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State/district roundup: Mead softball tops Kennewick to stay alive in 3A district play; Northwest Christian baseball advances at state

By Dave Nichols daven@spokesman.com(509) 459-5441

From staff reports

Roundup of Tuesday’s high school district tournament action. For all box scores and recaps please visit our results page online.

Baseball

Northwest Christian 6, Okanogan 1: Jacob Bell and Kaden Van Dyke combined on a three-hitter and the sixth-seeded Crusaders (16-6) beat the 11th-seeded Bulldogs (12-13) in a State 2B opening round game at Central Valley HS. Ryan Waters went 3 for 4 with a double, two runs and an RBI for NWC, which faces third-seeded Adna in a quarterfinal on Saturday.

Northport 13, Riverside Christian 3 (5): Joey Beardslee and Luke Judd both went 2 for 2 with two runs and two RBIs and the sixth-seeded Mustangs (17-4) beat the 11th-seeded Crusaders (9-6) in a State 1B opening round game at Jenkins HS. Dawson Baribault struck out seven in a five inning complete game for Northport, which faces third-seeded Almira/Coulee-Hartline in a quarterfinal on Saturday.

Softball

Richland 18, Central Valley 2: Haylee Spaeth went 3 for 3 with a homer, two runs and four RBIs and the top-seeded Bombers (21-2) eliminated the second-seeded Bears (10-13) in a District 8 4A loser-out at Columbia Playfields in Richland.

Mead 21, Kennewick 17: Charlie Stern went 3 for 4 with a home run, double, two runs and four RBIs and the fifth-seeded Panthers (15-8) eliminated the visiting sixth-seeded Lions (10-14) in a District 8 3A loser-out. Jaycee Coffield had three hits, runs and RBIs for Mead, which advances to the district third-place game on Friday.

District 7 2B

Liberty 8, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 1: Jordan Jeske struck out 18 in a complete game and the top-seeded Lancers (21-1) beat the fourth-seeded Broncos (13-9) in a semifinal at Merkel Sports Complex.

Liberty takes on Northwest Christian in the district title game on Friday. LRS faces Kettle Falls in an elimination game.

Liberty beat ninth-seeded Chewelah 25-1 and LRS topped Asotin 8-5 in first-round games earlier in the day.

Northwest Christian 13, Colfax 1 (5): Katie Coriell struck out nine in a five inning complete game, Kaitlyn Waters went 3 for 3 with a homer and four RBIs and the second-seeded Crusaders (18-4) beat the third-seeded Bulldogs (14-9) in a semifinal.

Colfax faces Asotin in an elimination game Friday.

NWC beat seventh-seeded Davenport 16-1 and Colfax topped sixth-seeded Kettle Falls 7-5 in first-round games earlier in the day.

Asotin 18, Chewelah 8 (5): Jayne Crockett went 2 for 4 with a triple, two runs and four RBIs and the fifth-seeded Panthers (13-8) eliminated the ninth-seeded Cougars (0-20).

Kettle Falls 7, Davenport 2: The sixth-seeded Bulldogs (11-13) eliminated the seventh-seeded Gorillas (6-16). Details were unavailable.

Boys soccer

Arlington 1, Ridgeline 0: The visiting 19th-seeded Eagles (13-6-2) eliminated the 14th-seeded Falcons (14-5) in a State 3A opening round game. Details were unavailable.

East Valley (Yakima) 4, West Valley 0: Jace Cuevas scored two goals and the fifth-seeded Red Devils (18-1) eliminated the 12th-seeded Eagles (12-6) in a State 2A opening round game at Earl Barden Stadium in Yakima.

Cashmere 6, Riverside 1: The 15th-seeded Bulldogs (11-7-1) eliminated the 18th-seeded Rams (12-4) in a State 1A opening round game at Apple Bowl in Wenatchee. Details were unavailable.