5/23/09 Prep fastpitch roundup
May 24, 2009 by YH-R Sports
EPHRATA, Wash. — Dallas Maupin threw a three-hitter with 13 strikeouts, and Kittitas scored both its runs in the second inning as the Coyotes beat Oroville 2-0 to win the North Central 2B district championship Saturday.
Jordan Paul and Jordyn Hudson led off the second with singles, and Sareena Calahan followed with an RBI single. Oroville then walked the next two hitters, forcing in Hudson.
Kittitas, which had already secured a spot in next week’s state tournament at the Gateway Sports Complex in Yakima, improved to 22-0.
Oroville 000 000 0 — 0 3 1
Kittitas 020 000 x — 2 7 2
Egerton and McCoy; Maupin and Calahan.
Highlights: Dallas Maupin (K) 13 Ks; Jordan Paul (K) 2-3, 2b, run; Jordyn Hudson (K) 2-3, 2b, run; Sareena Calahan (K) 1-3, RBI.
SCAC DISTRICT
Cle Elum, Zillah on to state
Unbeaten Connell stormed to the title while Cle Elum and Zillah earned state berths in Saturday’s SCAC district tournament at the Gateway Sports Complex.
Pitcher Hailey Bator threw a shutout in the semifinals to lead Cle Elum to a 3-0 victory over Naches Valley, and then Connell won the final 14-0 over the Warriors.
Zillah won back-to-back elimination games over Goldendale and Naches Valley and then fell to River View 5-4 to lock up the SCAC’s fourth and final berth in the 1A state tournament next week in Pasco.
SCAC West MVP Korie Duce went 8-for-14 for the day to lead the Leopards. Alexa Krueger’s two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh lifted Zillah over Naches Valley, 7-6.
No other details were reported for Cle Elum.
The SCAC’s state representatives, in order of seeding, are Connell (23-0), Cle Elum (13-7), River View (18-6) and Zillah (14-10).
Zillah 14, Goldendale 8
Goldendale 200 130 2 — 8 4 5
Zillah 233 123 x — 14 12 6
Hudson, Bloom (5) and Kartes; Salverda, Robillard (5) and Argo.
Highlights: Korie Duce (Z) 3-5, 3 runs, Rachel Argo (Z) 4-4, 4 RBI; Sara Burns (Z) 2-4.
Zillah 7, Naches Valley 6
Naches Valley 010 014 0 — 6 10 6
Zillah 100 120 3 — 7 8 10
Heide and Charlet; Salverda and Argo.
Highlights: Duce (Z) 3-4, Alexa Kruger (Z) 2-4, Jennifer Nelson (Z) 2-3.
River View 5, Zillah 4
Zillah 000 000 4 — 4 5 3
River View 013 001 x — 7 5 2
Salverda and Argo; H. Hess and Brisby.
Highlights: Duce (Z) 2-4, Haley Hess (RV) 13 K.
3A REGIONAL
EV-Spokane eliminates WV
HANFORD — West Valley’s Emily Harpel struck out 14 batters, but an error led to three unearned runs in the ninth inning as East Valley of Spokane beat the Rams 3-1 in a loser-out game in the Class 3A regional fastpitch tournament Saturday morning.
Starting with a runner on second, East Valley’s first hitter reached on an error. After a strikeout and a fielder’s choice, the first run scored on a wild pitch.
West Valley got a run back on Brooke Catron’s RBI single, and had the tying runs on second and third, but East Valley got the final out to hang on.
West Valley finished with a 9-15 record.
East Valley-Spo 000 000 003 — 3 6 0
West Valley 000 000 001 — 1 6 2
Lucas and Kurtz; Harpel and Roberts.
Highlights: Emily Harpel (WV) 2-4, 14 Ks; Brooke Catron (WV) RBI.
DISTRICT 5-6 1B
Thorp-Easton takes title
ZILLAH — With Kelsey Hutchinson pitching both games, Thorp-Easton defeated Klickitat and Pateros on Saturday to win the District 5-6 title and earn a trip to state in Yakima next week.
In Saturday’s loser-out semifinals, Thorp-Easton defeated Klickitat 11-1 and Pateros edged Sunnyside Christian 3-2.
In the championship game, the Wildcats scored eight runs in the fifth inning to pull away from Pateros for a 13-6 victory.
4A REGIONAL
CBBN sweeps state berths
Walla Walla clipped Kennewick 2-1 in the championship final of the CBBN-GSL regional tournament Saturday at the Gateway Sports Complex.
In the winner-to-state, loser-out game for third place, Kamiakin outlasted Eastmont 9-8.
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