWC over nith-seeded Ilwaco in the first round with five strikeouts in a complete game two-hitter at Brewster High School.

District softball

Kennewick 3, University 1: Addy Schuldheisz had three hits and scored the go-ahead run on a groundout in the sixth and the Lions (15-8) eliminated the visiting Titans (17-5) in the District 8 3A third-place game. U-Hi’s Kaidyn Howard went 2 for 4 with an RBI.

East Valley (Yakima) 10, Shadle Park 3: Tia Ramynke hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning, and the visiting Red Devils (16-8) eliminated the Highlanders (18-3) in a District 5/6/8 2A crossover. Rachel Jones and Annabelle Moreno knocked in runs for Shadle.

Othello 9, Clarkston 0: Amarie Guzman threw a no-hitter, striking out 12, and the Huskies (18-5) eliminated the visiting Bantams (13-11) in a District 5/6/8 2A crossover. Camryn McDonald homered for Othello.

Deer Park 2, Riverside 1: Paige Hamilton homered and struck out 11 and the third-seeded Stags (16-4) beat the top-seeded Rams (14-3) in the District 7 1A championship game at Mt. Spokane High. Olivia Oergel struck out eight for Riverside.

Riverside 10, Freeman 9: Lexie Repp hit a walk-off single with two outs in the eighth inning and the top-seeded Rams (15-3) eliminated the second-seeded Scotties (16-7) in the District 7 1A second-place game at Mt. Spokane HS to qualify for state.

Allison Lapano had four hits for Riverside, and Olivia Oergel struck out four over 51/3 shutout innings of relief for the win.

Freeman reached the second-place game with a 15-5 win over Colville. Kaylee Ripke struck out 12 and went 2 for 3 with a homer, four runs and three RBIs in the Scotties’ win over the fourth-seeded Crimson Hawks (11-12) .

Northwest Christian 2, Colfax 1: Kaitlyn Waters hit a two-run double in the sixth and the second-seeded Crusaders (19-2) beat the top-seeded Bulldogs (18-4) in the District 7 2B championship game at Merkel Sports Complex.

NWC’s Katie Coriell struck out eight.

Colfax 11, Liberty 0 (5): Harper Booth went 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs and the Bulldogs (19-4) bounced back to eliminate the fourth-seeded Lancers (15-9) in the district second-place game. Colfax’s Delaney Imler struck out eight .

Liberty reached the elimination game by knocking out Chewelah (15-10) 7-1. Kariyah Strobel went 2 for 4 with a triple and four RBIs.

District 5/6/8 tennis

Boys: Singles- Vijay Lin (Pullman) def. Kaden Giles (Selah) 6-1, 6-3. Doubles- Kolby Uhlenkott/Kieran Hampson (Pul) def. Addink/Van Heusden (Ephrata) 6-3, 6-2; Aditya Bose-Bandyopadhyay/Mira Park (Pul) def. Roylance/Pruneda (Othello) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.

Girls: Singles- Rhoda Wang (Pul) def. Leah Lewis (Ellensburg) 6-0, 6-0; Gwyn Heim (Pul) def. Lexi Diem (Eph) 6-1, 6-2. Doubles- Lotti Wolf/Kei Bromley (Pul) def. Evenson/Addink (Eph) 7-6 (3), 6-1; Ladd/Ladd (Sel) def. Diana Gutierrez/Lydia Nelson (Pul) 7-5, 6-4.